With my computer having a cold I haven't added any photos to my blog posts lately. I thought I'd do a "catch up" post with links to the photo sets on flickr and then those of you actually reading this who haven't seen the photos and need something to fill some time, would like to see them, then you can :0)
The adorable little one I live with and some of her with her mama in the pool having fun.
Florida, well, the few photos I've taken while a passenger in the car and when we were at the park.
I spent a few hours at the Magic Kingdom. We went for the re-opening of the Tiki Room and stayed for Memories, Magic, & You and for the fireworks.
We went to the park and I missed my best friend while I was wandering around taking the "creative" shots.
Well, that's it so far.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
It's about time...
Today I FINALLY got to use a camera at work :0)
The day started with "comp photo" known at Sea World as "front gate photo" but at Discovery Cove the guests actually WANT the photo 'cause it's free!!! Only had 1 couple say no, they don't "do" photos.
After that I got to go to the aviary. That was FUN!!!! The birds are beautiful and it's pretty much all candid photos. We will get some people asking us for photos, but it's mostly just us seeing them with a bird and taking the photo. They generally will pose for us after the 1st photo is taken.
Downside today? NONE of my photos actually went into guest files :0( Though I was VERY tempted to put a few of my bird photos into those files LOL
Next shift? I'm supposed to bring my "wet clothes" 'cause I'll be in the water :0) I'll start at the comp photos again and then in the river, 'resort pool', and possibly the Grand Reef where the sting rays are. Just trying to find different sandals 'cause my feet slide too much in the strappy Teva type style I have now. However, it's hard to find some in a price range I really feel comfortable spending. YES, I know, it's an investment and my feet will thank me for spending the money. But it's just hard to spend that much on shoes. Heck, I don't like spending that much on me for any type of clothing, and never have. Oh well, I'll figure something out LOL
I'm off again tomorrow. Not sure what I'm gonna do with my day. If I wake up early I might go walking/jogging since it seems to always be raining when we try to get out in the evening. That is if I wake up and actually get out of bed instead of snuggling deeper into the bed and going back to sleep!
The day started with "comp photo" known at Sea World as "front gate photo" but at Discovery Cove the guests actually WANT the photo 'cause it's free!!! Only had 1 couple say no, they don't "do" photos.
After that I got to go to the aviary. That was FUN!!!! The birds are beautiful and it's pretty much all candid photos. We will get some people asking us for photos, but it's mostly just us seeing them with a bird and taking the photo. They generally will pose for us after the 1st photo is taken.
Downside today? NONE of my photos actually went into guest files :0( Though I was VERY tempted to put a few of my bird photos into those files LOL
Next shift? I'm supposed to bring my "wet clothes" 'cause I'll be in the water :0) I'll start at the comp photos again and then in the river, 'resort pool', and possibly the Grand Reef where the sting rays are. Just trying to find different sandals 'cause my feet slide too much in the strappy Teva type style I have now. However, it's hard to find some in a price range I really feel comfortable spending. YES, I know, it's an investment and my feet will thank me for spending the money. But it's just hard to spend that much on shoes. Heck, I don't like spending that much on me for any type of clothing, and never have. Oh well, I'll figure something out LOL
I'm off again tomorrow. Not sure what I'm gonna do with my day. If I wake up early I might go walking/jogging since it seems to always be raining when we try to get out in the evening. That is if I wake up and actually get out of bed instead of snuggling deeper into the bed and going back to sleep!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
hi again
Well, I kind of slacked off on my blogging. After being in Florida for 3 weeks my body finally decided to say: what the heck? And I got sick. Mel looked at my throat and said that my tonsils were nasty, which would explain the sore throat LOL
Work had been going well. I've been working the "retail" portion this week, so I was at the main photo location doing sales. It's pretty easy. We do get slammed at the end of the day, or when there are thunderstorms and they clear all the pools for safety LOL
On Tuesday I have my 1st shift as a photographer. I'm hoping that means I will actually have a camera in my hands! Shifts are 7:15am-3:45pm. So I'll be leaving the house around 6:15...don't think I've EVER left that early for a shift since I've been working for Sea World. But it's all good, means I'm home earlier :0)
We went to the park today with Elizabeth. I got some photos of her playing and took a few around the park itself. It's a cute park, and where the little one's 2nd birthday party will be in a few weeks.
Wandering around the park with my camera made me miss Autumn. I miss my camera buddy and our photo adventures. She went to Disneyland on Friday with lil' Audrey and sent me a few photos. I'm really hoping to be able to get a Disney pass for out here sometime soon. It's been hard being this close, I drive past the park exits every day for work, and not being able to go LOL I might go to Universal one weekday when I'm off though. Have Earl drop me off on his way to work 'cause parking is $20 and that's just crazy!!! I can get in free with my work ID, but we still have to pay parking LOL I also want to go over to Busch Gardens sometime soon, as well as try to save the money to get into MY park for the day, without doing the dolphin swim 'cause that's A LOT less, and then I can take photos to share with everyone :0)
Okay, that's it for now. Have a good week :0)
Work had been going well. I've been working the "retail" portion this week, so I was at the main photo location doing sales. It's pretty easy. We do get slammed at the end of the day, or when there are thunderstorms and they clear all the pools for safety LOL
On Tuesday I have my 1st shift as a photographer. I'm hoping that means I will actually have a camera in my hands! Shifts are 7:15am-3:45pm. So I'll be leaving the house around 6:15...don't think I've EVER left that early for a shift since I've been working for Sea World. But it's all good, means I'm home earlier :0)
We went to the park today with Elizabeth. I got some photos of her playing and took a few around the park itself. It's a cute park, and where the little one's 2nd birthday party will be in a few weeks.
