Yes... I did say we live on a roller coaster... it at least it seems that way for me... I constantly feel like my emotions are running up and down lately and hard to stay "level headed" lol.

I will be plugging away at an electronic presentation for an interview tomorrow rather than finishing my pimped ride piece for the round robing thing tonight. Was told today that all 4 artists must reapply for jobs tomorrow and only 3 will remain. I only worry because I am the oldest...

Just wondered over to the Photographybb.com site today (posted link about free online magazine previously) and downloaded the latest issue of the magazine and to my surprise... one of my photos was top 3 from the last photo assignment about "Indications of Fall". It was an HDR shot of a forest from above. My second published photo of the year for 2008.... kinda feels nice

Just got home Sunday from riding 550 miles in the hills of SE Ohio. I frequent another internet forum with riders of similar bikes as mine and many live in my state or neighboring states and they put together a Ohio rally where we had about 14-15 riders that showed up to ride some of Ohio's best roads.

We must have hit the perfect weekend because the trees had already begun their fall transformations making every turn hard to concentrate on the road. There must have been hundreds...

Yep, I have seriously fallen head over heels in love... with a new camera lens. I went out on a limb and grabbed a AFS 17-55 F/2.8 IF-ED Nikkor lens. I am just amazed by the detail, contrast, and color I get with the lens. After only 50 shots... I can see a noticeable difference in my shots from the slower Nikon lenses such as the 18-55mm. I highly recommend this lens if you are Nikon user looking for better zoom lens.

Speaking of photography, I helped my father out at his place of...

Well, I get a chance to get more people practice. I volunteered to take photos again at a nearby corn festival which has pretty much grown into a fair. The photos are just close-ups of people for the web but the really cool thing is I was also asked by our head staff photographer to get a couple feature photos that they can use in the newspaper too. The staff photographers are too busy to cover the event so they asked me to cover and get 2 nice and "cute" photos. Kinda cool because I will...