Had the pleasure of photographing Katlen, a gorgeous, and I mean gorgeous, senior for her senior portraits. Was so fun because she has been my daughter's volleyball team mate for two seasons and is the most genuinely nice person I have ever met. No exageration! It wasn't even a stretch when I joked that I could give my camera to a chimp and he could have taken beautiful photos of her - she is that photogenic. A few more can be seen on my Flickr site here.
Things I love: Knowing I got "the photo" and not even feeling a need to double check the viewfinder. Orange soda and french vanilla ice cream floats. Rainier cherries. Long days. Good sleep. Depth of field and bokeh that lasts for days and days. Easy schedules. Knowing I can think of a thousand other GREAT things that make the not-so-great seem insiginificant.
Not-so-great things: People that ask "what are you doing" from about 2 inches behind you. Hello, I don't owe you an explanation. Cavity fillings that turn into root canals with no warning ("you're here now, might as well take care of it.") People so misguided they believe the lies they've even told themselves.
Photos above are: 1. 256 / threesixtyfive, 2. And one meant for me, 3. 245 / threesixtyfive, 4. 248 / threesixtyfive, 5. 244 / like an orange dream in a tall glass, 6. Untitled, 7. 247 / threesixtyfive, 8. 255 / threesixtyfive, 9. Patience
I think this is pretty cool. We all post so many things in different places now. Flickr, Twitter, Tumbler, blogs, FaceBook, MySpace, YouTube, blahdeeblahdeeblah...that I think we might actually be making it harder to keep in the loop rather than easier. Today I stumbled upon FriendFeed which lets you link all those other things together in one place so that whenever you update them, they show up in one big list. I signed up http://friendfeed.com/tonyadoughty and thought I'd give it a try. It was free and easy. I can think of about 2 dozen people (all the blogs I read) that I would love to be this way. Think of all the time I could save. To read more blogs. LOL
Wow, now I know where the summer goes! When you're busy the days fly by and the heat makes them melt into one sticky-sweet blur. Just as it should be! We've had smores and steaks and shrimp-on-the-barbie. Tex-mex (in Dallas even), ice cream and late-night runs for slurppies. Bad airplane food and surprisingly good airport food. It's all been fun and despite the shock at how fast time goes, still looking forward to the rest of the summer, or rather, the pace, which promises to be slower.
Enjoy your weekend, America!