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The Turn- in concert {at Molloy 4-17}
My first ever live concert that I was "press" for!! I was asked by my new favorite band to come take some pictures at their show last week and it was so fun! I posted on the blog earlier how much they ROCKED IT and they really, really did. I think they totally have the stuff to make it. And when that happens, I’ll be on tour with the band (yeah, right. I’d like to think I’d be, but I’m not in the movie almost famous! Still have 3 kids to take care of. But I can dream, right!?)
I’m going to have to remember to bring earplugs for the next show. I love the music but being literally ON TOP of those huge speakers isn’t so great for your hearing. Gotta turn down the volume somehow. The lighting for the show sucked (for me) but I figured out how to work it pretty well. Some dramatic shots in there with backlighting look pretty rock n roll to me. And I found out that it is HARD to photograph the drummer- between him being so far back in no lighting and the constant motion, he turned out to be my biggest challenge.
They were so great "in concert", opening up for Big Shot who is a Billy Joel cover band. Some of my rock n roll favorites:
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boop.
okay, just one last post for today.
Timmy’s new thing- whenever he sings a song, no matter what song it is, he ends it with "boop". Right now, his favorites to sing include:
- fish heads
- the pirates song (disney)
- bingo
He hasn’t been sleeping well for whatever 3 year old reason, so right now he is working on hour 3 of his nap. I should probably wake him up soon, but the in the peace I’m getting so much work done. We went for a walk into town today (and of course he had to bring some planet heroes with) and he lost Shiver. Of all the ones to lose, that’s the worst cause it’s the most expensive and hardest to find. I even took the car out to backtrack and find it, but no luck. Luckily, grandma’s on the case on ebay and found another one. But in the meantime, he’s not happy that Shiver is missing. Therefore, me neither.
The big boys had a sleepover at Grandma & Grandpa’s last night, so it was pretty quiet here for most of the morning (hence the walk). They had a great time again– but how could they not with having a computer each!
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baseball
Trying to catch up on all my personal pictures, too! The boys started baseball like ummm……two weeks ago, and I’m just getting to post them now. Yikes! 
They are having a great time this year and I think they are really enjoying being the older kids on the team this year. John is a coach again (which the boys told him they are really happy about and that they really like that he’s at every game) and I think he actually enjoys it. Except for his back hurting. And the juggling to get them to the games is interesting. They have soccer and baseball games on the same day, plus with me working every weekend, we’ve required a lot of grandma’s and uncle nelson’s help with coordinating schedules and Timmy’s naps. But, luckily they can help out or else we would be in big trouble.
The boys told me their favorite positions this year are: Jack= catcher, 2nd base & pitcher and Patrick= 1st base, 3rd base & center field. Their hitting and fielding skills have improved a lot since last year. They’ve only played in one game so far this season (out of two- they missed one cause they went to a Mets game that night) but have spent a lot of time practicing in the backyard. I now have a nice dirt pitchers mound as well as a nice dirt batting box right here in my backyard. Just from all the wear in those spots– and no grass will grow there ever again. Someone once told me the expression "I’m raising boys, not grass". So true- gotta love that!
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the coo communion
One more communion for ya…but the season isn’t over yet! And I’m trying to catch up as much as possible.
You may recognize this family from a shoot at their house back in February. Had a great time with them yet again (well, I had a great time. I think Dad and son (and Grandpa this time too!) really have had it with me and my camera!) and hit my favorite place up at church for some portraits.
Another one of those odd 6 degrees type situations…one of the guests at the party (who is the mom’s cousin) ends up being back in the band that I’ve been doing lots of work for- The Turn. He apparently had been in the band, left for a while, and then came back. So I saw him at the communion (even though I didn’t know who he was at the time) and then again a few nights later IN the band. Small world, huh?
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so busy…so thank you all
Everything is just exploding business wise! Which is so great, but dosen’t leave much time for anything else right now. Trying to remain calm and stay on top of everything (the kids, the family, the business, the house, the laundry, the school, the friends, the other jobs at the SAT place and teaching scrapbooking, and the everything else) and finding it very difficult.
As for business, thank you to everyone for their patience. I am getting backlogged so I am not able to answer emails and edit pictures as quickly as I would like, so thank you for hanging in there with me. I guess the bsquared word is spreading, and I really appreciate all of the business you are all sending my way! Really!! But you do know that this means that if you (my wonderful, faithful blog reading clients) want me to be there with camera in hand for your special event or if you have a date in mind for a shoot…BOOK AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE!!! I really can’t stress this enough. I don’t want all of my original clients to lose their spots. Just lookin out for ya!
I am working on editing one more Communion, then I have to edit the pictures I took of the band The Turn last night at a show (which, by the way, was ROCKIN!!). Tommorrow (well, today now I guess) I am shooting a wedding and Sunday a family shoot. For those of you who know me, you know how much I loathe being behind…but I can’t do more than I’m doing.
And since a post is pretty worthless without a picture, here is one that I just adore. To me, it just says SPRING, baby!
