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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
My Favorite Quote
"Hope is a waking dream. " Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Thursday, February 22, 2007
They used my photo for the wedding guide!
This is the wedding cake from a wedding I shot last summer in Monroe, WA. The cake was made by Judy Tallant, Tallant House - Fine Sweets & Other Eats
Snohomish, WA 360-863-1533 http://www.tallanthouse.com/company.html
Snohomish, WA 360-863-1533 http://www.tallanthouse.com/company.html
This photograph is featured on the cover of the Stanwood-Camano News Wedding Guide in the newstands on Tuesday, February 27.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Now I don't usually forward on email jokes....but...
Disclaimer: I have no idea if the below described information is correct and therefore could completely mislead you into think I am much more well-read that should be correctly assumed.
Here are results from the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational, which asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
The 2005 winners are:
1. Cashtration : The act of buying (or building) a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. EDITED FOR TASTELESS CONTENT.
3 Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize that it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone : The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. Karmageddon: It's when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes and it's a serious bummer.
13. Decafalon : The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit : The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug : Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18. Caterpallor : The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. Coffee, n. the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-Nilly, adj. impotent.
6. Negligent, adj. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n. emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Pokemon, n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
12. Oyster, n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
13. Frisbeetarianism, n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
Here are results from the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational, which asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
The 2005 winners are:
1. Cashtration : The act of buying (or building) a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. EDITED FOR TASTELESS CONTENT.
3 Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize that it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone : The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. Karmageddon: It's when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes and it's a serious bummer.
13. Decafalon : The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit : The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug : Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18. Caterpallor : The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. Coffee, n. the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-Nilly, adj. impotent.
6. Negligent, adj. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n. emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Pokemon, n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
12. Oyster, n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
13. Frisbeetarianism, n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Passing the time
Sometimes in between the formals and ceremony, as a photographer, there is a little pocket of free-time. I also like to give the bride a bid of space. I ask if she would like me to accompany her back to her bride's room. But typically she will not. The preparations are done, mostly she wants quiet conversation with her Mom or the matron of honor.
I use this time to capture the beauty of the surroundings. The bride and groom will be so caught up in the event that they will not notice the special touches that their loved ones took great pains with, unless I can show them after the wedding.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Little Diva
Last year I was shooting a wedding, pool-side, in the heat of a June afternoon. We did the formals after the wedding. The kids were hot and tired and wanted to go. This little girls face took the cake. Everything about her is indignant. I love this shot.
It is very interesting to note that we are now very good friends with the bride and groom. This seems to be a common phenomena. The closeness that you feel with your photographer will show in the photos taken at a wedding. I try to become the rock the bride needs on her wedding day. The one thing that will not contribute to the caos. I am astounded how many brides and grooms I am still in touch with. Those friendships enrich my life and I feel very honored to have been a part of their very special day.
Somehow this quote sums it all up for me "Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, and somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends. ~Author Unknown"
Friday, February 16, 2007
My First Wedding
I shot my first wedding with my knees knocking and it was wild. At the time, I had no idea what was normal and what was not. Now I know, there is nothing normal about weddings.
I arrived at the Bride's apartment to take photos of her preparations. I had no idea this was going to include a strip tease for the camera. Ok, well I shot it. Just had to remember not to post 'those' shots on the internet.
I had no idea that we would start the wedding 1hr late. I was very careful to screen the bride and groom, they both knew this was a first for me. They were getting virtually free photography and I was getting the lesson of a lifetime. Everything seemed like it would be fine; however, I forgot to ask about mothers.
We have all heard about bridezilla, but does everyone know about the momzillas? Well one didn't speak English and the other one was drunk - before the wedding.
Through all this, I was fine.... Until the reception, when every unattached (and some attached) male thought it was very important to get as close as possible to me. (Yes, Hope Haven is a female photographer).
So the crowning moment was when a particularly drunk person toasted the bride and groom and congratulated them on finding a photographer with such great equipment. Knowing he didn't mean my camera, I could only reply with a smile "Watch out, it IS a Canon!"
I arrived at the Bride's apartment to take photos of her preparations. I had no idea this was going to include a strip tease for the camera. Ok, well I shot it. Just had to remember not to post 'those' shots on the internet.
I had no idea that we would start the wedding 1hr late. I was very careful to screen the bride and groom, they both knew this was a first for me. They were getting virtually free photography and I was getting the lesson of a lifetime. Everything seemed like it would be fine; however, I forgot to ask about mothers.
We have all heard about bridezilla, but does everyone know about the momzillas? Well one didn't speak English and the other one was drunk - before the wedding.
Through all this, I was fine.... Until the reception, when every unattached (and some attached) male thought it was very important to get as close as possible to me. (Yes, Hope Haven is a female photographer).
So the crowning moment was when a particularly drunk person toasted the bride and groom and congratulated them on finding a photographer with such great equipment. Knowing he didn't mean my camera, I could only reply with a smile "Watch out, it IS a Canon!"
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