my new photo obsession

Well in the scheme of things I have decided to act out on my photo obsessions..in the last post it was new Norelco shaver, which I adore. Now it is the Roomba by IRobot. I was over my neighbors house, picking up my kids, when I spotted this round metallic device resting on the floor. I have never seen it, just haven't looked at the Sharper Image catalog in while. It intrigued me so I asked my neighbor, who was going out of town for week, if I could borrow it while she was gone to photograph. Being a product photographer, I have to try the products out to understand the essence of the object. So I turned on the Roomba and watched it mover around my room and vacuum the carpet. That is what this product does, it vacuums in a Jetson like fashion while you watch. I know I can vacuum much faster and more efficiently the the Roomba but a funny thing to watch. Like a TV remote, you only have to push a button the Roomba does the rest. It is quite funny to watch. Of course of I stood watching it the whole time that would defeat the purpose of owning one, it allows you to do other chores while it does it thing. But as a visual artist I needed to watch it to figure out how I was going to light it and photograph it in my style. That is my mission this week. Besides shooting some commercial portraits for a client, doing my taxes, organizing my files, working on my portfolio, talking to my landlord ( who is not returning my calls) and adding more images to my stock site and so on and so on...a light snow is falling in Missoula and I also need to read some poetry by Rimbaud who I believed influenced the Ramones... the founder of Punk music...ok there was also the Stooges, Iggy Pop and MC5 ....Rock on