Category Archives: People

Day 349 – Holiday Party

We held our company holiday party last night.  It’s a chance for us to dress up,  relax (and cut loose) and basically have a good time with our co-workers outside the constraints of work.  This is Delbert, who serves on the events committee with me. He and his wife, Lisa, were teammates with my husband and me on our company bowling league.  Unfortunately, that league was Del’s last hurrah at bowling since he managed to finally blow out his bad knee towards the end of the league. He hobbled through the next few weeks, and a couple of months later underwent surgery to fix it.

Del asked me to get a shot of him for his daughter and I happily obliged. He’s a super guy and I think his personality really comes out in this shot.

Susan is our receptionist extraordinaire, with more energy than I thought it possible for any human to have.

She and her husband sharing a moment on the dance floor.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get as many photos of the festivities as I had hoped. I thought I had extra AA batteries in my bag for my flash but they turned out to be AAAs (grrr). So when my flash gave up the ghost, my camera got put away and that was that for the night. Lesson learned!

Day 322 – And I thought pets were a challenge!

I did a family photo shoot yesterday.  I need the practice, they need the portraits, so it all works out.  The two little girls are 17 months and 3 years old.  While I could talk to the three-year-old, the seventeen-month-old had her own priorities.  It was a lot of fun, and I hope that the family will be happy with some of the shots.  PS – I learned a lot yesterday.

Here are a few that made the final cut.

Day 282 – Swamped!

I am up to my eyeballs trying to go through and process the Sacramento Freethought Day photos. I was the event photographer and am on a deadline to get them done as quickly as possible.  But I still have a regular job too! Hence, I did no shooting at all yesterday, so here are a couple from Saturday.  I hope I’m able to get out with my camera today.

A random toy sitting on a table. It was just there, no other kid stuff in this area, though they did have a bounce house and lots of other activities for kids.

Mr. Deity (Brian Keith Dalton) hanging out in the back.

More Air Race Photos – B&W

A few more photographs from the Reno Air Races that I processed in black and white.  I’ve still got more to work on and will keep posting them as I can.

Program sellers.

Munching down a teriyaki bowl.

Running the gauntlet of Box Seat Security.

Color guard.

Pit pass ticket sales.

Leaving the box seat area.

Enjoying the show.

Day 259 – Dave

The past few days have been full of hugs, tears, swapping stories, filling in puzzle pieces, laughing, and more.

Dave’s been working the Reno Air Races for years.  One of the people who died in last year’s crash was one of his crew, Sharon Stewart, a wonderful woman who always had a smile on her face no matter how rough her day was going. My first day back (Thursday) I saw Dave taking a break so I sat beside him and we talked for about fifteen minutes about that day. His young charge sat close by, his eyes wide.  Later that day, the first responders were honored at the opening ceremony and Dave saw me up there shooting and asked me if he could get a copy of the shot. I asked him if he had email. He did not. I promised him I’d print one for him.

Yesterday he brought me an apple fritter from the box of goodies he brings for his crew.

Today I popped my 50mm lens on my camera with the express purpose of catching as many people as I could. While Sweetie and I were working the gate at the far end of the box seats, Dave came by, smiling as always. Up went my camera to my eye, Dave flashed a peace symbol, and I got this shot.

I printed a copy of this for him too.

I have taken a lot of photos over the past few days, but need to get through one more day at the Reno Air Races, and then I’ll  have time to go through them and get some posted.

Day 258 – Boy at the Air Races

Just a quickie. Today turned out to be a much longer day than we thought it would be, so I haven’t had but a few minutes to review my shots from the day. I really was taken by this little boy and luckily, I was able to snap this shot of him in the box seats with his grown-ups. (I also like what is written on the sign behind him)