year 29 || day 58 – back on track, now with elephants!

Ahhhh, finally, all caught up on the blog. Now to stay on track. Just need to keep telling myself that […]

year 29 || day 42 – girls boys books toys

Just like any other nice SoCal day with an even temperature in the comfortable 70′s, Kristen reads her books out […]

year 29 || day 33 – the muse

Main Street Huntington, beach cruisers and crashing waves does a good day make.

Getting to spend time with the warm […]

year 29 || day 19 – Photo booth at the OC Fair

Packing one-by-one into a little photo booth at the Orange County Fair, Kristen and her friends crammed, shoved and fought […]

Tutorial: Using Black & White points in Photoshop to clear up an underexposed picture

At my current day to day job I use this technique religiously. It’s fast, easy and extremely effective when trying to […]

STRIKE in Orange County premier opening

Hey look! It’s a me (the man) and a Kristen (the occasional woman) behind the ninethreestudio posts! The man, and sometimes […]

Photo of the… #14

Well, sadly i didn’t quite make it to the 2 week, 14 day straight mark. I had to go out of […]

Memorial Day Weekend ’08

This memorial day was relaxing, fun, and educational. Had some time to sit and tweak the inner workings of the […]

Writing: Cookie Season by Kristen Schott

Springtime: sunshine, blooming flowers, light rains, birds chirping, and the sensation that the world is starting anew. It also means Girl Scout Cookies.

All across the nation, little girls and their mothers post themselves in front of grocery stores, on street corners, and up and down neighborhood streets, always with an array of the most delectable assortment of cookies imaginable in their Red Radio Flyer Wagons. Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Samoas, Treefoils, Do-Si-Do’s, and All Abouts wait anxiously on display for their next customer to snatch them up greedily.

During the Girl Scout Cookie season all resolves for healthier eating die as men, women, children, and pets see the little girls with eager eyes and a plethora of cookies staring up at them begging courteously to, “Please support our troop!” And for three dollars a box, what sick person wouldn’t support this battle for little girls everywhere?