Outfits for the Miami trip in July.
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Outfits for the Miami trip in July.
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Smuggling m&m’s in her shirt.
Awesome car cover on both. LolWas up at the crack of dawn to do a shoot. Drove to the middle of nowhere and I think it went well. Gonna take me forever to go through everything but here's one from the drone I brought. Camera on my Mavic Pro Platinum is shit but I'll make up for that with some of the captures with the R5 and an RF 50mm f/1.2 lens.
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It is interesting, the perception people have. I'll put it this way - I have known the family for more than four decades now and we've been through a lot together. Their one son was my best friend, strongest kid I ever knew and died in a freak accident on his 21st birthday. I had been with him all day just prior to what happened. Married one of the sisters. The father got me into the skilled trades. We built a house for each family member. He now has Alzheimer's, kinda bad, and it has affected everyone. My sister in law, Cindy, is nearing retirement as a phys ed teacher and wanted to get into acting and doing commercials so I built her a studio in her basement. I was already into photography because of the automotive hobby so everything is just natural. It has paid off as she is now constantly doing auditions that are live via Zoom, etc, and they often also want photos. So this stuff you see is just for fun but with the idea that anything good can add to the portfolio.
I think people assume there is always something dastardly or nefarious going on, especially if their eyes tell them it must be so. Your perception is your reality. I'm just happy to photograph more than a shiny bumper or a lug nut for once. It does help that Cindy is absolutely hilarious and more creative than I am. And the other thing...I'm on the way out. Open heart surgery hopefully keeps me going for a few more but I'm on borrowed time. So it would be easy to say **** what anybody thinks, I'm doing what I want to do.
One more thing. I do "readings" for a number of the auditions after all the video gear is setup so I see the scripts she constantly gets. The people in that industry are truly a twisted bunch. There's always a therapist involved somehow, and a fruitcake around every corner.
She just did a commercial with Paula Abdul last week. I think it was for a curling iron. I have a shitty cell phone photo somebody took of her next to Paula in between filming. She is tiny, about 5' I think.
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Sorry if I should have been clearer - I had open heart surgery for an ascending aortic aneurysm. The aortic root swelled up to about double the average diameter and was ready to burst. Thanks to the Cleveland Clinic, dacron/stitches holding my heart together, a Modified David Procedure (my valve was good but because it was inside the aneurysm I suddenly had a valve issue too), some great rehab and wife that was there for me every moment of the way, I'm able to be here today. The procedure was done in 2019 and if I get 5 years out of it I'm thankful. My surgery was complicated and I got what I believe to be the best heart surgeon in the world. If you or anyone close to you needs heart surgery, Cleveland is where you go and Eric Roselli is the guy you want to put your trust in (they have a plethora of excellent heart surgeons there). The guy saved my life when things looked very grim.
Sounds like you can relate to what I said about the dementia and I'm sorry to hear you are going through this too with your family. It really puts everything in perspective. It does allow things to be clearer because you quickly learn how limited choice becomes.
Sorry if I should have been clearer - I had open heart surgery for an ascending aortic aneurysm. The aortic root swelled up to about double the average diameter and was ready to burst. Thanks to the Cleveland Clinic, dacron/stitches holding my heart together, a Modified David Procedure (my valve was good but because it was inside the aneurysm I suddenly had a valve issue too), some great rehab and wife that was there for me every moment of the way, I'm able to be here today. The procedure was done in 2019 and if I get 5 years out of it I'm thankful. My surgery was complicated and I got what I believe to be the best heart surgeon in the world. If you or anyone close to you needs heart surgery, Cleveland is where you go and Eric Roselli is the guy you want to put your trust in (they have a plethora of excellent heart surgeons there). The guy saved my life when things looked very grim.
Sounds like you can relate to what I said about the dementia and I'm sorry to hear you are going through this too with your family. It really puts everything in perspective. It does allow things to be clearer because you quickly learn how limited choice becomes.
Wow. What kind of symptoms did you have that led them to discover the AAA?
Read the link to the procedure.....
That’s bizarro world stuff. How many people just started pulling/stitching/“tailoring” pieces of hearts together before they figured out this stuff works.
Mind-blowing to me even if it isn’t really complex stuff.