Christina McCall Photography | Athens Canton Kaufman and Tyler Texas Family, Children, and Senior Portraiture Photography

In comparison to the last few weeks at mi casa, it has been a rather uneventful and quiet week. Thank goodness. I’m working my way through the queue of client images to be edited, some of which will debut here in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile my calendar is filling up with spring sessions; if you’re wanting portraits, especially the seniors out there, do not delay. I only schedule a limited number of sessions each month + the senior session deadline is April 11th for full sessions, April 18th for mini sessions. I’ll be closing shop for some much needed rest and office catchup during the second half of May, so the only way you’ll have an order in-hand is to grab one of the remaining session dates left! All the deadlines for sessions and ordering are listed here. I also have availability for one session on Friday, April 2nd (9 am in the Athens area or late afternoon anywhere in the CMP service area). And, yes, the Readers’ Choice Thank You Special is still available — the five session limit hasn’t been reached just yet!

Aside from client editing, I’ve also begun scouting new locations (for sessions and fun) as well as shooting some *artsy* stuff for me. And by artsy, I mean slightly inspired by some of the Impressionist artworks in a particular commercial for this exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art that I really hope to squeeze in before it leaves. I’m an art junkie, I love art museums – I blame it on the fact that way back when … as in 19 years ago this month … I competed in Picture Memory at UIL Academic Meet over at Navarro College (for the non Texan visitors, that’s University Interscholastic League). Needless to say, prepping for that one event initiated the start of my love of the arts.

… and now for the quote of the week …

Do not do to others what you would not like to be done to you.
– The Golden Rule

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Washington-On-The -Brazos, the Birthplace of Texas, taken May 30, 2008.  March 2nd was Texas Independence Day — its 174th, in fact. Tomorrow’s the anniversary of when the Alamo fell to Santa Anna’s troops …

Welcome March — you didn’t have to arrive quite so soon!  Really, I mean it …

The Good:  See this post from Monday.

The Random: Tonight’s post is #500. It only took about 35 months to reach this point (first post went live April 15, 2007) … so, how long do you think it will take me to reach #1000? 

The Lust: I want this. If I can’t afford the $1600-ish real life version of this lens in the short-term, why not settle for its insulated mug equivalent? That is, if I could locate one for sale …

The *Can it get any worse*:If you are a friend of mine on Facebook, you probably saw Wednesday night’s status update. Yes, there was a chimney fire at my parents’ house. Thankfully it was contained within the fireplace and flume and was nearly out before both the Murchison and North 19 Fire Departments arrived (within minutes) … and everyone’s okay, just shaken. After Robby’s mishap two weeks ago, I think we’re due a streak of good luck and no more catastrophes!

… and the quote of the week:

“If practice makes perfect, and nobody’s perfect, why practice?”
–unknown

I came across this one in a how to use the internet ‘phonebook’ way way way back in 1996 and it has been one of my favorite quotes ever since. I used to say this to my track coaches when I was tired or annoyed … and as of late, it applies again in a number of ways.