Shots from the 2011 Tampa Bay Classic are up on the site.
This was a nice, big show. I did think that in some classes there were too many competitors being judged at once. Not that I’m suggesting the outcome was affected, because I’m not. Just kind of hectic onstage, hence more of the “group shots” rather than all individual as usual. Enjoy.
Shots from the 2011 Orlando Metro are up on the site.
This isn’t my best work; the light-colored background at Lyman got me again, leaving many of the competitors looking over-contrasted, though the shots look wonderful in the camera’s preview panel. Need to get there super-early one time and experiment– probably just need to use a counterintuitive metering mode.
For a debut show the Orlando Metro ran like a top. High point of the prejudging was head judge Pete Fancher calling out a “helpful” audience member who had yelled “Open it up!” to his figure-competitor protege’.
“Do not ‘open it up’,” Pete responded. “We’re holding a seminar called, ‘What the Judges are Looking For’, you might want to attend that.”
Priceless! And overdue. (Pete was serious, too, by the way.)
O Lord please acknowledge my prayer, I entreat
My impetus couldn’t be clearer
Today help me suffer the fools I will meet
And start with that yutz in the mirror.
No one with a mortgage will willingly speak truth to power.
Ironically, a Sarah Palin presidency might be the best possible thing for our media.
She would publicly call them out when they reported erroneous facts, engaged in misinformation, or just outright lied.
In other words, she would force them to restore their own credibility, the lack of which is the cause of most of their current problems.
I really hate indecisive people.
Or do I?
Doctor says I have a very rare disease, called psychosomalia.
Apparently it involves a constant, irrational fear of being attacked by pirates.