Wednesday Pipe Cleaning

So Last night I was supposed to do a complete photoshoot for one of my friends. He wants to sell a product and asked me to help him with the pictures. Little did I know though my pipes needed a cleaning. My basement bathroom decided that instead of taking a crap in it, it would take a crap on the floor. I guess payback for all of the years of use.

By the time I was able to sit down and do some of the shots, I was already not in the mood to really do it. I'm going sit back down and re-do the pictures this way it's perfect. I'm happy with the quality of the images but need to work some more on the lighting. It's not perfect so I need to adjust a little bit more. Product pictures are much harder then I thought it would be but I'm learning which is fine. Doesn't cost me anything to learn.

Once I'm happy with the images, I'll post some up.

February 23, 2008

This has been an extremely busy weekend for us. Amanda and My Dad came in on wednesday night so it's been really a lot of fun seeing them. Dad has been coming into work each day. I think he likes to get away from Florida for a change every once and a while. Amanda just needed a break from the cold even though it's been cold here.

Alex had a friend over on saturday which took up most of the day and then on sunday we went out to Doctor Dave for another visit for Spike. He's now just about 16 lbs and still gaining weight. He has received another round of shots.  After the appointment, Dave invited us back to his house for lunch which was a lot of fun. Dave and Dee have a few horses, 2 goats and a bunch of chickens. Too bad it rained on sunday but still a nice day.

After we left there we stopped by our cousin's house for a quick visit. Nice to see them

I didn't have any time to shoot this past weekend so I have nothing new to tell about istock. My friend is coming over on wednesday night because he needs some product shots. Hopefully that will be the trick and I'll get some other pictures for me.

Hump Day

I have not posted since last week as this past weekend was Valentines Day. Busy with stuff in the house. Spike is still peeing on the floor and crapping in the middle of the night but at least it's in the kitchen and it's not a mess on the carpets. I did however buy some stock in paper towels. I think I'm helping the economy with all of the rolls that I'm buying.

I am now able to post up new images to istock but I have not done so yet. I'm working on putting some different images up this time. I'm really thinking carefully about what I'm going to post.

My Dad is coming in for a week so the studio is shut down until he leaves again. I have to work on building a bigger one in the house when I have a moment then again, who has a moment.

This was my 3rd Attempt

This was my third attempt. I figured that I would search for what
other people have put up to see if that would help... GUESS NOT!

This was the second attempt of istock

This was my second attempt of getting my istock application approved.

Something I didn't think of

I didn't think of posting the images that I'm sending to iStock so I guess I should. The first set of pictures 

Friday 13th

Happy Friday the 13th. End of a long week and I'm looking forward to the weekend. I have calmed back down from my mood from istock not approving me so I'm going to work on some pictures this weekend. I have a few ideas but I'm really going to watch the composition carefully and think about stock photographer.

Alex and I are going to work on his movie and a new lego set that Nicole picked up for him during the week. I also have to take down the studio this weekend. My Father is coming in so don't want him to freak out seeing this hugh setup with backdrops and lights. Also need to clean up the backyard since he's coming in.

I think Alex might give me another hair cut this week. This is a picture from the last time. I shaved his head and this is what he was doing to me.

Happy Thursday

Spike didn't have any accidents during the night. He is however chewing on anything he can get a hold of. I saw him last night going for my sneakers. At least it's not pee.

I'm going to do a photo shoot this week of more generic types of things. I have a few different ideas and HOPEFULLY, istock will take the application.

iStock

I'm very frustrated by istock. I was so annoyed yesterday by them still not approving my application. The worst part is that they are making me wait another week before they will allow me to upload new images. I think that's the part that really gets me. It's one thing to not accept an image but I've uploaded a bunch of different images all with different positions and setups. Just venting at this point.

Spike last night I think only had 1 accident. I am really looking forward to trusting him in the house at night. He likes to cry in the middle of the night when someone gets up. Guess he is a little on the lonely side.

Rejected again

Ok, so this is the 3rd time I'm being rejected because of my upload pictures. They said that my pictures don't meet the minimum standards. I'm not sure if they do this to everyone but it seems like a pain in the butt for all of this. I tried going about it differently this time and I uploaded images that were very VERY similar to other photographers. It's getting very annoying. 

