I've always fancied myself some sort of photographer. My parents took pictures of everything when they were getting married - from camping trips with my mom's parents to watching someone tow a Jeep from a stream to the first family cat lounging on the bed with the newborn son. And, as was cool at the time, they put a lot of it on slides, so on a dull afternoon we could tack a sheet up to the living room ceiling and watch a three-hour slide show. It was inevitable that I'd pick up the bug.

The difference is, instead of having to wait for a rainy day to dust off the projector, I can welcome everyone to see what kind of adventures I've been on. This is my scrapbooking, and while the medium has changed from the days of my dad's trusty Canon AE1, the motivation is still the same.

Photos prior to the summer of 2005 were taken with my Olympus D-460. After thousands of photos over four years, I retired the Olympus in favor of a Canon PowerShot S2 IS. For Spring 2008, I upgraded again to a Canon Digital Rebel XTi, and in April 2009 I acquired a Canon PowerShot SD790 IS for those places where a camera bag the size of a purse is awkward. All new galleries are tagged with the camera used for the photo, for the benefit of the photography nerds among us.

Adventures At RPI

Battle Of The Bands 2001: D++ rocks the house, "thrash-metal" style.
Battle Of The Bands 2002: Savantic treats the McNeil Room to a whole new groove.
Campus Adventures: All the news fit to print, but not on its own gallery page.
The Dan Landberg Musical Community: It's not a band. It's family.
End Of The Year 2003: It's never over when it's over.
End Of The Year 2004: A lot goes on after the end, from packing to unpacking.
GM Week: Craziness in advertising, and it's only for student government.
Hunt III Memories: You live somewhere for two years, you'll remember it.
Lunar Eclipse 2003: Fire in the sky...not quite literally.
Poestenkill Gorge 11/2003: Look at the pretty waterfall!
Poestenkill Gorge 5/7/2004: Finding proof again that Troy and its surroundings aren't quite that ghetto.
Troy Gorge Expedition: Believe it or not, not all of Troy is dreary and depressing.
White (III-IV) Christmas 2003: We didn't just dream, we made it reality!
Winter Fun In 2001: It's only fun if you actually like the white stuff.
Winter Memories 2003-2004: You can enjoy winter if you try.

Automotive Pursuits

NHIS Weekend 2001: Our redneck indulgence of the summer.
NHIS Weekend 2002: My dad and I venture back for more, and I take my camera inside this time.
New York Auto Show 2004: One city. Tons of cars. Substantial drooling.
NHMS Heluva Good! Pole Day, June 2008: Practice, qualifying, a race and a thundershower comprise our first day at Loudon in years.
NHMS Truck/Modified Doubleheader, September 2008: My dad and I went back to NHMS in the fall for an old-fashioned doubleheader.
NHMS Nationwide/Modified Doubleheader, June 2009: When NASCAR returns to Loudon, you can rest assured my dad and I will be there.
NHMS Truck/Modified/ACT Tripleheader, September 2009: The ACT hosts its first all-star race at NHMS, bringing back the fall tripleheader of years past.
NHMS KNPSE/Cup/Modified/Nationwide Weekend, June 2010: Images from two days at Loudon for the myriad support races before Sunday's Lenox 301.
NASCAR KNPES K&N Pro Series 125 at Lee USA Speedway, July 2010: I went back to NASCAR's short-track roots for an old-fashioned Friday night race.
Demo Derby Buildup, Summer 2010: I take pictures as Adam and friends spend weeks making a race car that'll be destroyed in minutes.

Family Time

Cats: My favorite, and only, two pets.
Endicott Commencement 2007: My sister completes her four years of undergraduate schooling, and my parents continue with many more years of loan payments for the two of us.
Family Photos: I love them to death, so here they are so you can meet them too.

Political Adventures

Straight Talk Express, November 2007: Never mind "Family Guy," this was the real John McCain Experience.
Primary Week, January 2008: My first foray into politics. Ever.
McCain Football 8/24/2008: McCainiacs gather outside of HQ for a good old game of touch football on a quiet Sunday morning.
Election Week, November 2008: Every campaign comes to an end eventually. It's what we've been fighting for.
Victory Rally With Gov. Palin, September 2008: Gov. Palin stops through New Hampshire to rally her supporters.

