Outside the Box

Once a week I get up around 5 am to get to a business networking meeting by 7 am - where I've met a lot of really cool people by the way – and often the traffic gets way backed up even at that hour. I'll approach a light where I want to make a left and there will be like 15 or 20 cars wanting to make a left. So what I do is take a right, go down half a block and make a U turn and on I go.

I got to thinking about that process the other day. I think sometimes life is like that. The quickest way to get where you want to go is by heading the exact opposite direction for just a bit. Or maybe it's just thinking outside the box a bit. I sometimes feel like I've got blinders on and I always do what I've always done the same old way. I really want to start thinking about doing things in new ways. Better ways, with better results.

Jeff

Can you?

Henry Ford said,

"Whether you think you can or can't, you're probably right."

Think about that!! It's become a way of life for me lately. I want it to be the way I live the rest of my life.

BTW, I took this photo at Sunset Crater in Arizona. It's a fascinating place to check out if you get the chance.

Fun with Furniture

I've been in the process of giving my office a total makeover. It's been fun transforming it into something I LOVE to be in. So I bought this simple 4 drawer file cabinet and while it doesn't exactly match all the other wood in my office - I think it works and looks nice.

Well, I unpack it out of the box and this baby consists of 41 different pieces of wood. Talk about "assembly required" ! This was a two hour process and I'll be honest, I'm really not that good at assembling things - in fact I hate it. I always tend to put things on backwards and not find out until 8 steps later.



I think I actually did it right this time without any screw-ups.


I thought is was funny that the label states "Inspiring Creativity". I sure hope it does for me!

Chantell

Okay, I know in my last blog entry I just said I don't do many senior sessions but yet here's another one. These shots are actually of my niece Chantell who wanted some fashion and some personality type shots for her senior portraits. I have been photographing Chantell since her birth and I can't believe what a beautiful and intelligent young woman she has grown up to be. I am so proud of her. We got some totally cool stuff.






I love this one. This was done all in-camera, the only Photoshop done here was turning it B&W!

A rare shot

I don't do many senior portraits, mainly because I don't like to do the conventional shots most studios do, however I did get the opportunity to shoot the senior portraits for all of the Klein boys. I share office space with Steve Klein (he's in the back and I coaxed him into jumping in a shot with Kyle & Konner - who are twins BTW) and I actually photographed his other 2 sons Tyler and Bret who are both now at U of A.

Kyle and Konner are total hams - which they get from their dad - and also a total blast to photograph. Studio shoots are so much fun because there's no pressure and we can all have fun with it. Here's a couple more.

A shot while driving

Okay, sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been positively swamped lately. However, I did manage to get a haircut yesterday. I was actually really happy about it because now my faith is restored in my haircutter again. See last time she cut my hair (the result of which you can see in my profile photo) she got so carried away in the story she was talking about (she went to Egypt no less) that she took the clippers and went all the way across the top of my head! Major fly-by buzz. No biggy I thought. It grew back of course. But I'm liking my latest cut much better. She's been cutting my hair for 6 years and I love her to death - thanks Magda!