How To Break a Photograher's Heart

Since our last move a couple of years ago I hadn't really done too many photo shoots.  There was a random one here and there but building up a new clientele can be such a pain, espeically when you don't put any effort into it.  The last few months though, I have gotten that spark back, the drive to do it, the drive to get out there and shoot a lot.

Right before we went to Chicago I did a newborn shoot, I have another scheduled for next month and on Saturday I did a last minute event shoot, a bridal shower.

Sunday was Father's Day, so of course I had to get a picture of Eric and the kids.  Ryder was in rare form; not wanting too cooperate.

He finally started to settle down and was deciding to be happy (the starbursts I was then holding in my hand for a reward after he smiled might have had something to do with it).

"Okay everyone look this way."  cliiii----iiii---cccckkk.   That was not right.  "Something weird just happened with my shutter."  I tried again, the shutter seemed slow and off.  I tried again only to have nothing happen and an error message pop up.  I looked through the view finder-- all black.  The shutter would still click but I would get weird images like this.


When I took off my lens I knew immediately what the problem was, one of the mirrors had fallen off.

That glass piece is in the wrong place--I very quickly snapped this with my phone as it is never good to leave the workings exposed as dust inside will totally wreck a camera too

So today I loving boxed up my baby and shipped it off to Canon... now waiting the diagnosis and the bill.

And that my friends is how you break a photographer's heart.

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Since it is Tuesday I am linking up with some other great Tuesday meme's.  IA and Shawn's Talk to Us Tuesday and Stacy Uncorked's Random Tuesday