Ricky

In random news day...

I was over in the waiting area of the presidents office (UT president, Not US) today. I was there to take a couple pictures of the president and some staff that were being honored for working at UT for a butt long time - like 30 years or something. Anyway, so i am waiting there and the president comes out and says, "is there a photographer here?" -- kindof like "is there a doctor in the house." but maybe not as dramatic. So, I say yes and he asks if he can use me for a second and takes me back to his office, on the way there he says, "I want you to grab a quick picture of me and Ricky Williams." Right, like its everyday I run into the President of UT and Ricky Williams. You know the football guy, played for UT about 8 years ago or so, went on to play pro for the Dolphins and Saints. Couldn't seem to pass a drug test. Yea, that Ricky Williams. So I took a couple pictures of them. I actually didn't recognize Ricky at all without his hair, but then saw his arms which have a bunch of tats and I remembered them from pictures. Anyway. So there you have it. He seemed nice enough and a little shy. And a lot thinner than he used to be. Guess thats what happens when you aren't working out and playing football all the time.

Live Loved

I am working on learning to live loved. Its a process.

Failures

Thought this was interesting. Kind of ties into the Chase the Lion study I am doing. I don't take risks for fear of failure. But I know living life without risks isn't really living.

Phinster

Here's the Phinster at 6wks.

she wasn't too happy and let us know.

Little Ballerinas

Claire, Jane, and Lily in their adorable tutus.

A Morning at the Capitol

Spent the morning at the capitol a few Sunday's ago shooting the Delahoussaye and Atkins Families. The girls are just too cute. Jane and Claire are 1 and both running around, and Jane's big sister Lily is 3.

The Newest Peeler Kiddo

Here's the youngest Peeler, Eli, along with a few with his sister Lila. For just a little guy he did very well during the shoot. We did keep his diaper on though as he's known for being quite the pee-er.

had to use the beautiful natural light in their bathroom

i love Lila's expression in this.

already playing the air guitar!

i just really like this hand shot.

Snoop

"A lot of people like to fool you and say that you're not smart if you never went to college, but common sense rules over everything. That's what I learned from selling crack" - Snoop Dogg

Amen to that. :0)~

Quote of the weekend

woman to her husband:
"You can flirt with my friends but you can not impregnate them."

yikes. :0)~

Life

Well, it's been an interesting day. Some rough moments. Some not too bad. I guess thats actually how my whole week went. I started the day stopping by the allergist to get my shots. I had a slight reaction in that my face was itchy but that happens all the time so I didn't think alot of it but mentioned it to the nurse thinking she'd give me an extra Zyrtec or something and send me on my way. But instead she fed me a bunch of pills and made me sit where she could see me for 15 minutes. I think it was just mental but I got all lightheaded. I didn't tell her that as I knew it wasn't rational to be dizzy. So then before I left she asked if I had an epi-pen and I said no, b/c they cost too much. They are only like $30 but I haven't died yet or had a severe systemic reaction so I figure I don't need to spend the $30. Ofcourse my mom would be sad to know I don't have one. Well, now I have a makeshift epi-pen. I was given a few syringes and bottles of epinephrine in case of a bad reaction. It looks a little weird carrying around syringes but oh well.

So I made it to work at 10 and was quite behind on the work I was planning on doing today. I worked through lunch and it turned out ok. Afterwork a co-worked invited me to happy hour but ended up going to a bar really south so I decided not to do that and went to a ghetto nail place to get a pedicure. Was kind of relaxing but weird having someone touch your feet. Although if I had to do it myself I'd never push back or trim my cuticles. Not that they are that bad but I just wouldn't do it. I don't get pedicures very often but figure, well, i have nice feet even if they are majorly white so I guess I could wear flip flops some. And my crazy injured toenail has mostly healed from a year ago so thats good.

So I got home and was hoping to find someone to do something with. Maybe some food, maybe rent a movie. Something low key. I called about 5 people and they were all either busy or didn't answer. I couldn't handle more rejection so I gave up. I then went through a series of irrational thoughts and then figured out I needed to leave the house. So I did. Ended up running an errand and spending a little time with a friend. Turned out fine. I don't really understand my irrational thoughts but they sure can be difficult. I had plans for tomorrow but they feel though. Bummer. Sunday morning I could go to the triathlon to watch but the crowds make me nervous. And my expectations have already fallen though on that anyway. I was hoping to spend some time with a friend there but they won't be there.

One kindof cool thing is I found some music I had been looking for on the web. I am pretty sure it was a legal source but I am not positive. I am quite careful about those things but this is a gray area. Hopefully it will be ok. Oh, it was downloaded stuff.

Well, I guess I'll go to bed. I am tired. I should be posting some pics this weekend so you can look forward to that. Also I finished a book I was going to blog about at some point. Maybe tomorrow.

a lawyer or JCPenney ad. :0)

I did a shoot a few weeks ago for Greg and his assistant. They needed headshots for their website. I trekked to Georgetown one sunny Monday afternoon and we headed down to the park nearby. Here are a few shots from the afternoon.

There was much debate about glasses on or glasses off. I liked glasses on better. A little more distinguished looking.
This is my favorite shot from the shoot. It is more JCPenney fathers day ad than lawyer but I really like it. Its just so comfortable looking.
I liked the smirky smile. I think I used too wide of a lens though. His head doesn't fit his shoulders. Nice background though.
A serious, no glasses, no tie pose. He reminds me of Clark Kent for some reason.
And here's Susie, his assistant. She was really fun and a great smile.

And here's a goofy one of her doing her best, "work it, work it, give me sazzy." ha.