Shelby Leigh Photography

As we all know, my sister, Crystal is a fabulous makeup artist.  She needed me as a quick model today to do just a couple looks and even though I was dead tired I was game.  When she got me, I had really just woken up, and to be honest I wasn’t lookin’ too fresh.  She worked her magic and  I love, love these photos she captures of me.  Mostly, because I have a fascination of what a 1920’s starlet looks like, and she did a gorgeous job of making me look like a modern version. I did some vintage-y processing on some to give it the feel as well.  Might she have a future in photography as well?  

I got a real taste of how it feels to be the person in front of the camera when I met up with fellow photographer friend, Armin Defiesta, in downtown Annapolis to exchange headshots this weekend! It was a tad uncomfortable for me, since naturally I am used to telling other people what to do and taking the image. I’m glad Armin used the same stereotypical photographer talk that I do to make people feel better such as “perfect!”, “awesome!” etc. etc. Apparently, Armin is also super man where he can edit photos with the snap of his fingers! ;o) I probably shouldn’t say this outloud, but he let me take a few test shots this his 5D and lets just say I don’t know how much longer Nikon is going to be in my bag!

giving his macho stone cold look

but he actually made nice with the guys that sat next to him!

he’s clueless. dont hire him.

fin!

aaaaand here are some of the awesome capture’s he got of me! check out his blog for a few more! :o)

So I got to the Apple store at 8am and was relieved to see there was only about 20 people in line.  I took my place and began to feed Laila some crackers in order to keep her happy.  Soon enough someone came around and gave me a ticket to reserve a phone for me, he said I could wait it out or come back before the end of the day.  ”Pfft, I’ll wait, I can handle this line!”.  After another 30 minutes of waiting the line barely moved so I said “Sayonara!” to the people I made friends with in front of me and took the girls to Double T Diner for breakfast thinking that by the time we came back the line would be better.  After a lovely spread of COFFEE, chocolate chip pancakes, waffles, eggs and bacon we got back to the store close to 10am.  I noticed the people that were in front of me at 8 this morning were JUST then at the front of the line.  Good thing I didn’t wait it out.  I took a spot again, which was only about 5th in place.  ”30 minutes top….gosh, i’m smart!”, I thought. I noticed the girls were getting a little restless and then I heard the dreaded 4 words no parent wants to here. “I GOTTA GO POTTYYYY!!”. So I told Riley, “Sit down and it won’t hurt so much!”.  There was no way I was losing my place in line!  Two lollipops, 1 bottle and plenty of  nagging later I finally got inside the doors and the nice “genius”, helped me out.  He started asking me questions and I told him “Well, the only reason I’m in here is because this little one decided to chuck my phone in the toilet yesterday!”. He didn’t look so shocked, until I told him that is was my third one. “Are you interested in Apple Care?”, he asked. “YES!”. “Okay, let me grab you a bag and we’re done!”.  When I came back with my bag, “So let me ask you, does the Apple Care, protect against water damage?”.  ”Uh…well no… it kind of just extends your warranty”.  What a dissappointment! I left, wondering why I just spent $60 on Apple Care if its not going to help me out when I’m back in here in a few weeks.   Good news is, he told me there’s a waterproof cover out there.

So let me ask you, what exactly do I have to buy, in order to get protected against water damage?