Daily Archives: February 16, 2009

When I was just a wee tyke, my parents gave me a pink – yes, pink – Le Clic camera. Did that just take you wayback? You remember the ones – they were those disc-shaped cameras from the 80′s and came in cool colours like pink, purple, red and blue. (I tried finding an image online but, strangely, couldn’t) The minute I opened that camera, I thought I was the coolest thing, well, evah. I really haven’t stopped taking pictures since. Just ask my friends who I annoy endlessly with my photos of all things, including the mundane. It’s all for the blog, friends, all for the blog.

Fast forward 25 years to December 2K8. I was in Houston for the holidays and went to a TV commercial shoot my company was doing with the Houston Rockets, specifically with Shane Battier and Carl Landry. Of course, I brought along my camera and as it turns out, was the only person there to think of doing so. I know – don’t ask me. I usually don’t put my photos “out there”, mostly for fear of being judged. I just choose not to look like a complete ass in front of everyone on earth (just a select few). Post holidays, though, I was asked to provide some of my snaps to our PR department to accompany the contest press release. So I did.

Turns out that something way cool happened. One of the wires picked up the story and — wait for it — my photo was featured on the Reuters board in both Times Square and Las Vegas! Freakin’ sweet.