Another "at last" post

At last I can post a slew of ballet photos, since the Infocus ballerina photo ran on Sunday. They also showed me how to get stuff up and on the Web site, too, so check it out if you'd like. No names with this one as they're all young and what not.

I wanted to put in the 5th photo down for the assignment but I realized that there's somebody in the left side of the frame who shouldn't be there. In the next photo down, I'm a little more hidden but her leg's no longer extended, but I figured what the heck, let's go with it. The dangle of her fingers was almost perfectly in line with my body. Combined with the chair, the only thing you can really see is my bag.

Tomorrow's gigs: hummingbirds invading a lady's yard, some sort of grilling at the zoo (which seems kinda wrong for some reason ...), and then snake hunting. Yes, snake hunting.

Then Friday is going to be all skydiving.

... and some people ask me why I like this job ...

Quick note here ...

Started up another blog for stuff like the map below and other "artistic" things: Arty Endeavors.

Geekdom

On a deviation from my normal kinds of posts, I present clear, solid evidence of how geeky I've gotten in my voluntary exile to Alabama (mostly kidding here): I've taken to map-making in my spare time. Cartography -- just when you thought he couldn't be a bigger geek!

Some issues with the map, but, hey, it's my first ...

And first times are ... uhm ... never mind ...

Neon signs and swearing off stuff

Firstly, signage: the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where four little girls were killed in a 1963 bombing, has been in the process of restoration and stabilization. To further reach the goal of restoring the building, the congregation has erected a new neon sign that is a replica of the one that used to be attached to the building. Should've looked up "how to shoot neon signs" on Google or something before I went, but I got something ...

Secondly, the swearing off of Facebook: I'm dropping off Facebook for a week, maybe longer if I like it. Cold turkey, too. Today's been a little rough, and I imagine it won't get any easier, but I just ... well, let's just say some things might get easier without it.

Till later ...

You ... Gee ... Ell ... Why?

These are some uuuugly photos from the Pepper Place Criterium. But, I'll defend myself by saying that a) it wasn't actually an assignment and b) that I did actually get some okay photos, at least some things can run. This was what happened when I tried something a little different. And here's the kicker -- I actually kinda like some of these. Don't ask me to explain, I can't. I just kinda like some of 'em. Like one might love the ugliest runt of the litter or something.

Like I said, uuugly.

Experiments gone wrong, actually. Like Frankenstein. Except he just needed to be loved.

Uhm, I need to go eat now.

BTW

For some reason, posts made from this computer are a little wonky. That all looked fine in the composition tab. Anyway, I'll try to fix it later, but I'll not worry about it now, since it's a minor annoyance. Just wanted to let y'all know I'm not a complete design boob.

CI Therapy, finally

Since this finally ran, I'll go ahead and post a good number of photos from the CI Therapy story. Scroll down a little bit to the last "video" entry -- that's the video I shot of a pair of different CI patients. It's also a decent explanation of the whole thing, though I feel like I left out a lot ... but we won't go into my deficiencies as a video producer just yet.

Anyway, the subject here is the little boy (still withholding names of young 'uns) who started CI therapy with the help of occupational therapist Katherine Goldman of Children's Hospital here in Birmingham. I'll toss in any tidbits I feel are pertinent as captions ...

Also, at the bottom, I'll post how it ran in the paper. Or I'll try to.

A lot of the children's therapy involves puzzles and games.

Something about this kid tells me he's gonna be a big flirt one day. For which he gets my wholehearted approval.
More games.
With mom.

That's just some of them, from two separate sessions. Now, let's see about the actual spread ...

Front page to the left, after the jump on the right. Pretty cool, huh?

So, yep, there you have it. The editors, for one reason or another, decided to hold the story for a good couple weeks or so, so I've been sitting on these photos for a while. ... which gets a little uncomfortable, you know?

Ciao, y'all ...