been a bit of a hectic week it seems...after i got off deadline for toning yesterday, i headed out to shoot some adult special ed students who are learning about planting and gaining skills in greenhouse work...they were all really excited about being in the paper...one of the guys asked if i was going to interview him, and the teacher says, "no, she's only the photographer, she just takes pictures...the reporter will be here later." now, this happens all the time - what's the phrase, if i had a dime for every time someone said "oh, you're just the photographer" i'd be a rich gal...i know they don't mean it to sound so demeaning, so it's almost more amusing at this point...mostly because i know how much thought and effort goes into the job we do...i suppose it's because pretty much everyone has a camera and takes pix, they assume our job is just a paid version of what everyone does....and (not that i'm referring to myself in this comparison by any means!!) it's sort of like, nearly everyone can ride a bike, but very few are gonna be a Lance Armstrong! Anyway, that's my bit of rambling for the day....
so, after I got finished with the greenhouse and grabbed lunch, i came back into the office, and lo and behold what should be sitting in the basket amid a pile of new foto requests? aah, yes, it's construction!!! since i was the only one here, and it was to run the next day (which got changed as of this morning), there was no saying "not it" on this one....
i have the Sonny and Cher song running through my head - "and the beat goes on, and the beat goes on, on, on, on, on, on, on!!!!!!" ha ha
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