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August 29, 2005

Belated photos from Friday's VRWC gathering

After receiving further orders from Karl Rove, I can now publish a few more photos from the VRWC blogstravaganza on Friday.

Actually, my preference for taking non-flash photos is the real problem: the Nikon Coolpix 4300 just doesn't have enough light-sensitivity to take hand-held shots without a flash in low-light conditions. I strongly prefer taking non-flash shots because I don't want people to have to interrupt their conversations (or heated arguments) either to pose for a shot or to recover from the unexpected burst of light.

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Brenda Tipper (of Tipperography and Kateland (of The Last Amazon), with Brian Mertens (Free Advice) in the background.

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David Warren (who is actively avoiding opening a blog) and Mike Brock (On the Attack). Mike is busy live-blogging the gathering on his Blackberry. Or Blueberry. Some sort of fruity electronic device, anyway. Either way, apparently, I was "disturbing" him.

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Commandante Bob, showing the same mysterious hand gesture which appears in almost every photo of him. On the right (how appropriate), Paul Tuns looks at one of Greg Staples' photos of the event. Greg will live to post again, as he graciously did not post the eye-searingly scary photo of me. Good call, Greg!

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Kathy Shaidle won the prize for the best T-shirt of the evening. And again on the right, Greg Staples, "Commandante Hand Gesture", and Paul Tuns get further Rovian instructions.

My apologies to the folks whose images I don't identify . . . I am perhaps the worst person in the world for remembering names correctly. No slight is intended, and I'm happy to make corrections as needed!

Posted by Nicholas at August 29, 2005 10:49 AM
Comments
Dude, take a course or something. Those pictures are awful. I mean, professional photographers have a hard time making me look passable, but how the hell do you screw up shots of the ladies in attendance? Of course, I could finally learn how to post photos myself, and relieve you of the burden. But that would require work, and it's much easier to complain about your pictures than to take and post my own. Posted by: Damian at August 29, 2005 04:12 PM
You are so right. I die of embarassment. My terrible photos suffer bit-rot and infect the internet. All web pages are destroyed. On the up-side, you wouldn't then have to find out how to post your own photos! Posted by: Nicholas at August 29, 2005 05:02 PM


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