NOW they won't let me upload images for another 7 more days.

FINALLY

Well, this morning was a pleasant surprise waiting for me. NO PEE OR POOP on the floor. Although he was still sleeping by the time I was awake. I already had my jacket on and ready to walk him. We didn't make it past the top of my steps before he peed BUT at least it was outside.

He's getting a little better in the house. Only had 2 accidents yesterday so soon Spike will be house broken. Speaking of which, why do they call it house broken. It should be house fixed. The broken part is the pee in the house.

I'm still waiting to see about my istock application. I am waiting for the approval.

Trisia dropped off her pictures from her wedding to me yesterday. I'm looking forward to going thru all of them.

Happy Monday

Spike went to bed last night around 12. No Crying which is always a plus until 5:50 this morning. He only went once in the middle of the night. Yesterday he didn't have any accidents in the house. I think he's just getting used to going outside. He still doesn't like to go out all of the time. Alex took him out for about 1/2 hour yesterday which I think helped.

On my stock photo update, I've uploaded new images and we will see in the next few days what happens. HOPEFULLY, they will approve me. Originally, they asked for 3 images. I've now posted 9 in total and still waiting for the application to be approved.

a small small light

So, there might be a small light at the end of the tunnel.... BUT VERY SMALL!!! Last night we went to bed at 12:15 and spike didn't make a peep. Of course he had a very accidents in the middle of the night but at least I was able to sleep. He was still being stubborn this morning taking him out.

We took him to Petco today and the Spike went wild. He loved being out in a store with other dogs.

We ended up going to the movies and got home, I took spike for another walk. THIS time, he walked on his own and didn't sit down every 2 seconds. I'll see how he does later tonight when I take him for his late walk before bed.

Another fun night

Spike continues to be a pain in the butt. He still hates to go outside. We thought it might be because he's cold so Nicole brought over her dogs sweater... Yeah, that didn't help. Still hates it. We were up with him until 12:45 last night and it took 2 more times of me getting out of bed to calm him down. All was peaceful until 445 when spike decided he wanted to see who was awake.

I'm not getting much sleep this week. I left work early yesterday so I could go home and sleep a little but that didn't work out. I got about 1/2 hour of sleep until Taya work up

That's ok, maybe this weekend will be easier.

On another note, I'm resubmitting new pictures today to istockphoto to become a stock photographer. Hopeful can make a little bit of extra money.

Nights are getting harder

During the day has been getting better but Danielle is walking him every 2 hours. He still took a leak on the floor during dinner but at least it's a little better. Late last night though he was not a happy camper nor was I. He wanted to play around 12:30 and I was not having any part of that.

I'm continuing my we work on getting approved for istockphoto.com  I didn't realize how much work was involved with is and getting approved. I've submitted a bunch of pictures and we will see. 

Afternoon Update

I just got a call from Danielle and she said Spike has been great today. No accidents (always a plus) but she is also taking him out every 2 hours.

Spike around the Kitchen

Spike finally last night ate some food out of my hand. I guess he didn't trust us enough until yesterday. He's still keeping me up at night but it wasn't so bad. He really loves to sleep on Alex's karate gear. We found Spike inside of the bag last night.

5am

Tuesday morning and I'm not happy. Spike thought it would be nice to get up at 5am this morning to play. He didn't want to go out, just play and don't even think of walking away from him.

LONG night with Spike

Well, last night was a long night with Spike. I guess he wasn't happy being in the kitchen by himself. He also learned that he can bark. At 3am, it sounds like someone is driving a nail in my head. Good thing he's cute.

Nothing beats a boy with his dog

Not sure if Alex really likes the dog. You decide.

Sunday with Spike

Spike gets his clean bill of house from Doctor Dave. Dave is a family friend for a number of years and has a GREAT practice out in Long Island. Type of person who would give you the shirt off of his back. http://www.paumanokvethospital.com

Well, Spike continues to pee and poop in the floor but we are working very fixing that. Nicole has been one of the biggest helps with this. Not sure what we would do without her.

First Night with Spike

Saturday night with Spike we lots of fun. I do wish he was house trained already though. He came in and made himself at home.