The subject for today’s photo for the December Challenge is of Rachel. Rachel is a fellow Marketing Support Rep and friend. She always has a great smile and is very personable. I simply asked if I could take her pfor the December Challenge and she was happy to help even though she had only a few minutes to spare between demos. I wanted to compliment the red of Rachel’s skirt with the red in the poinsettias in the background. I also wanted to capture her ever present smile. We made the portrait in the atrium in one of our office buildings.
The December Challenge has been of particular challenge to me as portraits are very hard for me simply because I am very shy about taking someone’s photo. I am a person who avoids confrontation and probably wouldn’t have the guts of a guy like Thomas Hawk to firmly object to anyone who challenged my right to take a photo on a public street.
I was really floored today with the portrait that Jeremy took of Liz and Chico. Such a beautiful and loving photo. 
Liz and Chico are a homeless couple in San Francisco. Jeremy Brooks captures the beauty in the faces of two people who could easily have remained faceless to society. These are the types of photos that I have been seeing from other photographers in the December Challenge. They are from people who are taking chances to find beauty. Take a look at the December Challenge groups on Flickr and on Zooomr to find inspiration, there is plenty to be found.
In February Allison and I are headed down to Florida for a couple of weeks. We hope to meet up with some people that we know while we are there. Ashley and Mr. Fab and Mrs. Fab we are hoping that you guys will be on that list. Since our vacation is a little ways away I can begin to start looking for great things for us to do. I signed up for the Trusted Travel eNewsletter and not only will I get the latest information on awesome tours I will also get the chance to win an iPod Nano or tour tickets. The choice is yours but hurry and act fast as this promotion ends on December 31st.
Part of our time in Florida will be around Orlando and part of our time in Miami. So I am going to look into tours that I’d like to go on in both places. I have been to Orlando many times and I remember one trip where my friend James and I rode down to Florida with his parents in one car and his cousins in the other. While we were there we also toured the college that he was going to attend. Embry-Riddle. I wasn’t that into planes at that time but I always did want to get down and see the Kennedy Space Center when I was on a trip to Orlando.
I still haven’t been on that tour but Trusted Tours does offer discounted tickets to the Kennedy Space Center. I think it would be amazing to see and photograph the ships that have traveled beyond our atmosphere and into outer space.
In Miami I think I’d like to take the Miami to Key West Ferry on the overnight trip. I’ve never been to Key West and I’ve always wanted to go there. The land where Jimmy is King. How much fun would it be to get there by boat. I love the ocean and I think there would be plenty of photo opps while on board, not to mention when we arrive in Key West.
There is so much to plan, glad I have some time to do so.
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