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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Reject!

So I just finished the much anticipated photo "there is no way I am shopping in a mall" calendar that will once again provide holiday cheer to family and friends.

I thought it might be fun to show some pictures that did not make the cut:

The first reject is a very cool time-lapse photo of a campfire. It might have made the cut if it were not for the maniacal grin on my sister. It is a shame when she is off her meds.



While this is a very cute picture of the nephews, I made the command decision that this year's photo calendar would be 100% fish gut free.



While every calendar needs a giant picture of a skeleton with crab-trap boobs smoking a cigarillo, I just could not figure out which month it would best fit in.



This one was cut for one simple reason. Matty would kill me.



I really like this picture of Dixie . . . she probably does not, I don't think she has even seen it before . . . . I was about 100 yards away from her when I snapped it.

So in the desire to keep the peace, and from being smothered in my sleep - it hit the cutting room floor.



This would be a picture of our in-house attorney cleaning my office floor. There is just something about this pic that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. I jest. He is a great guy, and this picture proves it! However . . . he is one of the soon-to-be recipients of the calendar - best to omit it.



While this picture is an excellent example of composition, lighting, color, and micro-focus, it is still a picture of a bug that is nearly the size of a ball park frank. Eeww.



This picture is kinda neat . . . I almost put it on the December page . . . . . but the focus was just a bit shallow. And it is a little sappy too.



So there you have it - a little preview of what is NOT going to be in this year's calendar.

Hope every one's holiday plans are coming together, that you are not stressing . . . . I was . . . but I am better now that I have clicked "submit order" on the Kodak page. Ho, ho, ho.

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Former gigs: Animatronic creature tech for film and live action, production studio manager for USF, film production consultant, cameraman for WTVT, IMAX Theatre director, museum director, harbor cruise ship captain. Current gigs: loan officer, commercial property manager, Vice Chairman of The Life Enrichment Center, Trustee of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Director of the University Area Community Development Center, Director of a private grant-making foundation.