tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927743989672669182024-02-19T10:24:10.449-05:00It's 3am......Welcome to my world.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-42846237827055412892009-07-04T00:55:00.005-04:002009-07-04T09:55:09.808-04:00FireworksI was going to title this July 4th celebrations but being that the fireworks were done on the third I figured that it could be a little misleading....We remembered the fireworks next door in Wayne NJ around 8:30 tonight and everyone wanted to go. I, of course, grabbed the camera, tripod and actually knew where my cable release was. We got to the HS at 9:05 but then parked in the mall parking lot Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-71193289684670297332009-07-04T00:52:00.003-04:002009-07-04T00:55:11.529-04:00It's 12:52am....It's 12:52am, not quite 3am yet and I am finally writing another blog post. It has been almost a year which is way too long in my book but I got overwhelmed by so many tings and trying to post everyday was just too much for me that it was easier to let it lapse. My new goal is to try for once a week although with the sports season on break more or less I hope to do better than that.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-84346080585035953992008-08-31T11:50:00.002-04:002008-08-31T11:56:28.053-04:00Sleep Envy!There's a reason this blog has its title. I am by no means a prolific sleeper. Quite the opposite - I usually get very little sleep. Today, for instance, I needed to be up a few minutes after 8 on a Sunday since I had to pick up the uniforms for my daughter's soccer team. No problem, I went to bed around 1 or 1:30 - a good 6 1/2 to 7 hours of sleep. I try and plan one night a week to catch up andBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-60409674081182492672008-08-31T11:09:00.003-04:002008-08-31T11:29:37.594-04:00Silly Faces part 4We met with the third of the 3 siblings yesterday. (My father, uncle and aunt) Aunt Elaine is the more mature of the 3 but that didn't stop her from contributing to the growing archive of silly faces. Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-39000341409116590022008-08-22T07:23:00.003-04:002008-08-31T11:30:56.134-04:00Unc's Silly FacesA lot of the reason we spend at least a day in Northport every summer is so that we can spend time with my Aunt and Uncle and, of course, the girls like to go out on the boat with them.Unc usually spends as much time behind the camera as I do but he seems to have ceded those duties over to me. It doesn't stop him though from making silly faces when the camera is pointing his way. D300, 18-200mm Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-52932022221572747772008-08-22T02:38:00.002-04:002008-08-22T07:20:40.620-04:00Self PortraitI was asked where I took my self portrait so I thought I would show the original photo along with my crop. When we went to Northport this past Sunday we spent part of the day out on the Long Island Sound on the boat with my Unc (you have to - its his boat!). I took a lot of pictures but I always wanted to try one in a pair of sunglasses - lucky for me my gorgeous wife was sitting across from me Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-40377864579446189252008-08-21T03:00:00.001-04:002008-08-21T07:34:23.544-04:00Self Portrait on glass!D300, 18 - 200mm VR, 200mm, f/8.0, 1/500s, ISO 200Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-39916561269217618222008-08-20T20:37:00.002-04:002008-08-20T20:39:51.709-04:00Bear - a handsome Mutt!After we met Roxie and had some ice cream in Downtown Northport on Sunday we walked over to the park. My aunt wanted some quality time with the kids on the tire swing.This was fine since it led to my meeting Bear. Bear is a very handsome and yet quiet mutt, although it is easy to see how they came up with his name. He is a bigggggg dog. According to his dad - he is part Chow and part Pyrnese Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-68832067482118111732008-08-20T01:18:00.005-04:002008-08-20T08:12:46.397-04:00Roxie – Bernese Mountain DogThe whole family went to Northport NY on Sunday to see my Aunt and Uncle. In the afternoon we went for ice cream downtown. Northport has quite a few places to buy the food of the gods and as we were walking through downtown we passed the Northport Tasting Room & Wine Cellar and that's where we ran into Roxie.Roxie is an absolutely gorgeous dog who was lazing by the window. I always thought Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-77983512016198759102008-08-14T02:41:00.000-04:002008-08-19T00:36:49.056-04:00@#!%! program!For those of you that ever struggle on your computer - especially when trying to play with a drawing this is pretty irresistible. Alan Becker obviously has a lot of frustration to take out and he does get the comic side of things.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-82010759630125021382008-08-12T00:18:00.002-04:002008-08-19T00:33:04.842-04:00Yankees vs Red SoxWell sort of....in the duck pin bowling way of looking at things at least. I still have a post left in me about duck pin bowling from our visit to Danbury this past weekend but I couldn't resist grabbing this photo while we were there and posting it.I think pops will enjoy this one the most.D300, 18-200mm, 32mm, f/11, 1/60s, ISO 200, FlashIt doesn't seem to matter how you slice it. The New York Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-29863651019568609472008-08-10T21:50:00.001-04:002008-08-11T20:39:15.154-04:00Hot!!!!!!!!!!! Buffalo Wings!!!!!!Sue and I spent the weekend in Danbury Connecticut while leaving the kids with Grandma and Grandpa to swim all day. (They spent 5 hours in the pool on Saturday and only a few on Sunday).I happen to be a lover of all things hot and spicy and have never met a hot sauce store I didn't like. I usually walk out of those stores with at least 3 or 4 new sauces. Imagine my surprise when going through theBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-76183662625370265082008-08-09T10:25:00.001-04:002008-08-09T10:26:05.572-04:00Haven't forgottenThis has been a really crazy week. I have been spending most of my day and night working and operating on very little sleep. I haven't forgotten to blog just had no time.I will probably do some catching up here on Sunday night as this weekend is our 16th anniversary and it is time to spend some time with my wife.Have a great weekend and you never know what you might see online.