Joel Smith Photography

06/23/2026

Just a couple hours spent creating on a beautiful afternoon.

06/22/2026

What's next?

This year it is different from the rest.
This year my daughters are moving forward.
This year I'm moving forward.
This year has been unlike any other.
This year has been quiet and mindful.
This year has been full of aloneness.
This year has had lots of time to reflect.
This year I'm so grateful for all of the work I've done.
This year I'm excited for life again.
This year I'm leaving a place I've been.
This year I'm not running away.
This year I'm chasing a lifelong goal.
This year is just getting started.

~rjs~

06/19/2026

~west wind~ 40"x 60"

This piece is up for sale; it is one I have woken up beside for the past 4 years. I have found so many hidden treasures within the clouds.

I think it would look so beautiful in your space 🫀

06/18/2026

06/18/2026

Small signs.

The eve of a day that changed my family's life.
It's been 9 years since that extremely hot Father's Day
When my brother took his last breath.
Over the past few months, I have been working on a decision for myself.
Something I would have loved to have had conversations with Jason about.
I have had conversations over the past couple of months.

When I asked him for a sign that he was listening, a really good friend, out of the blue, sent a song within hours without knowing the context. It was the one I used in my brother's celebration of life movie I had made.

Or the 4 cardinals that showed up at my window as I was writing my mom a birthday note. Look up the spiritual meaning of cardinals.

Or on his birthday, when doing team photos, the first player that came in was Jason, but the even more amazing part!!! His last name was Scott, my brother's middle name.

Most of you won't read this far; if you do, send me a message and say hi.

Jason, you are still my big brother; I think about you a lot. No longer daily, but enough. Thank you for all the amazing things you taught me; this sign is an inside joke only a few select people will know about, and when I saw it as I opened IG tonight, I knew what I was going to use to celebrate my brother with.

June 18th isn't Father's Day this year, but for me, I celebrate Father's Day on June 18th.

Lots of love to you, Jay, and lots of love to you all.

You don't know when it is coming, so make it all count.

Sleep well 🫀🫀

06/14/2026

Sunday

Up at 3:30 a.m
Pickup at 4:00 a.m.
Shore of Lake Erie at 4:45 a.m.
Home by 7:30 a. m.

A beautiful way to start the day 🫀