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Picture Overload

I’ve about 9 DVDs of digital photos that I made. There are a few scanned 35mm rolls included, but either way, its a ton of pictures–upwards of 24,000. Managing them can be a nightmare!

One of my biggest problems is that I shoot so many pictures, it’s nearly impossible for me to process them to post to an album within any reasonable amount of time. I’m revamping my process so that I can not only manage things going forward, but so I can also take care of those many neglected pictures that are waiting for me to attend to them.

Over the past three days I quickly looked through all 24,000 pictures, pulling items with specific subjects. I spotted many duplicates–where I downloaded from camera the same images more than once and gave them different names, and also came across pictures I forgot I had taken, and that need to make it into an album.

So, what’s your digital photo workflow look like?

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Truffles

Truffles is our new pet Chihuahua!

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She’s eight weeks old, and weighs just under two pounds! We got Truffles on Saturday, June 7th, 2008. Today, she had her first vet checkup, and she came through with flying colors. Kevin had to wrestle Truffles away from the staff. After her visit to the vet, Truffles made a visit to my office, where she met 8-10 of my co-workers. Some wanted to take her home.  😉

UPDATE 7/22/08: I added new pictures to her existing album–take a look at how much she’s grown!

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Atlanta Pride 2008

Atlanta Pride was held over July 4th weekend this year, instead of at Piedmont Park. Due to drought conditions and the subsequent watering restrictions, no major events were held at Piedmont Park, since it takes a lot of water to get the grass to recover from such major events. Instead, Pride was held at the Atlanta Civic Center–a lot of asphalt, and hot sun.

Saturday, we visited the Pride Market, and watched a few concerts, most notably the performances by Josh Zuckerman, God-Des & She, and Three5Human.

On Sunday, while we were waiting for the parade to start, a horrendous thunderstorm passed over us. With 40-odd other parade watchers, we all huddled close to a building that had an overhang to shield us from the rain. We waited patiently for the worst to pass so we could make it to our car to go home, expecting that there was no way the parade was going to proceed with the downpour and lightning.

As the rain let up, we were ecstatic to see the police escort that precedes the parade–yay! While it continued to drizzle for most of the parade, the brave marchers put on a great show. The rain receded, and by the end of the parade, clear skies finished out the rest of Atlanta Pride, 2008.

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Truffles @ 13.5 Weeks

Truffles visted the vet again today, for her next round of puppy shots.

Reports are that she didn’t squeal as loudly as she did last time when she got her shot, but she did not take it quietly, either. At 13 1/2 weeks, Truffles is tipping the scales at 2lbs, 8oz. According to a Chihuahua growth chart, that puts her between 4.5 – 5lbs when she hits the 18 month mark.

Truffles has one more round of shots to go, before she can start meeting other doggies and making trips to the park.

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Fire at Lenox Square Mall

Last night’s July 4th fireworks at Lenox Square Mall sparked a fire. A firetruck, conveniently located close by, extinguished the flames quickly, but not before the smoke grew into a freaky blaze.

Here’s a brief camera phone video I took of the “burning bush.”

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Visting my family in Tucson

Before heading off to Vegas, I was reunited with my Dad’s side of the family. They hadn’t seen me since I was just a baby–after 40 years we have been reunited (thanks to the internet).

While in Tucson, we visited some of the nearby sights. These include San Xavier del Bac Mission, Pima Air Museum, Tombstone, Bisbee, and even the Mexican border!

Meeting my family in Tucson, AZ was wonderful, and I’m am so happy to have met everyone! I can’t wait to go back. 

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Viva Las Vegas!

Our trip to Las Vegas was very short–we were there for only four days. But while we were there, we made the most of it!

We stayed at Caesar’s Palace, saw Cher perform in concert while she stood a mere five feet from us (she even looked down at us and smiled–we think), drove to the Grand Canyon Skywalk, walked on the Skywalk, gambled, drank, had hookers hit on us, watched drunk college kids play beer pong O’Sheas at the Flamingo, had hookers hit on us, gambled, drank, watched crazy folks ride the wild rides on the Stratosphere…well, we did a lot!

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Musings on photography, condo living, life in general, and advice column from Truffles, the chihuahua.