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Another flashback photo from the roadtrip. Snapped the above photo at the entrance to Badlands National Park, and the panorama below at the main overlook of the Badlands. AMAZING view and so glad that Crystal convinced me to visit! Another … Continue reading
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Another flashback photo thanks to 6+ hours of driving to Portland today. This one goes back to our first campsite in Grant Village in Yellowstone’s West Thumb area. You can tell it was our first night in Yellowstone because we’re … Continue reading
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A bit of a flashback in photos here today, as we drive from Missoula, MT to Spokane, Washington today and I don”t really have much in terms of photos while I was behind the wheel… Instead, today’s photo is from … Continue reading
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At our first campsite here in Yellowstone we fell asleep to the sound of Elk Bugles at night. Here in the campground at Mammoth Hot Springs, they woke us up in the morning as this buck wandered up the hill … Continue reading
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Packed up camp in Grand village (after waking up to a 27 degree morning) and headed south in search of Grand Teton National Park and some type of lodging with heat for the evening. Stopped at Oxbow Bend for some … Continue reading
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Crystal and I happily stopped along the way today to see the largest phesant (below) and the CORN PALACE (above) as we drove through the great state of South Dakota on our way to Custer State Park and the Blackhills … Continue reading
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A quick stop by the Lansing Farm in Dyersville, Iowa… home to a famous baseball diamond and corn field combination known as the Field of Dreams… They built it to film the movie in the summer of 1988… I was … Continue reading
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After picking up the thank you cards from the printer today, Crystal and I sat down with pens in hand and wrote… all day… They turned out great, and we are both über excited about getting them sent out! Today’s … Continue reading
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FINALLY celebrating our wedding with family and friends in Michigan… VERY happy that so many family and friends could share the day with Crystal and I… Even mentioned to snap a photo of all of the Perna family cousins… (including … Continue reading
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Today is the one place I can think of that would top yesterday’s trip to the San Diego Zoo… the San Diego Wild Animal Park. What an incredible place… even when it’s 95+ degrees outside in the desert sun, it’s … Continue reading
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Monday here in California, — well not really… it’s actually Monday a week later in Michigan… its been a whirlwind week for Crystal and I, and honestly, while I have been keeping up on the photo of the day, it’s … Continue reading
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The last day here in Los Angeles, at the Pantages Theatre, and we setup a crew photo. The entire group of us behind the scenes creating MEMPHIS for two weeks, all on stage in one photo. The obvious choice for … Continue reading
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Today was a bit of a whirlwind. A two-show-Saturday here in Hollywood, and a quick photo-shoot between them on the streets of Hollywood. Quentin, who originated the role of Delray in our touring production of MEMPHIS was kind enough to … Continue reading
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Disneyland! AMAZING day with my AMAZING wife in Walt Disney’s first themepark! Snapped this one of Crys with her sparkly pink ears on before we went in.. (as proof, you can see me in the reflection in her sunglasses). We … Continue reading
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We spent today running around Disney’s parks here in Orlando. LOTS of photos of the two of us taken by the park’s photographers (that we will have soon) but also lots taken thanks to the front facing cameras on our … Continue reading
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As a graduation gift to my mom (who was awarded her Masters in Education on Day #119) my sister and I had a print of Dr. Seuss’ “Oh the Places You’ll Go” framed and today, I installed it on the … Continue reading
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The last day of a 3-week run here at the Kennedy Center, and I was searching for an image that would capture the essence of the building. I ended up snagging an in-camera double exposure from the box level of … Continue reading
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Got everything ready today for a quick portrait of a Grammy-winning member of the MEMPHIS family. A portrait of him in the DJ booth turned into a portrait of the DJ booth and the setup shot ended up being the … Continue reading
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Another day of ‘Debbie’ left us with all kinds of rain here in Orlando. We decided to get a few things on our list of things to do before the wedding… Little things like find my wedding band, you know, … Continue reading
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Today began with some errands… Nothing too exciting, except that my amazing fiancé had the day off work! Which meant making good use of her guest passes to the parks & spending the afternoon and evening soaking in some of … Continue reading
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— UPDATED 6/30/2012 — Finalized images and gallery (below) —D Tuesday here in Florida, and Crystal and I packed up and headed over the the left coast… on the gulf-side of the state… where we checked out out hotel and … Continue reading
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Took the initiative to create tonight… After a conversation with Todd, our A1 about a pedestrian highway overpass that we both happened to come across earlier in the day, we headed out with Kyle, our incredibly talented dance captain on … Continue reading
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And this is how you know that the MEMPHIS tour is being housed in the suburbs and not in the middle of a city. While we are performing in Washington DC, we are staying in Falls Church, Virginia at a … Continue reading
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The day started with another trip to the apple store and after going back and forth it seems that some bad RAM is plaguing my trusty Mac Book Pro. Needless to say that Aperture, the software program that catalogs what … Continue reading
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…and the speed blogging continues… Day #159 was the day that Crystal graduated from University! AND I WAS THERE!!! So unbelieveably thankful I could be here for this! and here’s the favorite photo outtake of the day! My amazing fiance … Continue reading
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Here in Columbus, Ohio we were joined by one of our lead producers for the majority of the week. Randy, one of the four founding partners of Junk Yard Dog Productions, was in town visiting family and attending Otterbein College … Continue reading
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I spend the day off today, (it’s monday, and another golden day) wandering around the Ft. Worth Stockyards… the entire day devoted to wandering with my camera and finding photographs, and this place is a great place to do just … Continue reading
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REPOST of Day #139 (from May 18, 2012). The project that today’s photo of the day was a part of has finally been published on the MEMPHIS Facebook Page and I have published all sorts of info about the day’s … Continue reading
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Two shows here in St. Louis today. the first of which caused me to be in the theatre at 11:30am. While 11:30 may sound late to most people… for us, a 11:30 call time is an outright breakfast show. Started … Continue reading
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One quick photo on the balcony of our hotel room overlooking the arch seems like such a simple thing… and yet… sometimes, it’s just not. After two attempts at taking this photo, and failing at getting my new flashes to … Continue reading
