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Picture info: ISO 800, 1/80, f/0.00, 50mm, Av

This is our Xmas tree. I shot it with a style called "freelensing" where I detached the lens from the camera, held it at a slight angle, and clicked away.

Maybe not the best for the equipment, but it can lead to some nifty effects.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/15, f/3.20, 50mm, Av

This is a lamp that stands behind my desk. I turned it on and shot it, then inverted it in PS.

WOW.

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Picture info: shot with BlackBerry 8900

Crossroads with the kids to sell "sell" some books to Half-Price Books.  We took a bunch of kids books, maybe 40 in total and were offered a whopping $3.75 for the lot.

Of course, we took the cash.

This shot looked cool in my mind. Via the BB, though, not so much. That trail of white in the top middle are those hideous icicle lights that were so trendy a few years ago. It may have looked cool in the shot had I not shot them straight on, but I felt geeky enough holding the phone up that I just took the one shot and split.

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Picture info: shot with BlackBerry 8900

Marci and I had a hot date tonight which consisted of pho and a trip to Southcenter, or whatever fancy name they call it these days.

Basically we were kid free for a few hours, bought some gifts. This shot is of 3 copies of a book called The Redbreast, by the Norwegian author, Jo Nesbo. I was lucky enough to come across one of his other books, The Devil's Star, at our local library a few months ago and, after reading that, had to seek out Nesbo's other books.

Do yourself a favor: check out Nesbo if you're into mystery/thrillers (think Michael Connelly, Steig Larssen). I would even venture to type that Nesbo's books are better than those by the aforementioned.

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Picture info: ISO 1600, 1/30, f/1.80, 50mm, Av

It's Grandma's rocking chair. If Grandma was a doll that lived in Haley's doll house. Or, if Grandma was alive and was a doll that lived in Haley's doll house.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/320, f/3.50, 18mm, Av

After the wet snow this morning, we all went outside and made some snowmen. The snow rolled great and cleared these wide green paths of grass. It was quite the workout too, rolling those huge snowballs.

This here is Haley's snowperson. The mittens were her little touch.

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Picture info: shot with BlackBerry 8900

The kids had another snow day today so Marci busted out the big guns. 

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Picture info: ISO 1600, 1/31, f/1.80, 50mm, Av

Our neighbor, he of the blue bicycle, gave us two sleds like this today. I didn't get to play with them, but the kids sure enjoyed them.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/60, f/5.60, 55m, Av, flash

Tonight is the end of the world as we know it. Snow has arrived, so let the pain in the butt everything commence.

Luckily, it's a short week anyway. Let's just hope our power stays on.

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Picture info: ISO 1600, 1/15, f/2.50, 18mm, Av

This is a marble track Riley got for his birthday. It sat for months before he realized he liked it and has been obsessed with it since last week.

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Picture info: ISO 1600, 1/100, f/3.50, 18mm, Av

We signed up for rock climbing classes at the South Bellevue Community Center. After working on knots and learning how to belay, it was the kids' turn to climb. Haley motored right up the side of this wall (33 feet!) like it was a ladder. I belayed her for a bit, then Tom the proprietor took over while I snapped pix.

This shot was taken from a landing about 1/3 of the way up the wall. If I'd shot from the floor, it'd be hard to see her at all.

A friend of mine from HS works there and she said that a lot of kids get up there and then freak out and cry. Hay? Nope.

She...

Rocked it.

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Picture info: ISO 800, 1/15, f/1.80, Av, 50mm

It's my neglected Xbox racing wheel. I busted it out last week, attached it to a kitchen stool, and had some fun racing cars I'll never own around a track on my TV screen. Still fun, a little pathetic, but I'm too old to care anymore.

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Picture info: shot with BlackBerry 8900

I have a gig in Tacoma. Here is the nearby library. 

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Picture info: shot with BlackBerry 8900

It's Bella, resting after a long day of resting. 

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Picture info: ISO 200, 1/60, f/4.50, 37mm, Av, flash

I tried to take a picture of the shower in the dark but couldn't find the water through the viewfinder. This picture originally had a shower head in in it but I didn't like how it looked so I cropped it out. After a few tweaks, here's what you get.

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Picture info: ISO 1600,m 1/125, f/3.50, 18mm, Av

I took 2 pictures today before the batteries in the camera died. This is one.

I was having a think the other day and realized that our washer looked like a face.

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Picture info: shot with BlackBerry 8900

Me and Rye playing checkers.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/60, f/2.20, 50mm, Av

I was about to pork out on these peanut M&Ms. Instead, I took some pictures of them. I used Riley's new Cub Scout Popcorn Sales earned flashlight for, well, light, and snapped away.

I liked the shadows behind the M&Ms.

They ended up in my belly shortly after this photo was taken.

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Picture info: ISO 200, 1/50, f/4.50, 29mm, Av, flash

Riley and his pals at our Pack meeting tonight. I don't remember why he's cheering, but put Rye on stage and he just has to ham it up. He's a funny dude.

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Picture info: ISO 1600, 1/60, f/4.00, 18mm, Av, flash

The kids are old enough that they can now play Wii Sports and actually sort of play correctly. We've been playing baseball the past few nights and tonight they wanted to try boxing.

Don't mind the hideous floor.

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Picture info: ISO 400, 1/160, f/3.50, 18mm, Av, flash

I'm running out of things to take pictures of around the house. Here's Haley's Home Depot car from the other day.

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Picture info: ISO 400, 1/60, f/5.60, 49mm, Av, flash

It's the clock hanging in our living room.

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Picture info: Shot with BlackBerry 8900

This is a picture of my microphone at band practice. I held up the phone while I was waiting for my part in the song to start. I'm sure Chris and Sean were wondering what the heck I was doing.

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Picture info: shot with BlackBerry 8900

Taken at the downtown Bellevue park. Was trying to get the couple on the bench texting and got the girl instead. 

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/80, f/1.80, 50mm, Av

We went to Home Depot for their free kids' workshop today. They ran out of spice racks so the kids got to make free race cars. It was a cool way to spend a 1/2 hour.

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Picture info: ISO 1600, 1/60, f/1.80, 50mm, Av

A thing-a-ma-bob by our front door. Going for the "still life" shot tonight.

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Picture info: Shot with my Blackberry 8900.

On a nice fall walk and whipped out the phone for a picture outside my work. That's all.

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Picture info: Shot with my Blackberry 8900.

Yet again, another shot of the Red Apple. Someone with fancy handwriting wrote this. I guess I should've transcribed it.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/320, f/2.80, 50mm, Av

A few days ago, the kids were watching a movie downstairs when, CRASH! I thought Riley knocked something over. We looked around and saw nothing. When I turned on the light, we looked up and saw that one of our florescent lights had fallen out of the socket and shattered on the opaque cover.

I got the ladder out and cleaned it up tonight.

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Picture info: ISO 400, 1/100, f/3.50, 50mm, Av, flash

Riley lost his first tooth today. He was so proud! :)