Showing posts with label Albany Oregon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Albany Oregon. Show all posts

Just a little story with photos from the week

Week 11 of 52,  The story of the week, yes it is completely fictional & all photos were all taken with the Android Incredible phone.



The day started out with the sun shining, birds tweeting and the flowers blooming


Our animals started acting funny, more funny than usual, 
they started to run in all directions for no reason.

An alert came over the airways and internets to get to Portland to see Gary Vaynerchuck at his "The Thank You Economy" book signing because if you do not show up, bad things could happen.


 For a while everyone disregarded the warnings but people started talking and businesses started closing. Everything was spinning out of control

Random fires started for no reason while large machines tried but could not put the fires out.

 The uncontrollable spinning continued, Until....

Gary took the stage and told everyone to calm down, 
Purchase his "The Thank You Economy" book from Amazon.com and read it, your business would be less likely to follow in the foot steps of Blockbuster and close their doors.

When the day was done, everyone listened to Gary Vaynerchuck talk about how 
every business should treat customers and that you will 
get a Return On Investment by caring about your customer 
just by engaging in conversation with them.

Yes, I did get to meet Gary Vaynerchuck (@garyvee on twitter) when he stopped in Portland Oregon for his TYE book signing.  He spoke for about an hour and a half, a short Q&A and book signing with direct personal Q&A.  Amazing speaker and passionate about his content. Check out dailygrape.com if you are interested in wines at all, you will not be disappointed.

I can not tell a lie

Today was not a day for me to press the shutter release! I have not even taken the camera out of the bag, that is amazing in itself.

I do not like to post day old photos right along with year old photos so here you are, I hope you like what you see!

The two photos below are from the 2007 Albany Hot Air Balloon Festival last August. Enjoy the photos and I will certainly post something new tomorrow afternoon.
Enjoy!

The top photo took about 20 frames to get. The line holding the flag was moving in the wind, the headline holder was moving and the balloon was moving in the wind but I finally got it!

This shot was from on my knees leaning as far back without lying in the grass. It is the best centered basket under the balloon I have shot!

Burn more pixels, they are free!