Today I spent over 6 hours photographing the interiors of two stunning Kiawah houses. It was a long day and the job's not over because there's a lot of post processing to be done in computer. Here are two images from over 300 that we took. The weather is deteriorating and probably the rest of the weekend, after church, will be couch and movie time (and more computer time of course) and probably eating time ....
Some weeks seem to last forever but this one just flew by in the blink of an eye. So what's new? I picked up two new photo assignments - the JICS Cheerleading squad and a group of children at an Easter egg hunt in April (plus live bunny!) Work has been uneventful. My pic for today is a result of some creative hustling. In reality it is a patch of clover weeds at Sunrise Park. I played with it a little to make it less boring (hopefully).
, and in the evenings we've been brainstorming about aerial photography niche marketing. I've also managed to get to the pool to swim once or twice. I'm watching the local news and laughing at some dude who got busted robbing a Walmart. He's actually smiling broadly in his mugshot.
Today's bad news of course is the stock market's further 250+ point dive. I was a contributor to that scenario by virtue of taking what I had left in the market and dumping it into fixed assets and bonds. Way too little, way too late, but I'm probably not the only one singing that lament right now. My day was a picnic compared to my boss', who emerged from a funeral of a longtime friend in the morning only to hear that his cousin had just passed away after a long illness. I guess if we didn't have some somber times we would have nothing to measure the good times by. Today's pic is of our resident ugly duck. He has seasonal friends who come and go, but he's a permanent fixture and can be quite fierce, particularly if you are a small dog!
I didn't get to post yesterday, so today's photos represent Saturday and Sunday. I joined a group of photographers from the Carolina Nature Photography Association on a field trip to Donnelly WMA in the Ace Basin early Saturday morning. The photo of the early morning mist on the Ashepoo River was taken from the bridge on Highway 17. The other photo was taken this afternoon at Matt's soccer game. It's still too cold and windy. February is not a very pleasant and although it's the shortest month of the year, it feels as though it's lasted a very long time. Roll on Spring.
The week is over and the weather for the weekend, although cool should be fairly sunny. Hopefully I will have some neat wildlife or landscape images to upload tomorrow since I'm heading down to the Ace Basin with a group of other photographers early in the morning. We are hoping we will see some Canada Geese, Tundra Swans and other migratory birds before they head back north. Today's pics are of Sunrise Park this evening. The one taken under the new dock was given the oil filter treatment (as in art, not as in car.)
The other night Josh asked if I would take a wacky photo of him for a magazine assignment he had for one of his college classes. So I picked my fisheye lens and we produced a wacky photograph. The fun part is what he did with it. I had a different photo in mind for today, but he emailed me his completed assignment this evening and I 
just had to feature his before and after instead. He is a talented young man.
I think I have Spring Fever, whatever that may be. I just know that I'm so ready for a change - definitely a change in the weather. Tonight Leigh, Josh, Matt, Chambers and Alex came over for dinner. They know the routine by now - Mom needs her photo-of-the-day - so here it is. My appearance thanks to tripod and timer technology!
It was not a bad Monday as Mondays go. Nothing much to report, so won't take up space with fluff. Today's pic is in deference to the Fairness Doctrine as it applies to life. Some images might be pleasing or entertaining in one way or another, and some are just representative of the humdrum, ho-hum daily grind, such as this one - a homeowners association board meeting in progress. Photo courtesy of our long-suffering property manager.
I know I should have done this yesterday, but I didn't get to it. I can't resist posting this picture of Dan all decked out for the GEL chili contest. I wish he'd won (he should have been awarded a special "spirit prize" or something) but Bob's RR Brunswick Stew was a most worthy winner, and everyone had a great time. Pass the Tums please ....
Days at work are usually upbeat and positive. Today was neither. Yes, there's a lot going on, and sometimes the pressure gets to you, but that's still no excuse for a responsible adult to throw a tantrum worthy of a 5-year-old and take it out on a luckless peon with the misfortune to be close by - that would be me. Oh well, I'm sure there are many folks out there with much bigger problems. There are many at the moment who would just be happy to have a boss, whether he showed his behind occasionally or not. However, I'm just glad to have today behind me. The photo is of some of the music gang that got together over at Russ and Jackie's tonight.
Apparently I am typically not inspired to blog on Mondays. It was busy although I did get to swim and eat a great taco dinner with Diane. This evening I met with Meaghan of the SC Maritime Heritage Foundation to brainstorm about their 2009 Harborfest photography needs. We came up with some fun ideas, such as have your kid photographed with a pirate on a tallship. It will be a great event and they are expecting some really wonderful tallships. I was casting around for my photo of the day while waiting for Meaghan outside California Dreaming, and this puddle with the reflected neon sign caught my eye.
Wow, it just seemed like everyone came out of hibernation and got busy with all kinds of spring stuff. There were folks gardening, folks cleaning out garages, walking and running in the parks; everyone enjoying the great weather. Matt's first soccer game of the season took place this afternoon, so here are a couple of pics of my boy #11. Now back to thinking about getting all my tax info together. Just thinking about it for now however.
We didn't count on an intense haze which resulted from the arrival of a warm front in Charleston. Double edged sword; great weather, welcome warmth but visibility was pretty limited. Probably didn't get many photos worth much. Oh well - win some and lose some. Anyway, here's one that I liked. There aren't many photos of Folly Beach and Morris Island that I don't like. The other photo is of doggy heaven on Pam and Bubba's boat where we enjoyed some sundowners later in the day. 
The week was good, but the weekend is always better. I'm looking forward to getting some chores done. One is already behind me, and that was replacing my old wireless router and getting a new one up and running. I am happy to report that it works great. One of tomorrow's chores will be to produce an order of 12 packs of notecards by next week. First thing though will be to get some more aerials in the early morning light, so I'm looking forward to that. Just hope Jay won't be out partying too late tonight (:
I am so ready for the Spring. I'm tired of feeling cold and tired of my winter clothes. That's the great thing about seasons; every one is embraced with great enthusiasm as it approaches, and dispatched with distaste as it leaves. In putting together newsletters at work I am always looking for snippets to fill in empty spaces, so I come across some really neat quotes. Here's one that I found today from the great Dr. Seuss that I thought was cute "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter won't mind. " This morning I had work errands to run downtown. I liked this view of buildings on Broad Street because of the color, and also because of the reflections in the glass.
I was unprepared for the Charleston temperature today. The sneaky, freezing wind didn't help matters either. Not a good day for me to have left my jacket at home, particularly since there were several errands that needed to be run. (Don't you just love visiting the DMV?) Anyway, I hadn't noticed anything obviously worth photographing all day, so I stopped in at the Ripley Marina on my way home and stayed out of the car long enough to snap this couple (in sensible coats) walking their dog. Tomorrow is Thursday already and almost time for another weekend. Hopefully I'll be back in the air early Saturday morning if the weather holds and if we can get the pilot out of bed. We'll have to work on a different kind of pilot training program involving coffee and food maybe.
So this is what you get when you ask kids to make funny faces and then you take a photograph with a fisheye lens. This photo-a-day thing is making me crazy and you can see how obviously desperate I am to keep to my commitment. OK I missed yesterday, but surely this one counts at least for two, right? So here we have Leigh, Matthew and Chambers. Not very good-looking in this pic, but a loveable trio.
So we watched "The Boss" for a couple of minutes, and parts of the Superbowl game, which I believe the Steelers won, not having stayed for the end. Here's a pic of some of the gang watching a commercial with 3D-glasses. Whatever!
