The days after Thanksgiving are here which hold some of the most wonderful traditions of the year. Sleeping in after long nights of tryptophan induced slumber. And for some waking up at 3am to prepare for battle as Black Friday arrives. I actually talked to a bride that booked her wedding with us yesterday and had the great idea that I hold a black friday sale next year and have people camp out on my lawn. I would love to hear what the neighbors would say.
In our household the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the christmas season. The tree comes out,the lights go up (and I try to sneak a menorah some place)
Today I arrived victorious from a day of stealthily hunting the ever elusive Abies concolor (concolor fir) but if my mother asks it is a Chanukah bush.
There are a lot of great events that I haven't posted yet so keep checking back to see yours. I also have a lot of events coming up this next month that I am really excited about so stay tuned.
One of the things I love to do is talk to clients. People as a whole are very interesting and have much to contribute to each other if you take the time to strike up some small talk and try to listen as much as you talk.
This was the situation last week when I was speaking to a mother of a Bar-Mitzvah boy whom I am going to shoot this weekend. We were talking about party themes (his is going to be Marti Gras) when I mentioned that my sons birthday is Nov. 15th and we were going to have a Carnival theme. For anyone that knows me and my wife, we love Birthdays and usually make elaborate games and decorations and bake a novelty cake. I had spent the last month making Carnival Games out of wooden boards and painted them in garish reds and yellows (I was very proud of myself)
Kelly, the mother of the Bar-Mitzvah boy shares the same view on birthdays and mentioned a Carnival themed one where they did a take off on "ye ole" pie eating contest. The twist is bubblegum. You drop a gum ball in a pan fill it with whipped cream. With no hands the child has to burrow their face through the whipped cream, get the gum, chew like mad. The first one to blow a bubble is the winner.
I loved the idea and had to do it. Guess what? it was the hit of the party. Despite hours of hard labor building those games, they were out shined by a very simple yet clever idea. Thanks Kelly I can't wait to see what you have in store for this weekend.
For many of those that are slowly forgetting what film is, may be drawing up blank at the mention of the Daguerreotype. But photography would not be what it is today with out this Artist and Chemist. The Daguerreotype is an image exposed directly onto a mirror-polished surface of silver bearing a coating of silver halide particles deposited by iodine vapor. The daguerreotype is a negative image, but the mirrored surface of the metal plate reflects the image and makes it appear positive in the proper light. Thus, daguerreotype is a direct photographic process without the capacity for duplication.
While the daguerreotype was not the first photographic process to be invented, earlier processes required hours for successful exposure, which made daguerreotype the first commercially viable photographic process and the first to permanently record and fix an image with exposure time compatible with portrait photography.
Here are 2 of my favorite pictures of contest #2's winner Melissa. One of the images will be featured in Style magazine. Congrats Melissa the day was fantastic and you look great.
Whether your guy (or girl) for president won or didn't, this is a time for celebration. Why? because I won't be getting 15 phone calls a day from people telling me to go out and vote. I guess that's what I get for registering as an undecided.
Well I want to do my part to help get the economy going and help everybody out with their holiday shopping. So I am offering a free ipod to anyone who books their wedding or event in the month of November 2008. Keep it for yourself or gift it to a loved one, heck give it to someone you don't like. Just a little something extra to show my appreciation.
(Update: a past customer asked if they referred someone if they get an Ipod, after much squirming ,LOL, I agreed. But with the following stipulation, you as the referee have to contact me first to let me know who they are, and they still have to book the event in November.)
This offer only applies to those that see it on my blog, as an added reward for those that visit so the password to qualify for it is to say "Hey Mike, Gimme my free Ipod!" when you are in the studio.
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