yes...i'm back. spent the weekend in seattle doing a session of a family who adopted a chinese girl 2 1/2 months ago. not only was the family absolutely wonderful, i was also able to hook up with erin vey, who was so much fun. erin and i went to dinner saturday night and then went shooting at pike place market for a few hours on sunday. i always find it fun and challenging to shoot objects.

the story of this photo:
erin and i were taking some photos of the famous fish throwers at Pike Place Fish and one of the guys said "you girls are freaking me out"...you know, two girls standing there with big cameras pointed at him. the next thing I know, he's asking erin if she can hold my camera. the guy takes me behind the fish freezers, saying "don't be scared". not knowing what to expect..i'm scared. then i feel something being put on my head (i later learned it was a starbucks cup). now i'm even more scared. shortly after, i figure out that the one going is going to throw a fish to the other guy, while knocking the cup off my head. yikes! now i'm scared to death. so, the photo--that's me, with my hands covering my face (seriously shaking, scared that the fish is going to nail me in the face). you can see the guy in front, who threw the fish, the fish in the air above my head and the man behind me, holding the paper to catch the fish. in the end, everything went as planned and the fish hit the cup....and not my face. :-)

to the bothell family, thanks for the wonderful hospitality and a great, great time.
to erin, thanks for everything and looking forward to the next time.

it really was a great trip. and i really love my job!