Tag!!! I'm It!

Well I guess I deserve it, since I haven't had much of an opportunity to update my blog recently, but Armin tagged my blog and so I am forced by the Creed of the Blog to comply. Anyway the way this works is:

1) You tag someone by commenting that they have been tagged on their blog

2) You must post 5 songs you are embarrassed to admit you love

3) You must tag 7 other blogs (which will be a stretch for me as I read like 5 blogs...one of which is Armin's, one of which is Erin's who has already been tagged and Strobist...and David wouldn't even notice that he'd been tagged and is in Dubai right now anyway)

So here it goes...some of these will date me a little...so those of you who don't know my age will probably be able to guess after this post...

1) A recent favorite, only technically a song as it was created as a gag for the TV show "How I Met Your Mother", but wonderful nevertheless. It's "Let's Go to the Mall" by Robin Sparkles...

2) By far one of the most addictive songs and to this day use this song when I feel like blasting all 1500+ watts out of my subwoofers in my car..."Ninja Rap" by Vanilla Ice as seen in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 - Secret of the Ooze, and YES I know all the lyrics, but NO I will not be pulling an Armin on this one!

3) A rather strange song for me to enjoy, as I had never even heard of the performer until way past the prime of his career..."It's not Unusual" by Tom Jones

4) Apache by the Sugarhill Gang takes the number 4 spot...amazing song...play it and no matter what mood you're in you will start to dance around and do the cowboy dance move (I played it at work realllllyyyy loud as a joke once, no one could resist- kinda like Dave Chappelle's experiment on getting white people to dance when they hear an electric guitar)

5) The Final Countdown by Europe...this song, while amazingly awesome by itself, is made even more inspirational if you have seen a few episodes of Arrested Development...yet I would be embarrased to no end to play this in public.

So who am I tagging?

Ian Cozens at thekarmapolicearecoming.blogspot.com

Matt Schrader at sillyman.org

Peter Bang at Peterbang.blogspot.com

If I can think of anyone else...I'll add them to the list...maybe I should start reading some more blogs?

edit: Since sillyman.org has multiple authors (and technically I'm one of those too, although I've only made one post there) I'm tagging Matt Maddox and Patrick "Matt" Schrader as well!

A Sea of Blueshirts

So a few weeks ago I was at the Gaylord Waterfront Hotel near DC for a event for my company, and WOW! I'd never even heard of this place before but it was huge! There were about three-four companies having events simultaneously and still had plenty of room left over. Imagine 700-800 employees in blue shirts and kahkis, with room for at least 200 more to sit down with only 75% of the room having tables and chairs!!! The meeting was our annual territory Tech/Leadership Tour where they talk about all the new exciting technologies rolling out this year and announce big changes in the way the business operates or markets itself. It was pretty informative and I always have a blast hanging out with people that have similar interests...a room full of hundreds of electronic gizmo junkies is definitely my kinda place! This all happened a few weeks ago, but I hadn't got a chance yet to even download my photos, let alone post some up on my blog. I've been running DSLR trainings it seems like everyday since up until this past week, and next week I've got another training I'm running, then there will be a little break for Noah...he needs one. Some of these photos are from the Tech tour, the rest are from some of the trainings I was running.

HUGE Auditorium

The gate can see you!

This was the CHECK-IN COUNTER!!! It was bigger than some hotels I've stayed at!

You know a place is crazy nice when they have digital maps that update what conference is in what room and when every hour!

George and his reflector...sorry George, couldn't resist!

The view from the dock outside

Yes it's true...I'm well versed in the Sony's too...

Joey was confused for a while...

Brittany and Aki from Tysons playing around with a 40D

Cesar being a wise guy covering up the flash on the Oly E-510

I had a blast being out of the store for a week and a half doing nothing but talking about DSLR's and other technologies... I wish I could do that all the time...oh wait I do!

P.S. Sorry to everyone for taking so long to update this page. I will try to find time over the next few weeks to keep it interesting...

noahhayes.net

Well it's not a fullblown website with pricing and everything, but it sure is a step in the right direction. Don't have any idea what I'm talking about? I'm talking about NoahHayes.net which is a portfolio site for me and a way for me to sell images to my clients and anyone who wants a print of one of my images. You can actually click on ANY of the images and order anything from wallet sized prints to full 20X30" metallic prints with fine grained walnut frames! You can even order photos imprinted on T-Shirts and coffee cups! This just launched today and I'm very excited. My plans are to have a full blown website by mid-June which will be found by going through noahhayesphotography.com or noahhayesphoto.com!!!

I wanted to use noahhayes.com as my main site, but apparently some bizzare company bought noahhayes.com for a male pattern baldness medication site. The truly bizzare thing? The guy who owns the site is named Rob or Larry or something like that...and his last name isn't Hayes. His registration of that site though expires in July and I have placed a preorder on the domain as soon as it frees up.