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This weekend was my first studio shoot with a person other than Jess. It was much more challenging than I expected. Of the 40 or so shots I took, only 4 or so were what I would consider "good enough" and none of them were "great". However, I learned quite a few valuable lessons.
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The photoshoot plans for this weekend have been going very well.
"Jess":http://livejournal.com/~sivatonight/ has been a HUGE help in running a bunch of errands today to get little bits and pieces of this and that. She's been a great source of calm and order, which I sorely need, sometimes. And, she managed to put up with [...]

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Thanks to Jess and her excelent reasoning, we bought a few monolights yesterday. Last night, after I had worked on the softboxes for quite a bit, I built a quick makeshift studio so I could try them out with Jess.
The lights were great. Very bright.. enough that I'll get plenty of use out of [...]

I have two photoshoots this weekend: Joel and Emily's engagement photos, and a very cool shoot with "Rachelle":http://www.livejournal.com/users/titania_kitty/. Hence, the desperate need for the softbox. I'm very excited about the shoot with Rachelle. I think that the idea we have is great. I've run it by a few people and they all think it will [...]

I decided to build my own "softbox":http://www.profoto.com/product_category.php?catId=103 out of PVC. This went pretty well. Then I decided to build a light stand to hold it up with. That's where it started getting complicated.
The box weighs about 5 lbs — maybe 10 — and the light adds another 3 lbs to that. The problem is, [...]

Last Sunday, Jess and I went to my parents house for Father's day. Around 5:00pm, my dad and I decided to go out to the Bear Creek Park Trail, this little walking trail near a creek, and take some pictures. The "chiggers":http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/arthopo/chiggers/ didn't like that I was there at all, and the mosquitoes weren't too [...]

I'm an Uncle… again. My brother's wife went into labor late Tuesday afternoon and my new little niece, Madasyn Hope, was born 6 lbs, 7 oz, 18 in, at 6:38pm Tuesday night.

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Even aliens are more accepting than we are.