Photo Album

2007

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	It's my lovely Rebecca, having a little fun in the hotel (we went away for the Easter weekend and left the kids with my parents).
	The lighting in there wasn't great, so the no-flash pictures tended to be a bit grainy. Mind you, I probably could have compensated by playing with the exposure and ISO settings on my camera, but I was in a bit of a hurry so I just left it on "Auto". One of the problems we've always had taking pictures with her is that she tends to blink when the flash goes off. I don't know how her eyes can react so quickly because mine can't, but it's really hard to do flash photography with her without getting a blink.
	See what I mean?
	This picture was really dark, because it was taken in a corner of the room which was lit with only one small lamp (you can see it at the left-hand side of the frame). In fact, it was unusably grainy, but I took three shots in rapid succession and averaged them to bring the graininess down (you can use the convert -average file1.jpg file2.jpg file3.jpg output.bmp function in imagemagick on linux to do that). But at least she didn't blink!
	Finally, a flash photography shot where she didn't blink! It really makes a difference being able to use that flash, although she probably still would have blinked if I pointed it right at her. I usually bounce the flash off the ceiling when indoors.
	David's birthday party. We gave up on structured birthday parties a long time ago. Nowadays, we just turn 'em loose, they grab a bunch of toy swords and guns, and have at it.
	We always have a big water-gun fight in the backyard at these parties.
	David and his friends being silly.
	The lighting of the cake, with special showcase on my smooth head.
	And of course, the opening of the presents. Apparently, with armed guard.
	The boys along with my brother Chris and his wife Grace, on a trip to the Canada's Wonderland amusement park in June
	Morgen, David, and DJ at another birthday party at the in-laws' place (they always hold one for David separately from the one we do at home).
	Detroit is a disaster, but the GM Renaissance Center is quite nice. And they have a mint condition vintage 1953 Corvette inside! Coolest car ever.
	Rebecca standing in front of the Renaissance Center and demonstrating the fine ass cleavage that I dream about at night.
	The Renaissance Center itself. It's a nice building, but it's also kind of surreal to visit there. For one thing, as soon as you drive any appreciable distance from the building, you quickly run into abandoned tenements. Parts of the community look like a ghost town, and I would hate to go wandering around there at night! Another thing that struck me was the race/class divide. In the Renaissance Center in Detroit, almost all of the service industry people are black. At the same time, almost all of the customers are white. Visually, the result is that everywhere you look, you see black people serving white people. Not good.
	David and Matthew at karate class.
	David playing soccer in the championship game of his division. We nicknamed the other team "The Pumpkins" because of their orange uniforms.
	It didn't take too long before David's team build up a 3 goal cushion.
	They won it walking away, with a 7-0 final score. David was very happy to receive his trophy and a pat on the back from coach.

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