The Melissas
By popular demand, let me introduce the Melissas -- the only two females in our engineering center -- posing along with their tree-horn creation. What they endure on a daily basis, I can't imagine.
On the left, we have Kiki-Fry, whom you have met before, and on the right is newly married Bird-Key, whose cubicle you have seen before. Notice the genuine smiles? Yeah, they are laughing at me. Because the lighting in that room is so bad, and because I hate flash photography, I had to open the lens wider to let more light in. Camera geeks will know this results in a blurred image if you do not keep the camera (and your laughing subjects) still. Not only did I have to use a tripod chair in an attempt to accomplish this, I also had to use my wallet to prop it up to the right angle. Because I couldn't push the dern button down without moving the entire thing into the cushioned seat, I used the timer -- which slowed the process considerably. To add to the fun, the office chair I was using was slowly swiveling, making it difficult to keep the subjects in the frame. I felt like we were re-enacting a scene from a Three Stooges movie, except I was playing all three stooges.
But hey, I never said I was a professional. Obviously. Besides, doesn't capturing these lovely faces make it worth it?
