- December
- 16th
- 2009
Crazy Wednesdays!written by dav.d
The day is only half way over and things are going crazy! This morning my day job surprised everyone with something huge – and awesome. They gave all fulltime employees a check for $1000. I am still in shock by the generosity. Last week our company gave everyone a Christmas bonus that was about 2 weeks of pay.
Why did they do this? Because they wanted to give thanks to their employees for working very hard this year. During this economic fun time (the recession) the company has had a record year. So I want to say thank you to Nu Skin! This money will come in handy – money always does come in handy.
I will probably pay off some bills, buy some small Christmas gifts, and of course invest in photography gear. It is all about balancing the budget – and my goal for the next year is to buy a new Canon camera and 3 awesome lenses while not breaking the bank or going into debt to do so.
So that was crazy event number one. Number two – not nearly exciting – but I shot my first roll of film on my Bronica medium format film camera. I was cheating by using my digital camera to meter the shot. By that I mean – I point the digital camera at the subject – and then copy the aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings.
I will have to go drop off the film later today and wait till tomorrow. This is very exciting. I did make at least two mistakes. One mistake was accidentally pressing the shutter button when I didn’t mean to. The other mistake was taking a second photograph of the same subject.
And the craziness doesn’t end there – later this evening I am going to the SmugMug meeting with a bunch of photographers – it will be the first annual holiday party. Should be a lot of fun. I need to think of something potluck.
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