Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
HDR at the ESP
A second trip to the Eastern State Penitentiary. A first attempt at High Dynamic Range imaging.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
SLIGHT RANT
I don't usually do this here, or anywhere for that matter, but I am just a little bothered by the standard work ethic out there. Please comment and tell me if I am out of line or crazy...
I went into Starbucks tonight to get a cold snack for Chaya and Jonah, after they helped me out at a shoot. It was almost 9:30...yes, a little late, but they are open till 10. They saw that the kids were looking at frozen drinks, and said matter of factly.."We aren't making Frappucino's any more tonight"....oh.... how about smoothies? "No, we are cleaning the machine out for the night."....oh, are you about to close? "we close at 10, we just want to get out of here." For some reason this just pissed me off. I don't know why it bothered me so much...maybe it was partially the runaround my wife had with a customer service person earlier in the day, dealing with a problem with IKEA(they double charged us, and said they could do nothing about it). Any way, I asked for the manager, because I was wondering if this is regular practice. The manager happened to be right there the whole time, and said that she could not help me or talk to me because she was busy cleaning out the machine so they could get out of there. A guy finally came up to me with a sigh, and said he would make my drinks for me if I really wanted them...but at that point I would not think about it.
So, am I just being crazy. I kind of felt like that crazy irrationally complaining customer....
I would think if I am going to spend $3 on a cup of coffee, or like $5 on an iced drink, that they would actually make them until they close. I would never ever go to work, and stop almost an hour before the evening was over and say "No, I can't take any pictures for you now, I am packing up because I want to get out of here as soon as the party is over". I work my butt off, and will go so far out of my way to do the best job possible, no matter what I am getting paid. I guess that is why seeing such a different attitude just makes my blood boil.
Any comments?
I went into Starbucks tonight to get a cold snack for Chaya and Jonah, after they helped me out at a shoot. It was almost 9:30...yes, a little late, but they are open till 10. They saw that the kids were looking at frozen drinks, and said matter of factly.."We aren't making Frappucino's any more tonight"....oh.... how about smoothies? "No, we are cleaning the machine out for the night."....oh, are you about to close? "we close at 10, we just want to get out of here." For some reason this just pissed me off. I don't know why it bothered me so much...maybe it was partially the runaround my wife had with a customer service person earlier in the day, dealing with a problem with IKEA(they double charged us, and said they could do nothing about it). Any way, I asked for the manager, because I was wondering if this is regular practice. The manager happened to be right there the whole time, and said that she could not help me or talk to me because she was busy cleaning out the machine so they could get out of there. A guy finally came up to me with a sigh, and said he would make my drinks for me if I really wanted them...but at that point I would not think about it.
So, am I just being crazy. I kind of felt like that crazy irrationally complaining customer....
I would think if I am going to spend $3 on a cup of coffee, or like $5 on an iced drink, that they would actually make them until they close. I would never ever go to work, and stop almost an hour before the evening was over and say "No, I can't take any pictures for you now, I am packing up because I want to get out of here as soon as the party is over". I work my butt off, and will go so far out of my way to do the best job possible, no matter what I am getting paid. I guess that is why seeing such a different attitude just makes my blood boil.
Any comments?
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
ONE MORE FROM PEAKS
It rained the whole week we were in Maine. I didn't mind much because the fog makes for some cool pictures. Jonah and I didn't get to explore the woods as much as we would have liked, but we still had plenty of fun. There was something really relaxing about kayaking around the bay in the fog and rain. The constant foghorns from the boats in the area lent an eerie but familiar Close Encounters tune in the air. Chaya and I spent a large part of one day kayaking around the island, and exploring a couple of the neighboring islands. I wish I was brave enough to bring my camera on the kayak with me, but I just couldn't risk it. There is just something really beautiful about being at water level when the sun and some blue sky peek out through the clouds for a while, and all of the colors swirl around on the wakes...these would have definitely been some of my best shots from the trip....but there is just no way to keep things dry on a kayak. Any way, no matter how much I like my job, it is so nice to get away to a place with no phone reception, and no internet. I found myself driving around occasionally looking for a wifi signal to steal, but I only did that a couple of times. All in all a nice, relaxing week with my family. There is nothing I look forward to more than getting to spend time with my kids without distractions! It would have been nice to spend more time with my teenagers, but Eli stayed home(I think he wishes he went), and Jay brought a friend...so he is not in many pictures, because they were off doing their own thing...but that's ok, I think they had fun as well.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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