The ongoing blog of the Tomchak family, in Wheaton IL USA

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Photo Walk Chicago

Photo Walk Chicago

By on October 28, 2011 in HDR, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

Back in September Brenda and I took the day (child-free) to spend all day in Chicago walking, talking and taking photos. I decided that I would only take HDR photos that day, so this is my first serious attempt at this type of photography. The rest of the photos can be found on SmugMug. Normally […]

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Spring Cleaning – Post Production Style

Spring Cleaning – Post Production Style

By on July 14, 2011 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

` Now that we have a little down time, some long overdue maintenance and cleaning started today. It’s amazing how much dust had built up in the rack, and especially in the RAID drive systems. It was so bad we had to roll the RAID systems outside to blow them out one drive module at […]

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Some Seattle Photos

Some Seattle Photos

By on July 2, 2011 in HDR, Photo Post, Text Post, Travel with 0 Comments

It has been very nice after the months of work leading up to this project, to finally have a little down time. I got here 2 days early so I’ve been taking advantage of the time. I walked a LOT yesterday and took some photos, got plenty of sleep and have been getting caught up […]

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Some Random Photos From My Trip So Far

Some Random Photos From My Trip So Far

By on June 30, 2011 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post with 0 Comments

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Four New Shoes

Four New Shoes

By on May 4, 2011 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

After 5 years, the Prius is finally paid off, and to celebrate I decided to buy it a new pair of shoes. Well, maybe not so much to celebrate the payoff but more because the tires were so bald that I would practice drifting on a regular basis on the way home. I was actually […]

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My Princess

My Princess

By on March 30, 2011 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

What could be more satisfying than having my baby girl fall asleep all snuggled up on my lap. Location:Home

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How Many Languages Can You Say “Lions” In?

How Many Languages Can You Say “Lions” In?

By on February 16, 2011 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post, Text Post with 0 Comments

Eleven. That’s how many. It’s a week of on-site translations for a video we did a few weeks ago. It’s being translated into 11 different languages.

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The All Star Bath Time Line Up

The All Star Bath Time Line Up

By on February 15, 2011 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post with 0 Comments

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Arrival at Manchester Grand Hyatt

Arrival at Manchester Grand Hyatt

By on January 7, 2011 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post, Travel with 0 Comments

The view from my room.

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My Little Snow Flake

My Little Snow Flake

By on December 9, 2010 in HDR, iPhone, Photo Post with 0 Comments

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