Just a warning in advance that this post is somewhat random. You could even say it is rambling. If you have better things to do, by all means stop now and go ahead and take care of your business. If not, read on (you’ve been warned)…

Bringing my camera on a business trip is usually a no-brainer as I drive just about everywhere and it’s no big deal to toss my camera bag and tripod in the car. Occasionally though, I have to fly and that’s where I start to weigh the advantages vs. disadvantages to bringing it along. I’ve brought it with me before on trips and never used it although that is pretty rare. In the past, I’ve almost felt I had to use it since I took the time and “effort” to drag it with me.

Recently though my outlook has changed. While I debated again about bringing it, rather than thinking about the reasons not to bring it, I was more focused on what would happen if I didn’t bring it. I certainly have enough to do without taking time out to go shoot (plus the potential for post-production work after that) but the practice of just getting out and shooting was too much to pass up. The potential of the next shot and what I might miss as well as the process of learning something new ended up being something I didn’t want to miss out on. Oh, FWIW, I took a whopping total of five pictures.

Speaking of something I could have taken a picture of last week but didn’t was an honor guard of soldiers that came to the Omaha airport. On my flight was a member of the US Navy and the captain of the plane made a comment about letting him off first plus something else (I didn’t hear the entire message). When I got down to baggage claim, there were several older members of either the American Legion of VFW waiting there as well as an Army honor guard complete in dress uniforms and white gloves. Not sure what the protocol is for taking a picture of this but out of respect for them, I left the camera in the bag.

One of the things I’ve been ignoring is putting together a contract for services. I have several good examples to draw from but to take the time to sit down and hammer it out isn’t overly appealing to me right now although paying a lawyer to do so is less appealing. Safe to say that I never see myself ever having the urge to go to law school.

That’s it for now…