Day 71 – Acts JR Fall 2009
Some of you might know that my oldest son has Asperger Syndrome. For the past five years, he has had the privilege to participate putting on plays twice a year known as Acts Jr. Through out the year, they meet once a week to practice their parts and put it altogether. At the end of a semester, they get on a stage and do their thing for all us parents. They also allow siblings to participate. So, the other night we got watch both our sons perform. It was awesome! I love watching them act out. And of course, I was snapping away. I know these are a lot but I just didn’t know what to leave out. Enjoy!
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Day 69 – Baby K
On November 1st, I had the pleasure of photographing Baby K. He is so adorable. When I arrived, he was asleep so we did some shots in his bedroom. We tried several different poses that just wore all of us out. I always knew that we might need to wait on the baby, but I believe they were waiting on me. 
I was experimenting with my new back drop stand and realize I still need a lot of practice. Thank you B and C for being patience with me. Here are a few images from the session. Enjoy!
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Day 68 – A Good walk deserves another
I enjoyed yesterday so much that I could not wait for my walk today. Well, it is Arkansas in the fall which means you never know what the weather will be. But in most cases it will be dreary and cloudy instead of blue skies. It is nice seeing those blue skies every now and then. For me (and you), getting off your bum and walking does help in refreshing you for that latter part of the afternoon instead of sitting there staring at the clock wondering when it will be 5. So, if you are reading this blog, get up off your lazy bum and do some walking; move those arms, take the challenge. Don’t worry about the people driving by looking at you weird, they are probably picking their nose. 
While everyone was driving by, here are some images I took. Enjoy!
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Day 67 – Beautiful Day for a Walk
Wow! 75 degrees is perfect weather for a walk.
I shot this using my iPhone and Best Camera. I hope your day has gone just as good.
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Day 65 & 66 – Night Photography with APPA
This weekend was APPAs Fall Seminar. Friday night we had great time walking around Harding campus and downtown Searcy capturing some fun images. I love getting together with other photogs. It is a great learning time. The next day in between speaking, we enjoyed a slideshow of some of our best. I would like to share some with you now. Enjoy!
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Day 64 – Nicaragua Peek
I finally found a little time to look through some images. I can’t wait to show more of the trip. Here is a few getting into Managua.
Eating some good breakfast before heading out to Massaya.
Even though our translators said no, our windshield still got a cleaning.
Clean windshield or what?
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Day 63 – Refreshing Walk
Yesterday, I wanted to walk. I had most of the right gear; umbrella, rain coat, and …. Oh man I needed shoes. I wanted to at least jump in a couple of puddles during my walk. So, today I wore my duck shoes. I am ready for that walk now. Well, I get outside and I don’t need my rain coat or my umbrella. The sun is out and looking nice. I really enjoyed the walk. It wasn’t to hot so that I didn’t get all sweaty and stinky for my wonderful co-workers. It was good temperature. Very refreshing. During my walk I was able to capture my journey with the best camera ever. Enjoy.
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Day 62 – Flight
The Saturday I was leaving for Nicaragua, I was not able to fly out with the team (12 of us from AR). I thought I was doing a wedding that morning but I had my times cross with the main photographer. I felt so bad. Well, I wasn’t able to change my flight earlier, so I waited. I said my goodbyes to my family and caught a ride with a friend. Since I did a lot of flying earlier in my career, it didn’t bother me that I was flying alone. But I knew I would be able to catch up with my team later that day. There was only one flight out of Houston to Managua. When I landed in Houston, I had exactly one hour before the plane took off. I don’t think Houston is as big as Atlanta but it is big in its own right. So, I got right on the tram. I actually like taking the non-human piloted tram. I am not sure why but it calms me down. I arrived at the gate when they were boarding first class. Whew, just in time.
I love to fly. I understand some of the mechanics of how an airplane stays up. But I am still amazed at seeing it being done. It’s like a long bus having wings flying through the air. Well, on our approach to Managua, we came upon a good thunderstorm. Now normally in the US, planes will be redirected to another airport. In our case, there was no other airport (not that I am aware of). We had to land or land or …. you can fill it in. So, we are on our approach and with the strong winds the wings are going up and down. The pilot(s) are having trouble keeping the plane horizontal. Just then *BOOM*! we hit ground and I mean we hit hard. So hard that I was thinking “ok, our back wheels just broke I better be prepared for the skidding”. But that never happen. We were rolling down the runway on wheels. Whew, the adrenaline was a pumping. Everyone starts clapping and cheering for the pilot(s). We made it. As we approach the gate, the lights at the airport went out. It was out for maybe 5 minutes but that was a first.
Here are a few images from the flight.
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Day 61 – Sleepy walk
Yes, I had a sleepy walk yesterday. I have been back for 2 days now, and I haven’t been able to sleep good (I did finally last night). Although, I did sleep well in Nicaragua. Anyway, I went walking (which I should do daily) to help me wake up. I couldn’t believe how the leaves are already turning. Even though I can’t believe it, Fall is here. I walked up to the Mall since it was kinda dreary outside. Walking through JcPenny, I notice that the Halloween items were being pushed aside and Christmas items were being pulled out of boxes. Does it seem earlier this year, or do we just always say “it seems earlier this year…”. For a Monday, it seemed very busy. I wouldn’t say it was crowed but more than I thought were there. It was a good walk and was able to snap of a picture with the best camera ever. I plan on having some posts up soon of pictures from Nicaragua.
