I haven’t lifted weights in about a month because I have been so busy with work. Last night, I lifted weights again and I didn’t drop my weight amounts by very much and my arms are killing me… seriously, I can hardly lift them above my waist!

Fun photos coming soon

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I’m going to be in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to see my friend Shannon (assuming that the fires don’t burn up all of California and prevent me from landing in Long Beach… they were only a few minutes from her in La Mirada as of today) and in Seattle/Tacoma on Friday and Saturday to photograph a fight for Showtime.

Listen to this original War of the Worlds broadcast

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I had a great wedding at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester followed by a reception at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

We took some portraits in the Sunken Gardens at Highland Park… then we got caught in a torrential downpour. I wish I had more behind the scenes photos to show you… the limo driver was holding up an umbrella for the bride and the groom, I was standing behind them (in the rain) holding my cameras above their head beneath the umbrella. Jim (my second photographer) and Rich (the videographer) were standing underneath my 42″ silver and white reflector (which is definitely not water proof, haha) trying to keep somewhat dry, then there were three or four other umbrellas trying to keep the whole wedding party plus both sides of the family as dry as possible. Now, before you ask, I do have four umbrellas that I carry with me to weddings, but they were in the trunk of my car which was not very close to where we were standing. We weren’t expecting rain and the sky did not look ominous, so I didn’t bother to bring them with me

Aside from the rain, everything else went very well. The decorations were beautiful, the sky was pretty, the food was excellent and the DJ and the band kept everyone entertained!

The groom’s sister, Katie, is also a wedding photographer and was a big help in keeping things organized. Plus, she let me play with some cool equipment that I don’t yet own.

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A trillion opportunities present themselves everyday and I love the excitement of spotting one and capitalizing on it!

Just yesterday, I acquired a remarkable domain name that perfectly represents my wedding photography business. I never expected it to become available and was excited when I was able to reserve it until 2017… in a few weeks I will launch it and you can decide for yourself whether it is as valuable as what I think it is

Speaking of opportunity, my second photographer, Jim Dolan, took this exceptional portrait at my Saturday wedding while I was setting the bride up in some amazing light. Expect to see more photos from this wedding in a few days.

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I love this couch… more to come later

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I finished the last book in the Harry Potter series yesterday… I’m not generally a huge fan of fiction and didn’t know what to expect, but it ended up being the best fiction series that I have ever read, the ending of the seventh book was amazing and very well done. I recommend reading the Harry Potter series if you haven’t yet

These are some of the local fall colors, enjoy!

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I just got a new 22″ LCD and I love it

I am using this as a second display on my notebook computer and am keeping my 19″ calibrated CRT on my desktop, where I have the wedding photos color corrected.

My friend Brad has the smaller 20″ version which is also very nice

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I am back to feeling better

I have replied to all of your emails and am making my way through the phone list now, I plan to return all of the calls that came in while I was ill by 8pm tonight.

I was just cleaning my desk and put all of the loose business cards that I have collected this year into a pile. Wow, it is amazing, I have a stack of business cards almost 6″ thick!

I have a bunch of traveling to do in the near term, it should be fun

Leland and I have spent much of our free time lately examining several unique business opportunities. I’ll start to let you in on the details as time goes by and we make progress.

My friend Shannon sent me a great birthday gift a few days ago. It was one of my all time favorite black and white photos, and happened to be of her

I haven’t shaved in about 2-weeks… I think it is about time, haha.

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