My friend called who works at Sharkeez in Santa Barbara and asked me if I would make a flyer for their club this Friday night. I haven’t made flyers in years, probably like 8 years if I think about it. I think I did all right… I think. Ha ha. My creativity with this sort of thing has capped off at a certain level.
Played around in Photoshop for a while and came up with this. Is it too much? I like that it’s dramatic.
I can’t believe I don’t have a job yet! I am really struggling. I am barely scraping by with unemployment.
I keep posting ads on Craig’s List for my photo services but they keep getting flagged and deleted. I have deduced that people do not want competition. I have gone to the support forums to ask why and they say my ads are fine and don’t know why they would be flagged.
The job market is awful right now. I have applied to everything under the sun. And no one wants me! They all ask for salary history so I think they think I made too much money. But I make it clear in my cover letter that I want to start with a good stable company and work my way up and stay for a long time. That’s not working.
Want to donate to the “Chelsea Lost Her Job” fund? ha ha. No seriously, though, lol.
I had a photo shoot this morning at 6AM down at a beach near San Clemente. I took a lot of photos so here is what I’m working on so far. I’ll be editing for a week or two.
Today my friend Travis and his Fiancee, Nikki picked me up to go shooting at the beach. She was a great model! Here are some of the pictures I took.
I got to go to the X Games again this year. It was sweltering hot and I got a sunburn even though I wore sunblock. But it was all worth it. Lots of dirt, fast cars and crashes. I took over 700 pictures so I am slowly going through them all. I’ll keep adding to this post as I edit them. Here’s one for now.
Adam Carolla coming into the Venue through the metal detectors. He had to empty out his pockets just like the rest of us. He only had one dude with him, too. He was going in for an autograph signing we saw set up.
I finally got around to editing the family photos I took a few weeks ago.
The dad’s face is out of focus in the piggy-back one. I was focusing on the baby. I wish I was at a smaller aperture, but what are ya gonna do with a wiggly baby? It’s cute!
I did some photos for my friend’s shop, Garage Tuning. These are for a kit he’s selling.
I was able to use my snoot on my on-camera 580EX II flash for most of them. I bounced it off the white background. And then I handheld the 430EX to light the front of the parts.
There really is nothing out there worth while. Everyone keeps telling me to get a temp job but I am making more on unemployment and I can spend my time looking for work instead of working for some company for 10 bucks an hour. Oh yeah, I got unemployment. I was really worried I wouldn’t because of their crazy “quarter” system. They start you off with a base pay from like 15 months before you file a claim. I wasn’t sure if I had started my last job before then or not. But anyway, I got it, and it will help a lot.
Dance class is going really well! I’m having so much fun with my adult class. They really seem to be having a good time so that makes it all that much better. I have a full class every night.
I have a car photo shoot coming up next weekend that I am really excited about. It’s going to be at the beach down near San Clemente. I’ll post pictures when it’s done.
