A VICTIM OF SOFTBALL ABUSE

SELF INFLICTED!!!

This is PATHETIC! That hurt.
I think I should stick to Photography!

IF YOU AINT FIRST YOU'RE LAST!!!

UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS OF THE ASD TOURNAMENT...

PATRIZI PHOTGRAPHY'S DARING HANDSOME HUNKA HUNKA BURNING LOVE AWESOME SOFTBALL TEAM... WAY TO GO!!!

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From left to right: "Spry" Steve Murray, The hottest guy on the team Chris Patrizi, Mr Humor Craig Lemons, ME, Mr. Beaumont over the green wall Clayton Burger, Ken left right left Moore, Short shorts Peter, Daryl Daniel, fabulous coach and recruiter Tom Sessions , "The Flash" Michael Huskey, Prettyboy Johnny Fite, Smiley Jeff Gates, Ricky Bobby fancy pants Billy Robertson, Homer Hamstring Ramirez, and Bruce "Fashion King" Hayes...

What a weekend.... All of you still have it in you... You played like a bunch of college boys.

There is no Ibuprofen left in the Pharmacies in Doha.

ALL OF THE 1000 IMAGES ARE FINALLY UPLOADED ON www.patriziphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/7727225_zEwGt#49948721_PThJj

GO SEE YOURSELF IN ACTION...

Thank you Chevron Phillips for your contribution to the team!!!

JUST BE ME!

I've been staring at this picture again a lot lately... I have used it on my business cards over 12 years now. It started as Patrizi Photography in 1997 in Geneva Switzerland, then turned into Magnolia Photography in Texas, back to Patrizi Photography - Milano, then to Doha Qatar and now I am feeling like I should "Just be ME."

This picture was taken with a Pentax SF10 film camera in early 1985 in a living room window in Beaumont Texas. (My car now costs more than my house did back then...) I still have the Pentax...

This is the beginning of when I realized I could have a career in Photography. But at that time all I wanted to be was a Mother. This is my 24 year old son Nicholas. Who was the most precious baby on earth.

Then there were 4, so needless to say, a career wasn't on my list for many many years, and I am so thankful... I spent my days and nights pinching fat thighs and making kid food, koolaide for sale at the end of Summer Oaks Drive, and sitting on a lot of bleachers watching baseball, football, gymnastics, volleyball and dance recitals... I wouldn't trade those times for any job on earth!

Pinching fat thighs would be weird now, kid food has turned into foie gras and homemade pesto, koolaide no longer exists in my pantry, and the bleacher sitting is only for one more season...
Did I say that, ONE MORE SEASON then it is over!!! ME RAISING 4 KIDS IS OVER!!! In ONE MORE SEASON... DEEP BREATH.... WOW I didn't know that.

Now, I have just remembered that I might have blogged about this picture before, (CRS, Can't remember Shit!) so I went back and sure enough, there it is. November 4, 2008... Plain as day. Great blog entry, I wrote it and teared up again.

There is something so special pure and touching to me about this shot. I will never get sick of it. It represents LIFE to me.

Even though I have already blogged it, I am not going to erase this and start over... I am going to ramble on... and on... and on...

I shoot seniors and see the anticipation in the eyes of the kids and parents during this moment in their lives. Mom's hearts are breaking months before the actual separation and kids are scared and excited all at the same time. Saying goodbye to a child you have seen everyday for 18 years is hard to swallow. I relive it over and over again... But knowing you have done a good job makes it easier to accept, but not really. It is happening now all around me.

When families come to view their portraits, the music and slide show most often gives them lumps in their throats to see their precious families... Realize how special and perfect each one is... I cry and it is not even mine! If you have emotion about your work yourself, your clients will feel it too.

Now, I have just realized, it is almost time for me to be JUST ME...
I am slightly excited about this new person I will be, and equally not excited about losing all my kids to college and beyond...

My advice to young Moms, let the boxed mac and cheese wall paper the pantry, koolaide stain the pink dresses, buy a cushion for the ball park and for heaven's sake pinch fat thighs... Your career can wait, but the kiss on the skinned knee has to happen now.

One day soon, you will be just you! I will let you know how it is...

Sher

Photographer in training....

This weekend I met a precious little man named Nicholas. He was rather smart, told me witches didn't exsit. He was as cute as 4-5 yr. old little boys get. I talked about dinosaur boogers and whiskey boogers, (usually the word boogers really makes boys this age smile). But instead he confessed to tasting whiskey! Nicholas has a gentle spirit and liked to jump. He told me his Grandma's Mother had died, I said "Oh, I'm sorry". He said, "Why did you say that, It's not your fault!"

The entire session when I was trying to entertain him, he was entertaining me!

At the end of the shoot I asked him if he wanted to take my picture and here is the video my child labor assistant filmed.

He didn't want me to be crazy!!!
ME CRAZY???? NO!!!

You are never too young, or old to start something.

Sherry Doing Doha....

Hollywood Beauties

Do I need to say a thing? Well, Maybe WOW!!!
I love pretty people. Inside and out...

It is so nice to have models that are perfect.

It doesn't get any better than this....

You girls make my job easy...

SOFTBALL LINGO # 3

"I'VE BEEN LACED!!!"

Not with cyanide, or a Stevie Nicks outfit... No "Laced" as in those orange stitches on the ball (that is not soft), smashing your jaw, from a grounder hit by a strong young man to second, (my position) and I thought I would be cool and catch it with my face, Laced!!!

Now they are permanently stamped on my cheek.

Some of this Lingo crap is for the birds. You have to learn the hard way...

But now it is proven I am a Bad Ass, or at least I was called one.

Is that a compliment?

(Can I say that?)

It is not so bad MOM, I promise. Although my sweet compound neighbors told me it looked like I have had a small stroke! Gee I can't wait til the next game!!!

DOHA SLOGAN...

I have a new friend from A & M. Precious young darling and 2 cute kids I am going to get to photograph in a few weeks. She is a fellow blogger and neighbor. After reading her blog I had to copy a bit from one of her last entries, cuz it is funny stuff rit there no matter who you are. I can tell, we are going to bond.

They decided to try and give Doha a slogan, and asked for help from their readers.

If you do not live here, you will not get it. If you do, you will laugh out loud. Here it goes.

Feel free to comment. (Keep in mind these guys are Aggies....)


Doha: We almost get it right.
Doha: Sponsored by the Toyota Land Cruiser
Doha: It brings the stupid out in all of us
Doha: Get Qatarded
Doha: We like to tear shit up
Doha: Got Crane?
Doha: We have Dubai envy
Doha: We have more Ministry buildings than people
Doha: Because taking a right turn from the left lane is logical
Doha: Where the streets are different everyday....literally everyday
Doha: We discriminate
Doha: We're not Saudi
Doha: We make Lubbock look like the Rockies
Doha: Our flag kicks the other GCC flags asses

Now I don't know about you, but after living here 18 months, I fell pretty Qatarded!!!

What was I thinking????

Do you eat that?

I think they meant Awfuls!!!