Day 167

total cheese tourist shot. himeji castle.

Day 022

So I am here. Things so far are going well. Today was the first day of shooting which was at the Budondo Clinic where they test people for HIV/AIDS as well as have a regularly functioning hospital (by small-town African standards. Basically they do stuff other than just HIV/AIDS) and this place is the home of one of the DIG gardens. Met a bunch of great people who have an amazing heart for helping others, which, according to Patrick (runs parts of the clinic), is not an especially African trait.

That sentence was way long. I'm starting new down here.

Hello


So getting here was quite an experience. It was as expected, but with less sleep. Got in to Entebbe around 830 am local time yesterday morning and by the time we were halfway "home" I was falling asleep in the car. I slept from 5 pm to 8 pm, ate dinner, and went back to bed until this morning around 730. I know these details are not all that important. Just saying I was totally beat.

I'm going to try to attach a couple of photos from today to give a sense of the people we dealt with.

Day 015

So. Its Thursday (well, technically at the time of me writing this part of the post its the wee hours of Friday) and I leave in just a couple of days.

I assume that I mentioned I am going to Uganda for a bit to work with DIG. I leave on Monday and won't get there until Wednesday (local time).

I had planned on enumerating some sort of list here and now but it has left my brain and I will now go to sleep.

Day 008

God I'm exhausted. Shot day one of annual report today outside in central park in 36ish degree weather. More on the way tomorrow!

Day 333

my grandfather (age 87) picking up pecans.

Day 332

it seems appropriate... the last time i was up at my grandparents place we saw some wild turkeys, and now it is thanksgiving and im back at my grandparents place....so here are some turkeys (its a pre-festivus miracle)

Day 261

arbitrary catch up from being out of town.

this is what one of our days was like in croatia. on the rock beach, reading. for once i actually enjoyed it.

Day 233

i had something to say..but i've forgotten it now. it was one of those things where you're going to bed and think of something and think "i'll surely remember that" and then you forget when its time to write it down. maybe i'll remember.

Day 198

just got film in from july 4th. oh my god this cracks me up. my grandmother in part of the area surrounding their home.

Day 190

for the last two days i've been wearing my "i survived" the cyclone tshirt. i took photos ON the cyclone only to realize later that im an idiot and had left a roll in there that was already completed (which is to say, the shots i thought i got..i didnt). so instead here is a shot Of the cyclone with people riding it.

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Day 154

so i have mentioned my sister before, im sure. if not here, then on the blog of my main website. she has just finished up her chemotherapy and we are all quite happy to be celebrating her first "remission party" this month in new york. i dont really know the rules about what is considered remission or timelines and doctors' opinions of such things, but as far as im concerned she's doing great. the chemo was preventative anyway (meaning they were pretty sure they got it all with the surgery back in december) and now even it is done so i have even more confidence.

she is so strong and just an amazing person anyway..im not shocked at how well she has done managing work, grad school, and pumping god-knows-what into her body (well the doctors did that part i guess).


but this day's blog isnt just all about how awesome she is, it also features a photo of her. she told me that i am the only person to have a photo of her looking like Daddy Warbucks. i am proud to hold that obscure, specific title.

Day 152

gregory stopped by a while back.

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Day 142

jay fishing in key west

Day 043

today was pretty long. i went to bed at midnight, woke up sharply at 4 am paranoid of over sleeping on the first shooting day for the february project. slept again but had to get up a bit after 5 anyway. but i feel great about the day..i can't WAIT to see the film. i love the rz. it feels so solid.


today's shoot was of these two brothers (mostly of the kid in the blue / green) out at lake martin.

please consider this image a placeholder until the film gets back--its a digital shot meant as a daily to show the client. the film stuff is going to look amazing.

also, i am watching the shawshank redemption AGAIN. or finishing it anyway. i can really watch it at the drop of a hat.

say hello to joe and justin

Day 020

shot today: alan, paul, gregory