by Matt | Jan 15, 2006 | Travel, Work
Well, I’m on my way back from a wedding in Lubbock TX. One of our long time clients wanted us to photograph her wedding.
I’m actually feeling pretty good about what I shot yesterday. Everything went well and I was on my game in terms of shooting. It makes me feel good and even validated as a photographer when I can look at some of the stuff I shot and go “yeah, I like that”.
Its really hard to do what you love and get paid for it. If I was independently wealthy I certainly wouldn’t be doing weddings, I don’t think anyone would. So it falls under the “for the paycheck” category. Knowing that its “a job” and not some you express “want” sometimes can detract from the artistic aspects of it.
Having said that, when I look at stuff I shot and I think that its really good, that makes me feel good as an artist.
Anyway, we heading back to Houston. Its a pretty borring 8hr drive. We’ll stop here and there for some tasty Whataburger and possibly some jerky at this little place in Centerville that makes the worlds best.
In other news, right before I left we got our Canon SD550. Its a sweet little camera. Wallet sized 7.1mpx camera with tons of features. I let you guys know when I put stuff up on flickr.
I hope I’m awake enough to enjoy dancing tonight (I mentioned we were taking swing lessons again right?). We left at 6am. So hopefully we’ll be back around 3-4pm. Dancing is at 7:30 so I’m hoping to catch a quick nap. We’ll see.
Out.
by Matt | Dec 17, 2005 | Work
The event I’m photographing tonight is an all out party for the daughter of Houston elite. Who, in typical fashion has spared no expense on this party (this includes us). It also includes DJ AM providing thr nights musical entertainment. Most likely a hip-hop fest, but still, with OUR VIP status, I’ll at least get to say hi. Kinda cool. My job is never borring 😉
by Matt | Nov 16, 2005 | Personal, Work
I sitting in the parking lot of the Brazoria county courthouse at the moment. I’m visiting it for the 2nd time this week. On Monday I was selected for a pannel. For those of you fortunate enough not to have had jury duty yet, a pannel is a larger “pre-jury”, meaning you’ve been selected but not assigned yet. You still have a slim chance to go actually sit through the trial, you might be an alternate, you might be dismissed all together.
So, being picked for a pannel on Monday brings me to today. The trial starts this morning and jury selection is immediatly before hand. Why they couldn’t have picked the jury when we were all here on Monday is beyond me. Regardless, we all had to come back today.
Part of me kinda wants to see the actual trial, since I drove all this way. The other half of me calls that first half a raving lunitic and wants to go back to bed.
Oh, I’m off to serve the public, or some crap like that.
by Matt | Jun 26, 2005 | Aggravation, Personal, Travel, Work
All week the security nazis here at the Laredo Entertainment Center have been hastling me and Paul. Yesterday was the worst. What I can’t understand is that we’re catching shit while we’re wearing full access badges. People not wearing badges aren’t getting second looks. This was my conversation with two security asshats yesterday…
Tard – Can I help you?
Me – I’m the photographer, excuse me (starts walking past)
Tard – but can I help you with something, who are you with?
Me – I’m the official photographer. See the badge?
Tard – Well, you’ll need to be escourted.
Me – I don’t think so. I’m the OFFICIAL photographer. This is an all access pass, now excuse me I have to get in there.
Tard2 – Excuse me sir, is there a problem?
Me – Yeah, let me through, I’m the photographer, see the badge?
Tard2 – Yes sir, but you’ll have to check in with Guest Services.
Me – I don’t have time for this, excuse me (walks away as the call for the security guard)
It went downhill from there. I won’t bore you with the explatives. Retards.
So, with one night left here in town, let me send a big warm fuzzy “fuck off” to the security morons here at the Laredo Entertainment Center.
by Matt | Jun 19, 2005 | Personal, Travel, Work
So, today was my travel day. Having done most of my preparations the day beforeb I was able to leave out about 9:30 and get to Laredo around 3:30. 5 hours driving plus a break or two for gas and bathrooms. The rental car we got was a Kia Optima and was allegedly the “top notch Kia” if such a thing exists. It did well, I’m not knocking it, but “featureless” doesn’t really beging to describe it.
As I drove I couldn’t help coming up with a mental list of everything I wanted to write about before but didn’t get the chance to. 6 hours in a car alone will do that to you. Having driven the east coast in a similar fashion its amazing how quickly you go through your entire music collection and what you do to amuse yourself along the way.
Pardon me while I sip on my tea, compliments of the lavish complimentary Mr. Coffee machine in each room. Actually, it an upgrade, last year they didn’t have one. They must have gotten my hate mail about the $5 instant coffee available in the lobby.
Moving on… Has anyone noticed that MacDonalds has changed their food in about a decade. Seriously, I got chicken nuggets outside of San Antonio and it was like stepping back into 1985. What I can remotely understand is the mass apeal of Mickey D’s. They’re the largest and most popular hamburger in the world? Huh? Obviously people across the globe don’t know better. Shit, peole in foreign countries would pee themselves if they got ahold of a Whataburger. I treasure that place like its the lost city of the Incas.
I’ve lost my train of thought. My appologies. I’m quite tired from the drive. Since the brilliant plan to provide me with internet while I’m here had a bit of a flaw in it, namely the complete lack of wireless capabilities with the machine I brought, tomorrow I’ll recant you the tale of how I rectified the situation… As soon as I figure out how to do that.
Oh, and if you notice spelling or grahmar mistakes in the posts this week, please forgive me, the Sidekick likes to punctuate the shit out of things for no reason at all.
Night.
by Matt | Jun 18, 2005 | Work
Ok, I just wrote a whole post worth of absolute dribble, so I deleted it. I’m tired, I’m hot, I’m hungry, and I don’t really give a shit at the moment. I’m leaving for Miss Texas USA tomorrow, I plan on constant updates from the road, mainly because I’ll be in Laredo by myself for the first few days and I’ll have nothing better to do and I’ll have my Sidekick with me. I had wanted to play BF2, but the computer I’m taking has no graphics card. Convient huh? Whatever. So, look for multiple updates daily for the next few days, starting Sunday night. At the moment I’m going to go pass out from all my packing. Oh, and Jones Soda Berry Lemonade completely kicks ass.
Out.
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