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Newlywed Advice for Nathan & Megan

This is a short video showing given newlyweds Nathan & Megan advice on how to have a great marriage. Shot at the MN Landscape Arboretum on May 23, 2009.

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View of St. John

Our cruise late June of this year included a stop at St. Thomas, where we took a side trip to St. John. I had about an hour to triage e-mails, which was good. This photo was taken from a roadside stop in St. John, looking over a bay and up at some beautiful homes. The [...]

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Sailboats at Grand Harbor Marina

The photo below was taken at Grand Harbor Marina in Pickwick, TN in mid-May 2009. … I’d like to put together a whole gallery of boat and marina photos — I have hundreds of them!

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Starting our Cruise

Lynette & I have started our cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas ship. This is one massive boat! We checked in to our Jr. Suite #9348. Below are a couple photos of the room. We are really happy with the room and the size, which is about the same as a decent hotel [...]

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Sedona – Day 2

We got up bright and early today to do a drive on the Schnebly Hill Road. This is a pretty tough road to navigate for passenger cars and we were grateful to have a 4-wheel drive SUV rental. The first stop made was at the Vista — the road was gated off beyond that point. [...]

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Sedona – Day 1

This first view can be seen on Google Maps and was taken at 1/250 sec exposure at f 8 on March 16, 2009. The focal length was 105 mm at ISO 200. sedona1.jpg This next image (ok, so I’ve got to update this)…

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Phoenix Zoo

I used the Nikon D300 with the fantastic Nikkor 70-200 VR . In case you’re a photo geek, I shoot in RAW and the exposure was 1/500 second at f/11.

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Superstition Mountain

Driving through the Superstition Mountains today, I tried doing some HDR photography. Only thing was it was windy AND I left the tripod in the rental car (I know, don’t ask). Thank goodness for fast shutter speed and a fast capture abilities of the D300. I used Photomatix Pro to slam together the RAW photos [...]

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Synchronized Segways at Epcot

Danielle & I went on a Segway tour at Epcot over New Years 2009. We started with an hour or so of training on how to use the Segway, then went out into Epcot’s World Showcase before it opened to the public. What a blast! Segways took a bit to get used to, then were [...]

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The Drowsy Chaperone

Lynette and I went to Savannah & Pickwick today to pay our repects at the funeral of Paul Callens. Tonight we are in box seats at the Orpheum to see The Drowsy Chaperone. Should be terrific! This is Nicholas and Danielle in the box.

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