There is a lot going on this past week and next week.  If you remember my last post, “Playing with Fire,” I mentioned the importance of backing up your data.  I am extremely lucky right now.  The Friday after my last post my computer died on me.  Or at the very least it gave me the BSOD.  Luckily the IT gods smiled upon me, and the husband of a friend of my step-mother walked me through a bunch of things over the phone, and I’ve got this beast limping along again.  He’s pretty sure it’s a software issue, but I’m backing all my photos up on DVDs before we do a clean slate wipe.  He had me partition my computer, and in theory when we do the wipe everything should still be in the partitioned section, but I’d rather be safe than sorry.  I spent about 6 hours yesterday backing up my Adobe Photoshop Elements Catalog, and today will be spent bouncing between this blog entry and backing up my RAW files.

Monday also brings exciting news as an old friend of mine is coming down to visit friends in South Carolina, and is gracing me with her presence so that we can work together on a shoot.  Look for the twitter updates on Monday.  With any luck next week’s blog will also have some shots from the shoot.