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yesterday was so nice outside we decided to let the kids burn off some steam. Daniel's friend Ayana (Yawny) decided to join in on the fun as well. I decided to snap a few photos while I was out there. It was good for me to get some fresh air as well since I have been cooped up in the house since last Friday.
Hope you enjoy your weekend!
David
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Pumpkin carving and general fun
This weekend was a ton of fun. Saturday we invited my mom and sister over for some pumpkin carving, we do this every year and we normally do a lunch, dinner, or lupper along with cake and other festive treats followed by the pumpkin carving, and general goofiness.
This has become a great tradition now that we all have kids. Even our neighbor joined in on the fun. I truly enjoy just getting some time to hang out with them and teach the young ones how to carve up a pumpkin.
Sunday we decided to skip church since my mom was willing to watch the kids and allow me and the wife to have a date afternoon. It was a great time. Me and Jess never get to spend time away from the kids and although we love them to peices, having a moment to sit and enjoy a meal with your partner in life is a precious thing. However, you’ll probably laugh, we took our date at Chili’s and then went to Sam’s club to do the weeks grocery shopping 
Enjoy the photos.
A Weekend GetAway in Floyd
So this weekend is my wife’s birthday and as a treat we all decided to go to Floyd, Va. Me and my wife met in floyd and always love to visit as it is such a unique little town right off the blue ridge parkway. The weekend has gone great, cool weather, lots of space and a ton of family time. Enjoy the photos below. (tip, click on one image to make it big and then use the left/right arrows to navigate)
A Great PhotoShoot
Recently my family (Mom, Sister, Nephew, Brother-In-Law, my Wife, and both of my Boys) went to Burlington because my Mother got a deal at O’lan Mills and wanted a christmas picture of us all. We travled almost an hour to a K-Mart and tried to get all the boys to sit still for awhile… impossible. It was fun but also nerve-wracking. So when my wife decided that we needed to do something similar for our christmas pictures I refused. I have all the equipment needed to take studio quality pictures and don’t need to travel to get everybody to the set.
So we setup a day that we thought would be comfortable for everyone and did it.
I setup a green-screen and two super-bright lights with diffusers I then set everyone in front of the camera and the outcome was great. We got a lot of good photos, there was still some stress but nothing like the traveling was.
The one thing I would like to sum this all up with is that the equipment I had cost around $1,200 (not including laptop or editing software) the cost of an olan mills photo with digital rights is about $400 for one photo and I dare say that the outcome of my photos might be better. Don’t be scared to do it yourself.
Enjoy the pictures below.
David Bates
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This seems exactly like the kodak patent. Kodak patented a way to view photos taken on a screen which is commonplace and a required feature on every camera device. Almost all camera companies pay some royalty to Kodak for use of this technology. This doesn’t seem odd to me as five years ago a newsfeed was not a common item and social media was barely beginning. I think it is smart of Facebook to do this and will ensure their longevity in the marketplace
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