day 284 : When there’s a model to be built on a deadline, sleeping becomes a luxury and staying up late to get it done becomes a given. I had a model due on Wednesday which meant a very very long day of work on Tuesday. Thank goodness it’s finished and now I can rest up for the holidays 🙂

day 283: I realized today that it’s been an awfully long time since I posted a shot with my macro lens. I mainly use this lens for detail shots at weddings so it hasn’t seen much use in the last couple of weeks. What better way to give it a workout than by shooting Rita’s nose?

day 282: This afternoon my friend Crissy and I got together and brought along her husband Marcus and Ben to model for us while we experimented with off camera lighting. It was a super fun and informative little get together… and I think I have new favorite jumping photo. How hilarious is this one?

day 281: This evening we met up with Sam and Tai to have dinner and exchange early Christmas gifts since they’ll be in Kansas and we’ll be here… they gave Ben an awesome polaroid camera so now he has a new fun toy to play with (although at 10 shots per film package it’s quite an expensive hobby) It’s quite an entertaining gift… thanks guys!

day 280: Since Ben and Mark are coming to my parents’ house for Christmas this year and neither of them has ever had a personalized stocking at my parents’ house… I figured it was time for me to get crafty and break out my embroidery needle. I’m not quite finished with them yet but this is what I’ve got so far. Yay for Christmas stockings!

day 279: With the total lack of evening light these days (darn you winter) it’s hard to get inspired to get out and take photos after a long day of work. By the time I step outside it’s usually totally black. Today I happened to step out a bit earlier and caught the very last of the sunset as I was walking to get a coffee. I can’t wait for the days to get longer again!

day 278: This evening Ben and I went to meet up with a bunch of people that I used to work with at my last office. It was their holiday party and afterwards they all went out to a bar in Santa Monica. Little did we know there was a band…

day 277 : I told Allison I’d post a photo of our Christmas tree for her so she could see what it looks like… here you go 🙂 It’s fabulous isn’t it?

day 276: My office has been suffering from total lack of lighting for some time now… which is especially troubling when trying to edit photos at night. The bright glow of an LCD display in a dark room can totally throw off the brightness of your images. Anyhow I finally made it to Ikea (oh how I love that store) and picked up a new lamp to add some brightness to my workspace. It’s oh so lovely!

day 275: I feel quite lame that I’m posting two photos of Rita right after each other, but it happens to be the best photo I took today, and I think (like the other one) that it’s quite funny.
So to make up for the fact that I am posting too many photos of my dog, I’m going to give you some good advice today: go see “Is He Dead?” on Broadway. Bridget’s in it, it’s awesome, and the New York Times agrees.