[Kimberly Dow]

Mike,

I just laughed so hard I started crying! Whew - that laugh was almost better than a good night's sleep, I think.

I realized (at 4 am when I could not sleep) - that I have two underage girls posing also for this. I have very specific model releases with the parents concerning using the photos for references for paintings and never to be sold in other ways such as photos - so the subject is closed as far as I am concerned.

You're right - I have to photograph them myself - I have this cheap little 2 mp camera with virtually no zoom. I dont think I can get the info I need from it. So, save the $200 bucks I was going to pay the photographer and put it towards a new camera (and have the husband not speak to me for a few days) - and somehow learn to use it before Saturday or cancel the shoot and pray against all odds and experiences that I can get these same 8 people together on a saturday again....? The hardest part for these things has been getting people free at the same times. And now I hear it may rain on saturday - at the very least cloudy.

I need a sedative.