Friday, July 13, 2012
Dead battery
It appears that my computer battery may have burnt itself out!
This is most inconvenient!
Just as I was finishing up on Aussie H's photos!
So I have figured out how to do this on my phone, but I am making it short and sweet, just so that you know that I am alive and kicking :D
I feel like I've lost my right arm!
Nite all.
Eight Weeks!
Eight weeks until the exhibit opens!
Far out!
I can do this.
I do my best work under pressure!
Leave everything til the last minute and it will fall into place beautifully.
It always does.
Just breathe.
Ok, remember earlier this year, I 'exposed' myself a little to you? To refresh your memory ...
http://agechallengedrqqzy.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/allow-me-to-expose-myself.html
Let me expose a little more today.
I am having huge doubts about my photography and whether I am good enough to display my photographs to the world in an art gallery.
I am so afraid that people will walk in and say **insert derogatory comments here**.
I am afraid that because I don't use photoshop to manipulate my photographs until they resemble oil paintings or other types of artwork, that I will be rejected as a fraud.
I feel safe showing my photographs to friends and family because they love me and like whatever I do, because they understand me. They know the love that goes into my photos.
Strangers don't know me. They don't understand me. They don't know the love that goes into my photos.
They will compare me to prominent and famous photographers and I will fall short ... by a long way.
This is a huge deal for me ... to make myself vulnerable to the world.
I am terrified.
As the date looms closer, I become more terrified.
I keep chanting in my head "You can do this! You CAN do this! YOU can do this! You can DO this!"
It's easy to be terrified of the unknown. Give me strength.
I can do this. Really, what have I got to lose? A bit of pride and self-respect? Pfft - who needs pride and self-respect?
My photos may look good on a computer screen, but many will fall short when it comes to printing.
How will my definition of Art Deco compare to other people's definition?
Ugh! Doubts, doubts and more doubts.
Just keep chanting.
YOU CAN DO THIS! YOU CAN DO THIS! YOU CAN DO THIS! YOU CAN DO THIS!
One photo to share tonight ...
I can do this! (in my finest squeaky voice)
Nite all.
Far out!
I can do this.
I do my best work under pressure!
Leave everything til the last minute and it will fall into place beautifully.
It always does.
Just breathe.
Ok, remember earlier this year, I 'exposed' myself a little to you? To refresh your memory ...
http://agechallengedrqqzy.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/allow-me-to-expose-myself.html
Let me expose a little more today.
I am having huge doubts about my photography and whether I am good enough to display my photographs to the world in an art gallery.
I am so afraid that people will walk in and say **insert derogatory comments here**.
I am afraid that because I don't use photoshop to manipulate my photographs until they resemble oil paintings or other types of artwork, that I will be rejected as a fraud.
I feel safe showing my photographs to friends and family because they love me and like whatever I do, because they understand me. They know the love that goes into my photos.
Strangers don't know me. They don't understand me. They don't know the love that goes into my photos.
They will compare me to prominent and famous photographers and I will fall short ... by a long way.
This is a huge deal for me ... to make myself vulnerable to the world.
I am terrified.
As the date looms closer, I become more terrified.
I keep chanting in my head "You can do this! You CAN do this! YOU can do this! You can DO this!"
It's easy to be terrified of the unknown. Give me strength.
I can do this. Really, what have I got to lose? A bit of pride and self-respect? Pfft - who needs pride and self-respect?
My photos may look good on a computer screen, but many will fall short when it comes to printing.
How will my definition of Art Deco compare to other people's definition?
Ugh! Doubts, doubts and more doubts.
Just keep chanting.
YOU CAN DO THIS! YOU CAN DO THIS! YOU CAN DO THIS! YOU CAN DO THIS!
One photo to share tonight ...
I can do this! (in my finest squeaky voice)
Nite all.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Photo Overdose
The 70th birthday bash was celebrated last Saturday night.
By the end of the 70th birthday bash, I had taken 695 photos!
By the end of the first day after the 70th birthday bash, I had deleted 185 photos!
By the end of the fourth day after the 70th birthday bash (today), I had edited 380 photos!
