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Amazing, my skillz. It's January 4th and I'm already four days behind this new year. Must be some sort of a record, really. I do hope there's a cool prize.
I had great intentions of making sure I did a blog post at least every other day. I also had great intentions of taking some photos just for fun every single day. Actually, I am doing OK on those, I just haven't really gotten good at downloading, editing and uploading them to share...baby steps. It's always nice to have room to improve, I guess.
So far our 2010 has been interesting.
A tree jumped out of a driveway while Dave was backing up and hurt the back of the Land Cruiser
We've had a water leak out the back that has turned the patio into a bit of a swimming pool; the air-conditioner in the living room coped with the heat - we've been between 46-49C for days now - by leaking a bit of water down the wall and said water may have slightly dripped into a powerboard so now we're pulling all of our cords (you have no idea the sheer number) out and waiting for it all to dry before Dave goes touching anything; I've been out on the boat guiding customers and yesterday did something painfully bad to my ear; for some reason some of the email I try to send to the dive shop simply comes right back to me & we can't figure out why so I spend more time resending via Dave's address just to get it where it needs to go; our treadmill (Dave's been running almost daily, me, not so much) just had its shock absorbers go kaput so now it works but without any incline. Boof does not seem bothered.
We could all learn a lot from Boof.
Since Christmas we've just been doing what we do. Working at the dive shop and out on the boats, taking the Girlies down to the watery place, trying to stay cool, catching up with friends for a few drinks & conversation.
I'm still getting used to one of my new lenses so have been dragging it to the shop and around the house whenever I can. The other day after getting back from our dives there were three emus across the road from Exmouth Diving Centre. Several of our clients headed over to take some photos and one of the girls got adopted pretty quickly as the emus begged for food. Once they saw the only thing to be had was a camera, they resuming plucking scraps from the grass next to where the food van parks five nights a week.
MatildaLily continues to be a most uncooperative subject and her new thing is completely ignoring me when I have a camera
Lobo puts up with me, but I'm pretty sure it was mostly because it was too danged hot for him to get up and move away
Dora isn't super keen on photos, but she's a smoocher when I try to get a shot up close with her...this is the outtake from the other day, but I like it.
Photography is picking up again and I'm spending a lot of time working with clients, answering new emails and creating new options for my brides & portrait clients. I am so looking forward to everything this year!
Two weeks ago I had an excellent plan for my first blog post of the year. Then real life crept back in and most of what I thought about where I'd be on this momentous day turned out to be...well...different.
2009 had its ups and downs and mostly I'm pretty happy to see it gone. Again. Seems like the past couple of years have been like that. But I have hopes for 2010, my 40th year. I don't expect it to be all butterflies, sunshine and fairy dust but I'm hoping for a little more of that mixed in, at least. I've got a few more battle scars thanks to '09, but I also have some more strength, some more character, some more sense of who I am and who I want to be. Those are good things.
I know first posts are supposed to be all about the resolutions we're making so here are some of mine. You know, so there's a record!
#1 I'm going to find some more of my wild child, find some more fun, laugh more. I want to stop comparing myself to others or worrying about what others think so much. I want to be confident that I am actually lovable and valuable as just me, even when I don't fit the mold very well.
#2 I turn 40 this year and I am going to get back to the Fit Me. Maybe not the Fit Me I was when I was 23, but the Fit Me who takes better care of herself so she can get out and enjoy everything in life with those she loves. Yeah, Baby - 40 is gonna be fabulous!
#3 I'm going to be more organized, hoard less stuff and keep things tidier in my physical space. Fierce, that's my new motto. Except for my desk. I have a system.
#4 I'm going to wear clothes that are not work clothes sometimes & not put my hair in a sloppy ponytail or under a hat every day. I know, hard to imagine, but I do own things that don't say "Exmouth Diving Centre" or "Ningaloo Reef". Not many things, but some. I may even wear more pink. I will have to buy new shorts.
#5 I'm going to grow my business, Kristin Anderson Photography. I love it, I love my clients, I love experimenting, I love just having a camera in my hands. I love everything about what I'm creating. I want to do it every day! It's my purrfect job (ok, sorry, I had to try to figure out how to stick this photo of a tiger in here)
OK, nuff of the corny "first day of the rest of my life" post. At least I found a use for some of the photos I'd never looked at that I shot with my then spankin' new Canon 40D & Canon 70-200L 2.8 IS lens at the Denver Zoo back in 2007 - see, I've already started organizing & tossing stuff by cleaning a hard drive today! I think that means I can safely put a tick next to #3 above now, right?
It's going to be 43C here tomorrow, I'm going to be out on the boat guiding divers and who knows what else. One thing's for sure, there will be another post of nothing much at all and another photo or two...that's another resolution I'm aiming for :)
Happiest New Year to You All - bring on 2010!
Day 1 of the new year and Dora's already over the whole Mom with Camera thing!
Head over to Kristin Anderson Photography Blog for your chance to win a cool book!
But you've only got 12 hours to be in with a chance! I've got a couple of copies of Dane Sanders Fast Track Photographer to give away FREE and I'm doing it before midnight tonight so hurry and enter -> Yes! I want to win :)
A quick kitty & puppy holiday greeting to celebrate Christmas & the holidays. We hope that you all are having a most joyous festive season.
We tried to do a group shot but in the end decided that everyone looked happier with individual portraits! (Honestly, I think the kitties can't wait for next Halloween - mom and I have decided that Drag Kitteh costumes are high on the list of possiblities!)
The Merriest of Christmases to you all!
