My Birthday

Mom and I had a joint birthday party yesterday since our birthdays are just two days apart. We celebrated on the day in between. We wanted a small dinner party, so mom invited a few of her concierge friends and I invited my photographer friends. In one of the photos mom is holding a big bundle all in bubble wrap. This was brought by Brian and Gry my photographer friends. It was bubble wrapped as a joke because the last time they came to the house was for the Oscar party and Brian brought a bottle of wine, but when I went to give him a hug, I knocked the bottle out of his hand and it smashed all over the floor. This time the bottle made it safely. We had some great Bar-B-Q and everyone had a good time.

Katie

New Mexico

I just returned from a shoot in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I was working as a photographer's assistant on a commercial shoot. It was my first visit to New Mexico, and I have to say it reminds me of old Mexico. I tried both red and green chile, not to be confused with chili (the latter is like a stew and the former is more like a sauce) I went inside an old pueblo house and even wandered through an Indian reservation.

I was out there for two full days and after we wrapped the shooting, we still had a little time on the last day so I went to the Petroglyph National Monument where you can see all the neat whitish figures in the black stones (though they look like they're painted on, they are actually chipped on the surface by the ancient pueblo Indians to reveal the white underneath.) They were allover the side of the mountains, but you really had to search to find them. Then we all took a tram to the top of the Sandia Mountains and watched the sunset. New Mexico is dry, dusty, bright and beautiful and the people are all very friendly. It was a fun place to visit.

Katie

4th of July

For the Fourth of July, mom, dad and I went to Black Mountain (a small town near Asheville) to see fire works. They were great until we got rained out in the end. There was a huge grand finale as they set off everything left at once. I managed to get a few good shots before the rain started.

Katie

Commercial Contest

I finished both my commercial entries to the "any way you like it" video contest to promote tourism in Asheville. You can see them both on you-tube.com just follow the links below.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Va5irZfuc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Rc0T0ieH8

Katie
P.S. - Don't forget to give them a rating and tell me which one you like best.