Good'ole Local Fun

It seems to me, that some people, have a hard time with figuring out things to do, yet for others, they seem to have every moment planned.

My problem , is that I wait to the last second to make plans. Now granted, being flexible by not having a rigid schedule has it's benefits, especially when a friend would call up and invite us to Cape Cod for the weekend. Guess what, we where usually able to go because we had no other plans that were definite. But, in most cases, I have learned it is far better to have something lined up. Because if you don't, well, the weekends go by very quick.

Well, I have really changed. I am a stickler about making sure I have something lined up each and weekend. There is nothing worse than to have a weekend go by and having nothing to talk about come Monday. For me, worse still is having no pictures to look back on.

So, this leads to how much one can usually find to do their own backyard. Personally, I have found a ton to do, both when I was living in Boston and here in North Carolina too.

Take for instance First Friday, which just happens to be the first Friday of every month. On that Friday there is a Art Walk in downtown Raleigh. Now granted, there is not a lot to photograph, unless of course you are into street photography, which I am..

For this shot above I held the camera at my side and went *click*. Trust me, there was zero skill to this one, it was pure luck, but, it paid off. Ya, I took others, but this was my favorite...

I think the next few post will be things I did recently local to where I live. Perhaps it just may give you an idea of what to do this weekend...

Oh, by the way, total cost for this night? Twelve bucks for dinner, beer included! :)

Ten Pin & Team-work

I just returned from attending our HP Hood National Sales Meeting, it was my first since moving into the Sales Department from IT.

Now, there is a lot I could write here, but I will keep it with-in the bounds of photography.

There is no doubt about it, no Hood Event has likely ever been better photographed than this event, from start to finish. If you want to see for yourself heard on over to candidcaptures.com and take a peek at the "In the Spotlight" section. Click on the very first event and take a look at the well over 150 shots I have posted so far.

Every moment of the 3 days was full of either meetings or other social activities. On Tuesday we where invited to Dave & Busters for some Team Building. I have to say, this was a lot of fun. As you can see, bowling was a part of it.

Now to be honest, I LOVE to bowl, BUT, I am from New England and in New England it is more likely you bowl Candlepin, not Ten Pin. For those that are not aware, Candlepin is a small ball with tall skinny pins that resemble candles.

So, you should have seen me with this 8 or 9 lb ball... Not so graceful, we will leave it at that.. The good thing, I was able to take a bunch of really fun photos..

This one here is likely my favorite of the evening.