Finally, after much ado [& organizing & minor editing], I give you the photos from Mike & Abby's Wedding [Flickr Album]. It was one hell of a time, and I documented quite a bit of it. I've never been much of a photo-guy, but maybe that's just because I've never had a camera that I really loved. I inherited some lenses & flashes from my dad, which I use with an old Canon AE-1, but even that hasn't gotten the use that my new little digital camera has. I do like the way it shoots black & white, tho.
But back to the wedding week & weekend...
It was really about hanging out with the people. Obviously, getting to see Mike & Abby is a treat. Like a lot of my out-of-town friends, I'm lucky to see them once a year. We had some good drinking time the first night I got there, and throughout the trip. Belgian Ales were the preferred beverage, and I can't think of the Belgian White Ale that Brandon loved so much. Anyone else remember?
Ahh, Brandon. One of Mike's cronies from high school after he transferred from North to Bryan. I've met Brandon a few times, and we crossed paths a couple of years ago when he was selling advertising for a local television station, and I was the one who got to listen to sales pitches for the office. Lucky me. Brandon was also in Boy Scouts with Mike.
There's also Eric, who went to school with both Brandon & Mike. All three of them were in Boy Scouts together. Staying with me so far? Good. Now's the part where it gets inbred. Eric and I were good friends in Jr. High. We were both soccer players & on Math Team, in computer programming together, and running in the honors clique.
That's right, we were nerds together.
Rounding out the male end of the wedding party was Benjy Kahn. I've met Benjy before, too, but it's been years. And there's been plenty of changes in all our lives in the meantime. Great to swap stories with a fellow wit, and a fellow Benjamin. As if that wasn't enough, there was Ben Williams from South Africa [and his wife Jhoti], who win the furthest travel award, I think.
Met lots of other people, but these were my boys, the ones with whom I spent the most time. And an excellent time was had by all. But I'll let the photos speak for themselves.
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Tech Stuff for anyone who cares, as in not many of you: There's a great iPhoto Export to Flickr Plug-in that made this whole process easier. Seems there's also a Standalone Upload Utility for OSX [10.3] For you PC Users out there, there is also a Flickr Uploader for Windows XP [download link here], as well as one for Windows 2000, ME and 98 [download link here], or you can just check them all out at the Flickr Upload Tools Page.
I'll probably put the photos up here on the old Typepad site in a bit, as I've got a bit more versatility in displaying photos here. Flickr's just so damn easy to upload, though! The site also lets you blog photos, so we'll see whether I can turn that into an easy way to create an album here. We'll see...
I love the photos, Ben. Love 'em. The wedding was fantastic, as were the days leading up to it -- and I'm happy you were there to share so much time with the lads and me and my special lady.
Let's stir up trouble again soon.
Posted by: Holtmann | 2005.08.11 at 09:55 PM