oh and one more thing...

HAPPY EASTER!! :)

Dude...wtf.

so my MIL is throwing my nephew a birthday party next weekend.

Now, I understand that she isn't my mom, and I am not her daughter, but the MOST that she has offered for my children is maybe making a dessert (which is usually taken care of by me b/c I am the mom duh!) that's it. Not bringing food, not drinks, NOTHING. And now she is going off and throwing a full blown birthday party for her grandson?

and she didn't even call v on his birthday much less give him anything - W.T.F?!?!?!?? come to think of it, she didn't give him anything when he was born either - oh wait, i got one blanket. yup.

Oh, and we were told that we are expected to come to easter in palm springs next year b/c she is renting a house for a week so that we dont' have to pay for anything other than flights (hmmmmm...that freakin' sounds familiar - oh yea!! THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID THIS LAST TIME!!!)

dude. hurt feelings all around. *tear*

i had a commercial photo shoot today.

and i am not feeling like it went too well. i am going through my images now, and several things went wrong, of which I will most definitely fix prior to the next shoot that i get like this.

1 - the client (a creative agency) had NO CLUE what the facility looked like, and wanted high-key photos done. Well....high key doesn't work too well in a very well lit room, as well, my flashes were competing with natural light and nothing worked as planned. so i gave up, shot them underexposed and will now have to spend hours on post processing.

2 - my focus seems to have been off. i am not proud of this, and i took the shots from really far away - (normally i am up in someone's face, and today i was a good 5-8' away from my subject. NOT good, BUT I am not thinking this will matter when printed as I just printed one out now and it looks the same as the stock photography that they gave me earlier on a brochure, soooo.....who knows.

i always seem to question myself after a shoot like this - i mean, my shots are great to use in a 5x7 or smaller, but because of the lighting, they wouldn't look good blown up. *sigh* off to tell the client this.