I would like to welcome the newest addition to the Esha Hart Photography family. Meet the Kelly Moore Classic camera bag in purple. Now, I have a little story on how I acquired her...
**I apologize in advance for the long post.**
Have you ever had one of those days that EVERYTHING...I mean EVERYTHING went wrong? I had one of those days last week. It all started with my photo session in the studio. I went to take pictures and noticed that my camera was not working properly. One frame would be perfect and then the next would have this shadow on the side or bottom depending on where I turned my camera. And after setting up my manual settings it would strangely change on its own. That's definitely not good! I was just in the studio a couple of week's ago and my camera was working beautifully. I tried to keep my cool and remain calm. I didn't want to show my frustration to my client. Fortunately, my client and her family are super awesome people and were totally understanding (thanks Jenny). :) The studio manager was so helpful and tried his hardest to help me out and even offered for me to use his camera. His was working fine, so that's where we knew my camera was the problem. As a photographer that is one thing you do not want to hear, that your camera could possibly be broken. I was in denial that anything could be wrong because I take such good care of my equipment. We decided to leave the studio and do part two of the session outdoors. For some weird reason my camera would work outdoors, but not in the studio. Then when I got out to my car I noticed it wouldn't start. What the heck is going on here? Everything is breaking on me! Luckily, my Mom stopped by the studio to help out with my littlest assistant (aka my daughter), so she had to drive me to the next location. Thank goodness she was there or else we could have had a bigger problem on our hands.
We finished up part two and had a fun time at the park. The studio manager was great and called the local camera shop to see if they could help. They thought it was an electrical issue and said to stop by so they could take a look at it. We immediately headed to Robi's and Dion was my saving grace. He took one look at my camera and said it was an easy fix. Thank you Jesus! He pressed two buttons down at the same time for about 3 seconds and it reset everything back to factory condition. Apparently, a bracketing button was pressed (not sure how that happened), which causes the manual mode to change exposures automatically. I learned more about my camera in the 10 minutes that I talked with Dion than I had reading my camera manual. I am definitely a visual learner and decided it would be helpful to take a one-on-one class with Dion to learn all the features my camera has to offer. As I am talking shop with him the manager noticed my camera bag (Kelly Moore B-Hobo in grey) and pointed out to my Mom that they now have those bags in stock. Oh my gosh!!!! I knew I was in trouble. Good selling tactic on his part because it worked. As soon as I saw the Kelly Moore Classic in purple I knew it had to come home with me. I also talked with Dion about upgrading my equipment in the near future and he convinced me to wait on purchasing anything new. He said what I currently have is just as good. I was very impressed that he wasn't trying to get the sell and was honest with me. That also made my decision to welcome my new KM bag much easier. LOL! Plus, my 30th birthday is on May 19th and I thought that would be a nice present to myself for entering into a new decade. Oh, and you can't forget that I had an all wrong day so this would cheer me up. Don't you like my reasoning? As I am purchasing my new bag I was having buyers remorse and felt guilty for buying it. We are on a tight budget now that I am home full time with my daughter and any earnings I bring home with photography go straight to bills, food, gas or diapers. I'm usually not an impulse shopper. I was so worried what my hubby, friends, family and people in general would think. Why do I worry so much! I even kept the bag overnight at my parents until I broke the news to my hubby. I was hoping he would be in a good mood and then I would tell him. LOL! As soon as I got home he came around the corner from working in our new veggie garden and I noticed he was in a good mood so I confessed.
But! I have to back up just a little to tell you the other things that went wrong that day. So....apparently my Mom and I don't get out much and do not know our way around Lakewood. Did I mention I left my GPS in my car?!?! When we got into Lakewood we ended up going the wrong way and it put us at the entrance to the base. Hmmm...that's not going to work! So we finally made it to our destination and then on our way home to good ole' Puyallup we got lost again. We drove all the way around University Place and wound up in Fircrest. I had to call a friend who lived in the area to direct us out (thanks Kristin) HAHA. We finally got on the freeway and took the wrong exit because my hubby said to stay in the right lane, but failed to mention that the right lane would curve to the left and not go straight. Oh good grief! We were laughing so hard because it seriously was a crazy day. Finally! We made it to Puyallup and decided to grab a bite to eat. We went to Taco Bell and I am not kidding you the poor guy at the drive thru was like the dude you hear about on the comedy shows. You tell them your order and he gets it all wrong. I seriously told him like 6 or 7 times we would like 3 chalupas and he kept saying so that will be 1 chalupa. OMG! We were in tears of laughter AGAIN! I even offered to drive around to the window so we could get it all straight, but he declined. After it was all said and done we ended up with the wrong order and was missing a chalupa Go figure! It was a day we just had to laugh at. Oh, and nothing was wrong with my car I guess I just turned the wheel too hard to one side and it locked up. It was an easy fix!
Phew! I am tired just typing all that up. That is my long story as to how I obtained a new Kelly Moore bag. I love it! These bags are seriously like a Coach bag addiction. Once you get one you gotta get another. I see a Libby in grey in the distant future joining the family too. :)
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