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This is the second year Ashley, my wife, has competed in, and finished with a greatly improved time, the New York City Triathlon.  This is also the second year she has had me as her personal photographer / pit crew / and cheer captain and I had to share some highlight shots of the day!

For the last two years, Ashley has trained with Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training, a group which trains together in an effort to raise money for cancer research.  It’s a wonderful organization, and if you have ever contemplated training for one of these amazing feats of endurance, I totally recommend you check them out.  The sense of community that comes with being a part of TNT is worth the price of admission, and raising money for such a worthy cause at the same time is bonus.  Feel free to check out Ashley’s fundraising page here.

Congratulations to everyone who participated!  Finishing a triathlon is such an amazing accomplishment, especially in the heat and humidity we had today!

At the Women’s transition area this morning at 4:30 am.

Ashley getting ready to swim

Swimmers at the start in the Hudson

This was Ashley on the bike portion of the race.

I knew she was doing fine because she had enough energy to blow me a kiss and keep on riding!

Ashley was a mentor this year and this was one of her mentee’s Jason.  He seems a little surprised to have recognized me.

You can see the great blog he and his wife Jessica put together chronicling their preparation for the race here.

This was the beginning of the run portion as the racers ran along 72nd street into Central Park

The sign I made for Ashley was not nearly as cool as some of the other signs people had along the race.

Ashley with about 50 meters to go until the end.

Me with my triathlete at the finish!  As long as you are racing, I’ll be there cheering you on, Baby!  Great job!

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I don’t know about you, but Ashley and I have an ongoing “New Yorker’s Bucket List” of sorts.  There are certain things we feel every New Yorker must experience while living here, and watching the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Display is definitely one of them.  Sure, the lines are long, the view of the display can be less than ideal, and sitting on the scorching hot asphalt of the West Side Highway for a few hours before the fireworks start is not the most comfortable way to spend a holiday.  But sharing the same experience with about half a million fellow New Yorkers was a pretty exciting thing to be a part of.  And apparently the Macy’s Show is one of the largest in the world, with something like 40,000 shells exploding at 1,500 per minute!  It looked great!

I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July!  And if your view of the fireworks was better than ours was at 55th st. and West Side Highway, send us a picture.  Maybe we’ll try for a different spot next year!

I’ve been away from blogging for a little while.  But I’m back with some shots of our honeymoon from Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.  Ashley and I went back and forth discussing honeymoon possibilities from traveling around Europe to taking a cruise out of Manhattan.  Eventually we realized all we really wanted in a honeymoon was peace and quiet together, sand between our toes, and some kind of umbrella drink in hand while we watched the sunset.  Playa Del Carmen, Mexico fit the bill perfectly.  We had a wonderful wedding, wonderful honeymoon, and wonderful time spent together.

Adrienne and Sandy’s wedding is Monday and I can’t wait to get back to photo work!  I’m a little worried my shutter finger has atrophied so I’ll be doing finger exercises all weekend to prepare.

My aunt Betty and uncle Kermit are celebrating their 25th Wedding Anniversary today!  Congratulations!  They wanted to get some portraits together to mark the occasion.  My fiance and I have pretty much turned Betty and Kermit’s house in Lincoln, Nebraska into our base of operations for all of our wedding plans as it is not too far from where we are getting married.  This portrait session was an excuse for me to help pay them back for all their help so far.   Kermit has also agreed to take our wedding pictures and we can’t wait for that!

Congratulations Betty and Kermit!  Here’s to another happy 25!

The last time we photographed this little guy in July, he was just a few days old, and very upset about being in the world.  We snapped a bunch of beautiful shots of him sleeping because that’s about all he wanted to do.  Well what a difference 6 months makes.  He is now smiling, giggling, and even flirting with my fiance.  Back off Ethan, she’s taken!

Ashley and I had a good time visiting family out in Nebraska and it’s always a treat to visit the babies of the family.  I snapped some pictures of Ethan’s cousin, Kaleb in the last blog post.  Ethan’s going to be chasing Kaleb soon enough and then look out!

hmmm.  Something new to play with…and in my mouth it goes!

