Day 133 – Big boy toys and my first paid job – UPDATE

Sweetie is a radio-control airplane aficionado and in recent months has joined a club of like-minded guys. This means I lose him for hours at a time on weekends, but I’m happy he’s got a hobby and friends outside of the home. The club held its first annual Fun Fly today and I was asked to photograph the event.  I took a couple hundred photos and am still going through them. Just one from the batch is below. I’ll link to them later when I’ve got them all processed and ready to go.

One of the guys flying his plane.

The other exciting news is that I had my first PAID job today! My friend is starting back to work as a consultant and needed some headshots done. Here are a couple of my favorites. Unfortunately, WordPress in “crunching” my images has made them cooler and more washed out than they should be. I’ve broken down and set up a SmugMug account, and when I can, I will link to the photos.  (UPDATE: I have replaced all the photos below with linked-to SmugMug photos. The difference is clear. The colors are as they should be.)

Just so you know I’m not imagining the color difference, the photo below is after WordPress is through “crunching” it.

It wasn’t all serious . . .  we had some fun too!

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6 comments

  1. love the big boys toy-photo… the joy is actually visible without seeing his face..great job!
    and your first paid job…way to go Carissa! and a well done job as well, the beautiful lady should be very happy with you!

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  2. Nice. One suggestion (and it’s a pain to do) is to click on the option to open the photos on a different window or tab. Not necessary, just a surfing preference of mine as it makes it easier to look at the photos and return where I was.

    That was a nice series; poses, lighting, and sharpness. The lady should be pleased.

    I gather you are linking the photo directly from SmugMug to WordPress? I end up sending people to the SmugMug album . . . maybe why few ever go there. The ones I have in wordpress are local to wordpress, and sometime adjusted differently to try and get them to look better in the post.

    Anyway, congratulations, and best wishes on this mother’s day (and for your neo-career).

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