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I think I found a fellow geek..

August 27, 2010
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I was walking the dogs this morning, and ran across this car up the street.. Minnesota license plate ‘1RQ’.. I don’t know anything that this could mean besides ‘IRQ’.. a rather geeky concept.. what d’ya think? Is there another meaning? Inquiring minds and all!

Tagged as: Funny, Photography

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HDR photography – around the house and vices

August 21, 2010
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I recently posted the results of my first attempts at HDR photography. Since then, I’ve been craving more – what can I say, it’s fun! I had some time to myself at home tonight, so I found some random items and, well, took pictures of them. For better or worse, most of this collection should [...]

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Playing around with HDR Photography

August 19, 2010
Stillwater Lift Bridge in HDR

My wife and I recently took a quick overnight trip to Stillwater, MN for our anniversary. We came out of the Dock Cafe right around dusk, and I saw some opportunities for some pictures that I thought could be cool, but knew that a single standard exposure would not capture the reality of what is [...]

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One of the best company slogans I have ever seen

Garbage truck with a great slogan July 3, 2010

I was driving to work the other day, and spotted this garbage truck with the best company slogan I’ve ever seen..
The slogan on the garbage truck is “Satisfaction Guaranteed or Double Your Trash Back”.

Tagged as: Cars, Funny, Photography

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Lots of rain in a short period of time != good roads

June 25, 2010
Pizza guy's car stuck in the water

A friend of ours was having a engagement party up in New Hope, MN tonight (June 25 2010).. we knew the weather was going to be kind of nasty, but we figured that Tiff’s parents live about four miles from our friend’s house, so Kai could be with a babysitter nearby, and decided that we’d [...]

Tagged as: Cars, Life, Photography

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Woofdah has a new location!

May 15, 2010
Woofdah's logo on their new building

Our pups (Chimo and Oakley) have been going to Woofdah for a couple years now.. we tried a few different doggy daycares in the Minneapolis area, and this is by far the best one we have found (which is also conveniently located near us in Burnsville.) The staff actually gets to know our dogs, and [...]

Tagged as: Customer Service, Life, Pups

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Fun with cameras and Photoshop..

May 8, 2010
Sampler image for this photoblog page

Technology never ceases to amaze me. It’s been a long time since I attempted to stitch images together; last time was probably five years ago and the results were.. mediocre. While I was in the process of writing the post about eliminating the smoke odor in our new 2009 Mercury Sable, I wanted to toss [...]

Tagged as: Cars, Photography

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Sarah Anthony of The Letter Black (aka Rock Photography is Fun Part 8)

December 25, 2009
Sarah Anthony of the band The Letter Black singing

Sarah Anthony of the band The Letter Black singing; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during Skillet’s ‘Awake and Alive’ concert tour.

Tagged as: Music, Photography, Rock Photography

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Sarah Anthony of The Letter Black performing during Skillet’s Awake and Alive tour

December 15, 2009
Sarah Anthony of the band The Letter Black opening for Skillet during their Awake and Alive tour

Sarah Anthony of the band The Letter Black; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during Skillet’s ‘Awake and Alive’ concert tour.

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What a cute puppy!

November 30, 2009
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This is Lucky Ehrlich – a black and tan Cavalier King Charles spaniel who stayed with us for a few days while their son was being born.

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John Cooper of Skillet playing his bass, singing, and lit up by pyrotechnics

November 22, 2009
John Cooper of the band Skillet; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during the 'Awake and Alive' concert tour playing in front of some pyro.

John Cooper of the band Skillet; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during the ‘Awake and Alive’ concert tour.
Non-silhouette shot of John Cooper of the band Skillet playing his bass in front of the pyro. Skillet’s use of pyro is great – not overly distracting, and very well timed to the [...]

Tagged as: Music, Photography, Rock Photography, Skillet

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Ben Kasica of the band Skillet with pyrotechnics in the background

November 21, 2009
Silhouette of Ben Kasica of the band Skillet; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during the 'Awake and Alive' concert tour.

Silhouette of Ben Kasica of the band Skillet; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during the ‘Awake and Alive’ concert tour.
Once again, Skillet loves pyro. Here’s a shot of their lead guitarist, Ben Kasica, with fire in the background.

Tagged as: Music, Photography, Rock Photography, Silhouette, Skillet

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Close-up of Korey Cooper of the band Skillet singing with fog in the background

November 20, 2009
Korey Cooper of the band Skillet at her microphone

Korey Cooper of the band Skillet; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during the ‘Awake and Alive’ concert tour.
Korey is Skillet’s keyboardist, backup guitarist, and backing vocalist. In other words, she stays busy on the stage! She’s very hard to get pictures of, as she never stays still for more than [...]

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Jen Ledger of the band Skillet singing and playing the drums

November 19, 2009
Jen Ledger of the band Skillet performing at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009

Jen Ledger of the band Skillet; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during the ‘Awake and Alive’ concert tour.

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Ben Kasica of Skillet during a guitar solo in front of fog

November 18, 2009
Ben Kasica of Skillet playing a solo at the Minneapolis Convention Center during their Awake and Alive tour

Ben Kasica of the band Skillet; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during the ‘Awake and Alive’ concert tour.

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John Cooper of the band Skillet with his fist up in the air and silhouetted by pyrotechnics

November 17, 2009
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Silhouette of John Cooper of the band Skillet; shot at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 14, 2009 during the ‘Awake and Alive’ concert tour.
NOTE: Wallpaper-sized copies of this available here. Make this your background!

Tagged as: Music, Photography, Rock Photography, Silhouette, Skillet

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my new tripod

October 8, 2009

So, I’ve decided it’s finally time to buy a real tripod. I’ve read (and advocated for) Thom Hogan’s page on how to buy a tripod, but with the new baby, my budget is rather limited right now, so $1000 was too much to spend. I also wanted a tilt column on it, to make it [...]

Tagged as: Cheapskate, Photography

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why i miss shooting on film

July 6, 2009

This weekend, I ran into my three-ring binder full of 35mm film and slides from our wedding and honeymoon. I was surprised that I had a sense of nostalgia for the “old days” of photography with film. Back before digital cameras existed (and before I could afford one after they existed), there was a small [...]

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new york and niagara falls trip: niagara falls

March 21, 2009

In my last post, I detailed the New York City portion of our trip. Once we were done in the city, we got our rental car out of it’s happy parking spot (no, it wasn’t broken into or anything silly like that), and got on the road to Niagara Falls. For details on the trip, [...]

Tagged as: Anniversary, Canada, Niagara Falls, Travel

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new york and niagara falls trip: new york

March 21, 2009

Tiff and I haven taken an anniversary trip every summer since we were married in 2003. In 2007, we took a trip to New York City and Niagara Falls. Our initial inspiration was that Laura Osnes, who’s mother attends our church, had won the part of Sandy in the Broadway production of Grease, and we [...]

Tagged as: Anniversary, New York City, Travel

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Wallpapers at 1920×1200 (and other high resolutions)

June 2, 2008

For the last few years, I’ve been doing my best to make sure that each laptop and desktop monitor I purchase has an excellent quality high-resolution display panel. In general, resolution-wise this means 1920×1200 (WUXGA); however, with the advent of 1080p HDTV’s, I am also seeing some displays at 1920×1080. There are also the ultra-high-end [...]

Tagged as: Photography, Wallpapers

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