So I had my photo session today. It was completely different from how I thought.

I mean, I thought that it would be me and the photographer alone on the setting.

No. There's like 20+ people there, and they take us like 3 at a time. So I get to be looked at while I'm taking my pictures. Joy.

My mother and my 3 younger siblings had to be there. My mother doesn't seem to understand that there's some things you just don't say.

She's like "MAKE IT LOOK NATURAL, NOT LIKE THIS!" And she makes an ugly grimace. Thank you mother for making my pictures so much harder.

So the pictures inside go great.

Then I go outside in my all black, so I look kind of professional. And I take a picture with my clarinet. (Pretty sure I looked funny, but oh well). The photographer loved to take pictures when I wasn't ready.

She also wouldn't let me get away with a closed-mouth smile. She would wait and make faces and stuff to get me to smile big. But the good thing about that is that making someone laugh brings out the natural smile whether they want it or not.

There's also a person there to cover the sun with a shield.

It's kinda makes you feel self-concious when there's someone in sunglasses standing less than 2 feet away watching you, when you know that they know that you know that you look stupid.

I hate looking stupid in front of people, but then again, I'm sure they see 50 people a day looking stupid.

Overall, I think it went well.

Band will start in 4 days. That leaves me 3 days to get my playing up to the "THAT FIRST CHAIR CLARINET PLAYER IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING" level.

The things I do for recognition.

Danny