That Said February 19, 2008

I am tired and not sure what to write about today. So I wanna rant about the most annoying two words that have crept their way in to every day language. I first started hearing them in the sports world. Someone would be talking about a team and saying how good they are, then they’d say “that said” and start bashing them. I don’t understand the point of it. It seems like people want to be able to say two different things about something. To me this is being luke warm, either you have a stance or you don’t what is with this in between stuff? It annoys me to no end when I listen to a person say something then I hear “that said” and all of a sudden it’s a whole different take. If you’re confused about what I mean here is an example:

The movie Rambo is a violent and gory movie. Stallone looks ancient and old with no acting ability. That said, the movie has great moments and really shows the character of John Rambo. It’s a super finish to the Rambo movies.

Canon cameras are awesome, they have lots of lenses to choose from. They are always improving their technology and showing that they are a leader in the camera industry. That said, Nikon is catching up and releasing better SLR cameras. Nikon cameras produce vivid and sharp photos and have overtaken Canon as an industry leader.

If you think it’s a silly pet peeve then start listening closer to the news, to sports and you’ll see just how often it is used in daily media. Join me in putting and end to “that said”….heheheh, ok, I am not sure how to end it, if you have any ideas let me know. That said, I better get to work or I’ll be in trouble with the boss. hehehehhe, have a great short week.

-Randy

Models February 19, 2008

When it comes to shooting models and Time for Print there is always the shoots that just don’t work out. I had 2 planned for my long weekend. As a photographer and teacher I am very busy and I understand when things come up. Sometimes plans can’t always work. However I appreciate when a model can call me, leave a message and let me know they can’t make it. This weekend the model just never even responded or called. Left me hanging and didn’t give me any reason. The other model at least left me a msg saying she couldn’t shoot. It’s part of the fun of shooting with models I guess but it’s annoying when you leave blocks of your time free to shoot with someone and then they back out. I’ve done it a few times but have had it done to me a lot, I think it’s par for the course with being a photographer.

I guess it worked out for the best considering my computer is old and showing it’s age this weekend. If a model had come then I may of had comp probs when she was here. It’s more then 3 years old and I think on it’s last legs. It barely has 1 gig of RAM and is chugging on working in CS3 and not being very quick. My dream computer is at BESTBUY, an Acer with 500gb hard drive, 4gb of RAM, a blueray drive and a HD DVD drive, a nice video card and a 24″ widescreen monitor….can I say drool?

Tonite I feel like my cold is trying to return, I sure hope I don’t get sick like I did before. I need my strength to get through this 4 day week of school. I slept a bit today and feel like today was mostly a bleh kind of day. Didn’t really get much of anything done. I hope that maybe I can work out a shoot this week…have to wait and see.