Last night, we held a strike vote to authorize economic or job action if we are unable to reach an agreement with the companies by midnight tonight when our contract expires.

It is weird watching the news reports on TV and reading them on the various newspaper websites. Some information is correct, some is wrong, but it is what it is…

I would say that no one wants for there to be a strike or lock out, but that, unfortunately, is completely up to the companies.

We are 100% prepared, ready, and willing to walk the picket line to protect the 24% of employees who they want to layoff and to protect our jobs from being sent to non-union workers.

In any case, I had my camera with me for the Strike Authorization Vote and Negotiations Planning Session that we had last night. Our president, John Fageaux asked me to keep my camera close at hand for any other events. Stay tuned…

I have just recently gotten back into photography. I got a new lens and have been visiting my old photography blogs again. I have realized however, that I do not really have a direction in my photography.

There are many different kinds of photographers… Wedding, travel, adventure, fashion, journalistic, etc… I feel that as long as I do not have a specialty, I will not grow as a photographer.

I will continue to be a rather amateur photographer with just semi-nice equipment. I want to be more than that. I want to be a true photographer. It allows me to view and connect with the world in profound ways.

I need to find my path… I need to restart…

As a start on my restart, here is a photo of Joan and I in Ketchikan, Alaska.

This shot was taken on our 1 year anniversary to the Bahamas.

We avoided booking the Nassau Island Tour Package on the cruise ship because it would have set us back about $120 ($60 per person). When we arrived in port, we hopped off the ship and waiting for us were a bunch of taxi drivers pretty much offering the same package, but for only $20 per person.

We had our reservations, because the driver that approached us first could have literally killed me with a flick of his finger. This guy was pretty huge! Anyway, we saw that there were about 9 other people that were already going with him, so we figured, why not…

Our driver loaded us into his van and off we went. We saw pretty much all of the highlights of Nassau, including Fort Fincastle. This castle was built around 1793 on Bennet’s Hill which overlooks all of Nassau.

The castle itself is a little run down, with little shack shop surrounding the immediate area. It’s kind of a shame though. If they built it back up a bit and turned it into a true tourist spot, I think it could add a lot to the island of Nassau.

Remains of Fort Fincastle, originally uploaded by jasolutions.

We planned on having a picture taking day today, but we got a late start and ended up just taking pictures around the house. Our subject? The one and only, Bosco… Our pride and joy.

Here are a few of the shots we got today.

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