hi, as i expected shannon has a double ear infection and canceled her portrait, i didnt blame her and was actually quiet relieved. i felt like 2 tons of brick were on top of me this morning and now so nighty night after this, . she has set the date for may 26th, and now wants to bring her husband . she has even offered to pay the developing,. i dont think that will be neccessary. at least she isnt trying to say forget it. so i went in to the photo contest and there are NO ribbons near my pictures but they were professionals there also. so i just kept upbeat and got a lot of answers and listened (easedropped) to alot of people. the judge was answering someones question and he was talking about how most of these are not the actual picture at all they have played with it so much. he said look take this sunset for example, you can tell it is the actual sunset and has beutiful colors but real colors, i just wanted to grab my camara and get a picture of him pointing to my picture. that was enough for me. this best in show was a girl sitting in the lincoln memorial or one of those with sun rays coming through. the host asked him to come and tell us how to get a picture like this. he said he took 7 shots and merged all of them together. boy that made a few people angry as well as the judge. this guy won 3 times. one for each catagory. the judge says they need a seperate catagory for manipulation. well i put 50 dollars to each so maybe some of them or the public will by them before may 31st. jakes graduation party is tommorro, they started to put up tents today . remember all the problems with tent pitching on the lake or any other vacation, well it still stands true today. ha ha. more pics tommorro.

the top picture is actually after the 2nd picture didnt work. try try try again. ha ha.