Monthly Archive for June, 2008

Me, Myself & I

Not surprisingly I’m the camera guy in my house.  That means there are loads of pictures of everyone else but me.  This has gone on for far too long, so I’m taking matters into my own hands.  Yesterday, I had a little time after finishing up some processing on a couple of shoots and the studio wasn’t booked.  I thought it was time to play around a little and get creative.  I had a blast creating some self-portraits.  The time went by in a flash (grin).

I accomplished two things during this process.  First, I was able to get some pictures of me and second (for my photographer friends out there) I was able to play around with my pre-release cable and do some remote triggering of my camera and strobes.  It’s a lot of fun to think outside the box with regard to camera position and remote triggering.  I think I’ll make this an ongoing project as I get time.

Here’s a couple of the images I captured in just a few minutes of shooting.    

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Smithsonian

Last week we filled the studio with the a wonderful, fun-loving family.  It was non-stop giggles and smiles as we created some wonderful memories.   Here’s a peek at our time together.  

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Winning the War on Junk

Winning the war on junk mail feels fantastic!  I just came in the house from sharing a few stickers with a couple of my neighbours.  Just like me, they’ve had enough of the unaddressed junk mail in their mailboxes.

We were standing outside when one of them went to his mailbox.  He came back with a large handful of useless mail muttering under his breath.  Once he got to us he expressed his frustration with the volume of unsolicited mail he had just retrieved.   I promptly let him know that I could make it stop.  I sort of felt like a superhero saying it.  It feels great to be getting the word out and helping my neighbours at the same time.  I ran in the house grabbed a couple of my small mail slot stickers and we all made our way over to the mailbox.  In seconds they had their new red dot campaign stickers proudly displayed.  Tomorrow they’ll be junk mail free.

Spread the word!