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Christchurch Wedding Photography, Jeremy and Jo got married at St Barnabas

jvk — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:04:56 +0000

Jeremy and Jo were married on Saturday.

We were lucky enough to be a part of their great day, We were proud to be there.

St Barnabas Church is a cool place to get married

Joanna and Jeremy

Joanna ... but her friends call her Jo

Commenting on Blog Posts … a writers perspective.

jvk — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:04:49 +0000

As somebody writing a blog There are times when I ask myself 'why?'

I have several answers

To share my recent work in an immediate way.

To have a voice

To start a conversation

To get stuff out of my head ...

Maybe I am proud of something.

Sometimes I want to show people how to do stuff.

But then what?

It goes up on a site ... the curious look, the stalkers look, the involved look, and sometimes the lost look (by accident), I think some of my family also look.

Thank you for looking.

But once it is 'up' ... what then?! .... the hope that maybe the brave also looked. The brave that might write a comment. A comment of opinion maybe. Are we doing the right things? What should I do more of? Less of? Do you disagree? or agree.

Maybe the comment is the beginning of a conversation.

But this is the problem ... nobody really wants to be first ... and then maybe wrong .... or outspoken ... well really the problem is being first .... because who says what is wrong ... or right!

I say make a comment ... start a conversation with me ... be excited about being the first.

Cheers

Johannes

Why scream into a paper bag?

jvk — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:00:25 +0000

When you look at the blank screen and want to start the screaming but your head says it needs to be important .... but your urge is to just let loose ... does it mean that the stress is getting too much?

Why scream into a paper bag?

I am certain there must be a therapeutic advantage ... but surely the release of your angst into an open environment is far more beneficial.

But what if someone were to hear you?

I had breakfast with my godson on Sunday. Waffles with fresh Strawberries

Oscar is crawling standing and stumbling. He has learnt the power of screaming ...he doesn't see the need for a paper bag.

If anybody comes near he will look them in the eye, confirm their participation, even feign a small smile to draw you into a sense of being loved back ... then there is a blink, a rapid welling up of tears, and he lets rip with a rush of blood and the loudest wail!

He wants to be heard! Is it a call for help? or an ingenious test for parents!

He is not worried about what people think of him he just wants to make sure that they do!

Then there is just that time of the year when in an effort to maintain your composure amongst the chaos of Christmas traffic and the thin red line between calm and mayhem, you just wish that you had a bag to scream into so that when you face your clients you can maintain an appearance of things being under control.

Today, our last day of business before Christmas, is one of those days. ... its not the clients, its the crazy stuff that happens in town!