Archive for December, 2008

Photography Dilemma

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Situation:
Between my friends, family and myself, we have the skills and equipment to do all the wedding photography.

Problem:
I want my family and friends to be able to relax and have fun. I’m sure they’ll want to take some photos, but I don’t want to make them work.

Solution:
I want to hire someone for their skills, talent, time and equipment for between $1500-2000 for the day of the wedding. I want all the raw files before they leave. That’s it. Nothing else.

Other details:
I don’t want prints. I don’t want albums. I don’t need post processing or a web site. What they might choose to edit and make available for sale to my friends and family is entirely up to them.

I found someone whose photos I love, but I doubt they’ll agree to my terms. Le sigh.

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Thanksgiving

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Wednesday night papa and his wife drove down. We had dinner at IHOP and then watched Juno (which was really good). Thursday we drove to San Jose. Mom, her husband and my brother drove down to meet us. We then all went for lunch/dinner at my pirate’s aunt & uncle’s house. Lots of good food. Most of the youngin’s went for a walk later on (after mom and crew left for home). Friday papa gave my pirate a ride home so he could go in to work (ugh!) while I stayed to hang out with MM on Saturday. We had lunch at a Japanese place, played some WoW and watched a bunch of anime.

Sunday I just relaxed, baked everything cookies for AP and did chores.
Monday night I finally got the save the dates done. So Tuesday they went in the mail as did the cookies. Tuesday night I made it out to salsa night. Wednesday I fussed with the computer some while I figured out what cookies to make. And tonight I got two batches of dough finished and it’s bed time with gym time at 8am tomorrow. Bleh! Too early!

Oh, and I’m thankful for such wonderful future in-laws, and such wonderful family and a great fiance. I’m also thankful dad gave my pirate a ride so I could spend time with one of my best friends.

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