I call it The Lean Years because they were years that I didn’t concentrate on my photography. After 15 years of struggling I put it on the back burner to focus on my education, my career and my family. I can’t say if it was the right thing to do or not, but that will never be known. I got to travel some, making trips to France, Switzerland and Israel, These were my first trips outside of the country and was happy to be able to do some photographing when I wasn’t busy at work.