The Slower Road

Continuing with our brief tour of photo-shoot outtakes featuring volunteer models wearing CAA-logo apparel, today we have CAA rain ponchos.

We all decided that it’s really rather difficult to pose convincingly in a rain poncho on a bright, sunny day.

First, we tried having Mindy and Todd stand under a roof, looking out. Is it raining out there? Of course, one of them looks sad about the “rain,” and the other looks happy …

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Then, toward the end of that segment of our photo shoot, I couldn’t stop laughing, and they couldn’t stop laughing …

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… and we had to move on to something else. (I’ll share the final installment from our photo shoot tomorrow.)

I’ve gone through the “finalists” from the photo shoot we had a couple of weeks ago for the CAA’s holiday catalog, and have selected the ones that will be featured in the catalog. Here, then, for the next couple of days, I’ll be posting a few that didn’t make the cut, a behind-the-scenes photo, and a couple of silly shots.

I actually really like this one, but decided not to use it in the final layout of the catalog …

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And I also like this one (although the sun’s a bit too bright on Mindy’s and Todd’s faces), but decided not to use it, either …

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And this one just makes me chuckle because they’re both, but Todd especially, trying so hard to, you know, pose …

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I’m busily working on the CAA’s annual (printed) book & gift catalog, which needs to go to the printer soon so that it can get to members’ mailboxes by about the middle of November.

This year, for something different, we took a pile of CAA gift items to a member’s nearby farm (thanks, Misdee Miller!), enlisted the help of several volunteer models (thanks, Mindy and Todd!), and had a proper photo shoot.

In addition to the “serious” catalog photos, we also — of course — got a few silly ones. Here’s one of those (I’ll share more tomorrow) …

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As I promised last week, I’m implementing a few changes around here!

This blog’s new web address is TheSlowerRoad.com. The new address, however, actually forwards visitors to the blog’s original address (carriageassociation.wordpress.com), so both should still work! This means that people can still find us using the old address, or by searching for (or remembering and typing in) the blog’s name — The Slower Road. And it should also mean that the blog’s subscribers won’t notice any changes.

As I mentioned last week, other than the new web address, these three things will change here:

1) I’m planning to (try to) stay a bit more on-topic on this blog;

2) I’ll be taking weekends off, except when I’m reporting on a CAA event or trip; and

3) I’ve replaced my personal Twitter feed (at right) with the “official” CAA account, which is also me but more focused on CAA- and driving-related topics.

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If you’d like to keep up with some of my more “off-topic” photos, I hope you’ll visit the official website of my new side business: The Single Frame, LLC.

And if you don’t actually “follow” me on Twitter but were in the habit of checking my Tweets here (hi, Dad!), you can find those on my brand-new blog.

I think that explains everything, but if you have any questions or concerns, please leave a comment or write to me directly at caa_jennifer@windstream.net.