Here some quick-ish updates since I've been seriously slacking due to lack of time and audience participation.
Friday night over coffee with Josh and Erica at "Art 6″:http://www.myspace.com/artsixcoffee in Denton, I learned that "I talk with my hands a lot":http://flickr.com/search/?w=54599034@N00&q=daniel%2Ccoffee%2Cfaces&m=tags and that I seem to have "a very odd tick":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmeBhBQxFY. Thank you for that, Josh.
Saturday morning I helped my dad fix his fence. This meant digging a very deep hole, straining a lot, bashing my ankles up with falling boards, and covering myself in a nice coating of splinters.
Afterwards we went to "Arlington Camera":http://www.arlingtoncamera.com/. My Dad bought a new flash and some equipment for it. I helped him pick it all out and then wandered the store dreaming of all the things I wish I could justify spending money on. Even flashes that I don't have to "repair on my own":http://revjim.net/2006/09/29/ive-got-the-poets-touch/ would be nice.
Then I met with a guy about photographing his upcoming wedding. No, I'm not "back in business". If you knew how little I was charging him you'd agree. The idea interested me so I went with it.
Then I held reflectors and helped to coach as my parents photographed my sister and her fiancee at sunset on the shores of Lake Grapevine. I got a bunch of candid shots and a really cool picture of the sunset. Maybe I'll show you if you ask really nice.
Then we had dinner and headed home.
The really difficult part is when you write a song and it's like, "Oh. I don't want to sing that." But, no, that's the song - I can't turn it into a song about chicks and cars. People connect with the honesty. That's really my job. Sometimes you've got to seinf the stuff that you don't want to say. You have to be vulnerable.
– Mike Doughty, from his "bio":http://www.mikedoughty.com/bio/.
Sunday morning my parents came with my sister and her fiancee to be photographed in my studio. We had a good time and I think I got some pretty good images. I haven't even had a chance to consider looking at them yet.
Then we taught them how to play "Bartog":http://cp.yi.org/cameron/bab_bartog/ which is quite possibly the best card game ever invented. In the midst of that, my sister's fiancee invented what is by far the best Bartofg rule ever. I'd tell you what it was but that would spoil the fun. You'll just have to play with me to find out. My mom was so utterly confused by the game that she insited on Vodka shots to help her understand better. I think this is a good strategy.
Nic and Emily showed up and then my parents left. Then Emily got in front of my camera. After a little of that, she convinced Jess to get in front of the camera with her. Maybe you'll see some of those images. If you ask nicely. Or maybe I'll just keep them all to myself. Yum!
After the photo session was over we headed to Sweetwater for dinner and drinks where we met up with Mike and Lisa. We spent a few hours there and then headed home and collapsed.
Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
– Dwight Eisenhower
Yesterday Jess and I went for a jog and then started watching "Team America: World Police":http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/. It was funny in that Southpark sort of way. Despite that, I was too exhausted to keep my eyes open and fell asleep half way through we'll watch the rest tonight.
I'm hoping to get home from work a bit early today and take a big bite out of some picture editing. If all goes well, I'll have three more sessions uploaded before the evening is over. In addition to a jog, dinner, the rest of Team America, and some Myscheivia planning, we've got a full evening ahead.
My plans for the Myscheivia Portrait Studio are falling apart. If you have any ideas on what visual and functional items can be used to make a plot of dirt and grass appear to be an obvious, though make-shift, portrait studio, I'd love to hear it.
