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Crazy Wednesdays!Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

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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My Day Job is AwesomeFriday, December 11th, 2009

Photography is not my full time job. By day I work as a mild mannered web designer for Nu Skin. I have been there for almost 10 years now – and it helps me afford my photography habit. And the company has been a great place to work.

Last night we had our company party. We had a delicious sit down dinner, we all received an iPod shuffle with the company logo with speakers, we received a $100 gift card to Costco, and a very generous Christmas bonus (two weeks pay). And especially in this time of economy stress and recession it is really nice to have a company that can afford to take care of the workers.

Nu Skin gave every employee an iPod Shuffle and a Christmas bonus

The next morning the whole company went shopping at Costco and I was torn – I had two things that I wanted to buy. One is Quickbooks 2010 for Mac – something I really need. And the other was a Flip Mino Ultra HD video camera – something I really want. There were some other things but those were the two I narrowed it down to – so I bought both. Although I bought the Flip Mino on amazon.com because it was cheaper.

I need Quickbooks so I can keep track of photography income and expenses. I want the Flip Mino so I can video blog on occasion. I think video blogging here will help introduce me to people who visit the blog. What do you think? Do you want to see the occasional video?