IT'S A BREEZE... PHOTOJOURNALISM

Well, that's what I was doing up until the time I went flying with my camera, and although it could have been much worse, it wasn't pretty. I was on my back for about five minutes, in extreme pain, wondering if I was o.k... I hit my knee so hard.. Slammed my camera and broke my flash. It happens every year, so this better the one, 'cause I don't want to fall again, at least for a while.
This week hasn't been very good, I keep waiting for a turn-around. Anyway, it's been a long day, and it's time for me to rest. Tomorrow will be Homecoming football games. I'll have to be on the look out for runaway tackles!
P.S. This isn't the best picture, but I'll be damned if I waist another piece of film on this!

Some Days Are Like This

Some days are like this, I just feel like throwing in the towel and walking into oblivion. Some people, like David, are able to just give a one finger salute and carry on. I'm not like that, I get my feelings hurt, yet know that if I show it, that won't help either. So I'm stuck, frustrated and wondering why I'm misunderstood. I know that I'm having a real pity party over here, but please indulge me...I can see it's time to snap out of it and hope that the rain washes all this negativity away, David's giving me that look... it's funny, these were taken last week, and I waited for just the right time to use them.
I did have one other suggestion, that was to beat my pillow with a tennis racket! If only that would take away the feeling that now matter how hard I try to please others, at some point it's never enough. I'm too sensitive. But that's what makes me who I am, so "Why Not Take All Of Me." (I used to sing that song to my daughter when she was little, scatting and all.)

Chrome and Leather

Today I spent a day with the Glendale Harley Club and fell in love with the feeling winding wiping around me, the open road, and the camaraderie that comes with owning one of these amazing Beasts! I could really get hooked... yes I still worry about the crazy drivers in their cars, but when riding with a pack of professionals,
I felt it's a really safe way to "have your cake and eat it too." Today was the kind of assignment that photojournalists live for. Although I must say that next time I go out, I will know more of what I should do, and can do. It's hard to imagine when you've never held two camera bodies on your knees and you can't see through the view finder, but hey... every now and then "Hail Marys," are good things! (That is say a prayer before you shoot because you only hope you're getting what you think you should be getting. Anyway, it was a great ride from Glendale to Camp Pendleton and back, smooth as glass!
Something unusual happened when we stopped for gas... a Ladybug landed on my driver, Jeff, he was a great driver by the way, and for his good deed today, maybe just an extra helping of luck too.
P.S. Don't tell my Mom!