Es ist so heiß heute!

Auf Deutsch

I have forgotten most all of the German language that I knew as time and lack of practice has taken that skill far from my memory banks.

I was wondering where that nice cool and cloudy weather went, as I awoke and looked at the day.  My first day of really having to produce photog on demand.  There is nothing tougher at times to produce work when you treat it as an art form and you might not be as inspired as you would like.

I had a plan at least.  Get in the truck and drive.  That would make me find locations and spots to shoot at.  The wasting of petro would hopefully be enough of an incentive along with the love of photog, and the absolute necessity of getting the work done for class on Wednesday!

A park, it proved to be a good starting point.  The juices were flowing.  Then a long lag, so stop for a quick lunch on the run, NO SPICY CHICKEN! they say at the Wendy's...my favorite sandwich there.

So a grilled chicken, no fries, and a water, on we go.

Then to an inside location, the mid day sun and heat was not supporting my fat butt traipsing around lugging the camera, tripod, WB tools and note pad I was using.

This is one sturdy and dependable tripod, but it is not Carbon fiber, so it weighs like it looks.

I grab additional shots along the way besides the specific assignment shots.  I hope this is OK, we will find out come 8/29 between 10 and 1, won't we!

My new [relatively new, I got it in May] optical drive for my Mac Mini crapped out on me last Thrs.  And after a weekend of trying to get it to work, I call the seller and their tech support is trying to help, and while waiting for them, I stick in a DVD and it WORKS!.  Nothing of note was done, no changes, no adjustments, NOTHING, it just starts working.  I grab a music CD and it works, and another DVD...it works.   I just slink away, feeling bad, but it DID NOT WORK for four days, trying it many many times, honestly!  I hate it in that I will not have much confidence in the unit, it might happen again, like the day after the warranty expires. 

But for now it works.  "Move on!", that little man on my shoulder says quietly in my ear.