How I start my day!

Tuesday August 26th, 2014...another day, another story

Short story today. Work was hot and the day was long. Of course when the day is hot it leaves you longing for a nice cool shower. Learned my kid still hasn't grown up, I am beginning to wonder if she ever will. I see a bleak future for her. To keep myself from crushing under all the gloom every second not focused on work is thinking about photography. I do believe in previsualation so I concentrate on what settings to use for a particular subject. Ok, I have already deviated from my original story. Let me try again, day was hot, kid was dumb and my body hurts awfully bad. However (there is always a "however") tomorrow will be much harder. Take the wife to the doctor as she fubared up getting her much needed script, then work again in a hot warehouse, then take the grandbaby home and try to mow the mom's lawn. Looking foward to the holiday weekend. Till next time Keep Calm and Stay Cool!

2014 Irving Marathon

Two weeks ago I attended the 2014 Irving Marathon
as part of my Irving Photography Group. The conditions were anything but ideal for a marathon as the weather was damp, cold, and blustery. I had to admire and respect all the runners

that turned out for the event even with the less than perfect atmosphere. There was a band, Breaking Southwest who only performed a couple of songs (I thought they were great) due to the cold and wind. Of course no matter the weather conditions, the sponsors were still out front and center. Chik-Fil-A's
army of assistants were continuously handing out their famous chicken sandwich (of course I had to have some!) I shot over 900 frames however only about 30 were worth keeping. I learned what I did wrong

and am looking forward to the next local race with the belief I will do a much better job of recording the events. I also am hopeful the weather will cooperate so I don't have to turn all the photos into black & white! Not that there is anything wrong with that but let's have some warm sun! I will post more photos going forward and they will also be available on my Flickr account.