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So, yeah, it's been a while. Things are a bit chaotic here, which might lead you to believe that, that would create lot's of things to talk about.  But sadly, it really doesn't.  Just lot's of working, sick children, getting my car repaired from the accident and then taking it in to be repaired again when it came back worse than when it went in.  I mean seriously, how do you put on a windshield wiper so it's wipes upside down against the car door instead of right side up on the window?  You'd have to be truly brilliant to do that.  And this repair place was full of brilliance, because my speedometer also doesn't work. They were repairing my rear bumper and my speedometer was broken in the process.  There is something so wrong about that sentence. I thought it would be freeing.  I mean really it's always on zero so I can drive as fast as I want right?  Wrong,  because when you are me and you like to follow rules you just end up paranoid the whole time that you are going over the speed limit at which you are supposed to be.  I'm a pathetic law keeper my friends.

And oh, I'm happy to report that after taking it somewhere else it has been fixed so I can be a happy pathetic law keeper now instead of a paranoid one, so all is well.

  Anyway, not much going on besides that so I thought that I'd share my awesome valentines mixed c.d.  I love making mixed c.d.'s it reminds me of all those teenage years sitting in my room with my tape recorder trying to get the new songs off the radio. lol.  If you need some good love songs this list will offer quite a variety.  "I'm not saying I'm the best mix cd maker ever but all my friends say so..."  Anyone know where that line came from?  Well the end of it? "but all my friends say so?"  Ten points to whoever get's it right in the comments.  It will mean we are kindred spirits and that we watch way to much Jane Austin. Here is the list:

Oh, it is love-  HelloGoodbye

Night and Day- Sondre Lerche

Love like this- Natasha bedingfield

Trouble sleeping- Corriene Bailey Rae

Falling in love at a coffee shop- Landon Pigg

J'ai Deux amours- Madeleine Peyroux

Lose Control- Maria Mena

Reasons to love you- meiko

Be be your love- Rachel Yamagata

Hands on Me- Vanessa Carlton

Passion Play- William Fitzsimmons

My hands are shaking- Sondre Lerche

Ever fallen in love- Novelle Vague

I wish you love- Rachael Yamagata

You picked me, and think of you - A fine Frenzy

Falling slowly-  from the movie Once

Stuttering- Bens Brother

Your song- Kate Walsh

And my new favorite song that I am currently listening to over and over again.

Say- John Mayer

Here is a link to the video if you want to hear it.  You probably already have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTpy_L1dALA

Happy Valentines a day early.

The heavens parted and angels began to sing...

Okay so maybe that didn't happen but PMA/MT certainly feels heavenly to a photographer. Here is a shot of the entrance. This is why I haven't posted in a while.

    Every major camera company was there!  It was so much fun walking through the booths and discovering all the new cameras, printers,scanners,bags, and any accessory you could think of.

I have to say it was also amazing to see the Tamron booth because I had a photo on display in the front promoting a new lens they have, it's great lens and I had a lot of fun using it.  I was totally surprised when they asked if they could put it in the booth and it looked so lovely hanging there! It's the one of the girl with the blue columns.

Here is the real version of it.  This is a photograph of Elizabeth she is an apprentice at the actors theatre is Louisville and this picture was taken in front of the children's science museum there.  Great backdrop. 

I spent a lot of my time here:

In the CK Media booth.  I loved getting to meet so many new people as they came in and the class I taught was great.  I'm am really impressed with the students that I had.

I also had a chance to finally meet all the staff from Shutterfly when they had a party to announce their new partnership with CK.  It was so much fun and I was so very impressed with the kindness and sincerity of their staff.

 

Over all it was a great experience for me.  I learned a lot and it really renewed my creativity and pool of idea's for future articles and videos.  So I am super happy about that.  Sometimes I forget how much I love photography but this show definitely made my heart flutter so I think it was a good reminder for me.