Shot from a few weeks ago

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:07:46 -0400

I shoot quite a bit, but less than 1% of what I shoot ever makes it online. Here's a shot from a few weeks ago.

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More shots from yesterday

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:04:47 -0400

I decided to post a few more images from yesterday. Hope you like 'em.

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Rosegarden004

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New camera = New photos

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:53:13 -0400

I bought a new Canon 40D, so today was photo day. We hit up The Little Theatre Rose Garden and Pullen Park. Check out my shots, and then head over and check out Brandy. She also got a new camera.

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A full day in Chapel Hill

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:02:56 -0400

I typed a nice, long post on Vox about my trip to Chapel Hill. Before I posted it, though, Explorer crashed. So, now you get a few less words.

I have visited Chapel Hill several times since attending UNC in the early 90s, but those trips were usually quick trips to grab some food, or to visit a friend. Yesterday was the first time in years I actually spent an extended amount of time there and I noticed a lot of changes. There were new apartment buildings, hotels, new campus buildings and new monuments on campus.

One new change that made me a little sad was the closing of The Rathskellar, a restaurant that has been a fixture of downtown for almost 60 years. Brandy and I walked down Amber Alley (see photo below) with intentions of eating at "The Rat," but were met with a locked door and the absence of signage. The Rat wasn't anything spectacular. The food was good, but not incredible. But the atmosphere was really cool (one room looked like a cave, another looked like a train), and there was a lot of history in that place. Apparently, the deteriorating condition of the building and a failure to pay taxes for several months forced the owner's hand in closing. The owner, as wel as some people in the city, want the location to reopen so maybe it will happen. But, for now, The Rat is gone.

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We also went to Morehead Planetarium. The last time I was there, I think I was probably in 5th grade. The planetarium really is more of a kid attraction, designed to educate children about outer space. But, we decided to catch a show anyway. We watched "Destination: Space" in the "dome room." The dome room is really cool. In the center of the room is a huge "Zeiss" robotic projector. That projector, along with abourt 150 other smaller in the room, is used to display the video content on the domed roof of the dome room, hence the name.

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No trip to Chapel Hill is complete without visiting The Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, or "The Dean Dome." This is where the Tar Heels play. It is one of the top complexes in the country.

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I took several other photos. Perhaps I will post more later... or perhaps not. =)

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More photo shoots

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:27:41 -0400

It has been a while since I posted, but almost no one reads this when I do post. So, I don't think I have been missed enough to feel bad for not updating. Hello, three people who read this. =)

I went to Jacksonville/Sneads Ferry at the beginning of the week. I decided to set up a few photo shoots while I was there. I had to deal with one no-show, and another model who was so excited to shoot with me that she simply didn't call me back. But, I still managed to squeeze in three shoots... in one day/night! Here are a couple shots:

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Kobe Bryant and Kenny Smith

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:47:04 -0400

This made me laugh. Kobe Bryant has a new shoe coming out at the end of this month. The advertisements for the shoes have him jumping over stuff to show you the kind of ups you get from the shoes. In the first promo, Kobe jumps and Aston Martin. Here's the video plus a parody of the ad by Kenny Smith.

Kenny Smith (doesn't) jump over an Aston Martin!

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Photo shoots in Jacksonville

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:01:31 -0400

We took a trip home to see my parents in Sneads Ferry at the beginning of the week. Since I was going to be in town for a few days, I decided to set up a couple of photo shoots. Here are some of the sights:

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Company photo

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:57:43 -0400

If it were 1978, would you have invested in a company whose corporate picture looked like this?

1978

Yep. That's Microsoft in 1978.

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Beka

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:25:06 -0400

Here's a picture from a photo shoot I did about a year-and-a-half ago. I edited a small number of the photos at the time, but I went back tonight and saw this one. I kinda liked it, so I edited and got it ready for the web. Here's Beka.

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KISS

nobody@vox.com(Tom Taylor) — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:48:09 -0400

Alright. I'm a big KISS fan, but this was still pretty funny.

KISS - Rare, Incredible Performance!

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