Engagement pictures in February

It can be done. I met Angela, and John in the old market passageway Sunday morning. It was pretty cold out, but nice and warm inside for us. The pictures turned out great. It helps when you you have 2 good subjects.


Tony
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Weight loss motivation

What happened to my motivation to stay thin? I know exactly what it takes to be thin. I just don't have the motivation. For most of my life I have been fairly athletic. I played high school football, and basketball. I've run 1 full marathon, and about 10 1/2 marathons. I've done small triathlons, I enjoy lifting weights, and I love cycling. Until about 8-9 years ago I would maintain a fairly strict diet which would allow me to easily compete in the kind of activities I enjoyed. Now I seem content sitting at the kitchen table with my laptop, and a bag of chips, or cookies, and milk, etc... The problem is I really enjoy winding down at the end of a day that way. It's entirely in my mind. I finally get the kids to bed, my wife is in bed already as she gets up at 4 AM for her 5:30 shift. Then I start my unhealthy routine.
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I recently heard of something called "the crowbar effect" . It's a technique in which you try something drastic to change a habit, or ritual. I'm going to try to go to bed by 9PM, and get up at 4AM. Maybe that will be the crowbar I need.

Songza

I'm having a great time with my new Internet discovery. www.songza.com is my new toy. It's a free listening service. Just type in the song, or artist you want to hear, and BAM there it is. It's got a few bugs, but it's free. You can create a play list which is cool. At the very least you can listen to a Song before you buy it.



Tony
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Another album choice

I've found a company that will host, print, and bind my designs at a very reasonable price. Here is a link to the first sample I have coming in: Chrysalis and Dan .
So far they are extremely easy to work with. I am using the same 2 page spread design I use with the Graphi Albums. I have to tweak each image to fit the format, and the seam is more visable than the Graphi album, but at $175.00 it's a really, really great album.


Tony
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Till Debt do us part.

According to a Gallup Poll 54% of all divorces are due to money problems. I guess that makes it the number one cause of divorce. I think young, newly married couples are especially vulnerable to money problems. Money, and possessions are easy to count, and therefore have become the number one status symbols in our society. However I don't think I will be thanking God for my possessions, and money on my death bed. I think the things you will be most grateful for will be your relationships. Dave Ramsey has been a great resource in my life. www.daveramsey.com . I listen to his podcasts a couple of days a week, and I've read 2 of his books. I think he could be a tremendeous help to a newly married, or engaged couple. Check him out.



Tony Petersen
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Snow day pictures

It's been snowing all day, so we stayed in. These pictures were taken at around 8PM. The first picture is my terrific Daughter on the computer. Probably Barbie.com . The second picture was taken from my sons bedroom window while he slept. I steadied the camera against the window pane.



Tony
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My favorite eguipment

People are often shocked at my equipment at the weddings I shoot. They often come up to me, and say "I have that same camera". My favorite wedding day camera is the Canon Digital Rebel. When I first started going digital about 6-7 years ago I was trying all of these high end Cameras. They took great pictures. I was having a lot of fun with them. Then I bought a rebel to use around the house. It was so light! It has a plastic body, and the new ones are just smaller in diameter. Yet I defy you to see a difference in image quality. All of the canon lens' fit on the rebel. I often shoot an $800.00 camera with a $2000.00 + lens on it. The real key is choosing the correct lens for what you're trying to convey in the image. My favorite combination is the Rebel with the canon 16-35. I feel like the way I use that lens has helped me brand my pictures. I couldn't live with out it. Just remember the brush doesn't make the artist a good artist.


Tony


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