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How’s this for an idea: throw a big fancy upscale wedding reception, subtract the wedding part, collect money instead of gifts, and donate the proceeds to a worthy cause. Add in a dash of raffle, a sprig of environmentalism, a pinch of ‘swank’, and copious amounts of Irondale High School mini-reunion… and you’ve got the the first annual Get Down, Give Back Gala; GDGB for those of you that like acronyms.
GDGB was a good time. I told the organizers I’d make like “20 or so” images (my little donation…) for their website so that next year they can have actual images, rather than some found imagery. Next thing you know I’ve got a hundred in the bag and I’m bummin’ that I didn’t bring in my light stands or other stuff. Gah… silly hot people gettin’ down on the dance floor always makes me want to shoot.
Oh, and Jazz Hands are funny. Always.
There you go, SAG, with one very special photograph just to highlight your specialness. 
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Saturday was a busy, yet fun day for me. 2 photography events, neither one a wedding.
It started with a surprise 74th birthday party for Audrey Brenon. I’m not sure that her mouth closed the entire party – she kept running into people she hadn’t seen in a while or didn’t expect to be there – it was like 20 little mini-surprise parties over and over.
The original venue actually closed down only a few days prior so the planners were left scrambling coming up with a new plan & place – and getting all that info out to everyone. Luckily, there was a local bar that had the room and was happy to have us and everything turned out fantastically.
Not only did everyone ‘get the message’ and the original surprise went off without a hitch… but during the quick ‘roast’ they decided to play a little game of “who came from the furthest away” … Audrey was convinced that Sheboygan, Wisconsin would be the farthest anyone traveled from…. Until Jay, her son from Arizona, walked out from his hiding spot around the corner. Tears all over the place, hugging, love. It was awesome.
Part 2 of the day to follow …
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My blog is having problems remembering what I write, it’s making me mad. Grr. I’ll re-write (for a 4th time), but I do it under protest and in super-duper summary mode! Trust me, the original text was sweet – I bet it would have changed some of your lives.
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I like beer. I like ‘traveling’ to places and experiencing cultures via different beers.
If you have any beers (or just caps) that I don’t – I’d like to have them. Sock away your unique caps and hook me up.
1st time doing product-style photography. Eliminating creativity, dynamic lighting, story telling, etc is pretty hard but being able to re-shoot makes things a bit more peaceful than my normal wedding work.
This is a large chunk of my collection but not all.
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