This is it. Another milestone. The last Monday of August and the last Monday of Summer. This Saturday was also my birthday. (Thanks to everyone who emailed, texted or face-booked me with birthday wishes.) Like every Friday this past Friday was no exception. I left my office and never looked back.
I raced home and we drove to the 2.5 hours Alfred, NY. As I drove the Thruway munching on a Wegmans sub listening to NPR I attempted to contemplate the magnitude of the plans I had scheduled into the next two days. We arrived on campus at 8:00 PM and caught the last quarter and a half of Kujo’s pre-season game. He played well breaking up a pass play and four tackles. It was great to see him and know, first-hand he is doing well. His classes began earlier in the week. We make another trip South when he plays his first season contest Saturday September 4, 2010.
We drove the 2.5 hour drive back home and arrived home in the early morning hours. Both of us collapsed and immediately fell asleep. The next morning I packed the care and made the two-hour drive to Westfield/Barcelona, NY. I met with Ronda and Mike (the couple whose wedding I photographed last week) and photographed their Trash the Dress shoot. Once we completed the shoot I took a leisurely drive back to North Tonawanda in time to shower and change to head off again this time for dinner with friends for my birthday. Thanks Christine and Bobbi for a wonderful dinner and a wonderfully relaxing time.
Sunday was no less busy. Nancy and I spent the afternoon at the Music is Art Festival in Downtown Buffalo. It’s all good and the weekend, despite being very busy was a lot of fun.
We stopped at the cemetery yesterday and found they had installed Paul’s headstone.
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I love to take Jack for a walk by the Niagara River. As you already know my camera is never left behind. I grabbed several of an awesome sunset with my trusty point and shoot.
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Here’s a sneak peak from Ronda and Mike’s Trash the Dress shoot. I love showing these photos locally and discussing Trash the Dress in Western New York. I get the strangest looks and people say things like, “What? Are they crazy?” I love the concept. I think there are far too many things we hold on to and never use or see again. Send me an email with your thoughts and opinions. maybe I’ll include them in a blog post about Trash the Dress shoots and their place in wedding and portrait photography.
This one was from the beginning of the shoot.
Well, that’s it for today. Come back later in the week for more photographic fun.
Chris
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Peachy,
I love the sunset photo…..I keep wanting to capture one, one of these days…although fall has some of the best sky photos! I will be anxiously waiting!
I admire the whole Trash the Dress concept as so many people try to make their wedding day perfect. Well that’s all fine, but we all know life is not perfect. Life is all about challenges, growth, pain, laughter, and happiness. I think sometimes people put so much effort into making the day so unrealistically perfect it takes away the magic from it. With life you have to go with the punches, whether good or bad and it’s all about how you react to those punches that determines your strength as a couple. To be able to just let go, have fun, embrace the moment no matter what is what it really means in a marriage, not a dress, or flowers, or how many people show up—it’s about taking a moment in time an creating a memory that will last. I know that if I ever get married again I would happily participate in the Trash the Dress photo shoot. I can’t take the dress with me, nor will I ever wear it again…but the memory of just being myself and having fun will be with me forever.