Ethan and my cousin Tessa

You may remember my cousin’s son Kaleb from the blog post of the last time we were in Nebraska to visit family.  Well, he’s grown a lot in the 6 months since that photo shoot, and developed a personality that just makes you want to laugh out loud every five minutes!

Here are a series of pictures randomly snapped while we were all waiting for lunch the other day.  His cousin, Ethan, was also the subject of many of my shots and I’ll post those next.  Kaleb has developed a fascination with having his picture taken and then trying to see his picture on the back of my camera.  The last picture below was taken after he climbed over me to see one of these pictures.  He was also very good at pushing all the camera buttons.  Good thing Nikon makes a baby-proof camera!  I just gotta remember to wipe it down between sessions!

As most of you probably know by now, as it’s the only thing we’ve been talking about for 3 weeks, Ashley and I rescued a one year old long-haired Dachshund named Ruby.  As the newest member of our family, it is my job to take at least 900 pictures of her per day because she’s just so darn cute.  She’s going to need her own dog blog soon!

Enjoy a few of the highlights so far.

Can anyone guess where I now sleep?

With those ears, we’re worried she’s going to fly away!

Stuffed animals last a good 2 hours before this happens.

So, the way I see it, there are two wonderful perks about getting engaged;

1) the pure joy you feel which comes from pledging your love to that special someone who you are about to share the rest of your life with, and

2) the gift registry!

I don’t know how many of you New Yorkers knew about this, but Crate & Barrel schedules regular Gift Registry Events to encourage engaged couples to register with them.  Ashley, my fiance and partner in crime, and I found our way to the SoHo store the other night with wine and hors d’oeuvres in one hand and a registry scanner in the other.  We had a great time and I thoroughly recommend it for all you New Yorkers soon to be married.  Of course, having the entire store open to us, we may have requested a few things that probably won’t stay on the list.  Like this sleigh bed for $1,199.00.  But it would look so great in our house!

Now, if I could just talk a camera store like B & H into hosting something like this!  Put me…I mean us…down for the new D3s camera please!

A number of wedding vendors were on hand to offer their services, from cakes to dresses.  It was like a mini bridal show!

Ashley with the scanner!

A lazy summer Sunday.  Some people watch movies…I play with photoshop!

These were grapes from my Aunt and Uncle’s back yard that I photographed over the Fourth of July weekend.  My family probably thought I had gone crazy from heatstroke because I was out there in the back yard photographing plants while on my back with a camera!  Oh, well.  The things I’ll do for my art.

Hope everyone’s staying cool and enjoying their summer!

Last Sunday, my fiance, Ashley, #1214, competed in her first triathlon, and I was up bright and early to show my support.  4am to be exact!   The New York City Triathlon had 3,000 participants plus one Ashley Delegal.  She has been training since March with Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training, a group which raises money for cancer research, and was able to reach her goal of raising $2,600.  I blogged about one of her fundraisers at Jake’s Dilemma here.

This was my first time watching the race and I gotta say, it was quite an amazing thing to see.  The first picture below was just a section of the women’s transition area with a view of New Jersey in the background.  The participants went from here to their group’s start on a barge in the Hudson.  After swimming one mile, they came here to grab their bikes for a 25 mile ride up and down the Hudson Parkway before the 6.2 mile run through Central Park.  There was a crowd of New Yorkers cheering them on every step of the way.

I’m so proud of Ashley and everyone else who participated!  Finishing this race is quite an accomplishment!

Ever wonder if you can swim in the Hudson?  Here’s the proof that you can.  Although I don’t know that many of the participants would recommend it!

Yep that was me.  The photographer/fiance/cheerleader!

This was Ashley close to the finish line.  After the race, I text-ed family and friends to let everyone know she finished.  I said, I don’t know how she did with her time, but she came across the finish line smiling and I think that says a lot!

Me and my hero!