Hey, Fellas!
Well, the week is over, as are the rehearsals, so on to the performances. Went Friday night, that was the first performance DD was in, and will be there again today, and it went well. My DD is definitely the child of musicians, both DW and I are trained musicians, so as a result, the DD knows and keeps the beat quite well. She also knows her choreography as well. I can see some of the other kids looking to her to see what they are supposed to be doing. Now, being a dance recital, you get all levels of performance, but you go to support the kids and all the hard work they do, so it was a fun recital to watch. Today I'll get to see the 'Littles' dance. The littles are the wee small ones, kindergarten age kids. The ones where them dancing doesn't matter, they just look cute in their outfits on stage. Had a good time taking pictures, but the daunting task of going through them and editing has begun. Being dance, and not knowing the chorography, I wound up taking a lot of pictures, some because the camera was in burst mode, more so than I really needed, but I didn't want to miss anything. As a result a lot of pictures I won't keep, but Unfortunately I still missed some good shots, but that's the nature of dance photography.
Here's one of the pictures I took during the performance Friday night. I almost missed it, that's why it isn't centered.
Morning, gents.
Start of the week for me with a 12 hr shift.
Hate those long shifts, the longest in my job is only 10. Are all of your shifts 12 hours, or do you have 8 hour shifts as well?
Whoa! But good for you for standing your ground and being able to react so quickly.
As soon as he said, "Other neighbors are complaining" that's when it clicked in my head.
Tell him you're planting dandelions for colour.
I've done that.
What I found interesting, is that while everyone was happy with the dance photos, they
really liked the backstage shots. Most parents never get to see what happens backstage.
I love doing backstage shots, unfortunately that didn't happen during any of these shoots. First, this was my only chance to get pictures of all the classes they have, so I would have missed something. And I say "I would have missed something," because I would have had to change lenses, added a flash and diffuser and the go and take pictures. Sure, I could have, but I would have missed some of the dances, not something I wanted to do. There's also the problem in that the dancers use the auditorium to get ready during rehearsals, and using flash, even pointed away from the stage, wouldn't have been appreciated by the director.
Actually... large parts of the province are flooded and underwater right now (or in the past weeks) and we're expecting a lot more rain still. I drove down to Fargo last week and had to detour around as the main highway was closed and underwater.
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/it-s-ov...l-view-of-flood-stricken-whiteshell-1.5916118
I have friends who have cottages in that area and the water level from the low a few years ago is about six feet higher.
WOW! Hope all are ok
I quoted that from MASH. Episode where they're watching My Darling Clementine.
I
knew it! That was the same movie scene, from the same M*A*S*H episode that popped into my head when I read that.
My boys were telling me this might be the last race in Monaco. I guess the cars are too wide for the track now?
I don't watch racing, but that's interesting
Nothing beats a nosy neighbor. I'm sure he'd be happy to contribute to help you hire a lawn service.
Hate a nosy neighbor, though I can be myself sometimes when I see something that peaks my interest....
but, I have never complained about someone's lawn. And I should suggest that the next time he complains.
If the biggest problem your neighbors have is the length of your grass, they must be living charmed lives.
seriously, this guys is. Being retired and having nothing to do except dealing with your lawn must be nice.
ooohhhh... I like that better than my dandelion response.
"Thanks, Bob. I appreciate you offering your lawn care service to take care of that."
He sounds like a wonderful neighbour. Good thing he doesn't live around here, lots of people did the No Mow May.
He would have hated that. He really needs to live in an HOA.
Morning, all.
Last day shift of the week. Work the midnight shift tonight then have a couple days off.
Can use it. I'm pooped. Training a new guy is more tiring than doing the work yourself.
I think this is day 50 of his on-the-job training with about another 40 to go.
I always hated going through training because 1) I hated not knowing what I was going, and 2) I hated having to take someone away from their job, so I'm sure the trainee hated the training part as well.
How are the pics turning out? Happy with them?
Good, though not all of them are keepers, and I knew that going into the shoot. I love dance photography, but the problem with shooting dance is that I don't know the choreography, so I tend to shoot a lot of pictures knowing that not all of them are keepers. Some of the pictures are from 'burst' mode when I see a dancer setting up a run and jump, so not all of those are keepers for sure. I'll keep all of them, eventually putting all of them on an external hard drive, but the keepers will go into a separate folder.