There were approximately 100 guests at the bash, and each of them wanted a photo with the guest of honour either individually, or in groups.
There were family photos. Individual photos as well as the family group.
There were photos of cake cutting and singing 'Happy Birthday' + other assorted celebratory songs.
There was the speech.
The Entertainer for the evening.
The gift table.
The group dances eg Nutbush - always being led by the birthday girl.
Couples dancing both the fast rock n roll type dances and the slow romantic dances.
Individuals doing silly things like dirty dancing or shoving pencils up their nose.
There are a LOT of memories among these photos. A LOT of happy smiling faces. A LOT of friends who wanted to share this special day. A wonderful record showing Aussie H how well loved she is in this little town.
Even though the photos are my gift to her, I feel a huge responsibility to present this record of her celebration in the best way possible.
It's time consuming, to say the least, even though my editing is very basic and less time consuming than using photoshop, I'm surprised by how long it's taking.
Will I be finished by the weekend??
We will see.
If you are reading this Aussie H ... I am twenty years younger than you and I have no idea where you get your energy from, but I can't keep up with you!
Good thing you wore white - you are easy to spot in all the photos!
Now, I'm sure that I've hit photo overdose ... but it's back to the job for me :)
Nite all.
By the end of the 70th birthday bash, I had taken 695 photos!
By the end of the first day after the 70th birthday bash, I had deleted 185 photos!
By the end of the fourth day after the 70th birthday bash (today), I had edited 380 photos!
There were approximately 100 guests at the bash, and each of them wanted a photo with the guest of honour either individually, or in groups.
There were family photos. Individual photos as well as the family group.
There were photos of cake cutting and singing 'Happy Birthday' + other assorted celebratory songs.
There was the speech.
The Entertainer for the evening.
The gift table.
The group dances eg Nutbush - always being led by the birthday girl.
Couples dancing both the fast rock n roll type dances and the slow romantic dances.
Individuals doing silly things like dirty dancing or shoving pencils up their nose.
There are a LOT of memories among these photos. A LOT of happy smiling faces. A LOT of friends who wanted to share this special day. A wonderful record showing Aussie H how well loved she is in this little town.
Even though the photos are my gift to her, I feel a huge responsibility to present this record of her celebration in the best way possible.
It's time consuming, to say the least, even though my editing is very basic and less time consuming than using photoshop, I'm surprised by how long it's taking.
Will I be finished by the weekend??
We will see.
If you are reading this Aussie H ... I am twenty years younger than you and I have no idea where you get your energy from, but I can't keep up with you!
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| The calm before the storm. |
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| Could it be the Nutbush? |
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| The best looking girls there. |
Now, I'm sure that I've hit photo overdose ... but it's back to the job for me :)
Nite all.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sharing the love
I shared the love with ...
... this week.
It has been a good week :D
That is all.
Nite all.
... this week.
It has been a good week :D
That is all.
Nite all.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Empty House
Our visitors left at 10am.
It was sad to see them go, but at the same time, Adoring Husband and I are pleased to be alone in our home for a while.
I watched most of the Wimbledon final last night, but crawled into bed at almost 3.30am.
This means that I am making this a short post, because I'd like an early-ish night to bed.
I promised a few nights ago, to share photos of Adoring Husband's new granddaughter ...
I haven't met her yet, but what big eyes she has! I think she will be cheeky and full of mischief, just like her Dad ... and her Granddad for that matter!
I have found some owls to watch, and they are living in a frangipani tree in a local man's back garden. I hope that they nest there, because it would be the perfect spot for me to follow their progress.
All of the big birds appear to be nesting now, so I hope that there will be lots of photos to be had in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, I am about to stroll through my empty house, to my empty side of the bed, to sleeeeeeeep.
Nite all.
It was sad to see them go, but at the same time, Adoring Husband and I are pleased to be alone in our home for a while.
I watched most of the Wimbledon final last night, but crawled into bed at almost 3.30am.
This means that I am making this a short post, because I'd like an early-ish night to bed.
I promised a few nights ago, to share photos of Adoring Husband's new granddaughter ...
