It's all Geek to me!!

Anyone that knows me, knows I'm a techi-geek!! I love technological things that I can play with. If it's something that helps me do what I do that much easier...I'm allll over it. Then, there are the things I DON'T need, that are just too darn cool..and I HAVE TO HAVE IT! Ok like the iphone...I don't really need it, but it's a mac, and it's cool, and I HAVE TO HAVE IT, however, I don't have $400 dollars....so, when I had to upgrade my razr, the Sony Ericsson walkman phone caught my eye....very very VERY cool!!! I loove it! There is soo much to do with it, and just this morning, I was able to send a voice text message to sus! Instead of me calling and waking her up, and instead of wearing my poor lil thumb out texting what I wanted her to know, I saw "voice message" and gave it a shot. Preeeeety cool!! Just recorded my dorky self, then sent like a text. Boom! Done! If this is something that most phones had already, well, I just hated my razr too much to care to mess with it. If this is truely a new feature, ROCK ON!!!
C

And one day the iphone will be mine!! O yes, it will be mine!! Muwahahaahahaaaa!!

Soon to come...

My lovely friends got married tuesday...I can't wait to show you!!

Maureens Trash Session

Susan and I took Maureen out for her Trash the dress session. We walked around St. Augustine in what HAD to be the BEST light!!!! She was such a trouper while we had hecklers yelling "DONT DO IT". One tour trolly rode by and everyone, and I mean
E V E R Y O N E in sync went "AWWWWW!!" and all clapped!! One Horse Carriage company let us hijack her carriage for a few pictures. She was super sweet! Country Carriages, tell them the two crazy photographers with the bride sent ya!! Maureen was soo gorgeous and the day was just beautiful! Thanks M!!
C

Why I'm a Mac!!

I feel soooo bad for my mom!! She bought a gateway just at a month and had to take it in for repairs last weekend. We get it back yesterday and they had to replace her motherboard. The geeksquad told me all I had to do was a system restore. Well, after two nights of fighting with it, there is something wrong with the wireless switch. It's just not working. I brought it home with me to see if it would pick up my router (which it did when we brought the sucker home from the store) and nope, no juice. I"M sooooo mad and feel soooo bad for her. She hasn't had it very long and it's all messing up. Not only that, I'm sooo over windows (it's vista!!) asking me every move I make if I'm sure I want to do it. "Are you suuure you want to do that, are you sure you're sure you want to do that?? Are you absolutely positively sure you're sure you're SURE you want to do that??? goooood grief!!! Why do you need permission??? Just do it!!! OHHHH EERFH I hate not being able to figure something out like that!! I even have to use a pc at work and it royally sucks!! I can't use two programs at a time without it *pppffffttt* "dont wanna anymore" on me!! So she and I will have to take it back to the geeksquad again tomorrow and they BETTER figure something out!!! Don't worry ma!! We'll get it rocking!!!
-c

To get where you're going

Last night I met up with my photographer friend Star Bradshaw and talk about our love for photography, how far we've come from photographing in manual for several several years to finally bring our passion of film to the level of digital, and making a biz out of it. Susan and I have been testing different waters, finding our niche, and deciding which current to float along to. In reflecting last nights conversation, and our current issues, I came across this site and its very detailed information. It's definitely a must read!
~C

Here is a bit from Marianne Drenthe's site on Custom Photography:

"TIME of the CUSTOM PHOTOGRAPHER:

Approaching it from a time standpoint, for instance let’s imagine if you will that you have hired a photographer who has work that you love and that is travelling an hour to your on location session. TIme break down:

* session prep time (30 mins - 1 hour, includes equipment and back up equipment checks + vehicle checks)
* one hour travel time TO session
* 15-30 minutes prep time at client’s home
* 90 minutes-2 hours with client photographing subject
* one hour travel time FROM session
* 30-45 minutes uploading time from digital cards from camera to computer
* 30-45 minutes time spent backing up the original images
* 2-5 hours editing time to present you with a diverse gallery of edited images
* 1 hour prep time getting ready for ordering
* 2-3 hours time with client for ordering images
* 1 hour sorting through and checking order
* 30 minutes-1 hour prep time for deliveryhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
* 30 minutes-1 hour getting order shipped
* any additional phone time or time needed for add on ordering, shipment issues, quality issues

As you can see, average client time for a session ranges from just under 13 hours to 19 hours dependent on the photographer’s level of service. This is time dedicated only to your session. When the photographer charges $150-$300 for the photo shoot you are not just paying for the two hours of session time, you are paying the photographer for 12-19 hours complete time for your session."

ooo but there's more...

Alex

Yesterday I took a trip home to my mom's to visit. It's always great to go home when I can. Mom always makes great food and lots of it! My nephew Alex was also up to visit from South Florida. It's always awesome to see him! Since he lives in S. Fl and we live all the way up here in Jax, our visits are far between and always too short! But when he goes to Ocala to visit his dad I try to make it down there when I can. He just turned 16 and is such a handsome young man! This time we took advantage of the beautiful weather and headed out for some fun on a little photo shoot. We had a great time and got some awesome shots!

- Susan