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Shoot? on my bday? wha?

So today I had the photographers focus group and that went great. My good friend Barrrrriga came and I got to pick on her. I really like her, she's like my kid sister. Her and I agree on NOTHING, but she's so strong in her beliefs and I am mines, that we both want to bash each others heads in at times lol. She likes to sit back and observe, so I kept calling her out and making her talk...teeheee.

Then another buddy, Tony brought a model (who canceled on Saturday) to shoot. The model was to be to my studio at 3pm. I was on the phone with direct tv since the hd channels in the studio doesn't work and turns out I was on the phone on hold for an hour! At a little after 4pm, the model shows up and she has her guard dog with her. I dislike having guard dogs since they don't know when to back down, and he was no exception. After being visibly angry that they were an hour late, no apologies or anything, I jumped in to shoot one small set of her.  My six pm shoot showed up at 430 to make sure they knew where the studio was. At this time, Tony told the guard dog that he was to wait in the presentation area (32inch 1080p plasma tv with football in HD thanks to directtv) he tells Tony "No thanks, I'd feel more comfortable being in here"

WHAT THE F@#$%???????

Tony waits till later to tell me this, since he knows I would have shut down the shoot! not only have you TOTALLY disrespected me by showing up one full hour late, but the guard dog doesn't know he's to be on a leash outside? woooooooow. I feel bad because I did take a bit of my anger out on Tony, I vented a bit to him when he had nothing to do with it. I told him I had to have them out by 5:30 since I needed to clean the studio up from yesterday (taught about 10 photogs one light photography) and it was messy. Tony did a couple more shots and did some nudes right quick. The funny thing? she was behind a reflector so her guard dog couldn't see her, she kept pointing to him mouthing the words "Sorry" Don't be sorry, tell the guard dog that he needs to keep his ass at home! Be the adult in the relationship. She wants to be included in the magazine I submit to, nah, no thanks. Get your life together, be ontime, leave your juvenile guard dog at home, THEN come talk to me about submitting you off. Tony was a bit angry that I'm not going to submit her, well she needs to respect other peoples time and space before. I can see the magazine wanting to work with her, and she not being able to go shoot with them or do some promo work because they won't fly her guard dog with her.

At 530, Tony is gone and I'm there by myself to sit and reflect on the last 35 years of my life. In the middle of watching Rocky III, my six shoot shows up. Two hot chicks. They're a blast to be around (mostly because I wanted to suck the youth out of them. I was trying not to yawn and fall asleep) and had a ton of energy. They wanted to shoot some glamour, but apparently, don't know the difference between a nipple and areola. They had these awesome net shirts, one pink the other black. So they started in their bras and took them off. I told them I would edit out NIPPLE if it showed through. Apparently, they assume areola is nipple and want the areola removed. Nooo way, not going to happen. Well I suppose it could happen, but this is when we throw in the 75.00/hr retouching fees. Doubt they'll pay that, so we'll skip over them.

They had GREAT bodies and would have been perfect for the book, but alas, they don't want to shoot nudes.  Maybe I should have picked a different theme for the book eh?

Nah, I agree.

Happy bday to me!