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-59623728727513165372008-08-04T00:07:00.005-04:002008-08-04T00:26:46.762-04:00Best way to hunt a deer, for photos that is!Friday morning I was up early and off to work before the sun rose. I watched it come up and almost stopped on the highway 3 different times to take some photos of it cresting the horizon but I had to be at work bright and early so I kept going. I still managed to get to my exit early and decided to take a quick detour to Sunset Lake in Bridgewater.For those of you that don't know, I drive a Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-27160876458119279692008-08-02T08:24:00.000-04:002008-08-03T21:26:53.469-04:00Long weekIt has been a very long week this week. Getting up before dawn and getting home either after the sun has set or a little earlier and then going to a meeting for a few more hours. Sorry for the scarcity of posts but hopefully I can get through the pre-dawn photos I took yesterday (a small advantage of getting up early) and can catch up.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-13481619587114128542008-08-01T20:30:00.001-04:002008-08-03T21:23:28.546-04:00More FlowersSometimes it is the closeup that matters and other times it is the background that makes a photo. My favorite from my mother's garden is this photo. The lily is a beautiful flower but the context that Black Eyed Susans give it make it better - at least to my eye.D300, 18-200mm VR, 50mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 200Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-12809628053721743952008-07-31T21:50:00.000-04:002008-08-03T21:09:37.731-04:00Flowers in LarchmontWhile we were at my mother's this past weekend I couldn't resist taking photos of some of the flowers in her garden. She has been spending her summers in her garden for as long as I can remember and really enjoys spending time on her flowers.D300, 18-200m VR, 56mm, f/6.3, 1/1000s, ISO 200D300, 18-200m VR, 50mm, f/6.3, 1/200s, ISO 200Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-75969679935319235292008-07-28T22:10:00.004-04:002008-08-04T00:27:14.837-04:00Dinner in my Backyard reduxMy wife was looking at the blog this morning and asked how the picture of the deer had come out so well since I had taken it through our kitchen window. I reminded her that I had turned off the lights in the kitchen to minimize reflections and then I showed her the real secret. You see I had grabbed the camera with the attached lens from the bag and had very little time to change any settings Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-53754260921009324672008-07-28T01:12:00.005-04:002008-08-04T00:27:36.303-04:00Dinner in my back yardSunday afternoon, after the thunder storms passed through Wanaque, guess who decided to come for dinner. There was a tasty tree with some low hanging branches that she just couldn't resist. The photo was shot through a closed window.D300, 18-200mm VR, 150mm, f/5.6, ISO 720, 1/10sBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-82970379000083927582008-07-27T00:07:00.008-04:002008-07-27T00:27:55.769-04:00Sunset Over Wanaque - CroppingI was looking back at my photos of the sunset the other night and I realized that I had been to much in a rush. I got some decent photos but I didn't get what I really wanted. I really like this first picture. The colors in the clouds mixed with the silhouettes of the trees works well but there is too much bland sky at the top of the photo and the silhouette on the left side is too tight. I Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-63271993285770131662008-07-26T12:03:00.004-04:002008-07-26T12:19:28.631-04:00Sunset Over WanaqueI have been working pretty late this week but on Thursday - despite all the rain we were having I figured I would put the camera in the car and see if I could sneak out during lunch. I didn't leave work until 7:45 and it was non-stop all day. On the way home I watched the sunset start to develop and right before I got home I went up the side of the mountain to try and get a decent vantage point Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-90523807088722981682008-07-25T00:21:00.003-04:002008-07-25T00:42:05.693-04:00Jumping off a cliff...Katie, my youngest, used to hate the water. She doesn't like to put her head in and is afraid the water will get into her eyes and go up her nose. This is the exact opposite of how I grew up. I can't remember not being in the water as a kid. My mom used to take me and my brother to Grandma and Grandpa's on Long Island and we would go to the beach. I remember going in the Ocean and if I was tired Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-37326004599289057852008-07-22T00:21:00.002-04:002008-07-22T00:36:22.421-04:00All Star Game Take 3!My last post on the All Star game (Maybe). Yankee Stadium is a great stadium and what a place for the 15 inning pitcher's duel the other night. I surely thought that the National League was going to win the game when they carried the lead as late as they did and their pitchers were doing awesome. In all reality - both teams' pitchers were on.As the game wore on it became unbelievable. My brother Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-10829872686161130332008-07-21T01:07:00.000-04:002008-07-22T00:38:15.980-04:00All Star Game Take 2!The above photo is one of my favorites from the All Star game. We had our seats right behind the National League dugout and this is a shot of the players watching the first inning on-fold. They were as excited as the fans were and spent almost the entire first inning hanging out on the dug out fence. Surprisingly - Alphonso Soriano isn't in this photo since he spent most of the game hanging onto Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392774398967266918.post-52138283093854320672008-07-19T02:29:00.003-04:002008-07-22T00:39:36.850-04:00All Star Game!On Tuesday night I got very lucky. My brother called me on Monday to let me know that he had managed to get 2 seats to the Major League Baseball All Star Game and wanted to know if I would like to join him. See - brothers aren't all that bad.We headed out to the game a little late since he got stuck at the airport due to a canceled flight. We still managed to make it to the stadium by the Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459191138203631819noreply@blogger.com0