It’s not every day I get to hold an actual-honest-to-goodness EMMY Award. In fact, I’ve never held one before today. Every Wednesday, my friend, Kim Wade, (1/2 of the fabulous Silverbox Photographers duo. If you or someone you like even a little bit is getting married, you really must have them photograph your wedding. I insist) and I process and edit images together at Sven’s Kafe. (Oh dear, Sven’s doesn’t have a website??!! If you’re downtown and looking for simply the yummiest food - breakfast, lunch, treat - you must come over to Orr St. and give Sven’s a try) Okay, I’m obviously very distractible this evening! Anyway, every Wednesday morning and often into the afternoon, you can find Kim and I huddled together at a table with our computers going, sharing power cords and photoshop techniques. We even call it - get this, we’re so clever - ‘Sven’sday’.
Today, Kim was meeting her friend and my aquaintence, Beth Pike, for lunch. Before Beth arrived, Kim told me that she had recently won an EMMY Award (yes, a real EMMY) for her documentary about the 200 year history of newspapers in Missouri. Immediately I asked her to have Beth bring it along. Kim called, Beth obliged and within a few hours there I was holding an EMMY. It was shiny and heavy and just oozed cool. Beth was amazingly patient with my multiple announcements of — ‘hey, she just won an EMMY’ and happily came up to my studio after having lunch with Kim so I could photograph her with the statuette. I could not be happier for Beth. Congratulations! You and EMMY look fabulous together! (Read a little bit more about Beth here.)
