Pizza with Santa

This entry is backdated.

Holy crap, talk about a MOB SCENE. Laura told me that they took in a record number of people this year, and I believe it!

To start the night off, Brendan and I were going to be late so I did like 70mph all the way to his house, and I called him with two minutes to spare to meet me at the end of his drive way, which he did. It was like a scene out of a movie where the bad guy makes his get-away, because I literally just barely rolled to a stop, he hopped in, and I floored it and we were gone. x'D

When we got there we set up with the help of two kids who had volunteered, and then the crowd started arriving. It was a MESS.

I took 108 photos that night, and in five minutes before we started taught Brendan how to use Lightroom and download photos off a CF card.

During the night I screamed at one poor kid who got behind the barrier and almost knocked my light over. It... was not my finest moment but one light costs close to $1000 so... >.>;

We also had some issues with both the laptop and the printer, because we were trying to go too fast. And it's a good thing I had three CF cards because we had to rotate.

The whole event lasted 2.5 hours, but it didn't feel that long. And hundreds of screaming, crying children are just... @@; Like, I had to finish printing at home because we ran out of ink, and the printer needed its own operator just to get photos out fast enough. It was too much for Brendan to handle alone. So I delivered the prints and printer to Laura later on and she and the rest of the PTSA are distributing them.

All in all though, it went really well. And I got a lot of exposure. A LOT. Like, people were looking at my photo display on the table, and were astounded when I said those were my photos. ^^ It felt so good.

I really hope I get some nice business out of this. I really, really do. I did get a job from my friend Craig's Mom for tomorrow, too. I'm so excited!

As hectic as it was, it was totally worth it! *fist pump*

But there are definitely some revisions we will make for next year. xD Like, I will have someone on the computer, and someone on the printer. LMFAO And we will have a table just for the prints. People will also be done in smaller groups, and we'll try to get a bit longer of a period to do them in. We might also limit people to one photo per child to make it go faster, and try to encourage group shots. Just tiny little things to make it run more smoothly.

Oh, and also, Laura said she heard people saying how beautiful the photos were (since we did get some done that night) and that there were a few that were going to use them in their Xmas cards. I'm so proud of me! And everyone who had a photo done got my business card. HUZZAH!