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First "Official" Photography Assignment!!

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Oh my gosh!! I am soooooo over-the-top excited right now ... because our school had a Jog-A-Thon today, and I got to be the official photographer!!! Yeah!! It was totally nervewracking (because I'm sooo a novice at this, and what if all the pictures turn out blurry, over/underexposed, if I forget to take certain pictures, etc.). I kept thinking as I was clicking away, "Everyone is counting on ME, little 'ol me, to take some good pictures, and I'm kind of learning as I go. I am going to die of embarrassment if they all come out badly. And I'll be so sad because I won't get asked to take pictures anymore." :(

Well, the PTA President (Hi, Mary Jo!) and I previewed some of the pictures after the Jog-A-Thon and I did get some good ones. But when I looked at home, some of the pictures came out blurry (don't panic, Mary Jo, we still got a bunch of good ones). As I'm looking at these blurry photos, I kept asking myself why--then I figured it out. The shutter speed was a little too slow if they were running fast. Oh well. We still got plenty of good ones. I learned for next time.

I was in shock--I took almost two hundred pictures in two and a half hours! And every moment, as nervewracking as it was, was also so exhilarating.

So, now I have a little over a hundred pictures to edit (those are the good ones) over the next few days, and I'll be gone this weekend. Hmmm. I foresee a few late nights ahead, lol!

I am dying to share some of the photos with you (a few of the best ones), but of course, I would NEVER post any pictures of children without their parents' permission and that's really not possible with 400 students. I won't share the teacher photos, either, because I don't want to ask their permission (what a total wimp I am, huh?!).

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Lori said…
Hey Carmela, I know that my dad feels the exact same way everytime he shoots an event. I always laugh at him and ask him how can he be so nervous when he has done this now for so long. He begins to list all of the things that can go wrong - just like your list. But, he always gets the good ones, and he loves it more today than even a few years ago. It's so fun to watch someone who is so passionate about what she/he does.
April 24, 2008 at 2:36 PM
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