but who could blame them... It was almost 90 degrees and a good mile hike down to the wonderfully warm, clear water... and it seemed so secluded... you know.. until you realize that there is a rather heavily traveled bike trail just across the water...
Pay no attention to the bear behind the shrubbery!
A little excitement round the house tonite. My son had just come home and was getting out of his car with a dozen Dunkin' Donuts. We saw him pull in and of course the Stupid Little Angry Dog started with her running and jumping at the front door. Never being one to try to calm the stupid beast, my husband got her further worked up by saying "It's Jeff.. JEFF is home..." and then opening the front door to let the dog do her job and run full bore at the kid as he was coming across the drive.
So he flung open the door and the dog took off down the stairs... stopped dead in her tracks at the bottom... took one look.. turned and promptly ran right back up the stairs...
The next few minutes consisted of my husband yelling "camera... camera... camera..." Me wondering what the heck he wanted the camera for... no.. apparently you can't yell "bear" when your looking at one standing not 20 feet from you... Me finally getting the camera and being horrified at what I was looking at and trying to calm my hand shaking as I tried to control the dog and work the shutter... the stupid dog barking her head off... the kid slowly putting the donuts back in the car and getting in as well... and the bear... the bear just calmly ate the little bit of suet that was left in the feeder and then slowly walking off into the woods.
SHEESH!
I did a little redecorating at the office tonite. Yeah, I have a cube, but it's got this really cool double paned glass window on the side which I discovered opens.. A half dozen rubber fish, a little coral, a couple fake plants, Steve the scuba diver... and BAM!
Cubequarium!
then your face will surely show it! :)
Another super hot & humid weekend coming up. Normally it wouldn't bother me but I've got a couple of shooting assignments lined up that are just gonna be brutal out there in the heat.
On Saturday I'll be at the Green River Festival in Greenfield. This one shouldn't be too bad as I won't be arriving and shooting until around 4pm, just in time to do some of the musical acts (hopefully with a back stage pass!) and then the hot air balloon launch at 6pm.
Then on Sunday it gets really brutal. The Vintage Base Ball tourney in Westfield. Nothing like standing on the first base line in the blazing hot sun on Sunday afternoon.
Ok, so both shoots sound like a HUGE amount of fun. It will just take some pre-planning the kit for each day. As in, lots and lots of water, a hat, and sunscreen. If you happen to be at either of the show, stop on by and say hello!
This was a first for me. I've shot turkeys and I've shot deer and fawns all in this same spot. This was the first time tho that I've seen the two interact. The turkey purposely snuck up behind the fawn, I'm not sure if he pecked the baby but the fawn shot 3 feet straight up in the air. He tossed his head at the turkey a few times and then ran off to the safety of Mom and sibling. Amazing stuff!
I've been doing alot of shooting for work lately and not so much for myself, which actually is fine. Unfortunately I can't post my 'work work' here as I don't own the copyright to the images. This, however, is a shot I took as I was leaving a shoot I was doing for the company.
Here are a couple of links tho to stuff I've been doing for work:
Hoophall AAU Basketball - my shots start at #7 and run through to #20. They aren't great but considering I haven't even been to a Basketball game in like 30 years, nevermind shot one, they didn't come out too bad. That's what I love about this job, it really is challenging me every day to get out of my comfort zone and shoot some strange stuff.
The Holyoke Kennel Club Dog Show
The Hoop City Jazz & Arts Festival
A little selfie I like to call "Bad Kitty". So much for the brilliant idea of leaving an umbrella out on the front porch so that it would always be handy for those rainy day runs to the car.
Ok, so the story today was just too good to pass up. So it's got nothing to do with photography or cameras or even Photoshop, but whatever, here goes anyway.
Kidman gives birth Monday to girl named Sunday
Mark my words there's a HUGE country song hit in there for hubby Keith Urban. Heck, I'll even write a few bars for him to get him started:
I had a Sunday on Monday..
So Thank the Lord it's Friday..
So come on girl,
Climb on into my Chevy
and I'll take you on down to Ruby Tuesday's..
We'll celebrate and have some fun...
I can't wait till Saturday to cut loose and play...
I got my check on Thursday...
So's I got enough left to pay.
Yeah, I had a Sunday on a Monday...
And it's been one a hell of a week..
Yeah, it's been one hell of a week.
TA DA!
Ok.. so I can't figure out how to get Wednesday in there, well, without a reference to "hump day"... ummm.. never mind... Mr. Urban is on his own with that one!
:)
Another awesome weekend at so called "work".
Saturday was the softball game.
and Sunday was puppies and Jazz..
I came home smelling like a mutt and sweating like a pig, but I love my job.
The mushrooms just added that extra layer of somethin' to the photo.
If you want to see the latest pics that I shot for Masslive, a softball game between the Chicopee Fire Department and the Chicopee School Department, just give a little click.
After weekend headlines like "1 killed, 9 shot or stabbed" I was ready for a little "serenity now".
