Rodeo II

I've ordered a battery charger for my Canon Rebel. You'd think they could standardize the chargers and batteries so I could use the one from my other Canon. You'd think.

Anyway, I figured I had about half a charge left on my battery and I'd use the thing until I got the low battery warning, shut it off and save that last little bit of charge for the uploading. The plan worked fine. I now only wish I had a faster lens for my camera. Last time I checked, the one I want is around $1500. Wish in one hand...

Still, I managed a couple decent shots I can share from the second night of the rodeo.

Photo rodeo

The rodeo is in town.

Well, the rodeo is always in town. Some of the cowboys and cowgirls travel a good distance but the organizers live here.

My barber is one of the head honchos and he was kind enough to provide me a wristband that gives me total access to all but the arena itself. Last night I availed myself and will do so again this evening.

If you're expecting a lot of action shots, I am sorry to disappoint. I took my smaller camera with me as my better camera is running low on its battery charge. The low battery wouldn't normally be a problem except it appears in my haste to clear my studio I have given my charger to a charity. I should have been more careful in the boxing of the old electronics. Still, there's some life left in it, so tonight I'll see if I can't get some good shots.

Before the sun went down, I did get this:

Otherwise, anything or anyone who was moving faster than two miles per hour ended up a blur after the sun went down. Hence, the people pics.

The Big Time

Two months from today I will be in Chicago. Seems like a long time if I don't think about how quickly the last two months have gone by. In that time I put together two exhibitions that had potential for my return to the Chicago art scene, both now in boxes destined for storage. I now have a third, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. Even so, who knows what will happen over the course of the upcoming month? And it will only be a month, for after that, I will have to print and frame photos, build shipping crates, and send the stuff off a couple weeks ahead of my arrival, all easy stuff compared to making and editing the art into a respectable show. So yeah, I'm preoccupied, and maybe more than usual.

Speaking of a respectable show, how about that Mojo?  Not bad for a guy who quit his day job. Of course, those of us who have followed him all of these years knew it was coming. I don't know if anyone has floated the idea by him that he is now a pro. Good on ya, Dave.