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first purchase of a website or domain. Hey everybody and welcome back to the improved photography

podcast I'm your host to Jim Harmer and today I'm talking with a new voice on

the podcast Brenda Petrella is one of the writers on the things. So welcome Brenda. Thanks.

Well, Brenda, you're a very interesting person I think for this podcast because you are currently pursuing landscape photography, like for work as your career.

So that's awesome.

Yeah, and raising a cow on the side.

So how in the world did you get to this point in your life?

What's going on?

Yeah it's very exciting so yeah I'd never thought if you asked me five years ago if I would be you know

turning into a photographer and taking care of a cow. I would have said you were crazy.

Previously, I was a cancer researcher and then a bio safety officer

and overseeing research safety and compliance and heavily involved with

you know research oversight and at an academic institution and that all

became a bit too stressful and my passion for it just wasn't there to be working the hours I was working and so I made the difficult decision about a year ago to resign and take some time off and really just pursue the things that I feel are quote-unquote

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