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Miles and Trish

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

…are not only wonderful people, they, together with Martha Kelly — Trish’s amazing Mom — hosted this week’s Cocktail Hour. As expected, it was fantastic.
The happy couple:

Miles and Trish (Enjoying their Cocktail Hour)
Couldn’t stay the duration, alas, and can only look at a few of the photographs from tonight before getting back to work — [...]

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Independence Day, 2008

July 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As my blog readers know, I’ve been having some equipment problems recently. For Independence Day, however, my camera raised a flag and celebrated the long-overdue Unity — out of 446 photographs Friday (taken in about three hours of straight shooting), I kept 309, starred 185, and multi-starred 90. Remarkable. More: The first four-star images in, [...]

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Tonight’s Cocktail Hour

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

…was a great time. Thank you!
12 photos made the cut, including not only a great portrait of you, Heidi, but several borderline-humorous takes on my friends Craig, John, and Tom. Check ‘em out.
Yeah, I said Tom:

Tom and the Open Door Policy
With all due respect, sir: sorry, couldn’t resist…;)
Have to say: of all the great opportunities [...]

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Fun at a … Baby Shower!?

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, yeah, especially when they’re friends, or are now — met a few new folks I hope become more a regular part of “the fold.”
Came away with a few photos I like very much, too. Not necessarily perfectly on-topic, alas; I was distracted by Conner, Dan and Monica’s young son, who has advanced tremendously in [...]

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