Krysten is one of my daugther’s dance teachers - so this event was bit a more personal than others. There was also a bit more pressure. I’m honored to count Krysten as one of my biggest fans and when you combine that with her very exuberant personality, it leaves me with a lot of hype to live up to. I hope I have delivered here. Maggie was able to shoot with me, which hasn’t happened for a few weddings now as I’ve had rock star guest photogs flown in for the last two (seriously!). My daughter also got a chance to watch her dad at work. I don’t know if she was suitably impressed with my performance or not, constructive criticism and praise is a very rare offering from a 10 year old. Enjoy.

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Of my arsenal of unique skills, I covet my ability to name things. To be more specific, I like naming systems, or at least groups of things. I take great pain in some of the more unfortunately named things in my consumer history.

I owned and operated a website for the Mitsubishi Montero Sport while owning one. It was difficult to get the message across that the Montero Sport was not a Montero, nor a smaller or related version. A few years later, when I was actively looking for a Montero, a prospective seller drove his truck 60 miles for me to see it, only for me to then discover what was advertised and discussed as being a Montero, was actually a Montero Sport. Frustrating.

Among my favorite bands is another example of bad naming strategy: The The. What was previously ironic and rebellious (The Smiths?), is now virtually impossible to google (is this a real verb yet?).

I found this article today with maps that have had their place names researched and translated to English. The staggering blandness and often erroneous naming is a delight my sarcastic sensibilities. Granted, many places have been named after their unique geographical attributes (Western Steps, Land to the Right), but others…
The Thousand Islands, and the next group over, The Hundred Thousand Islands. Town of Happiness, next to Town of Submission. Palace on the coast, and Here is the Palace located a little further inland.

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-37310.html

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Krysten’s wedding is right around the corner and she is pretty excited. I think that might be apparent from the photos. We started off with some cupcakes then hit the beach. Enjoy.

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Sam “The Hassasinator” Hassas has posted some of the images from the wedding we shot together on his blog: Tu and Stacey. Amongst the images, this behind the scenes composite of us working together. Enjoy.

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