Thursday, September 22, 2005

Good by Katrina, Hello Rita...

What the @%$&!

One down and another on the heels... Well Rita is here and I'm suppose to be on my way to Houston today. I guess that won't be happening. I was going to visit my father-in-law at MD Anderson for my son's first birthday. He has been evacuated into the hospital and my family in West Louisiana are moving North.

My parents who are in Germany should be flying in to Louisiana on Friday and are now flying in to Tulsa instead. Good news for me, but bad for them as they will have to still get home to LA when its safe.

I did find a cool site today for info on the weather. It's in place for the Red Cross. http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html There are some really cool charts at the bottom of the page.

Let's hope Rita dies down before she hits land...

--jesse

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Been a while...

Wow it's been a while since my last post. FOUR entire months worth... I can't believe the time has passed so quickly. Well the editing desk has been busy at work. Take 5 Video has recently completed the second season of production for the Biff and Mason show, a local Tulsa production focusing on local flare. The third seson will begin taping in November and will air starting in February.

In addition, to a TV show, I have also added Photography to my service offering for the Tulsa area. I found many of the local photographers in Tulsa covering everything from Weddings to Senior portraits left much to be desired in their images. Feeling I could do a better job I jumped into the displine and began finding clients who agreed with me.

Our business has been officially up since August and running full speed. Now we not only have Weddings to edit but portrait sessions to get online. You can view our new site at www.JesseReich.com or www.jPhotographic.com.

On the family front, my father in law has been diagnose with cancer and is currently at MD Anderson in Houston, Texas undergoing treatments. This has been really hard on the family. My wife doesn't like being so far from her father, but we have been able to fly her down a few times to see everyone. Her brother, Daniel, gets to drive down once a month or so from Dallas. This helps pull everyone together.

In August I went to the WEVA, Wedding and Event Videographer Association, Expo in Las Vegas, NV. It was my second year to attend and I must say it left something to be desired. Many of the presenters just bored me. As the President of the Oklahoma Professional Videographers association, I felt I needed to attend to represent my state. I won't be doing this next year as it only costs me money.

Well that's quick look at what's happened. Take care

--Jesse