Thinking good thoughts for Mikey D

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Ryan's Teammate Mikey D has had a pretty devastating development with his heart, we are all sending him good thoughts and wishes for full recovery!

Pretty sure I got Mikey in all of these, if they are the wrong player apologies in advance!

Orion festival

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I had a an absolute blast at Orion Festival in AC yesterday. Mostly I wanted to just absorb all the great music but you know I couldn't resist taking a few pics along the way. For that, my little Sony NEX-5n is so so so so good!

It remains my favorite little cam for walkabouts and ESPECIALLY concerts.

You can't use it expecting to make ultra sharp images every time but with the right lighting and a little luck you can make some very nice concert pics. And security never bat an eye at it thinking it's a DSLR...

I was literally less than 8 rows deep in the middle of a surging crowd, people were moshing it up, crowd surfing and generally going insane. Then the lead singer of Cage The Elephant decided he was going to join in!








For Metallica tho I was a little too far back to get any real details, but the lasers and showmanship were amazing!











Crowd surfing is not all fun and games tho, here's the proof: The most brutal picture I've ever taken =)


Full set is here:
Orion fest

Cranking along at Eagles Rest

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Things continue to progress on my house!

Full set as things move along -here-

Maine

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Hell is being forced to sift through other people's vacation snaps, but if you -are- interested here's a few from our trip to Maine:

-set1-
and -set 2-

Troop 22's 100th Anniversary

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Congrats to my (and now Ryan's!!!) home troop!

Full set -here-

JB and the turtle

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This little guy needed a hand to get across the road at APG. JB spotted him and we pulled over for the assist.

Rivera

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It's intense to watch him play, probably the greatest closer in our lifetime.

Full set -here-

When the zombies come...

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He will be waiting.

This is one of my coworkers, Morgan. You gotta see the gun he got, it's essentially a barrel fed shotgun on an AK-47 rails frame.

Spits out shells like candy as fast as you can pull the trigger.

Full set -here-

2011 Navesink Halloween Parade

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Was glad to see that it didn't get cancelled, but let's put this one in the "Learning experience" column for the new organizers.... They need to coordinate with the auxiliary and get some ideas on how to make it a bit less chaotic next time!

Full set -here-

TEDxMidAtlantic

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Was proud to support TEDxMidAltantic as their Social Media guy and as a vol the day of the event. This is Reggie Watts rocking out on the keyboard, he is quite an interesting guy.

Pics from the day are up -here- and you can see the whole official Flickr stream -here-

Joe Walsh

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From Row M of the Count Basie in Red Bank, NJ.

The Sony NEX-5n rocks in low light, most of these were shot at ISO 3200 or so.

Full set -here-

Field Day

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Only got to stick for the first two events but had fun while it lasted!

Full set -here-

Testing out the new Sony NEX-5N

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Liking this lil guy so far, perfect when I don't want to lug a big DSLR with me, and better high-ISO performance than my 3 year old D300 to boot. Win.

Alien

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It's humbling to play with a new camera...

This is arguably one of the worst pictures I've taken in years.

And yet... It makes me happy.

Ryan's Baseball pics

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Yup, I'm behind on these too!

Here they are, finishing up my backlog. -here-

I know Eddie, I owe you a bunch of Basketall pics too!

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You can find that whole set -here-

Overdue Baseball pics

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Catching up on pics I am waaaay behind on!

Set 1 of Eddie playing baseball -here-

Set 2 of Eddie playing baseball -here-

Set 3 of Eddie playing baseball -here-

Ghost Rider

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I just wanna give this one a little more exposure, looks like a Specter or Ghost Rider to me!

A taste of Kaboom, 2011

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Before I rush back to APG I had to get a few shots I took last nigh at Kaboom 2011 in Red Bank up. I took 340 shots, edited down to 140 keepers, and put 31 of those up to tide you over until I can get the rest done.

I feel like these are some of my best work, really feel like I nailed some good shots for once. You all can be the judges!





















The res of the 31 can be found -here- with more to come!