Hey. Been a while. Good to see you.

Now that the awkwardness has past, let’s get our mouths watering!

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The Official Blue House website, www.bluehouselives.com, has started a baseball league of all made up teams. My team is the Montreal Flatliners and apparently, we suck.

I’ve gone 0-2 so far. Did I mention we’ve only played 2 games? Ya!

Here are my logos. First is the hat logo and second is just the logo.

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I saw a few weeks ago on Instructables.com where someone had retrofitted a roll of 35mm film into an older, medium format camera. Seeing as I have a few of those around, I tried it out.

If only I had had some ASA200 film, these would have come out perfect. These were way overexposed, but I was able to salvage them. Barely.

And here is the setup: flim, clear cd case cover, iPhone for backlight. Pretty ghetto, but it works as well as anything else I’ve tried.

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When I had my Canon gear, I didn’t really appreciate the awesomeness of my prime lens–the 50mm. It wasn’t until I switched to Nikon and didn’t have a 50mm (or any prime for that matter). I really enjoy using the 50mm f/1.2 when I shoot wedding with Waldorf, but the amazing sharpness and the ability to shoot in low light have ruined me. When we are at a reception where the lighting in less-than-desired, you just can’t beat it.

Unfortunately, there isn’t an updated 50mm for Nikon that has that large of an aperture. This forced me to “settle” with the Sigma 50mm f/1.4. I seriously couldn’t be more stoked!!! I snapped a few shots this evening after I got off work and I can’t wait to use it outside/anywhere with available light. I have seen so many amazing shots online of using this lens, I hope I can make some of my own.

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The past couple of weeks have been pretty busy. Gift guides, restaurant guides, magazine deadlines, photos and everything else have really taken a toll on my free time (and energy). I did get to shoot some fun photos at one point in the chaos. The Plum Baker (aka ex-coworker Lindsay Beeson), asked me to shoot some of her goodies for her website.

After a botched attempt (due to me having to work extra for a deadline), we managed to get an hour or so in to get some photos.

I am really happy with how they came out. I realize now that I am going to have to use some external flash. I was trying to use all natural light, but I don’t know if I can get the desired effect and depth of field with it alone. Lindsay was able to talk Old City Java into letting us use their awesome space. We are gonna shoot/re-shoot some other items after the beginning of the year and I can’t wait!

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I know that, for the most part, this is complete overkill. BUT…. I have finally figured out how to allow all you followers/commenters to register and upload your own avatar or image. No more fooling with gravatar or anything like that.

All you have to do is click on the “register” link (in blue) next to name. This will take you to the register page, where you can fill out all kinds of info and upload an image from your computer. This is nice because you won’t have to input the same info time and time again. I just hope it works.

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I can’t believe it, but it actually snowed this weekend. I figured since it was predicted, it wouldn’t happen. The only downside was that Shauna was so excited, she woke me up a little after 7 a.m. to make sure that I didn’t miss it. Regardless, it was pretty. Mason didn’t quite know what to think, but he slowly adjusted.

We went to the ice skating rink on Market Square just before lunch and met up with Stephen, Mica, Anna and Ocean. I was so excited because they have funnel cakes and other carnival-like food. I didn’t plan on skating, I knew the shoes/boots would hurt my leg. That left me as photographer, luckily though, I was accompanied by Stephen (photographer #2).

It probably looked kind of ridiculous, two dudes with major cameras to take pictures of people ice skating, but who cares?!

It was fun and everyone had a cold, good time. Shauna especially, she was so excited to go and even more so once we got there.

We finished it off with lunch at Tomato Head (always awesome!) and then got Mason a bath. All-in-all, a good wholesome Saturday! (cheeseball, I know)

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Stephen asked me to take a shot of his family, but with a twist. I was all for it. I’m just gonna let the picture say everything.

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Last weekend, the guys from Johnson City came down. I had already been at the skatepark for a while when they showed up and was actually about to leave.

I had assumed that they were going to stay and ride the park, but then they mentioned going to ride street. I was stoked! I was too tired to ride, but didn’t mind pedaling around acting like the paparazzi… So that’s exactly what I did.

I didn’t really get to take too many shots, mostly because they were filming stuff and it just wasn’t something that would translate in a photo.

Here’s what I got…

Matt can do no handers in his sleep. Super-quick no hander to hop barspin off the curb

Jake, nollie-180 off the thing

I know I said not at the park, but I did snap a few there…

Matt, stretch no-hander over the spine

Foot-jam tailwhip on the spine. RAD!

Adam pretty much has turndowns on lock. No more shots of him doing tucks over the hip…

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Hey look at Mason! This toy is by far his favorite. He carries it around with him a lot.

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