Fri 7 Jul 2006
In haste and carelessness, I’ve managed to allow a virus to infect my computer (a.k.a. the blackbox). I wrestled with it until after four this morning, and have been fooling around with it sporadically today. The resident IT guru, Rob, thinks it’s time for a clean slate and I’m inclined to agree. I don’t relish the idea of spending a few hours of this weekend blowing it away and reinstalling everything, but it’s better than the ongoing agony of popups, browser hijacks, and possibly compromised data. I may be offline all weekend, but hopefully “bb” will be feeling spiffy and sprightly come Monday morning. I really need to build another PC though, with more storage. Digital photography may save on film costs, but having to constantly buy additional drives to hold your archive is bloody expensive (no I don’t feel safe having archived copies on DVD… I need two copies to sleep at night).
Tonight is a dinner out for Taryn’s birthday. We’ll be dining and drinking at Humble Pie, along with 10 of our closest friends. If you’re in town, I hope you’ll be there!
IMAGE: This is from the last trip to SA, and it’s a scene I shot from the car window as we drove back home from Gran Blakeman’s house. Acacia trees and red dirt. Both unique and familiar. The trees remind me of how different Africa is from home, and the red dirt is so very North Carolina.
Random question but what pose would you use for doing individual swimming photos for kids on a team?
Would you put them in the water?
I was thinking possibly of sitting cross legged on the blocks.
I think cross legged on the blocks would be a good “safe” shot, but I’d also look for other opportunities in the area. Leaning against the lifeguard stand, standing in the shallows, laying on the diving boards, standing near the edge of the diving platform (if the pool has one), etc. I’d also go for combo shots with more than one swimmer in each image, allowing them to choose who they pose with. You could also do something really non-traditional by setting up next to the deep end of the pool and having them swim towards you slowly from the bottom while looking up at you… then snapping the image right before they break the surface. When combined with a group picture, these could look very unique.