Wandering around the park with my camera made me miss Autumn. I miss my camera buddy and our photo adventures. She went to Disneyland on Friday with lil' Audrey and sent me a few photos. I'm really hoping to be able to get a Disney pass for out here sometime soon. It's been hard being this close, I drive past the park exits every day for work, and not being able to go LOL I might go to Universal one weekday when I'm off though. Have Earl drop me off on his way to work 'cause parking is $20 and that's just crazy!!! I can get in free with my work ID, but we still have to pay parking LOL I also want to go over to Busch Gardens sometime soon, as well as try to save the money to get into MY park for the day, without doing the dolphin swim 'cause that's A LOT less, and then I can take photos to share with everyone :0)
Okay, that's it for now. Have a good week :0)
Friday, August 19, 2011
Finally!!!!!!!
Spent my first real day in MY park today!!! 8 hours of fun :0)
The 1st half of the day was spent in one of the cabanas where the guests go straight after their Dolphin Interaction, to view and order their photos. This is run pretty much just like Interaction Photo in San Diego, but DC has an upgraded program and it's AWESOME! The photographers come in, download the photos for their group and then the guests get to pick the ones of just them and it creates the file for them. They can then scroll through the photos (instead of having to go 1 by 1) and when it's time to order it's kind of like a drag and drop, where there are blank squares for how many photos go in their chosen package so they don't get quite so confused :0)
After lunch I went up to Adventure Photo (yup, all the parks have AP as their main photo location...makes it easy for me LOL). I was in "Production" which is in the back putting together all the photo packages that come through from the cabanas when the guests place their order. I think there were 20 printers, 2 CD towers, so...12 CDs can burn at a time, and 16 DVD drives. We do 6x8 prints & all the packages come with 1-4x6 and 2 key chains. The biggest package also gets a 'poster' size print, and those are really cool. Due to the lightening strike at the park on Tuesday (no worries, I wasn't there and the people who were effected are back to work, they were just a bit shaken up), one of the poster printers is fried, and ALL of the DVD drives crashed this afternoon. They think it's related to the lightening too, just a bit delayed. The photos print out and we have to read tiny numbers to make sure they get put together in the correct package.
One of the printers ran out of paper and I just started to change it. I called over the other person who was training today and showed him how to do it. Then I looked at the lady who was training us and apologized for doing the training, that it was just habit. She laughed and said it was okay, that it was actually good to know/see that I know what I'm doing and felt comfortable showing someone else.
I work again tomorrow. I think I'll be up front in the "retail" part of AP. It get REALLY crazy towards the end of the day 'cause people wait even though we tell them they can go after about an hour depending on what they are ordering. Then I have Sunday and Monday off. Next week I am working Tuesday through Saturday...all are 8 hour shifts :0) Though they will all be shifts similar to what I was doing today and will be doing tomorrow. It will be at least a week before I get to have a camera in my hands, or that's what the lady training me today said. They want to make sure we know the retail side because photo shifts can frequently end up at AP helping with either production or retail.
Okay, I've pretty much written a novel tonight and sadly, there are no photos to go with it. Not even cell phone photos 'cause our phones have to be in our locker, not even with us for the time LOL I bought a watch :0) Time to read for a bit, then it's off to bed. Good night and thanks for reading :0)
The 1st half of the day was spent in one of the cabanas where the guests go straight after their Dolphin Interaction, to view and order their photos. This is run pretty much just like Interaction Photo in San Diego, but DC has an upgraded program and it's AWESOME! The photographers come in, download the photos for their group and then the guests get to pick the ones of just them and it creates the file for them. They can then scroll through the photos (instead of having to go 1 by 1) and when it's time to order it's kind of like a drag and drop, where there are blank squares for how many photos go in their chosen package so they don't get quite so confused :0)
After lunch I went up to Adventure Photo (yup, all the parks have AP as their main photo location...makes it easy for me LOL). I was in "Production" which is in the back putting together all the photo packages that come through from the cabanas when the guests place their order. I think there were 20 printers, 2 CD towers, so...12 CDs can burn at a time, and 16 DVD drives. We do 6x8 prints & all the packages come with 1-4x6 and 2 key chains. The biggest package also gets a 'poster' size print, and those are really cool. Due to the lightening strike at the park on Tuesday (no worries, I wasn't there and the people who were effected are back to work, they were just a bit shaken up), one of the poster printers is fried, and ALL of the DVD drives crashed this afternoon. They think it's related to the lightening too, just a bit delayed. The photos print out and we have to read tiny numbers to make sure they get put together in the correct package.
