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Photography

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.

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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 [...]

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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, 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.
Jen is Skillet’s drummer, and also performs vocals on many of their new tracks (Hero, Awake and Alive, etc.) It’s quite impressive to see a drummer singing while they play – I can’t [...]

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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!

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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More pictures from Vancouver, BC

August 4, 2006

Thought I’d post some more pictures on my last full day here in Vancouver.. this is following up on this post. :)
Yesterday afternoon, after the talks, I decided to wander the waterfront a bit.. here’s a few pictures from down there:

Just a shot of the waterfront.

Concession staff wearing a shirt saying “Vancouver’s Sexiest [...]

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Trip to Vancouver, BC

August 3, 2006

I am currently in Vancouver for the USENIX Security ‘06 conference. The trip and conference have been pretty good so far.. here’s a basic summary:
Day 1 – Saturday, July 29, 2006:
Tiff dropped me off at the airport, dropped my luggage off and got through security without any snags. Since I upgraded my ticket to first [...]

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nikon finally announces the d200

November 1, 2005

Nikon has finally announced the new D200! 10mp, support for recording GPS coordinates in your EXIF tags, 1800 images on a single charge, 802.11b/g image transfers, and a bunch of other sweet features.
Press release at:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0511/05110104nikond200.asp
Full preview at:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond200/

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nifty/freaky pictures

October 10, 2005

If you’ve never seen it before, you need to check out opacity.us. The site’s run by an urban explorer who is kind enough to take pictures of the places he’s explored. Most sites are hospitals, but he does have a few industrial sites on there, too. Some of the pictures are just amazing.. kind of [...]

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