It's August 8th, 2010, and this is The Candid Frame. Welcome to another episode of the show.

And thanks to all of you who have made donations to the program.

Your donations have helped to pay for the fixes to my computer

that had delayed the show for several weeks, so thanks to you, we're now back on our regular

bi-weekly schedule. Today, I have a guest, who I'm glad to say is not only a wonderful

photographer, but also a friend. Since I had the opportunity to meet him for the first

time a few years ago, Paul Giroux has impressed me as not only a talented photographer,

but a man passionate about many things in life, not the least of which is his family and

using his camera to serve others. I enjoy any opportunity to speak with Paul, and I'm more than pleased to share this

particular conversation with you.

So sit back and enjoy our conversation with Paul Jerome.

Paul, welcome to the Candid Frame.

It's a pleasure to finally have you.

I know when I talked to you, I think, a couple of years back now.

It seemed I had mentioned that I wanted to get you on the show, so I'm glad that we finally

making it happen. Me too. It's been a long time, but I'm really glad we're able to speak today.

I've been familiar with your work for a bit, and I really enjoyed the opportunity to see you speak a little while back.

But for the listeners who may not be familiar with your work, why don't we start with your beginnings as a photojournalist?

Because I think when people go to your site, they'll see a lot of your wedding and portrait work.

We'll be surprised that you started off

in photojournalism. Tell us about that.

Well, I wanted to be a journalist since I was a kid, really. At 12, I was doing a Boy Scout

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