awaiting set up

Well I have a few minutes to spare so might as well give you a little update on my life!  My old roommate left Saturday so I got a new one.... his name is Patrick and he is sixty four years old!!!  Crazy right!!  He has been on this ship for five years!  Wow. Other than that last night we had a crew bonfire!  It was amazing and reminded me why I am still on this ship!  with the stars super bright and the waves crashing close I was pretty content to say the least.

One thing that has been on my mind is corporate wants me to extend... which means my vacation would not be in thirty three days... so of course I keep telling them no. But now I keep hearing they can force extend me.... which would mean I have no option. Either I agree or I'm fired. So lets keep our fingers crossed and hope I don't get a force extend!  Ahhhhhh I'm so excited to see the mainland again! 

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Captain Zodiac!!!

A fast paced adventure awaited me without me even knowing this morning!  As I got on the tender to head to kona this morning I got a text asking if I wanted to meet captain zodiac..... no idea what I was getting into I said sure!!  Before long I was on a twenty foot raft with two high speed engines heading sixty miles an hour threw the waves. The model of boat is used by the navy seals to do secret ops. So to say the least this boat goes fast!  It was an amazing ride!  The captain drove to kealakekua bay where we encountered an amazing site!  Whales. We could hear the whales sing threw the boat and watch them take their breath before heading hundreds of feet below us! honestly hearing those whales will be a memory I will never forget. the sound is indescribable and surreal. Also around thirty dolphins were swimming around playing jumping and spinning makes me simply smile. After seeing this we grabbed some snorkel gear and jumped on in. The sound of the whales grew even louder as we swam under the water!  The snorkeling was nice and we found an underwater arch twenty feet under where we swam threw which was a great feeling! After a quick snack away we go again zipping around the ocean!  Seeing some cool sites like where john Wayne married his third wife in the smallest church in the world.... some pretty cool lava tubes... caves.... Michael Jordan's house.... and the end of the world. It was great adventure I got myself into but after all of that here I am ready to head to work yet again ...... ugh. PS sorry I don't have any video footage for you I was not prepared!  Ohhhh and remember don't let your own adventures stop.

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Laying in bed ---

Well you guessed it I'm just laying here in bed not being able to fall asleep which kinda sucks being that I need to get up for work in four hours.... but might as well entertain all of you instead!!!  Actually who even reads these blogs?  Anyone!?  Well I hope someone is. So just a few thoughts on my mind today.... for one it is officially whale season!  Which means there are whales everywhere!!  And I actually got to see one breach the other day which was amazing!!!  Also many dolphins have been encountered on my journeys!  I think dolphins are such amazing creatures.... I wish society could be more like the dolphin population in regards to always enjoying their life, traveling around the world, and simply just having a loving heart!  I think as humans we can learn a lot from dolphins! Just saying!  Hahahaha I know now you think I'm kinda crazy!! 

Also my vacation has been on my mind!!!!  Can you all believe that I only have six weeks left here in Hawaii!!!  Wow what an amazing experiance this has been but man I'm looking forward to my vacation!!!  I fly into Vegas on March 24th and March 26th LMFAO is playing at the cosmopolitan!!!!  I do believe its a must I make it there!!!  Hahaha then Benny benassi poolside on Friday and Paul oakenfold Saturday!!!  Then I'm off to Colorado to spend some time with some of the best friends in the world!!!  Then with any luck I'm headed to indo California to a music festival called Coachella for three days of nonstop dancing!!!!  A well needed time for this Hawaiian kid!!!  then back to Vegas to spend that last week with family before heading back out to Hawaii to start my second rotation!!!  Woohhhh whoooooo!

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Make Some Noise!

So last night the company that I work for hosted a crew party! Let me tell you it was an interesting night .... which is why I'm dropping a few lines about it here! Lets start off with the location. The ship closed off deck 12 aft called the Waikiki bar. This is where the party was held. Make some noise!  With a DJ and ten bartenders the party started off strong! This was an interesting night... it amazed me how different people are between working and their personal  selves on the ship. All of the tattoo and peircing were exposed. All of the the stereo type clothing is revealed like the thug style or the prep clean look or the steezy look. Right down to the creepers. I honesty sat there and wondered where in the world all of these people came from and until you look close you would never know you work with these people everyday!  Well just a quick thought for you. Bye guys.

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A working Vacation!!

Alright for all of you photo nerds, and people who think im just on vacation I am unveiling some of my work that I do on this ship! Ladies and gentlemen the never before seen work of Josh Laydon…. (Now scroll down and look) Pretty cool ehhh? Well let me explain to you what some of it is. We shoot portraiture every night the guests are on board,  each night a n backdrop. We are always shooting the grand staircase though. There is no obligation for anyone to buy the images that we take, thus no sitting fee, its as simply as walking up and smiling for the camera, our job is to make everyone look much better than they do in real life. Hard work…. I know. Hahaha but here are some examples of what I have been shooting. I edited them just for here, but mostly we are shoot to sell, no edit time for the customers.

For some of the nerds out there we are using Bowens lights for the stairs. A simply three light set up, with umbrellas, and one hitting the background. The white backdrop is a four light set up using soft boxes. Volcain is a three light set up with a soft box and an umbrella with a snoot for the background.   Pretty simple stuff, but we are shooting fast to move on to the next customer. We can shoot anywhere from fifteen groups to fifty groups getting close to eight hundred shots. It’s a face paced production mostly. Ready to purchase the next day.

So there it is, now you can see that I am not just on a vacation in the middle of Hawaii all the time sitting on the beach getting my tan on! I hope you all enjoyed seeing these images, and if it was not for you reading and looking at this right now I would be getting a nap, so appreciate ;)

Restaurants on Board the Pride of America!

Hello everyone, I just wanted you to see the different restaurants we have on board the Pride Of America. Dont get to excited for me, I hardly ever get to eat in them, but when I do its always amazing food!! This is just a teaser for what is about to come in this blog. I want to show you some of the work that I have been doing on board so keep posted cause your about to see that I actually work on this ship! also if you guys ever want to know anything, or see anything let me know and I will answer all of your questions on here! Hope everyone is having a great weekend, and I hope to see and hear from you all every soon! Mahalo