Camera Chronicles

Photo By: Calli Bicknese If I remember correctly, it was a Tuesday night when she dragged me out into the arctic temperatures to experience what was probably something that only a GoPro should experience. I was all warm in my camera bag inside somewhere listening to her and her friends laugh and joke with each other when all of the sudden they started yelling about something called skitching? Honestly nothing could have prepared me for what happened next. Suddenly my dark, warm camera bag became extremely bright and chilly. Slightly excited and terrified it had become apparent that I was going with on this skitching adventure. She put me around her neck and outside we went. I was kind of upset she was taking me outside in the cold without and promise of capturing Christmas lights (normally that is our agreement), but I had never heard of skitching before which meant I was going to be capturing photos I had never seen before. Then began the wildest night of my life, here she...

Photo by: Calli Bicknese Hurry up! That's all I could remember thinking as I felt the car moving. I knew we were going somewhere to take pictures, whenever she sets me in the car that is normally what's happening. This time was different though, I remember hearing two voices instead of just her voice, alone, singing obnoxiously to Britney Spears. This was the unusual part. When we go to take pictures its usually just the two of us; the dynamic duo.  I was excited to get where we were going partly because I could not wait to see what I was going to capture that day, but to put a face to that second voice. It took her forever to get me out of my camera bag, I about rolled myself off the seat to get her attention. Finally she picked me up out of the bag, FREEEEDDDOMMMM! I immediately waited to catch a glimpse of this new person, at this point I was not even concerned about where we were going to be taking pictures. I had really hoped that this person was going to ...