Saturday I shot photos at the competition that my CrossFit box put on. Half of the competition was outside, so I was able to use my big lens and get some great photos. One of the really great things about shooting so often (in low-light) I am getting really acquainted with my DSLR camera. Also, for some reason, I felt the need to buy a nice(r) 50mm lens last year with a really low fstop capability. I can't remember why I bought it... but turns out it has saved me shooting at CrossFit... since it's in a warehouse type space with relatively low light. That bad boy don't care about low light!!
There was a pretty sweet lens that I saw the other day on the internet that I wouldn't mind having. It basically takes the things I love about my big lens and combines them with the things I like about my little lens. And costs only 12,000 pounds (as in british sterling pounds). Can you imagine over $20,000 for something to fit in the palm of your hand? WOW.
I have been getting a lot of really positive feedback on the photos. Only one person has had anything negative to say...to be fair, I had experimented a bit with a particular effect, so it's fair if he didn't like it. It was of him finishing a box jump and I put it more up to brag that I got the shot... seriously, in low light? Everything exposed right and motion frozen? Yeah, Imma brag about that. Sorry I'm not sorry for bragging. I think I still make some of the girls uncomfortable when I shoot. Hell, I might make some of the guys uncomfortable, but none of them had ever said anything or appear to actually be avoiding the camera. Side note: "Sorry I'm not sorry" is one of my new favorite things to say. It's the ultimate way to acknowledge that maybe you should be sorry, but you aren't.
After Nico's swim team practice and my shooting Saturday morning, we tried to take a nap at home. But failed. Saturday afternoon, Dave and I made the mistake of watching some show on the travel channel about food+travel. Turns out that the travel channel has completely given up on actual travel shows and are just doing food shows. We watched a piece about steak sandwiches in Philladelphia (as in Geno's and Pat's). Well, next thing you know, we were at Dominicks getting stuff for steak sandwiches. I got a snicker's bar and a green apple to make a snickers apple salad. I asked Nico if he wanted some, to which he replied NO when he heard the word salad. Turns out that he actually likes Snickers Apple Salad... weird. It's almost like he likes being contrary. For the sake of being contrary.
As you can see, the weekends are a bit hard for Drake:
Sunday, we explored Skokie a bit. Dave liked the Skokie Farmer's market on Facebook and was reminded that there were only a few more weekends of the market before winter. So we rode up there (in the rain) and ended up having breakfast at Annie's pancake house before trying the market. Here is Nico checking his email and having "coffee":
We ended up with a bunch of fruit (peaches, blackberries, apples, etc). We had a short workout at the YMCA and then headed home for a nap. After nap, Dave went to get groceries. He found a grocery that he really likes, called Mariano's. They have a massive prepared food section, which is THE thing he likes about Whole Foods. But Whole Foods is expensive for the stuff that you aren't buying because it's organic. Like paper towels. And canned beans. Apparently, Marianos walks that line pretty well.
While he was at the store, Nico and I hung out at the house drawing maps. That is kind of his thing lately, drawing maps. A couple of weeks ago, I found a watercolor tablet at Target for super cheap, and he really likes drawing on these (I think because the paper doesn't get as bent up as regular paper). This week and next, hopefully, we'll be sending out a bunch of maps to Granny You and Grampy and Grandma and Grandpa. We might even sneak one down to Max, Becks, and Emme.
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