weekend wrap/ Coronation from a photographer's eye
Friday was insane. in addition to forgetting my grandmother's birthday (yes, throw the rotten fruit, I won't duck) I left work at noon, had a 3 hour shoot with a friend of mine (lots of good portraits! yay!) and then flew to class where I promptly was immersed in a TON of work. It was good, and I had a lot of fun (as usual in photo class) but it was tiring and I got home at a 11pm. Then I baked the blueberry bread that was going with us on the roadtrip, organized my carma bag for the trip, moved my incense ingredients into their new glass bottles, packed my basket, pack my clothes, got everything organized next to the door and finally got a shower and went to bed. At almost 1am.
Then I woke up at 4am!
I got dressed, finished packing the cooler, started loading the car and then went to wake up roommate. We were out the door by 5:15. She was sick however so the radio stayed off and she took some sudafed and slept. The drive to NY was a long and sometimes frustrating trip. (mapquest isn't always right. I mean left. I mean right...) But without much craziness we got there. Parking wasn't bad, though I was EXHAUSTED and not watching signage well and hence had to drive around the block again to get to the parking lot. We got a spot though, got roommate dressed, gathered what we needed out of the car after trolling in and settled into a good spot of Corornation. The event site was lovely, really, as far as American legions go. Nothing extravagant but it was lovely. They dimmed the lights to almost nothing though, and that almost killed my shoot - little hall, no flash, no tripods. (and yeah, for those who went, i know people were using their flash but in actuality only one person had permission to do so and it wasn't me so mine stayed off) But inspite of it all I managed to get some good shots, just have to edit through this afternoon and see what I have. Should be good though - I have a good feeling about it. Dayboard was lovely and feast was HUGE! Seriously, I loved every dish that came to our table and regret that I didn't have room to try all the desserts! They smelled wonderful though and I think I'll be gathering some cookbooks to try a few out myself. Really, incredible job by the wonderful kitchen staff. After all that we packed up (roommate feeling sick again) and dashed to the hotel, checked in and went to sleep without much to do. (that's the ultra short version of Coronation, longer version at some point but everything was lovely, if not poorly lit. Even the merchant area wasn't well lit - I don't know what those people have against light...)
Sunday, up at 8:30 for a breakfast bar that was dismal to put it nicely. So instead we dressed, packed and checked out, got on the road around 10am, found an IHOP for lunch, took an 'avoid tolls' route home (through Princeton, NJ - pretty!!!!) and got home around 4pm. I just sat and vegged, having not gotten enough sleep and driving 464 miles in one weekend - my brain was mush. Pizza delivery for dinner and bed around midnight.
So yeah, whirlwind weekend though 5 states. Not bad though, really, the drive was pretty, the event was incredible and just looking at garb was worth the trip.
Picture link soon!
Then I woke up at 4am!
I got dressed, finished packing the cooler, started loading the car and then went to wake up roommate. We were out the door by 5:15. She was sick however so the radio stayed off and she took some sudafed and slept. The drive to NY was a long and sometimes frustrating trip. (mapquest isn't always right. I mean left. I mean right...) But without much craziness we got there. Parking wasn't bad, though I was EXHAUSTED and not watching signage well and hence had to drive around the block again to get to the parking lot. We got a spot though, got roommate dressed, gathered what we needed out of the car after trolling in and settled into a good spot of Corornation. The event site was lovely, really, as far as American legions go. Nothing extravagant but it was lovely. They dimmed the lights to almost nothing though, and that almost killed my shoot - little hall, no flash, no tripods. (and yeah, for those who went, i know people were using their flash but in actuality only one person had permission to do so and it wasn't me so mine stayed off) But inspite of it all I managed to get some good shots, just have to edit through this afternoon and see what I have. Should be good though - I have a good feeling about it. Dayboard was lovely and feast was HUGE! Seriously, I loved every dish that came to our table and regret that I didn't have room to try all the desserts! They smelled wonderful though and I think I'll be gathering some cookbooks to try a few out myself. Really, incredible job by the wonderful kitchen staff. After all that we packed up (roommate feeling sick again) and dashed to the hotel, checked in and went to sleep without much to do. (that's the ultra short version of Coronation, longer version at some point but everything was lovely, if not poorly lit. Even the merchant area wasn't well lit - I don't know what those people have against light...)
Sunday, up at 8:30 for a breakfast bar that was dismal to put it nicely. So instead we dressed, packed and checked out, got on the road around 10am, found an IHOP for lunch, took an 'avoid tolls' route home (through Princeton, NJ - pretty!!!!) and got home around 4pm. I just sat and vegged, having not gotten enough sleep and driving 464 miles in one weekend - my brain was mush. Pizza delivery for dinner and bed around midnight.
So yeah, whirlwind weekend though 5 states. Not bad though, really, the drive was pretty, the event was incredible and just looking at garb was worth the trip.
Picture link soon!