Discrimination Is Everywhere

First, I would like to explain that because of frigid weather involving a spell of heavy snow, the youth models' photo-shoots, that were scheduled for the weekend of February 15 through 17, has been postponed until a few weeks later. Hopefully, it won't be much longer before they have their official portfolio shoots of the new year. To try and raise money for the project as to purchase clothing for a modeling wardrobe, as we'd like to call it, I'm going to put up a few sets I had been able to take in the past years.

Second,

Something happened, quite briefly, yesterday, and it got me to thinking. The story goes like this:

We had an incoming call yesterday in the late afternoon. As usual, my mother's boyfriend is quick to pick up the phone. The caller asks to speak to me, and while I would have liked to take the call myself, once my mother's boyfriend told the caller that I was hearing-impaired, the caller immediately hung up.

If anyone thinks that someone who is hearing-impaired, let alone deaf, would be horrible as a photographer, let alone a human being, they should be ashamed of themselves. In five years' time, I have grown as a photographer and as a human being, working with and being around for the children and teenagers if they needed someone, and trying my best to get out there and do more pictures, and I'm quite proud of what few achievements I have done.

If you're someone who can be a potential customer, but you would have issues with a deaf photographer, then you aren't worth my time. Part of my family, my closest friends including the children, and I myself can guarantee that, while I still have a lot to learn, I'm good at photography.

If you'd like my services, or to donate to either photography or youth modeling project, e-mail me at hoggardphotography@gmail.com . Thank you!

I recently posted this on my Facebook page. I was not all pleased about the caller's rude reaction, whether it was because of my hearing-impairment or something else.