November 1st, 2007 by matt
Trick-or-treating was a success for our family tonight. Our kids joined up with 9 other kids and 5 parents herded them around the neighborhood (chased them is more accurate) and helped them carry back all the booty from their conquests.
At home we sorted out all the candy that they can have (they can’t have any gluten, found in wheat, rye, barley and oats) and then fought through the sugar high and subsequent crash. A scene no doubt repeated in many homes this evening!
I got a few interesting shots of kids and sights around the neighborhood tonight. You can see them all here.
November 1st, 2007 by matt
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October 23rd, 2007 by matt
The City of Richardson (suburb of Dallas) has an annual Expo, which is a great excuse to go out and play games, visit various community groups that setup booths, and buy snowcones. They had the country dance groups from 2 local high schools perform and lots of other fun stuff to do with kids.
There was even a very talented young ballet dancer showing her stuff!
You can see all my shots from this year’s Expo on Zooomr here.
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I’ve been a Dallas Cowboy fan ever since I was old enough to yell at the tv with my family on Sunday afternoons, wondering why the first play of every game was Dorsett up the middle for no gain. I had no choice in the matter, really - growing up in Dallas in the 70’s and being alive meant that we watched the Cowboys and that the tone of our Sunday evening and Monday morning was set by the outcome of the game on Sunday afternoon.
Having lived most of my life in Dallas, I’ve ever only been to one regular season Cowboys game, however. The tickets were always too expensive for us when I was growing up, and now it’s just easier to watch them with the family on tv.
Last weekend, though, my wife’s cousin’s husband from Pittsburgh called and said that his boss had somehow acquired 2 tickets to this week’s game against the Patriots, and offered them to him. He called and asked if I wanted to go, and after convincing my wife that he did actually ask me and not her, told him I would love to go with him. He is actually a huge Cowboys fan as well - despite living in Pittsburgh!
He’s flying in tomorrow (Sunday) morning and I’m going to pick him up from the airport and head straight over to the iconic-yet-dillapidated Texas Stadium for an afternoon of football. I can’t wait!
I looked at the Texas Stadium website tonight, however, to check on their camera policy. It’s somewhat as expected but still disappointing:
CAMERAS: You may bring a small, still shot camera to Texas Stadium. However, video cameras and cameras with extended or zoom lenses are not allowed at Texas Stadium.
Not that I have a very big lens to use to capture any football action - I’m still just using my 50mm f/1.8 about as much as I can until I can buy some additional lenses - but I would love to get at least some crowd shots with my DSLR. I’m not going to risk carrying my D50 up to the gate with me, only to have them refuse to allow it in and then walk back to the car to store it probably unsafely there.
I wish I had a decent point and shoot right now - if I could I’d get the Fuji FinePix F50 that Scott Beale reviewed on LaughingSquid last month.