Tonight was the Commencement ceremony for the graduating seniors at the school I work at. This is the fifth one of these I’ve worked. We have over 5000 people attend the event, which is more than we can sit in the Lindbergh Center, our Athletics complex. To help alleviate that situation, we have a “remote” broadcast that people can watch for free on the big screen in our theater. My job is to set up the projector, audio, and lighting in the theater for this. It isn’t very complicated, and I get the benefit of sitting in an air conditioned room.

One of the other jobs I do as part of the event is to walk around and take pictures of as many of the staff as I can find. Several other staff people do this as well. Afterwards, we gather the pictures together and then do a quick slide show of the event the next morning at the annual staff breakfast. It is a great way to blow off a little steam and we always get some memorable pictures.

–Pete