$25,000 AND ENGLISH TOFFEE

I was greeted nice and early with a 7am sheet of ice covering my entire car. Needless to say I am not used to waking up at 7am, let alone waking up to 30 degrees and ice covering everything. I did notice that the morning light was just so amazing as I drove to my first assignment. I always feel guilty as a photographer for not spending every waking moment capturing something, but I guess its a natural feeling a lot of people who are passionate about what they do feel at some point. Regardless, my first assignment was rather ambiguous. It said to be at a certain local high school at a certain time for a “big announcement”. When I got there the entire school was holding an assembly which turned out to be in honor of a local teacher who was presented with an award which included a monetary prize of $25,000. The spokeswoman for the foundation had students come up and hold paper numbers to form the prize sum. The above image is a frame I liked from that moment. The girls were holding the 2-5-0 and there was another girl to the right with another 0. The girls eyes were all on that last 0 when she displayed it. My second assignment turned out to be an odd one where I just photographed some dolls that are to be part of an exhibit opening soon at our Pioneers Museum featuring SimpichDolls, which apparently were made here in the Springs. My third assignment was a food assignment featuring the Pearman family. It is going to run as a food story about their relationship and their cooking and competing. What I really liked was not only their relationship, but their relationship and love for their recently adopted Chinese daughter Emilie, who is disabled. They are such a sweet and caring family.

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