Photographs

Portland Auto Show (Feb. 2004)
Went to the show and took the Canon digicam along. Wish I had gone earlier, as the place was far too crowded, which was not conducive to taking pics of only cars.

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Portland Zoo (Nov. 2003)
Went to the zoo to put the new Canon Powershot digital camera through its paces, plus it has been a couple years since my last visit to the zoo.

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My Summer Vacation: Ukraine (July 2003)
In June/July I spent two weeks in Ukraine. I flew from Seattle to Amsterdam and then to Kiev. I saw many of the major sights in Kiev during my first few days there, then I flew to Simferopol (in the Crimea), and went by car to the Black Sea coast for five days of sun, sea, and relaxation. Then I spent the final few days of my trip in Kiev.

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3-D Graphics

TrueSpace 3.1 renders
Back in the mid '90's I dabbled in 3-D graphics using Caligari TrueSpace 3.1 software. Once I had gone through a good chunk of a tutorial book (Caligari TrueSpace 2 Bible), I learned the basics of 3-D graphics. It was fun, but was also horribly time-consuming designing meshes from scratch, as well as creating new texture and bump maps. Lots of fun, but lots of work. On the plus side, TrueSpace is probably one of the most intuitive low-end 3-D apps available. Highly recommended.

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Drawings

I've always had a modest aptitude for drawing, however my interest in it has waxed and waned over the years. I was into it in elementary and middle school, but other interests displaced it. Back in the mid-90's my interest was re-ignited, but life and other distractions caused my interest to subside again. Here are some samples.
 
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