On the job at sunrise...

In St. Michaels, Maryland

Senior Portrait: Pat

A steam locomotive with a load of coal passes by a diesel pulling boxcars into the city on the Carolina Midland railroad, modeled by the guys at the Carolina Coastal model railroad club in New Bern, NC. (http://www.carolinacoastalrailroaders.org)

A steam locomotive pulling a consist of boxcars out of the city on the Carolina Midland railroad, modeled by the guys at the Carolina Coastal model railroad club in New Bern, NC. (http://www.carolinacoastalrailroaders.org)

The Cumnock coal depot on the Carolina Midland railroad, modeled by the guys at the Carolina Coastal model railroad club in New Bern, NC. (http://www.carolinacoastalrailroaders.org)

Waiting for the commuter train to work yesterday.

Senior portrait: Allie

An "Arlen Ness" custom Victory I borrowed for a shoot.

Abby Wambach, forward for the Washington Freedom women's professional soccer team, and member of the US Women's National Team.

Fashion shoot for APB Designs

Senior portrait: Claire

Storm last night.

Senior portrait taken at Savage Mill

No soda in the morning...

About three terabytes of storage capacity, sitting on my desk today. Cost: about $200.

The IBM 3370 Direct Access Storage drive, circa 1979. This was the type of drive connected to the IBM 4341 computer - the first large-scale machine I worked on in my career. To match the three terabytes of capacity above, it would take over 6,000 3370 cabinets at a cost of $210,000,000. Since that weighs about 1,750 tons (so does a herd of 230 male African elephants), and won't fit on your desk, you'll need about 1.5 acres of climate controlled facility, outfitted with a few hundred Leiberts and more power than most small cities. Figure about a quarter-billion dollars to get the job done.

Of course, the mighty 4341 could only handle a tiny fraction of that capacity. In contrast to the MacBook Pro on my desk connected to the drives above, the 4341 ... well, that's just a silly comparison.

The fam.

Jelly-filled Ebelskivers for breakfast.

Rented a Canon 5D with an 85mm f 1.2 L-series prime lens for a wedding this weekend. First test shot 60 seconds after uncrating the parts.

Krysta Rodriguez ("Wednesday") and Wesley Taylor ("Lucas") from the Broadway production of The Addams Family.

The flag at the Iwo Jima Memorial, during a trolley tour of DC with the Bohan wedding.

The cast!

Final scene of "The Wedding Singer".

Opening night of The Wedding Singer at RHS: the Flashdance water effect.

"Passengers must board your trains through the gates that has been assigned to it."