I received an email from someone overseas who was getting married in Winnipeg next March. I thought it was strange as who get’s married in Winnipeg in March? But anyways… we figured out out their requirements and set a 600 deposit to confirm the date. Apparently their employer { the military } was going to send a cheque. I thought this was a bit off right from this point… Really? The military is going to send a cheque for your wedding photography?!
Eventually I received a email from the person claiming there was some kind of mix up and they sent me 3200. instead of the 600. Then they informed me to wire the balance back to them in England…. LOL Sure, no problem!!! (I’m being completely sarcastic here) They really must think we are completely stupid! As it turned out they sent me 3000. not 3200. so they couldn’t even get their story straight about the amount! oh and I’m in Canada, so why are you sending me US funds? LOL
I went down to my credit union and they agreed, they were fraud! A good one at that. Besides, who sends travellers cheques and doesn’t sign/date them? I’m sure the Military wouldn’t oversee this small fact. I actually phoned the police and they requested I file a report in person. I went down to the public safety building where I waited 45 minutes. I had all the evidence, even the scammers name in England where they wanted the money wired. I was going to do my part in capturing some criminals. I was feeling like a real Nancy Drew…… WELL Apparently the police can’t do anything about it unless I actually lost money. So I receive bad advice and I lost time which is money! So I thought I’d write about it and waste more time!!! LOL Who knows perhaps someone that reads this won’t waste their time… not sure what I’ll do with my 3000 of funny money, any suggestions?
do these really look authentic? LOL
Photography by Michele 
Selfies – 25 years ago!
The word Selfie was named Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year!
Selfie’s are nothing new, Artist have been painting themselves for centuries. If they wanted to paint they used themselves as models. I remember the Red River College Photography Course we were asked to do a self portrait. Everyone hated this assignment, but it was the first time I ever tried to take a photo of myself. It was 1988 and I had a hasselblad which is a 120 mm format film camera. The hasselblad in my opinion was “the best” film camera money could buy. It came with prestige and it separated the professional photographer from those amateurs using 35mm cameras.
I remember having a long cable release as the camera didn’t have a self timer, which would have been easier. Well…. my arm wasn’t long enough as it distorted my whole face! So I thought, I can only show a part of my face if I want to look good. It was a time where you had to “think” about what you photographed. Every click cost you about $1.00 then there was the time for processing and printing. Hopefully you didn’t screw up along the way. As you can see from my contacts my exposures were not that consistent!
Here are the contacts of my attempt at a self portrait…..hilarious!
11-20-2013, Selfie