One of the printers ran out of paper and I just started to change it. I called over the other person who was training today and showed him how to do it. Then I looked at the lady who was training us and apologized for doing the training, that it was just habit. She laughed and said it was okay, that it was actually good to know/see that I know what I'm doing and felt comfortable showing someone else.
I work again tomorrow. I think I'll be up front in the "retail" part of AP. It get REALLY crazy towards the end of the day 'cause people wait even though we tell them they can go after about an hour depending on what they are ordering. Then I have Sunday and Monday off. Next week I am working Tuesday through Saturday...all are 8 hour shifts :0) Though they will all be shifts similar to what I was doing today and will be doing tomorrow. It will be at least a week before I get to have a camera in my hands, or that's what the lady training me today said. They want to make sure we know the retail side because photo shifts can frequently end up at AP helping with either production or retail.
Okay, I've pretty much written a novel tonight and sadly, there are no photos to go with it. Not even cell phone photos 'cause our phones have to be in our locker, not even with us for the time LOL I bought a watch :0) Time to read for a bit, then it's off to bed. Good night and thanks for reading :0)
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Shocked myself!
And I don't mean with an electrical current!
Last night I went out "training" with Mel and Jen. We did 2 miles in 40 minutes with an interval of walking 5 minutes and JOGGING 30 seconds. Yes. I was jogging. It was only for 30 seconds at a time, but still, I was jogging. But what I think is the scariest part? I want to go again!!! :0) My back however, it didn't really like me much afterwards and decided to tighten up so much it was hard to get to sleep and was a bit stiff this morning. But I want to go again :0)
Went to church today. We sang: Every Move I Make and it made me feel like I was back with the high school youth group. It made me smile.
No new photos right now 'cause my computer decided to catch a virus, but the Vacation Family has a friend who can fix it for me.
It's nap time now :0)
Last night I went out "training" with Mel and Jen. We did 2 miles in 40 minutes with an interval of walking 5 minutes and JOGGING 30 seconds. Yes. I was jogging. It was only for 30 seconds at a time, but still, I was jogging. But what I think is the scariest part? I want to go again!!! :0) My back however, it didn't really like me much afterwards and decided to tighten up so much it was hard to get to sleep and was a bit stiff this morning. But I want to go again :0)
Went to church today. We sang: Every Move I Make and it made me feel like I was back with the high school youth group. It made me smile.
No new photos right now 'cause my computer decided to catch a virus, but the Vacation Family has a friend who can fix it for me.
It's nap time now :0)
Thursday, August 11, 2011
:0)
I got a library card yesterday :0)
The library is A LOT smaller than the one I'm used to, but I happily found books right away, so all is good. On the way to the library I saw this thing above me out of the corner of my eye. Yeah, it was a water plane LOL Cruising just above the trees, landed in the lake, and then took off again. It was pretty cool, but of course I didn't have my camera with me, and my phone wasn't quite gonna get it LOL I guess it's actually a pretty common occurrence, so I'll just have to watch for it again and catch a picture another time. I also need to get photos of the oak trees here that have moss growing on them, hanging down from the branches, they look SO cool.
That's all for now. I have my actual 1st day tomorrow. Connections Training...otherwise known as Company Orientation LOL uh, yeah, I transferred from the same company, but the last time I went through CO it was called Cornerstones and it was 4 years ago, so that's not too bad LOL
The library is A LOT smaller than the one I'm used to, but I happily found books right away, so all is good. On the way to the library I saw this thing above me out of the corner of my eye. Yeah, it was a water plane LOL Cruising just above the trees, landed in the lake, and then took off again. It was pretty cool, but of course I didn't have my camera with me, and my phone wasn't quite gonna get it LOL I guess it's actually a pretty common occurrence, so I'll just have to watch for it again and catch a picture another time. I also need to get photos of the oak trees here that have moss growing on them, hanging down from the branches, they look SO cool.
That's all for now. I have my actual 1st day tomorrow. Connections Training...otherwise known as Company Orientation LOL uh, yeah, I transferred from the same company, but the last time I went through CO it was called Cornerstones and it was 4 years ago, so that's not too bad LOL
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Note to self...
It's an automatic
There is no clutch
I do not need to shift
This will take some getting used to LOL I got it a sunshade, seat covers, & a steering wheel cover today. Was only going to get the steering wheel cover for now, but it made more sense to buy the box set with the seat covers too 'cause it made it quite a bit less. Now I just need to start working and getting a paycheck so that I can get to work and pay my bills!
There is no clutch
I do not need to shift
This will take some getting used to LOL I got it a sunshade, seat covers, & a steering wheel cover today. Was only going to get the steering wheel cover for now, but it made more sense to buy the box set with the seat covers too 'cause it made it quite a bit less. Now I just need to start working and getting a paycheck so that I can get to work and pay my bills!
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