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Happy Memorial Day!, originally uploaded by Tony DeFilippo.

To all those who serve, their family and friends! Enjoy the great weekend!

MSO = Minimum Service Obligation

For those of us who opted into Navy ROTC that meant 4 years active, 4 years reserve as a minimum obligation for taking the scholorship and the commission.  I had a fantastic time in the Navy and would go back and tell the 18 year old me to do the same thing again.  But 8 years ago today was commissioning and as of now I am eligible to become a completely free agent.

Funny thing about the inactive ready reserve (of which I am a member) is that once you reach your MSO you don’t automatically get unregistered, it requires a second ‘resignation’ to complete.  So I guess that is the next step.

I sure can’t believe it’s been 8 years…

Red Barn - Red Light, originally uploaded by Tony DeFilippo.

We had a fantastic camping trip at the Turner Farm in Winchester this weekend! Most of the crew made it out and we enjoyed the dry weather and new venue (for the group).

I think the 4-wheeling back to the cabin was a huge hit and it was strange to not need to sit around the fire the whole time just to stay warm. There are a couple of pictures on flickr and the majority is on facebook. Let me know if you don’t have access and want to see some.

Oh, and Melina Zimet made her first camping trip, she did great and I hope it is the first of many more!

- A special thanks to Uncle Jeff for getting the upstairs toilet working, we all are grateful!

Beetleflection, originally uploaded by Tony DeFilippo.

I did my first volunteer shift for ARTOMATIC tonight. On my way out this great shot of a vintage Beetle, in a no parking zone, w/ dramatic red light overhead and a cool reflection underneath presented itself. My lucky night!

The shift was fun, not terribly productive on my part but I met some cool people and got some good ideas for my own exhibit which at this point is still ‘all in my head!’

ARTOMATIC Registration!, originally uploaded by Tony DeFilippo.

‘m in! I was # 204 on the waitlist and somehow got an email Friday, picked my spot on Sat.

I’m on the 9th floor, on one of the inner walls (drywall not plywood). Anyway I didn’t want to write down my info so I snapped off this frame.

Now I just need to come up with my exhibit!

If you don’t know what Artomatic is check it out at artomatic.org

Glorious ending, originally uploaded by Tony DeFilippo.

I just found out how to post to the site directly from a photo I’ve sent to flickr… this is cool!

The shot is from Northern Neck last weekend. It must really be tough seeing this every night!

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

What a great weekend.  The first summer feeling weekend and it really delivered!  Today it hit 90 and definitly felt it on my ride home from NN in the convertable.  I think Knish is ready for an A/C recharge too…  I had a great time in NN with the whole family including wishing Michael and Grandma happy birthdays!  Dad, Grandad and I also got to take a late afternoon flight in the Bonanza which was a great time (only my second flight!).

I got another ‘can’t pass up’ deal on craigslist for a new to me lens. This one is the Nikon 35-70mm f/2.8 lens and most of the shots below are with that lens…  

I hope everyone else had a great weekend!

7,361 miles, 1,424 pictures, 12+ friends, 9 days, (x)$ = 1 Great Spring Break Trip.

We’ve been home since early last Monday morning but work has been busy, and free time filled for me at least processing the 1,424 pictures I shot over the course of the week.  I’ve been publishing in batches to both flickr and facebook, and neglecting this site.  In more multi-web portal goodness news I’ve found that I can link both my flickr site and this blog to my facebook newsfeed so I guess that makes things a bit simpler for people to find out when i’m doing new stuff.

Anyway, the trip was a huge sucess and a ton of fun.  I had alot of interesting lessons learned and observations from a photographic sense which I discussed over at photo.net and got great response from the forums there. Since I haven’t spelled it out elsewhere I will also explain my photo posting reasoning, basically people photo’s (or ones of particular interest to friends and family) go on facebook, scenery, plants, stuff w/out people goes on flickr.  I intend to use the blog here to pull out my most favorite of each category but not try to document everything.  Hope you enjoy!

Friday mid-morning in Vegas… The Florida girls are in full swing in Vegas.  We are gearing up for Heather and Mike’s wedding this afternoon at a place called Firerock Canyon (I think).  It should be gorgeus despite a bit of overcast right now.

My first round(s) at the craps tables is in the book and I hesitate to say that I’m actually up so far! Not much picture taking thus far though I made up for it on the drive from Kingman, AZ where we spent the night before last.  We drove over Hoover Dam coming north into Vegas. 

We didn’t have time to do the Dam justice but I was impressed by our couple of brief overlook stops. Lots of pictures to prove it as I practiced my one hand driving, no look shooting w/ focus fixed on infinity technique… Can’t wait to see the results!!!

Couple more days here in the city that doesn’t sleep (or is that NYC?), already dreading Monday morning!