Photo Finish

Chloe Kessler, 3, of Edmond, shows off her skill at blowing bubbles for her parents.

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Today was crazy.

I started at 10 a.m. sharp. No earlier because after working nine hours this weekend, I have to be careful to not go over 40 hours for the week. Well, not too far over, at least.

After shooting a bunch of cute kiddos and the reigning Miss Edmond Liberty Fest, Emoly West, I downloaded my images and without time to look at them, headed to my next assignment.

I arrived just before 1 p.m. to photograph the erecting of a new bronze statue in downtown Edmond. The statue is to honor World War II veterans. It was made from a clay sculpture done by Mary Lou Gresham. She has done many of the statues that decorate downtown Edmond. That turned out to be a lot of fun because I talked to Mary Lou for a while, as well as Kurt Munson, who helped fund the project, and his son, Ryan, who modeled for the sculpture.

Again, I returned to the newsroom with only enough time to upload my images and format my card. I was out the door again and on the way to Edmond Fire Station No. 5. This was my second trip there, but this time I got to explore their training facilities.

They were first class may I say. I even got to see demonstrations of their burn buildings, where they set entire rooms on fire. Fire billowed accross the ceiling even. It was neat.

This time when I returned, I did have time to edit all the pictures. And they needed extra wild art to fill pages. Normally, that is music to my vain, little ears. Today, I was worn out and my eyes were sore.

Sensory overload.

I was scheduled to shoot a baseball game at 6 and at 8. Doubleheader. I’ll post tomorrow how that turned out and the other fun stuff that came my way.

Goodnight.