2 Day Mid Life Crisis
Went to LA and San Diego for a quick work trip, and the lovely people at Hertz set my reservation up to a Nissan Sentra; let’s just say that I bartered a deal on an upgrade by telling the agent about the DDYWAGN…he showed pity on me and got me a Mustang…it’s a shame that the internet doesn’t have a scratch and sniff feature because you too could be reminded of a Dave Matthews concert with the overwhelming weed smell inside…
First Soccer Game with NYS
This past Saturday, Dom had his first soccer game with his new team – “The Happy Feet” – the team name could use some attention but the coach and the other kids have been great. He played really well and didn’t punch anybody this time!!! The league is so much better organized and the families are all extremely supportive and actually participate compared to our previous experience with a different league. If you have kids that are coming up on sports age, I highly recommend you check out NYS.
Coach's Pep Talk
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- After the game, the parents actually stick around and boost the kids’ self esteem!
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- Coach’s Pep Talk
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- Our little dude!
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- In the game!
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- Good Sport, Happy Kid
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- GGGGGGGoooooalllllll
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- Going for the ball
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- The kids with coach
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- Team Happy Feet vs. The Dragons
Dominic’s Birthday
Our big boy turned 4! We celebrated with cake, cupcakes and Dom’s favorite chinese chicken from Panda Express! March is not a good month for my thighs 😉
Birthdays at Disneyland!
We planned a great birthday party for the kids complete with bouncy houses and pizza, but through the miracle of science, a bunch of the invitees were sick or just couldn’t make it…Leave it to my wonderful wife to surprise the kids with a last minute trip to Disneyland! We spent all day Saturday at the park riding a bunch of rides and the kids getting wished “Happy Birthday” by everyone in the cast and crew! Great time had by all!
Who Says You Can’t Go Home Again?
Work had me travel back to Denver…Even though I was born there, I haven’t been back since I moved away. Of course, I brought my camera and even carved out some time to go see my old house(s) and school. I gotta say, that as pretty as Colorado is, it’s damn cold and I prefer Arizona!
Pikes Peak
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- Nothing Better than an AZ sunset
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- Arizona is pretty awesome. Just saying
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- Sky Harbor Airport…Good to be back in the concrete jungle
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- Over the Rockies
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- Old Stomping Grounds
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- The other ol’ child hood home
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- The ol’ child hood home
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- Littleton – Ken Caryl Area
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- Pikes Peak
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- View from the CO Springs Office
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- Sunrise at 30,000 Feet
After Arizona Rain Hiking
So in typical Arizona fashion, it went from 82 degrees this past Thursday to now 45 degrees, raining, hailing and just gross today. I had a whole little morning planned, but nope, rained out. So I decided to go for a hike and see what I could see…
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- Great Colors
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- Cactus off in the Distance
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- This dead cactus made for some good contrast against the sky
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- Dead Cactus
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- Single Rain Drop
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- The Sky was so gloomy
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- A break in the clouds
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- Desert Moss
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- Raining again – on my windshield
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- Afternoon Sky
Gia’s Birthday!
March 15th – My daughter turned 2 years old! it’s absolutely crazy that she is already 2, she is growing up way too quick. We were joined by her cousins and family for pizza and fattening cupcakes!
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- Happy Birthday Little Girl!
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- Birthday girl and mommy…Gia Just waking up
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- The kids playing with Gia’s new vanity mirror
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- Blow out the candle little girl
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- Yummy Yummy
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- Fork it!
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- She doesn’t need a fork!
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- Dom digging in!
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- Cousin (soon to be) Gracie
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- Cousin Savannah Banana
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- These are amazing
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- Strawberry filled cake!
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- Our Birthday Girl
Arizona Renaissance Festival!
Spent our Sunday out at the Ren Fest seeing all the various crazies and the cleavage that should be kept hidden. Close to 80 degrees, Gold Canyon made for a nice little trip down weirdo-lane, but there must be something to the place, it has us coming back year after year.
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- The Ren Fair!!!
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- Plenty of Food & Drink, plenty of people that had plenty of food & drink
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- The Boat House Stage. Ded Bob and The Tortuga Twins home
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- the Tortuga Twins show
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- The Ded Bob Show
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- Happy dog in the shade
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- The Greyhounds were very friendly
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- Very Talented Juggler
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- Running through the maze
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- This kid destroyed his dad with the water
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- Built In Beer Coasters…Gross
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- Very cool statue at the entrance
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- Bubbles!!!
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- Chocolate Samples Dude
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- Peanut Butter Brownie…this thing was so rich that it actually hurt to eat, the Peanut Butter was impossible to swallow
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- Awesome incense burner
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- Awesome detail
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- The Dragon Slide
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- The Dragon Slide
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- Lots of dragons around…
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- yep, lots of dragons
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- Great Day to be outside
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- Fitting 😦
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- The Wife and me
Back in the swing of things
It’s been a really tough week, with sick kids, sick me and a lot of craziness at work. Today I had a chance to break my streak of half-assed pictures.
I have been really trying to learn how to get water drop isolation, so I read up on some techniques from some other the fellow contributors on http://photography-on-the.net/forum/ –
Camera Settings –
On tripod, set for 2 sec. exposure, 100 ISO, f/8.0. Shot with Canon T2i / 50MM 1.8 mkII
Setup Information
Remote Flash bounced off the back wall; I use these dresser drawer inserts that were to an old IKEA dresser that went defunct, they are a pale blue but clip like a pure white with a direct flash, or with continuous light, they can produce a nice neutral blue…look at me.. re-purposing things :0
here is the outcome:
This came strait off the camera. Hope you have the time to mess around and find your own creativity!
Sunday Skate Day
Went skating today with my friends Adam Burghout and James Johnson- also took the opportunity to bring along the camera…James owns and operates a skateshop in Phoenix that you should check out: www.revolutionskate.com
Here are some of James from this morning
March is here!!!
Ok, crazy times are ahead. Gianna turns 2 and Dominic turns 4 this month…That means Joint Birthday Party!!!! (gotta take advantage while they’re young)
Rolling strong on the 365 project – bought a ring light for 20 bucks on amazon, that should keep me interested for a bit. My goal is to do a film project as well that I will post when done; nevertheless, follow along and enjoy!
MAR 1 - This tree is right in front of our house and sheds on my car daily...It is a pain to trim and I hate it
February is almost to a close!!! This year is already flying by…
My predictions for March:
1. I will be very busy, half assed shots will ensue
2. The kids birthday party will be chaos and their gift will be yet another overboard spending spree by their mother
3. 85 degrees – hoping we get there and stay there!
Follow along and enjoy!
Past few of the 365: February Gallery
FEB 28 – Sunsets are awesome, All I need is a beach, in the meantime the desert will have to suffice
FEB 27 – The wife’s updated ring…its like her finger is driving a used honda…
FEB 26 – Little toy I found in our yard…Little guy looks all tough and sour
Birthday party coming soon…
Feb 25 – Took the kids to downtown PHX today to get some pics for their birthday card invites. Gotta do joint parties while they are young enough not to care so much!!!
FEB 25 - My little buddies, preview of their birthday party card
A little late, but you gotta start somewhere!
So, I am approaching day 56 of 366 in the my365 project I am taking underway. So far things are a bit repetitive but still having fun.
I am starting a blog to make it easier for me to post and ask/beg/plead for attention and getting some hard earned traffic to the ol’ website.
With that being said, I will be posting my daily shots here and also to the monthly pages so you can see the boredom latent moments I have decided to memorialize with my camera!
Here is what we have so far:
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