Near the end of June, I did some “work” as an assistant photographer for a wedding of a family friend. My brother has started getting into higher end photography as of late, and had been doing a couple shoots for engagement photos etc. One of the couples he did that for asked him to do their wedding as well. He knew I was also interested in getting more into photography as a hobby, so he was kind enough to ask me to join in as a second photographer. I was very excited for the chance!

The day went very well in my opinion. I really enjoyed the role I got to play in the whole scenario, being able to be known as a “photographer” but still getting away with a lot of candid shots, and not direct angles. It really got me wanting to get more into photography… And helped me realize that while my current camera is a wonderful camera, it is still very very limited. As is normal for me, I started looking into what I could upgrade to. A lot. Oh, and in case anyone is curious, my birthday is coming up.

Anyway, the event went very well, and fun was had by all. Some of the shots (though probably none of mine) are available at my brother’s website. We did shots at a local temple, the luncheon, and at a local art museum. We were repaid for our time way too much in my opinion… But then again, it’s nice to be appreciated. The only downside being I’m not looking so much into what better cameras can do that I just don’t seem to want to use mine anymore

A couple weeks after that was the grand 4th of July parade. In my city, it’s an event that causes chaos on the streets for days before and after the event, and this year was no different. I live right on one of the streets that the parade goes down, though I’m in an apartment complex and didn’t really have any sort of view of it, but it did mean that if I so desired I could camp out on the lawn in front of the apartment and watch. I did not desire to do so, but fortunately my wife’s family did! We layed out a tarp several days before the parade, and they camped out the night before to make sure it stayed there. Suffice it to say, we had really good seats for the parade this year.

Even though I lament about wanting a new camera so much that I’d never use my current one, I still used it quite a bit. Sadly they weren’t the more artistic pictures I’ve been craving, but it was a lot of fun. Even took a ton of pictures of the giant Hello Kitty balloon for a friend! Guess I should get those to her, huh.

That’s it for this update. Maybe I’ll talk about the giant spider that made it into my house at some point… Sucker was huge, and was a large debate on if it was a hobo spider, or a wolf spider. I know, the suspense is killing you