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Our Favorite Place

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

I finally finished reviewing the pictures from the beach and have them posted below.  We once again spent a week on St. George Island, with our very good friends, and had the most wonderful time.  I’m hard pressed to say exactly why we love St. George Island so much, but I think it’s the combination of the physical beauty of the place, the relative isolation, the relaxed pace, and the opportunity to savor family and friends.  No distractions, no demands on our time, nothing but easy conversation and time spent together.  I took the pictures immediately below with my old Rebel since I still haven’t managed to bring the 20D back in.  But not to worry, my new-to-me 1D Mark II is on its way and should be here in time for this weekend’s soccer tournaments!

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And lest you think everything is all sweetness during these photo shoots, I’ve decided to post some outtakes.   I’m actually thinking that a couple of these are candidates for our holiday card this year!

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St. George Island

Friday, October 13th, 2006

The Columbus Day Tournament was a washout (literally) so I didn’t have any games to shoot last weekend. That left me time to go over the pictures from the beach, which I had been putting off because I just wasn’t happy with the way they turned out. First, I was shooting in fading light because Ben got home late from a golf game. Then, Ben & Kate were peevish (to use one of Ben’s vocabulary words) and either pouted or gave me cheesy smiles. Ben also had a wad of gum that he refused to throw out, so his mouth looked funny in nearly every picture. A was the only one who cooperated and gave me great poses and expressions. Do you think it would be too weird if I used her picture on this year’s Christmas card instead of my kids?

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