Blog Crush

I'm a regular reader of John Scalzi's Whatever Blog, and today he has a post about his "Blog Crush" on Megan McArdle.

A blog crush as loosely defined by John is somebody with a blog you admire that you also find attractive/interesting... definitely innocent, and all in good fun.

So here's mine: Jessica Strickland has a couple of great blogs highlighting her wedding and portait photography and another blog talking about the business of photography. I don't know Jessica personally, and so mostly I'm just an admirer of her work, but as a regular reader of her blog she seems like a fun human too!

The First Dance

I shot some fun photos at a destination wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico last week. Here Jay & Linh share their first dance.

Viva Las Vegas!

Old and new: The classic Holiday Motel sits in the shadow of the Stratosphere Casino at the north end of the Las Vegas strip.

The young master

Benjamin hones his watercolor skills in his grandmother Betsy Bowen's studio at "the farm" in Grand Marais, Minnesota.

Where's Hayley's blankie?

The horsie finds Hayley's blankie...



...and Hayley says thanks to the horsie!

Amateurs worry about equipment...

I stumbled across the following quote today: "Amateurs worry about equipment, pros worry about money, masters worry about light."

This struck pretty close to home for me: I rarely worry about my equipment... it just works, and I know how to use it. I definitely worry about money... especially on the Iraq projects. And I'm usually in too much of a hurry to worry about the light...

Mr Intensity

Bill Gates speaking today at the Office Developers Conference in San Jose, California.



I theory Bill should be coasting into his upcoming retirement from day to day involvement at Microsoft, but you would never guess it by watching him speak to a thousand developers for an hour and a half here at ODC 2008.