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Happy end of the week! It is what you have all been waiting for while you have dealt with golf and fireworks shots over the past weeks - it is time for a Riley Update! Being a dad is clearly one of the best things that has EVER happened to me. I won't over do it with the bragging and dad talk but I will say that everything is going great. He's such an easy going kid and a great sleeper. We couldn't ask for anything more! Here are a few recent shots:











Thanks for stopping by today! More posts coming soon - maybe even one this weekend! See you soon!

Welcome back! Long time no post! Every time it has been a while I always lead off the post with apologies/excuses/etc, this time I'm just going to talk about doing it and not actually do it. Sorry, it's been a long Monday! ;-)

Everything is going great here! Had an amazing weekend and got to play some golf and spend some time with family and friends. I actually shot a 74 on Sunday morning which as it turns out is one of my lowest rounds ever! Actually made a 3 putt par on the 17th hole (ugh) but still shot 36 on the back 9 which is also a personal best. I have fun playing regardless of how I play but it is definitely more fun to play and play well!

This afternoon I managed to find a little time to jump into Lightroom again and import some photos and play with the new program (which I love). After some exploring I got back to editing and FINALLY finished editing the last of the photos from the final round of this year's Players Championship. I know many of my readers will be very sad that I can't bombard you with golf photos every post but keep your head up, next year's tournament is right around the corner! Here are some of my favorites:





























If I haven't overloaded you already or you're a golf fan be sure to check out the rest of my photos from the Players Championship 4th Round

In other photography news, today I got one of my favorite emails of the year from UF with the subject line: "Football Credentials: Approved" which means I will get to be down on the sidelines for the upcoming football season shooting for the University. I really can't express how much of an honor that is and I can't wait for the season! More to come on that!

Thanks for checking in today and I am very sorry it has been a while since I have updated. I definitely have some plans for some upcoming posts including a Riley update and hopefully a guest blogger or two. Hope to see you back here soon!

A Fiery Fourth:



As promised (but still almost late) is my "explosive" post and a short recap of our 4th of July. My celebration started a little earlier than some since I turned 28 on the 1st of July. I always love this time of year since I get to celebrate my birthday and then enjoy a great weekend with family, friends, and even some fireworks! I had a great birthday dinner and celebration and I can't tell you how special it was to get to share it with my son for the first time. He's already the best gift I could have ever asked for so the rest is literally just the icing on the cake.

Unfortunately if you were in central Florida you had to deal with the constant rain all weekend like we did. Even with the constant rain on Sunday we were not going to be deterred and headed out to the Lakeland Flying Tigers baseball game. As always it was great fun and they won 14-0 (wow!). Here are a few shots of Riley and Britt in the stands during the game:







After the game the rain really got going fortunately our seats were just barely under the cover so none of us (and none of my camera gear) got wet. We were definitely concerned that the concert and fireworks would be canceled but the show went on and we were not disappointed! Here are a few of my favorite fireworks shots from the celebration of our country's independence:















If you'd like to see the rest click here to see the full set of photos on Flickr. Not that I claim to be an expert at shooting fireworks but my way of doing things definitely gets some good results so I plan on posting a "How to" blog about shooting fireworks sometime soon so stay tuned if you'd like to know my method.

Hope everyone has a great week and thanks for stopping in & hope to see you back here soon!

Sorry I couldn't get anything more up tonight so this shot from 2008 will have to do for now but be sure to stay tuned for an "explosive" post tomorrow! See you then!

TD