Work Weekend and Live Music

I had to work the past weekend, which I usually don't mind, but this weekend I was still not feeling well and was totally dragging. Especially after 12 hours of work with one more assignment to shoot and the inability to breath through my nose. My final assignment for the day was a show at The Encore at the Dreyfus University Center on the UWSP campus. The two bands were high school bands and I was prepared for how horrible it was going to be. You know.... kids just up there playing their guitars, music ok, but no stage presence... awkwardly trying to "get into it." Not always great for photos. Yeah, I had a pre-conceived idea about it. It ended up being a blast ! The band from Stevens Point, Black Sheep, was great. The lead singer was seriously all over the place and super-fun to watch and photograph. It made me not think about how tired/crabby/stuffy I was and enjoy being there. I should photograph live music more often.

I also photographed an Easter egg hunt.

I told the kids that I was going to stand in front of them and told to to not run me over as they raced out to search for eggs. I had an unfortunate incident at an adult Easter egg hunt (sponsored by a strip club) while working at the The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, IA. I stood in the middle and was shooting as people ran out into a circle looking for the Easter egg with that held the ticket to a "new" car. Some guy sprinted out and totally ran into me knocked me down. The camera was on mother drive and the photos are closer... closer.... closer....bang - the sky. The camera hit my face and busted open my lip and cracked my front tooth. I was bleeding all over and trying to get names of people. Then I tried to leave and had to pull over and I passed out because looking at my own blood makes me queasy. I now have a fake front tooth. Dentists tell me it looks good though. Oh, and that "free" car.... well it was a 1999 Ford Probe. Luckily, at this event the kids ran around me.

After the Easter egg hunt, there were worms to be found!