Photo of the week, 

That's a picture of me in Vegas.  My aunt actually snapped that off with my camera when we perambulated the busy desert streets of the city late one night.  

I'm thinking about using this image as my new logo.  I'm not sure how to incorporate it yet, but it seems to fit me and my photography.  

In other news, I just found out that my pictures were published in the Onion a few weeks back.  Normally, I would be enthralled by this, and I am, but I'm not credited as the photographer on these images.  The people who supplied the pictures to the Onion agreed to give me credit whenever my images were published.  I don't know if this was an oversight or what, but I'm not too happy about it.  

This isn't the first time this has happened.  I've been online for a couple people, uncredited, or worse, wrongly credited (someone else's name on my images).   I'm not the kind of guy to seek legal recourse for such things, unless they are blatant and malicious.  If someone is totally stealing my pictures and using them without any permission, that's a different story, but otherwise, I know people make mistakes.  Heck, I know I do.  All they need to do is correct them, and I'm cool.  

Last Tuesday I had the privilege of being part of one of the largest masses of people gathered in Chicago history, eager to watch this country elect our next president, Barack Obama.  

In the crowd of over 65,000 who made it into the park, and then in the sea of hundreds of thousands more who took to the streets, I felt an overwhelming sense of community and common cause that I hadn't felt since I was a child.  

I am proud of this country.  I am hopeful of what this country can do in the coming years.  I am amazed and awe struck at how peaceful and non-riotous this mass was.  It was a remarkable event, hopefully ushering in a remarkable time in our country's history. 

I hope you enjoy these images.  There are more on my flickr page here: 

http://flickr.com/photos/53797079@N00/sets/72157608683348777/

More soon.  

May whatever deity you choose to follow bless our distressed and divided nation.