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Day 60: Walk
Today, I actually got off my bum and took a walk. It was a little humid but the breeze was very nice. It looks like it could storm at any moment. On the walk, there were lots of trees that I passed under; very nice if on a warm sunny day. But being cloudy, the trees only provided raining acorns. That is right, with the breeze whoosh through the tree acorns were thrown at me but never was fit once. While taking danger into my own hands *cough* *cough*, I whip out my iPhone and snap a picture. It was sacrifice and I didn’t mind stepping under it .
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Day 59 – Merlin
Well, this isn’t about the magician but our little puppy that isn’t really a puppy any more. We have had Merlin for a little over 2 years and love him to pieces. However, he has been doing some mischievous things lately (Almost magical . First, let me explain that he is a yorkie. Not sure if this is true or not but what I am told is that yorkie’s were bread to crawl through tiny spots or to go down some small holes. Well, this little one, almost 10 pounds has figure out how to jump on a chair then climb the table. Of course, what else can a dog do but eat whatever is in front of him. And that is just what he did. Well, since then, we make sure to push all the chairs in. Well, here is photo of our little darling trying to figure out how to get to the top of the table again, LOL. It is so funny to watch him do that. Below is picture I took with my wife’s phone. Then playing with MMS, I sent it to my phone. So, it is a little grainy. I will try to take a better one next time. Enjoy!
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Day 58: Tera Byte Drive
I just pick up a Samsung 1 TB drive from New Egg for $80. It came with a free docking station too. I have been wanting to find something that I can swap out drives on the fly. The Drobo still looks like an option down the road. But for now this will do me just find.
Taken with the iPhone. Looks like the light from the monitor bled over a lot.
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Looking for spots: Day 56 & 57
The family and I drove up HWY 65 this past Saturday. I love shooting in Conway but I wanted to find a spot with hills, mountains and such (Conway is a valley surrounded mostly by a ridge). First, we headed to a place where a friend of ours recommended. The land was beautiful but it was to grown up with what I was looking for. Plus, going up one of the dirt roads in our Kia Rondo (No, it does not have 4 wheel drive), there were these huge rocks that kept scraping underneath. We really thought we were going to get stuck (LOL). The other thing is that there was no way to turn around, I had to keep going up. Whew! we found a place to turn around and going down was much smoother. So we kept looking. Well, we found two more but was only able to take some shots of one place. This one place, however, is just right. I should have taken some shots but it is on private property. So, I swallow my pride ( and with the help of my wonderful wife , we stop and talk to a person over the intercom. He was very nice but I understand him not giving out his phone number; I am a total stranger. We got his name and he mention we could find him in the phone book. So far I have not been able to find their number. I think I need a Clinton, AR phone book. Anyway, a number I did find, although wrong, could be a third spot for a photo shoot. It was a fun adventure.
I think the images above are very good but I need to think about doing the shoot in the morning. The images of the look-out are a bit hazy. I do like a little flare in the image too. Hmmmmm….
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Day 55
Another busy day at work. Though, I had issues with my main computer this morning but luckily I had a backup. It is still working. 500GB of stuff takes a while to restore. I have a couple images I like to share. Of course I used the Best Camera Ever to take the images and change them up.
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Inspiration and 365 day project
We all need inspiration. No matter what we are doing in our lives, we need it. We can find it just about anywhere, our kids, spouses, family, Church, friends, bloggers, and God (feel free to add to the list . I get inspired by images. I like to look at images and see the composition and think about what is going on outside the image composition. It makes me think of how I can look around my world and see images I would like to take (and share). Well, I have been inspired again to start up my 365 project that I drop a while back. The inspiration comes from Chase Jarvis and the iPhone app that his team put together. The app is called “the Best Camera Ever” which allows you to take or use images from your photo roll and quickly apply filters to it. Then share it with a few social web applications (facebook and twiiter). Check out the website to see updated images. If you follow me on twitter or you are friend of mine on FB then you already seen a couple of images (below). Below is a screenshot of the application with an image I took today. I would love to have my Nikon 700 with me everywhere I go (definitely). But it isn’t alway feasible depending on your situation. But I do have my iPhone with me. Why not use that? So, I am starting off with a few images to get back in to it. Day 53 was my last 365 day post. So, here is day 54.
All the above images were taken with my iPhone. Then using the Best Camera Ever app, I applied some filters and look at that. So, if you have phone which most likely has a camera, use it. You don’t need that app with filters to take great pictures. Just click away and send them on to FB, twitter, or whatever social web app you use. Have fun!
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Day 51 – Baseball
Yesterday, my youngest son and I were invited to a birthday party at a place that has batting cages. They also have a small field where they were able to play a little game. It was all indoors. It was pretty cool.
Day 50 – Guess?
Another cold day. I am actually ready for some consistent spring time weather.
Day 48 – Cold?
Yesterday, it was 80 degrees. Today it is 40. Just a little drop in temperature.
Day 46 & 47 – Big Dam Bridge
On Saturday, our family was planning on going to the zoo. The zoo was open to the public for free admission. We certainly could not miss that, right?
Day 45 – Nice Walk
I was pretty worn out working my day job. But the day wasn’t over, so that called for a walk. What a beautiful day for it.
