This gallery is a complete chronicle of my 40th year, starting on my birthday in 2008. I posted one photo each day for a year. The photo-a-day project continues in this gallery here.
March 23, 2009; Day 325.
Tailored.
Joe Murphy is one of my favorite people. He’s the president of my Monday men’s group and has been instrumental in its 30-year success. Tonight was important for this group because we needed to raise funds to ensure that the group survives the Spring dry season. The boat for our July sunset cruise must be fully paid in mid-April; we don't start selling any tickets for the event until May. So we host an auction each March and invite members to donate items, buy items, or both. We raised $871 tonight, remarkable considering the downturned economy.
Joe is modeling a vest donated by my friend Paul, who made it himself. Someone in the audience asked Joe to button it for us, so he’s enlisted my friend Raymond to make a quick adjustment to ensure there’s enough room. These auction nights are important but they’re also a lot of fun, as Joe can construct a story around each item—on the fly—to make us laugh and ultimately, cajole us into buying.
I came home with a couple of house plants, baskets, cordless phone, pillows, a wine rack, and 5 pages worth of website construction work. All good stuff, inexpensive, and all for a good cause. (The website work will save my butt; I promised to build my friend Steve a website a year ago and haven't yet found the time to do it. Tonight I exchanged money for time, and now everyone will be happy.) Anyway, it looks like this group will survive another year.
Raw: Color Temperature: 3100K; Tint: 23
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Tailored.
Joe Murphy is one of my favorite people. He’s the president of my Monday men’s group and has been instrumental in its 30-year success. Tonight was important for this group because we needed to raise funds to ensure that the group survives the Spring dry season. The boat for our July sunset cruise must be fully paid in mid-April; we don't start selling any tickets for the event until May. So we host an auction each March and invite members to donate items, buy items, or both. We raised $871 tonight, remarkable considering the downturned economy.
Joe is modeling a vest donated by my friend Paul, who made it himself. Someone in the audience asked Joe to button it for us, so he’s enlisted my friend Raymond to make a quick adjustment to ensure there’s enough room. These auction nights are important but they’re also a lot of fun, as Joe can construct a story around each item—on the fly—to make us laugh and ultimately, cajole us into buying.
I came home with a couple of house plants, baskets, cordless phone, pillows, a wine rack, and 5 pages worth of website construction work. All good stuff, inexpensive, and all for a good cause. (The website work will save my butt; I promised to build my friend Steve a website a year ago and haven't yet found the time to do it. Tonight I exchanged money for time, and now everyone will be happy.) Anyway, it looks like this group will survive another year.
Raw: Color Temperature: 3100K; Tint: 23
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
March 23, 2009; Day 325.
Tailored.
Joe Murphy is one of my favorite people. He’s the president of my Monday men’s group and has been instrumental in its 30-year success. Tonight was important for this group because we needed to raise funds to ensure that the group survives the Spring dry season. The boat for our July sunset cruise must be fully paid in mid-April; we don't start selling any tickets for the event until May. So we host an auction each March and invite members to donate items, buy items, or both. We raised $871 tonight, remarkable considering the downturned economy.
Joe is modeling a vest donated by my friend Paul, who made it himself. Someone in the audience asked Joe to button it for us, so he’s enlisted my friend Raymond to make a quick adjustment to ensure there’s enough room. These auction nights are important but they’re also a lot of fun, as Joe can construct a story around each item—on the fly—to make us laugh and ultimately, cajole us into buying.
I came home with a couple of house plants, baskets, cordless phone, pillows, a wine rack, and 5 pages worth of website construction work. All good stuff, inexpensive, and all for a good cause. (The website work will save my butt; I promised to build my friend Steve a website a year ago and haven't yet found the time to do it. Tonight I exchanged money for time, and now everyone will be happy.) Anyway, it looks like this group will survive another year.
Raw: Color Temperature: 3100K; Tint: 23
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Tailored.
Joe Murphy is one of my favorite people. He’s the president of my Monday men’s group and has been instrumental in its 30-year success. Tonight was important for this group because we needed to raise funds to ensure that the group survives the Spring dry season. The boat for our July sunset cruise must be fully paid in mid-April; we don't start selling any tickets for the event until May. So we host an auction each March and invite members to donate items, buy items, or both. We raised $871 tonight, remarkable considering the downturned economy.
Joe is modeling a vest donated by my friend Paul, who made it himself. Someone in the audience asked Joe to button it for us, so he’s enlisted my friend Raymond to make a quick adjustment to ensure there’s enough room. These auction nights are important but they’re also a lot of fun, as Joe can construct a story around each item—on the fly—to make us laugh and ultimately, cajole us into buying.
I came home with a couple of house plants, baskets, cordless phone, pillows, a wine rack, and 5 pages worth of website construction work. All good stuff, inexpensive, and all for a good cause. (The website work will save my butt; I promised to build my friend Steve a website a year ago and haven't yet found the time to do it. Tonight I exchanged money for time, and now everyone will be happy.) Anyway, it looks like this group will survive another year.
Raw: Color Temperature: 3100K; Tint: 23
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur