A Day at the Park

 

It was a long week

Busy is good, I suppose. We spent most of the week getting footage to put into a promo video for Sid's school. It took a lot more out of us than I initially thought, but then again, isn't that how most things are. You never realize the true scope until it's too late to back out. lol The good thing is, after going to bed at 5:45 am on Saturday morning and then waking at 7:00 am, the video came out ok after all and by 10:30 am of the same day the viewing at the Education Day Rally was over. The Director admitted to crying and the others who I spoke to said they liked it. That made it worth it. Plus, it was good experience. I even got to the voiceover! :D

One day this week we hope to make it to the beach for the sunrise. (Yeah, right!) No, for real - we will. Tomorrow. If the pix come out good then I'll post a couple. The purpose it not to catch the sunrise itself but experiment with taking pix in that light. The sun rises relatively fast so the window of opportunity is short which adds to the excitement of trying to get good pix. We'll see how it goes.

WID

I am so exhausted! Did a shoot today for a local dentist who was doing free work for the day for "Women In Distress." We got to his office at 9 am and I didn't leave until 3 pm. One lady had 10 extractions. Yes, 10 in one day! Another lady had a mouth full of golds and couldn't get a job and was totally transformed with their removal. It was a wonderful experience. Hubby did video and I took stills. Dr. Ken Ross is one of the seven founding members of Project 31 - an organization of dentists that want to give back to their communities. They set up all kinds of 'missions', days that they do pro bono work. Great concept. Hopefully other doctors and service providers will catch the fever and do the same.

Another business card

Hubby has some business cards like mine (with Shelbs on it) but now he also has this one (with Sid on it). It'll work for now.

Some things don't have to be learned the hard way

Before you sign up to do something, ask around first. Get input from experienced others. Draw up a contract. Be specific about what services/products you will be providing so you don't get caught with "feature creep" in the end.

These pix were taken at the end of a shoot of a friend of mine. By the end, Shelb was cranky so she didn't want to take any pix herself. I put her on the stool and this is what I got.


Of course, I had to rescue my baby in the end.

II of II Photo Shoots

This second shoot was much shorter but we still got some nice pix.

I of II Photo Shoots

Some of my faves from one of two shoots I had yesterday afternoon.