Friday Already?

Jeesh. What happened to this week? It's already Friday.

Good news. Along with the 12 images I have on display at Shane's on Main in downtown Stillwater, Shane wants to have a showing/opening for me. Right now, it looks like it will be April 4th, which is a Saturday. Nervous as all get out, but we'll see how it goes. Can't find out unless I try, so I'm going to see what happens. Hopefully, we'll have a full house, and it will draw attention to my photography, and bring business to Shane's place. I'm looking for a win-win on this, and with the date coming up fast, I need to start planning on getting an invite out and figuring out what times to be there.

Been trying to get out and shoot more. Really, I have. Spring seems to be just around the corner, then gets pushed away with more snow. I'm hoping to get out and shoot more when it warms up, as it isn't fun to lug around 20+ pounds of camera gear and a thick winter jacket, with gloves, a scarf, and a hat. And if it is cold enough, hand and foot warmers too. I need to hit up the old bridge again, and see how the thaw is going after this weekend. I'd ideally have a layer of snow still around it, with the water running down the creek, but we'll see what happens. The owner has always been really cool about allowing me access to the bridge, so it's been fun to get out there and shoot it in all sorts of weather.

I keep on looking at new lenses. I'm eyeing a 200-500mm Tamron right now. It isn't the fastest lens (I think it is F4.0/5.6, but I'm not 100% sure), but it is less than most of the "primes" that are out there, which are around a F2.8, and $5k for a price tag. I keep on hoping for that Nikon/Tamron/Sigma sponsorship, but I don't even know where to start with that, if such a thing even exists.

Been listening to a lot of the old 80's music I used to listen to. The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Replacements, Porcelain Boys. The old 80's new wave/punk stuff. Lots of Clash lately too. As for reading, I just finished re-reading the last Harry Potter book - book 7, the Deadly Hallows. I'm a geek, yes. But they're well written, and I like the storyline. I've moved onto 1984 now, buy George Orwell. I don't recall reading it ever for any high-school course, so I'm going to check it out.

I also got my first DVD about strobist shots, and doing portrait work. It's supposed to be a fairly educational disk set, once it is finished. I haven't had a chance to watch much of the first disk yet, but we'll see what happens this weekend.