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| I spent all morning trying to figure out what was wrong with the album software and photoshop. What a way to start the morning getting zero progress. After I hire another photographer and interns, I'm going to start working on my IT department. lol :P
At least I found myself a photo I can smile about and the day has not gone to complete waste yet. I don't know what it is about a playground that brings out the playfulness of people or just makes you want to be a kid again. ;)
I haven't seen one of these before, but how can you not get on it! I missed this photo while filtering through the session so I didn't get to post it earlier, but this definitely makes it as my favorite photo of the session.
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| After all that running around to different targets, craft stores, and costume stores, I finally figured out what I wanted to be.
I was able to find a poofy enough top at the maternity section, and the leggings... that color was tough to track down, but after checking various targets and walmarts, I found it! Finding all the necessary tools was the hard part, but putting together the costume was fairly easy. I am now a proud owner of a sewing machine. Maybe, in the future I will be getting more crafty.
We ended up at two different halloween parties. One of which, I did a little event photography for. Minna hosted one of the best halloween parties where we met some great people, had some good food, and drank out of a skeleton shaped funnel. What more can you ask for from a party? haha Here's Brad Pitt and Catwoman. Catwoman, hands down, had the best costume. (Tip: if you ever want to have saggy boobs, birdseed in a stocking has the perfect consistency.)
The second place was q100's Big Wicked at compound. It was completely packed. We ended up heading there at 9:30, since parking goes up to $40 to $60 later on in the night. Clubbing can be fun with good company, but it does lose it's novelty fast. Even though we're all retired, we all had a blast since we hadn't been out in a while. Although, now, I probably prefer house parties over going out to a club, but even for old(er) folks, I think going once a year can be doable.
What do you think? When are you too old to go out to a club? I remember when I was 21-22, I looked at people in their late twenties and thought, 'mann.. when I'm their age, I will probably be way more responsible with my life.. perhaps have a family and do whatever adult's do'. lol Now that I'm becoming that age, I am not quite sure what to think of the whole thing. Next Feb, I officially enter into the late twenties box.
Look what makes an awesome studio-esque backdrop. The wall outside the bathrooms.
Bam-bam was already crafty enough to put together his own costume no problem... of course, with the help of my sewing machine.
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| Happy Halloween (since I seldom update my blog on Saturdays), and Happy First Birthday Riddick! Goodness, I'm still up after a long night of editing. I figure it would be appropriate to update my blog with halloween themed photos before the weekend. Hope you enjoy them! :)
The birthday was a halloween-themed birthday and was decked out in killer decor. The cake was incredible! The knife handle has the shape of a One. Too cool! Will have to find out the place Kathy picked it up. You can't really see them as well, but the cupcakes had brain-shaped frosting.
Genius! They made the fingers with string cheese and bell peppers and the monster teeth with apples and almonds.
A brain carved out of a watermelon. They don't mess around.
This was the real cake that he got to dig his hands into. Babies + messy food = priceless!
Kisses with mom. He's making a kissy face. :) He practically imitated a lot of the mouth shapes we made throughout the day to entertain and keep his attention.
Cute moment with grandpa. Taken by Jacob.
The entire gang. Love all the different costumes.
The next photo is of Riddick's auntie and uncle, who helped make it all possible. :) I met Michelle and Adam as models on a photography workshop with Scott Robert. We even had to do the Scott Robert signature pose for the memories. They still got it! ;) Also, the photo in the back is Riddick's dad's. He's a photographer himself and had tons of awesome photography around his house.
It was so good seeing old friends and making new ones. Definitely a pleasure getting to shoot this birthday with them! Hope this gave you some creative halloween party ideas. If you need photography coverage for an event, let us know (jacob@estherjulee.com). :)
As for the update on the costume. Now I am even more confused. I'm an owner of a brand new sewing machine, and I have no idea how to operate it, starting with threading the thing. I have tons of fabric and all sorts of crazy miscellaneous items I've never owned, but not a clue what to do with any of it. :) The ideas are there... I assure you. I just can't quite execute them... well... yet. I have a backup, too, so we'll see how it all goes. I'll update with photos next week. Saturday, I'm hoping to go out and photograph the foliage before all the colors disappear. It's about time for another photo adventure!
Sidenote: Halloween-themed weddings don't look as cheesy as they sound. But I probably wouldn't do it for my own wedding. Cool to see though
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