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A few photos up. Some Katy/Katie birthday party stuff. Some of me sitting around.

Nothing that exciting compared to the photos I took today though!

So, I don't think I have mentioned this yet, but I got this gig a few weeks ago through a Cool! English connection tutoring a Russian man in English. He's a friend of the editor of the magazine, and the reason I got the job is because we have a common interest in photography. See, this man, who shall remain nameless in this entry, is a fairly well-known photographer of fashion and..... Playboy and Maxim. Both the Russian versions and the American versions. Another English-speaking individual, who shall also remain nameless, was extremely jealous to hear of this job, saying he only gets neurotic business people while I get to tutor a "god among men." Ha. But this photographer guy is hilarious and a vegetarian and into yoga, and is clearly a pretty good photographer to be hired by such big name magazines both here and abroad. So, he knows his stuff and, not only does he pay me just to chat with him in my mother tongue for two hours, but he also agreed to show me some photography stuff. Today he taught me about professional lighting techniques, and, as Ilana agreed to model, timing action shots of ballet jumps in the air and such. It was a great time, actually and, once I get the disc of photos back from Ilana, I'll put some up here from the shoot.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, even though he usually photographs women in bikinis on the beach, Ilana is fully clothed in all the photos. Sorry to disappoint any of you creeps out there.