I haven't met her yet, but what big eyes she has! I think she will be cheeky and full of mischief, just like her Dad ... and her Granddad for that matter!
I have found some owls to watch, and they are living in a frangipani tree in a local man's back garden. I hope that they nest there, because it would be the perfect spot for me to follow their progress.
All of the big birds appear to be nesting now, so I hope that there will be lots of photos to be had in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, I am about to stroll through my empty house, to my empty side of the bed, to sleeeeeeeep.
Nite all.
Finals Fever
Heading towards 1am and I'm sitting here watching the Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Andy Murray - hoping that they don't take it to five sets, because I will definitely miss the end of the match if they go that long.
Uncuz and her son JJ sat up til midnight to see some of the match.
I've had a pretty lazy day today, recovering from the 70th birthday bash last night.
I drank 5 glasses of wine! That was over a 6 hour period, but my body is not accustomed to alcohol, so I got a bit tiddly, especially because I hadn't eaten lunch.
I felt a tiny bit hung over this morning - just a bit fuzzy - no pain or anything like that, but fuzzy and slower than usual.
A couple of photos from the party ...
I have a LOT of photos to go through (500+) before I can give Aussie H her disc of photos, but I am pretty happy with the majority of them.
Considering I had a bit of trouble with the camera yesterday and for part of last night - how stressful was that!? I was panicking that my job as photographer would be a big fat failure! I even considered sending Adoring Husband home to get his camera for me to use.
But luckily it all came together and I have lots of photos to play with.
It was a really happy night. Everybody had a good time. Lots of laughter and dancing and singing and Aussie H was the star of the night.
She was an excellent hostess and made everyone welcome and comfortable. She made her way around the room to chat with everyone and had her photo taken with all her different groups - her darts friends, her indoor bowls friends, her party friends, her family.
Adoring Husband and I were honoured to sit at her 'family' table.
A good time was had by all and when we left at 11pm, the only people left at the club were Aussie H and her family.
Enough of this frivolity. I'm going back to the tennis. I wonder how long I can stay awake - it's now almost 2am!
Nite all
Uncuz and her son JJ sat up til midnight to see some of the match.
I've had a pretty lazy day today, recovering from the 70th birthday bash last night.
I drank 5 glasses of wine! That was over a 6 hour period, but my body is not accustomed to alcohol, so I got a bit tiddly, especially because I hadn't eaten lunch.
I felt a tiny bit hung over this morning - just a bit fuzzy - no pain or anything like that, but fuzzy and slower than usual.
A couple of photos from the party ...
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| Setting up the balloons |
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| Me and Adoring Husband |
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| The Entertainer |
Considering I had a bit of trouble with the camera yesterday and for part of last night - how stressful was that!? I was panicking that my job as photographer would be a big fat failure! I even considered sending Adoring Husband home to get his camera for me to use.
But luckily it all came together and I have lots of photos to play with.
It was a really happy night. Everybody had a good time. Lots of laughter and dancing and singing and Aussie H was the star of the night.
She was an excellent hostess and made everyone welcome and comfortable. She made her way around the room to chat with everyone and had her photo taken with all her different groups - her darts friends, her indoor bowls friends, her party friends, her family.
Adoring Husband and I were honoured to sit at her 'family' table.
A good time was had by all and when we left at 11pm, the only people left at the club were Aussie H and her family.
Enough of this frivolity. I'm going back to the tennis. I wonder how long I can stay awake - it's now almost 2am!
Nite all
Sunday, July 8, 2012
The Big Bash
Exhausted!
Six hours bouncing around a party taking photos. Sooo tired.
Just can't do it tonight. Must sleep.
Happy birthday Aussie H. I look forward to going through the photos tomorrow. I loved seeing your family tonight and I had a great time. Thanks for allowing me to photograph the occasion and thanks for letting me harass your friends and family the way that I did.
Nite all. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Six hours bouncing around a party taking photos. Sooo tired.
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| The Birthday girl |
Happy birthday Aussie H. I look forward to going through the photos tomorrow. I loved seeing your family tonight and I had a great time. Thanks for allowing me to photograph the occasion and thanks for letting me harass your friends and family the way that I did.
Nite all. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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