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The wife spotted a notice for an evening canoe trip, and after work I quickly threw everything together at the last minute. The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council was sponsoring a group trip at a local pond (actually a section of the Woonasquatucket that has been dammed). It was a lovely journey and I thoroughly enjoyed […]

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We had a blast during our beach house vacation on Long Island’s North Fork. See the gallery for more.

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Son celebrated his sixth birthday with a Webkinz-themed party. We had various activities based on Webkinz games. Kids decorated name necklaces for their own Webkinz. The Wheel of Wow was built by a friend for a block party and repurposed as a Wheel of Wow. Dart balloons became a series of balloons with kinzcash inside […]

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Daughter’s recital was yesterday, after son’s t-ball game.

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Son’s last t-ball game of the year was today.
Son gets a hit!

Facing off with the first baseman.

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Son graduated from Kindergarten tonight. The class put on a little presentation, which of course was not complete without a rendition of “it’s a grand old flag.”

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Daughter had some friends over for her 9th birthday party. The theme was Ice Cream Party, but it also was quite the Pool Party. See more photos in the gallery.

Here’s a nice example of the Zenitar fisheye on the 5D:

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Here are all the cameras that I’ve owned or used. This is an updating of a previous post.
Film

Kodak Instamatic: 1970’s; my first camera as a kid. Surprisingly, I did quite a bit of planned model shooting, specifically a set of my friend Jeffrey posing as a “Wacky Statue of Liberty” holding up various odd items […]

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Last autumn we had a small deck added behind the house. It’s a wonderful luxury for us now to be able to eat dinner outside, then sit together in the evening breeze afterwards.

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