Time With Friends

Lake Weekend, July 2001: Chillin' at the lake for our birthdays.
Lake Weekend, July 2003: A Fourth of July spent up at the lake.
RPI Commencement, May 2005: It ends for all of us eventually. For two of my best friends, it was May 21, 2005.
Virginia Vacation, October 2006: Is it bad if your friend has moved twice before you ever go to visit their new home?
Virginia Vacation, November 2007: I said I would be back. Unfortunately, I got waylaid by ten or so months.
Virginia Vacation, February 2008: An unplanned weekend results in a cat rescue mission, a drive through DC, and more waterfall photos.
RPI Commencement, May 2008: The last two standing, Chris Sarno and Jason Kowalik, graduated in 2008. I know you can't go home again, so why does it always feel like we are home when we're there?
July 4th Fireworks, 2008: Celebrating our nation's independence in a show of explosions in the night sky.
Birthday Weekend, July 2008: We didn't need a reason to hit the lake for a day, but three birthdays helps.
July 4th Fireworks, 2009: Back to Lake Winnipesaukee we went to celebrate our country's independence with boating and explosions.
Hopkinton State Fair, September 2009: Sinful food, juvenile humor, cute baby animals and a demolition derby. What's not to love?
US Speedskating American Cup I, October 2009: I discover a different but just-as-entertaining form of short-track racing.
Manchester Christmas Parade, December 2009: There's something about a parade to bring along some Christmas spirit.
July 4th Fireworks, 2010: It's not the Fourth of July without a trip to the lake, a ride on the boat, and some bursts of light in the night sky.
New Hampshire Fisher Cats, August 26, 2010: The Fisher Cats take on the Portland Sea Dogs. Who do you cheer for, the team that's from Manchester, or the team that's affiliated with the Boston Red Sox?
Boston-Portsmouth Air Show, August 29, 2010: We relive childhood dreams of being Maverick and Goose (well, maybe not Goose), at least vicariously.
Hopkinton State Fair, September 2010: Once again, we enjoy gluttony and excess in the form of fried food and sausage subs, and we watch Adam race in the demo derby, too!
A Day On The Lake, September 11, 2010: Carmine treats us to a day on the boat on Lake Winnipesaukee to close out the season.
The Deerfield Fair, October 1, 2010: A dark rainy Friday beckons with the promise of livestock and deadly-tasty foodstuffs.
Apple Picking, October 3, 2010: Kristen and I joined a couple friends to go shopping for apples that no one had picked yet.
Boat Run & The Sandwich Fair, October 10, 2010: On a sunny autumn day, we do a tour of Winnipesaukee by car and by boat en route to the last fair of the season.
Keene Pumpkin Festival, October 16, 2010: We venture to Keene for the annual downtown display of nearly 30,000 carved pumpkins.
Shapiro-Kowalik Wedding, July 2011: Back in Troy, New York, where we forged our career futures, two of our crowd forge a lifetime future.
Hopkinton State Fair, September 2011: We join the Kowalik Clan for livestock, car crashes, and unhealthy eating. Just like the year before.

Travel & Tourism

St. Croix Vacation 2002: We be jammin', mon.
Montréal Trip 2002: Oh, Canada, indeed.
Montréal Trip 2003: Back to that place north of the border to enjoy the finest in clubs, baseball, and French accents.
Montréal Trip Spring 2004: My parents like St. Croix so much, they keep going back. For us, our St. Croix is Montréal.
Toronto August 2004: Say, buddy, can you tell us how to get to the Delta Chelsea? And the Danforth? And Chinatown? And...
Montréal Trip Fall 2004: One last time, all over again.
Boston October 2005: Our annual pilgrimage finds a new home in the Northeast, for this year.
Montréal Trip Spring 2006: Old sights, new sights, but with some new travelers, it's all new again.
Rehoboth Beach, DE May 2007: The Nation's Summer Capital in late springtime.
National Aquarium In Baltimore 12/1/2007: Like George Costanza, I once thought I wanted to be a marine biologist.
Chicago Trip May 2008: Our annual quasi-reunion trip for 2008 was a weekend in Chicago, Illinois, home of jazz, blues, and Wesley Willis. Hilarity ensues.
Texas Vacation June 2009: There's always a way to combine work and pleasure without being obsessive.
Florida Keys Road Trip October-November 2009: Take a bunch of close friends, a vacation paradise, and all manner of Halloween debauchery. Add a road trip. How can you go wrong?
Montréal Trip May 2010: Four years between visits to my favorite city is far too long.
Montréal Trip November 2010: Kristen, her best friend Christine, and two lucky boyfriends head north for a celebratory birthday weekend trip to Canada.

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