>Fun With Fish

>I actually shot this in 2000. They dredged it up from the file to go with a salmon story.

>Children's Museum

>Last week Carrie and I took the kids to the Portland Children's Museum. We discovered they have outgrown it. There was still some things that held their interest, but for the most part they were too old.

>Happy Birthday to Me!

>I'm 40-years-old today. My mind stopped maturing at age 27. My gut kept pace with my age. But, I'm healthy, and I feel pretty good. Carrie got me some Tempurpedic slippers. They're like butter!

>Oregon Beats Arizona

>Oregon beat Arizona. Here's the lead photo. Click on the link above to read the story.

>Hollywood Horses

>Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson were shooting a movie up the McKenzie River at Koosah Falls. We went up there with permission from some dude in Hollywood working on the production. We get the big run around but are finally escorted within about 100-yards of where they are actually filming. I was told I could not shoot the actors. No problem there, I never saw them. I thought for sure I was going to leave without any photos. Then, at the last minute, the wranglers come by with the horses that the lead actors are using the movie. That's all I got.

>Crab Season Open

>I love crab. I'm going to buy some and eat it very soon. It's one of my favorite things. Click on the link above to read The Register-Guard story.

>Flooding in Mapleton

>I went to Mapleton, and shot flooding, went to Deadwood to shoot a mudslide, found some kayakers in Tide, at lunch in Florence, stopped in Eugene and shot the owner of fish market, put the photos in the system and then went and shot a Tai Chi instructor before going home. It sounds easy I guess, but after driving 186 miles and working 12 hours, I'm still tired.

>The Register-Guard's Best of 2005

>Here's a gallery of the best images the The Register-Guard photo staff shot in 2005 according to our editors.

>Impressive Slam Dunk

>I shot this at the Duck game last night as they play Howard, a winless team. Click the link above to read the story.

>My First Real Audio Slideshow

>This simple audio slideshow project was published today at my paper's website. It was my first real project and it was the first time The Register-Guard has ever published an audio slideshow. It seems to be a hit. Click the link above to The Register-Guard website to play the slideshow.

>The Blue Vault

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What was once a bank vault is now a room with networked computer for grown men to play violent video games.

>Taxi Driver

>For the past year, mostly because of this blog, and because I went fully digital last January, I've a camera with me pretty much all the time. For the most part, it's been a pain in the butt. Other times it's paid off in small ways. In this case, I shot a photo of my taxi driver in Tempe, AZ. The biggest benefit is just getting to know a new camera system and practicing with it as much as possible. I'm pretty sure I've shot more photos this year than any other year of my career.

>Killing A Tree

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We went to Northern Lights Christmas Tree Farm in Pleasant Hill and nabbed a tree yesterday. The weather cooperated and we had a nice time.

>Cole Blows

>Cole had his Cub Scout meeting tonight. They played a game where they moved a cone down a string by blowing on it. Not bad for kid who supposedly has asthma. He also got his Pinewood Derby car tonight. He was pretty pumped. I told him I soup his up with bottle rockets and he'd win for sure.

>Turkey Day

>This is what my Thanksgiving Day looked like at my sister's house. That's her in the green and Jason is on the left.

>NEW INFORMATION ON THIS PHOTO BELOW

>INFORMATION UPDATE: My mother gave me this ferrotype (tintype) photo. It's about the size of a business card. It shows two men in their mid to late thirties and they are twins. They are Henry, left, and Chris Schwenn. Henry is my great-great grandfather. Which, makes them my grandmother's grandfather to be more clear. I guess Henry was a drinker and sent his daughter (my great-grandmother), Frida, on errands to bring back a bucket of beer for him. He shipped her off to live with family most of the time. She didn't did learn english until she was 12-years-old. The photo was probably taken in Cincinatti. In any event, I cleaned it up a little in photoshop and posted it here for all to see. Click the above link to see a photo on this blog that shows my grandmother and her sisters as children.

>For Sale: 1983 Honda XR500

>I've decided to sell my bike. I just don't have time to ride it. I really hate to get rid of it, but that's the way it goes. Click on the link above to see the craigslist ad.

>Greta Steal's Another Ball

>This was Greta's first game at the jamboree where they play a bunch of teams in a short amount of time. I thought it was kind of cool that some action happened in small beam of light coming through the door window.

>Cole Establishes Himself As A Gunner

>This isn't a great photo or anything, but it's a pretty funny if you know what's going on. Cole had stolen the ball at half court. He dribbled once. By that I mean the ball bounced exactly one time. He then ran with the ball about ten feet to the free throw line where he's standing when this photo was taken. From there, he took a shot and it swooshed in as he fell to the floor. At the same time, Carrie was videotaping as you can see in the background. It would have been great video but the referee walked right in front of her as he shot the basket as you can see in the photo.

>Tristen Walks The Dog

>I photographed my neighbor's child yesterday for their Christmas card. He put on a good show for me.