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A few pictures from Ian and Andrea’s wedding tonight. Nothing compared to Casey, but that’s why he gets paid. Excited to see this day finally come for these two.

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The game was loud, the game was excited…but the game didn’t quite go our way. Still a fun experience to see the Hokies kick off the ‘09 season. A few sights from the game:

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Opening Kick. Let's get this party started! [HDR

Hokies' 1st play of '09

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Ok, so I’m a little behind on week 2’s pics.

I like giving fun presents. Self-serving? Hmm, I guess maybe. But it’s more fun experiencing joy firsthand. So for Kim’s birthday, I gave her tickets to the Rascal Flatts concert. A warm September night in Virginia Beach, why not sit on the grassy knoll and enjoy a nice evening outside?

The rains came, and the rains poured, and we stood out in the rain for two hours before RF made it on stage. Then the rain stopped.

My first country concert, and I have to admit it was good. Next time we’ll sit under the cover.

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It seemed like it would never come. We had planned a great vacation to San Diego for months, and it seemed so far off. After a busy start to the summer (buying a new house, running a mission trip, working, taking classes [Kim, not me]), it was finally the beginning of August.

You really can’t argue with the weather: sunny with a high of 75, every day. We covered about 800 miles in southern California, including a stop at Petco Park to see the Padres play. Tim Stauffer (UR ‘03, we were in an intro music class together in college) started for the Padres that night, and it was the first time I had seen Tim pitch in person since the spring of ‘03 out at Pitt Field. The bullpen couldn’t hold off the Braves, so Tim ended up with the L that night. This was one of his first pitches of the night:

The last evening we were in town, we ventured up to Sunset Cliffs to watch the sun fall off the Earth. It never disappoints.

More pictures on Flickr

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I’ve got plenty of new pictures from the summer, so it’s time to start fresh with Picture of the Week.

Back in July, my brother and I decided to spend an evening watching baseball. With the departed Braves long gone from Richmond, we hit I-95 south to Petersburg. The Coastal Plain League features college players in a wood-bat summer league throughout southeast Virginia and the Carolinas. This was pure baseball. It was a great evening for baseball, just a hundred or so fans, and a comeback, extra-inning victory for the hometown Generals. Who knows, maybe we saw a future MLB All-Star that night.

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This is one of my first ventures into HDR (high dynamic range imagery). It takes images at various exposures and combines them together to more accurately depict the true picture you see. More of my HDR images on Flickr.

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My ultimate goal is to hang this picture on the wall of my office, but since I’m moving offices before the end of the summer, I’ll “hang” it here instead. Camden Yards is one of the greatest places to watch baseball in America (my humble opinion), and without baseball in Richmond this season, I am excited to see the young Birds play a couple times this season. I took this a few weeks back, when they beat the Rays. Next up: Braves vs. O’s for 2 games next weekend!

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