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April 3rd, 2008 @ 10.42 pm

For anyone that regularly checks out the Gallery section, my website had a glitch that forced me to delete the entire “The Rest” section of my gallery. Therefore, over the next few weeks I’m going to try and rebuild it, but unfortunately every comment was lost, and I’m sure it won’t be rebuilt how it was. I will try my best, but please be patient.

Update 1:
I have located a backup I made of the whole website in late February, and I am attempting to restore the gallery portion. If it works how I expect it to, I will only have to reload the Photo-a-day pictures since then.

Update 2:
The gallery has been re-uploaded from the backup made in late February and it works. Now I just need to upload all the photo-a-day pictures taken since then, and the new galleries I was about to add before the crash.

Update 3:
As of 7:45pm on 4/5/08, I now have the whole gallery re-uploaded, and three new galleries online as well. Now I’m going to make another backup of the whole website, just in case.

January 9th, 2008 @ 8.53 pm

Previously I brought up the idea of doing a photo-a-day project, but wasn’t completely sold on the idea. With all the new toys Beverly bought me for Christmas, and the new point and shoot camera I got her, I’m going for it. I am going to try and take at least one picture every single day in 2008 and post it in in the gallery. I won’t post the pictures every day (especially when I’m on business trips and can’t edit then), but I will try to get them up at least once or twice every week. Also, I am going to try and take pictures of things relevant to what I’m doing that day if possible, and I promise there won’t be many pictures of Beverly (because that would be too easy for me). Let’s see if I can do it!

December 30th, 2007 @ 8.04 pm

This year Beverly and I spent our first Christmas together as a married couple (say “awww, how cute…”). I really didn’t want much, but she knew just what to get me. Not only did she get me a 50mm f1/8 lens for my camera, she also got me a flash and a new car! I took the photo of the car using the new camera equipment, just because I can. On Christmas day we spent some time here at the condo, and then late in the morning headed down to Anne Arundel County to see my family at my grandfathers, and then to see Beverly’s family and friends in Arnold.

Before Christmas day we saw Beverly’s extended family. First, it was the Kremann’s on the 16th, and then the Yu’s in North Carolina over the 22nd - 23rd. It was a long drive, but it was nice to see everyone in one place and to see the Zeisemer’s house finally. If you’re reading this and wondering when you can see the pictures I took while in North Carolina, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. I want to put the full size pictures up so the family can download them easily, but I currently am having web host issues preventing me from FTP’ing into my own account, and they haven’t been responding to my phone messages or emails.

As the new year approaches, Beverly and I aren’t 100% sure what we’re going to do for New Years, but we’ll have some fun, and we’ll see what 2008 brings.

December 4th, 2007 @ 8.33 pm

For the past year or two I’ve been following one guy’s Photo-a-Day postings on a photography website, Pbase.com. He seems to be a young photographer trying to make a living with photography, and he’s also into VW’s some, although he’s more into the watercooled ones. What I’ve seen through his postings is how one is forced to examine the world around them a little bit every single day. It also forces the photographer to stretch their skills and come up with a new photo every single day. If you want to see his photo-a-day, it can be found at www.pbase.com/602crew/photo_a_day_3.

Why am I telling you about this? I’ve been toying with the idea of doing it myself for a year, maybe more. So much has changed in my life (and even more in Beverly’s) this past year, and yet I think I’ve taken fewer photos than in 2006. Sure, I want to enjoy life as it happens and not just relive what I saw through a viewfinder, but I also want to have pictures of my life, and stretch myself to become a better photographer. What do you think? Go ahead and leave a comment - should I undertake this challenge?

November 18th, 2007 @ 1.30 am

Back in mid October Beverly and I attended my car club’s first car show, the Slowriders Slam. I really enjoyed it due to it being much closer than any other VW show I’ve attended, and it was much more laid back. Rather than being at a drag strip and having a bunch of vendors, this one was in Harford County, on someone’s field, and had no racing, and no large vendors. A few people were selling some parts our of their car, and there was one group brought in to sell some food (which was very good!), and that was about it. There was a sleepover the night before (I didn’t attend), and then we all just hung out for the day. Obviously I took my camera, and I finally got around to editing the pictures and putting them online, so go over to the gallery and check them out.

October 9th, 2007 @ 8.33 pm

There was a request for some photo’s of the Jetta, and so this evening Beverly and I went over to Ellicott City and took a few shots just before it got too dark. The rest of the photo’s are in the gallery, so head on over there and check them out.