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Jamaica Picture

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:49:00 +0000

I finished editing my photos from Jamaica last week but didn’t want to throw 400 pictures on the internet, nor print them and spend 200 dollars doing so. Instead, I designed a photobook and sent it out to WHCC to have it turned into a coffee table album. I am in love with their new lay-flat look and use them for my wedding guestbooks.

Click on the photo below to see the designed layout.

Jamaica after sunset

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:24:00 +0000

Here is a panorama of our beach view after the sunset.

Pop!

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:07:00 +0000

A few years ago, my father made a solo trip out west to go white water rafting down the Colorado River for 6 days. Well… he’s back at it again as we speak. This year he decided to take the train out to Denver from Albany, NY to meet up with some friends also going on the trip. There are no words that can express the adoration I have for my parents. It’s easy to remember the person making waves (pun intended), but I can’t forget to mention how amazing my stepmother is as well. It takes a kind woman to let her husband go away for multiple days to have some alone time. As much as my own wife hates it, she too will be allowing me leave for 10 days this coming February when I take 20 students on a mini study abroad trip to Spain.

Here are a few photos of my father on his trip the last time he went. (and yes, I “HAD” to edit them)

(Shouldn’t that vest be buttoned?)

(The colors are striking, aren’t they!)

!Vaya con dios, padre!

Whole hole

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:13:00 +0000

Hole yesterday

Hole today

Road Conditions

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:29:00 +0000

That’s it, I can’t take it any more! Amawalk, where the Mrs. and I live, is a beautiful middle-class area along with some of the richest of the rich who live in this part of upper Westchester. BUT… you would never know it from the condition of our road. BOOO to the local highway department for letting the road come to this point.

Last fall, a sinkhole in the road formed that you could stick a 6 foot breaker bar into before you touched bottom. Here is the original hole from the fall. (Crazy that it is shaped like a heart, huh?) The town filled in the hole with macadam and the hole is almost back since then since they did nothing to FIX the problem.

Here is the new sinkhole and a few of the other pictures I took this morning of the current road conditions.

Kicking Off Summer Vacation

admin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:34:00 +0000

The academic school year ended for me as a teacher yesterday and I couldn’t think of too many ways (other than spending the day with my wonderful wife doing all of the fun things she could come up with) than to shoot a wedding on this beautiful day with the (in)famous Tania Sones. Stay tuned for a few pics tomorrow.

Another Vintage NoDo Photo. This one is of me in Second Grade when I was 6. I did my best to sport the Michael J. Fox haircut and preppy tie. What can I say, I must have watched his movies a billion times?

Facelift

admin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:13:00 +0000

I am super psyched to introduce you to the new NoDo Photography website. It’s up now and new images will be coming to the website next week. Check it out now… spend hours (well maybe not hours) perusing through what I have up.

A note to brides

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:24:00 +0000

This is the kind of thing that cracks (most) photographers up… This was the label on an envelope I received today.

Thanks Shannon, it made my day!

the dude

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:35:00 +0000

Package arrived via my brother-in-law with the following contents.

Zack (my brother that passed away three years ago) would have DIED (no pun intended) to play this game. He loved the Metal Gear Solid series and the graphics on the current one are SICK!

Thanks Chris for the belated birthday present… the card rocked too!

PS… this is not the early week surprise… I am experiencing a hold up. But I will be sure to let you know as soon as it is here!

Kicking myself

admin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:21:00 +0000

Yesterday my wife, her parents and I went to the the Rhinebeck Arts and Crafts Festival and I made the stupid mistake of leaving my camera at home. There aren’t many times I leave it at home that I kick myself, but I did yesterday. If you have the chance to go today, it’s certainly worth the trip. Just be sure to bring your check book because this isn’t your run-of-the-mill fair. The best artists in the Northeast show up with some pretty amazing work! Nature photographers like Jasper James and others were in attendance (that link is for you, Jody!)

After we got home, I made some tasty white bread to go with the maple cream I purchased at the fair.

(This was my mother’s Kitchen Aid mixer… it’s more than 20 years old and some of the tastiest food has been made using it)
After the dough is kneaded, time and patience in a warm place is crucial
The secret to perfect baguettes… this pan and a steam bath of boiling water on the rack below the bread.
I reap the fruits of my labor