Tonight I was trying to think of what to do for a self portrait, you know just throw something together because self portraits are easy right. Well I could not really come up with anything on the spot and was felling a little bit silly and wanted to just shoot something fast, just on a whim. I was wearing my Top Gun t-shirt and was thinking I could pull off a little fighter pilot attitude. The problem is the only props I had on hand to play up the theme besides my t-shirt was a pair of aviator sunglasses.

Then I thought that I could pretend to be a super fan or something and I busted out some gaffer tape, put it under my eyes like the football players do and fliped my hat backwards. Don’t ask why, it just felt cool. This is the only frame I got of this as after this shot the batteries for my flash were dead and I though it would be a good time to end my silly stuff and go to bed.

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We wanted to send out actual Christmas Cards this year so we planned ahead to shoot them and then have lots of time to put everything together and get them printed. Who knew that it would take 2 days of shooting to get the amout of “co-operation” we needed from our kids! I created the design in Photoshop and we had them printed through Bay Photo.

The cards printed and shipped quickly but took a little longer than expected to arrive so we contacted the folks at Bay Photo Customer Service to see what was going on. Apparently the post office had accidently routed them to Germany, the country! Hmm that seemed a little off the beaten path since this was a completely North American transaction. The Customer Service Rep from Bay Photo let us know that they would reprint and ship them out immediately, all at no additional charge! Wow that is amazing especially since the shipping mishap is out of their control. I cannot say thank you enough to the folks at Bay Photo for their support. Another thing that is amazing is the quality of the cards, they are top notch!

Here are the images we sent.

and here are some photos of the actual card itself.

We wish you and your family the best for the holiday season and a safe and happy new year, Merry Christmas everyone!

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