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12/02/2006 10:24:25 AM · #1251

Originally posted by tjbel05:

knock, knock, knock......Can I come in and join the fun, please?

OF COURSE!

Claro!

Bien sur!

12/02/2006 10:38:35 AM · #1252

OK... ok... ok.... I've been called and asked to do a shoot today, last minute substitution for a photog who can't make the engagement. I'll be shooting......

....ready for this.....

The high school band marching the local Christmas Parade! hehehee I think it sounds like fun! I have to do all of their group (section) shots and full-band too before the parade, then just happy shootin' during the parade. LOL

Oh yeah, and we'll be marking this one up as a "charitable contribution". :P

fotomann_forever

12/02/2006 11:00:12 AM · #1253

Off to shoot a last minute wedding... funzy dahling...

Don't ya just love when someone calls you like 3 days before the wedding needing a photog?

12/02/2006 11:10:26 AM · #1254

LOL yeah, last minute shoots are exciting - doesn't leave you any time to get nervous! heheee

12/02/2006 12:44:19 PM · #1255

Sure, Tammy :) Just watch where you step... *shudder*

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

12/02/2006 12:45:42 PM · #1256

Sigh, everyone gets last minute shoots, I get to go to work with a bunch a grumpy xmas shopping customers. Guess that should be enough incentive to get learning with my camera, eh?

muckpond

Nikon D200

12/02/2006 01:11:18 PM · #1257

if it makes you feel better, beecee, i get to scrub all of my floors because there is some kind of mystery puppy smell that i can't track down.

yay saturday!

amber

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

12/02/2006 01:37:04 PM · #1258

sigh...the only thing I get to shoot is the breeze....

amber

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

12/02/2006 01:40:29 PM · #1259

Originally posted by muckpond:

if it makes you feel better, beecee, i get to scrub all of my floors because there is some kind of mystery puppy smell that i can't track down

Yep..that would be crayon;)

I had a dog follow me home recently...but rabies is a big issue here and he couldn't risk it;)

Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S

12/02/2006 02:14:24 PM · #1260

Originally posted by muckpond:

if it makes you feel better, beecee, i get to scrub all of my floors because there is some kind of mystery puppy smell that i can't track down.

That's not puppy smell, Rob. It's human smell. ;)

tjbel05

Nikon Z9

12/02/2006 04:24:32 PM · #1261

I know that puppy smell all to well. It took me 6 months to get Zeus trained, and it drove me nuts. :)

PS I have four brand new kittens, yay!!! As soon as the Momma lets me get near them, Ill post some photos!

12/02/2006 10:58:40 PM · #1262

I ever mention I hate volunteer work?!?! lol Nah, the band shoot (think high school marching-type) went okay today. I was shooting the large groups (sections) when the rain started, drizzle at first so I tucked my 2nd camera into my bag and sent one of the kids to tuck it under cover. Then the rain got harder. The band instructor who is a bad-templered single-minded nazi went right on taking enormous ammounts of time arranging band members, their instruments, their hats, their uniforms oh god it was taking ages.... I was now squatting down so that my body was covering the 30D/70-200 as best I could. I had a large cloth and kept that over the camera while I was shooting and draped over it when I wasn't. I finally had to tell the band director that this wasn't going to work, I couldn't keep my equipment in the rain any longer. So...... he (never saying a single word to me) started posing the remaining groups under tiny awnings. So good or bad, I got all of the shots they needed for the yearbook.
Then the parade started (remember I have 2 kids in band, one playing flute, one in colorguard), so I decide Hell, its just a few miles, I'll walk along with them (in 3" heels) & shoot the route. Well, about the time I got too far from my car to turn back.... it became a downpour!! Now I have the camera tucked way up under my umbrella to avoid the sideways wind getting it too wet. Once we were all soaked, nobody complained about the rain any more. The kids had fun, the people who'd come to watch had fun and yeah, I had a fun day! And yes, my feet hurt! :P

So, it rained on our parade... but I got the shots, had fun and the cameras are fine!! Yay! :)

12/02/2006 11:05:21 PM · #1263

Yuck! I'd have been miserable under those circumstances.

12/02/2006 11:12:56 PM · #1264

It wasn't so bad - once I got over the terror that my equipment was going to be ruined lol

12/02/2006 11:40:36 PM · #1265

I love the first one. Great composition.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

12/03/2006 12:03:27 AM · #1266

Originally posted by _eug:

I love the first one. Great composition.

Thanks, that was one of MY shots, back of my kid's head hehee - the other 2 were shots that Band-Nazi arranged and I had no say about anything 'cept exposure :P

alfresco

Nikon D700

12/03/2006 12:07:26 AM · #1267

frickin band-nazis.

i'll agree with euginator about #1 cinderoo :)

12/03/2006 12:13:22 AM · #1268

Originally posted by alfresco:

frickin band-nazis. i'll agree with euginator about #1 cinderoo :)

He's a friggin' Einstein, I tell ya!

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

12/03/2006 12:51:25 AM · #1269

I see a Cindi-clone..... :)

Photologist

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

12/03/2006 12:55:03 AM · #1270

Originally posted by idnic:

It wasn't so bad - once I got over the terror that my equipment was going to be ruined lol

Great photos. I hope your equipment didn't get damage in the rain. BTW, isn't that yours in the front row, left, of the Band-Guard photo?

Message edited by author 2006-12-03 00:55:33.

12/03/2006 12:58:40 AM · #1271

Originally posted by amber:

Originally posted by muckpond:
if it makes you feel better, beecee, i get to scrub all of my floors because there is some kind of mystery puppy smell that i can't track down

Yep..that would be crayon;)

Lol, that was my thought, too!

12/03/2006 12:59:14 AM · #1272

Originally posted by lesgainous:

Originally posted by idnic:
It wasn't so bad - once I got over the terror that my equipment was going to be ruined lol

Great photos. I hope your equipment didn't get damage in the rain. BTW, isn't that yours in the front row, left, of the Band-Guard photo?

Luckily, the cameras were both fine, they got fairly damp, but never soaked... canon rulz! :P Yeah, that's Savanah in the 2nd shot. Poor kid, looks like mom, think she'll grow out of it?