It's Been a While

I've been slacking, but here's some new stuff since my last update...

08/15/08



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More Work

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More Recent Work

Well it's still summer so it's still really slow. I was able to shoot some sports though... A football game and a lifeguard tournament. Also a S.W.A.T. training drill, and a county fair. Still, it's all very slow.

07/18/08



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07/08/08

Lazy Days of Summer...

It's still summer, and things are still slow...

07/05


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07/02

Slow Week

It's summer, so things have slowed down a bit... Here's the best of what I was able to salvage.

06/28


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06/25

Battle of Monmouth

So today I shot a re-enactment of the Battle of Monmouth at, fittingly, Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan. I don't get re-enactments. As if it wasn't bad enough to actually participate in the actual war, to participate in it for no real reason boggles my mind. And here are a few other things I don't understand. Were soldiers back then (American Revolution, for those who didn't know) really so stupid as to march with drums to announce their presence? It's like, "Here I am! I'm gonna kill you now!" Why the hell wouldn't they sneak up in the middle of the night? I don't get it. And another thing... With all the shooting, at nearly point blank range, I might add, not one soldier "died." Huh? How can we bring our kids to this re-enactment, tell them that this is what war was like back in the 1700's, and then not have a field littered with "dead" bodies? (Apparently in Massachusetts it's actually a law that no one can "die" during a re-enactment. But we're in New Jersey. Still, what's the point?) One last rant. I think New Jerseyans inflate the importance of this battle. Sure, the good guys won, actually it was more of a draw from what I hear, and to the Americans that was a win, but until I moved here I'd never heard of the Battle of Monmouth. I think they inflate its importance just so they can run around in their costumes. I guess I could be wrong.

I'll give them this though. It's fun to look at. The uniforms look pretty authentic, and uncomfortable as all hell. I feel bad for the horses standing right next to the cannons... At least the re-enactors have a choice in the matter.

One other gripe I had today. Not with the re-enactment itself, but with one particular member of the audience. Apparently in the course of doing my job, I got in his way. So the big man with a 200mm f/4 lens attached to a prosumer body, with everything mounted on a monopod (we call people like that "photo-weenies") took it upon himself to whack me right in the small of my back with said monopod. Really? I asked for his name and address so I could file assault charges, and he ran away. Moron.

Anyway, I've babbled more than enough. Here are some photos...

First (full) Week Back

So we're now back from our cruise and work is back in full swing. Unfortunately, a few of my days this week yielded nothing in terms of photos, so I'm gonna just leave those days out and show you my best work from the week, regardless of which day it was shot. I promise I'll try harder next week.

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6/12

Cruise

Here We Go Again!

Because I had Tuesday off for Memorial Day holiday credit, I've included a bonus image from Thursday...

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Five More

As I sit here watching Billy Wagner blow the save for the Mets and lamenting how that affects not just my favorite baseball team but my fantasy team as well, I'll share with you my latest batch of one-a-days...

5/23


5/22

This was a sad one. My paper said goodbye on Thursday to more than a dozen journalists and/or editorial staffers. They took the buyout offered to them by management, a first step taken by the paper in an attempt to improve the economic situation of the company. Our acting editor-in-chief said that combined, this group of retirees accumulated nearly four centuries of journalistic experience. These are scary times in this industry. Scary, scary times.

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5/17

Just One From Today

You might or might not see this when I post my weekly pix, but I wanted to share this with you today anyway...

Another Week, 5 More Photos

All my assignments ended up being rained out last Friday, so I had to wait until Friday to post five more photo-a-days. So from now on it looks like Friday will be my photo-a-day day rather than Thursday. Did that make any sense at all? Anyway, here are my five favorites from the past week.

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