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"If you aren't afraid to fail, then you probably don't care enough about success."

Mark McCormack

The Best of 2016

    The following is a smattering of images taken while I'm doing stuff on the weekends in the year 2016 (in chronological order). They are representative of the best events, not the best photography.

1/9 - Still using the Lumia 1020. Best camera phone ever!
1/9 - Out on the town with the guys.
1/9 - It's a crowded restaurant so we have to sit near the door.
1/16 - Teresa taking care of her new nephew.
1/16 - Chris got pulled in to play with the dolls.
1/16 - Hanging at Serfresa's house is lots of fun!
1/17 - It was great to see Sara Gazarek at the Hilton Midtown hotel.
1/23 - This is why I grew the beard. For the snow!
1/30 - Model didn't show for a photoshoot, so I'm outta here.
1/31 - Chelsea Market is really cool!
2/6 - Seems like a good day to do some juggling in Bryant Park.
2/6 - M. Jolene sent me a care package that happened to have some great hot dog toppings.
2/6 - I don't know what's going on here, but my wide angle lens works pretty nicely.
2/8 - Photographing Chuck Schumer at the BIO CEO & Investor conference.
2/11 - It's fun to randomly run into people you know.
2/13 - Shooting at MADE Fashion week.
2/13 - Colina Strada's show was pretty cool.
2/13 - Playing Minecraft with Little A. Watch out for those arrows.
2/14 - Style Fashion Week is going on today.
2/15 - Time to hang with some SI Swim models.
2/15 - Hi Nina Agdal.
2/15 - Daniela Lopez is super fun.
2/15 - Oh yeah, that's me on E! News with Hailey Clauson and Ashley Graham.
2/21 - Out for a hike. Look out for power lines.
2/28 - Rooftop bicycling in White Plains.
3/4 - Open a Ramune bottle for Anthony and he drinks for a day. Teach him to open a bottle of Ramune and he drinks for a lifetime.
3/11 - It's Westchester Restaurant Week by the way.
3/13 - It's exactly like "Easy Rider" except with girls.
3/17 - Yay! A new Samsung Windows 10 tablet!
3/20 - Hey, Angelina is working at the Batman vs. Superman premiere at Radio City Music Hall.
3/20 - Tons of celebrities were at the premiere. Here's young Catwoman.
4/1 - Lunch with some of my brother's friends before we go to Jeff Cranson's wake.
4/1 - Elise, you have something in your teeth.
4/1 - I've known these guys since 1st or 2nd grade.
4/1 - After party.
4/2 - We miss Jeff, but it's great to see old friends.
4/2 - Standing around in a circle talking just like we did before school 30 years ago.
4/3 - Hi Ray and Amber!
4/13 - It's another $1 Video Vortex movie night at the Alamo.
4/15 - Beautiful day for a cruise on the motorcycle
4/16 - This was an awesome seminar at the Microsoft Store about textiles in technology.
4/16 - Had to try out the HTC Vive VR system before it was released.
4/17 - It's always fun to see super-star Alicia Witt when she's in town.
4/22 - Prakash Patil's birthday party
4/23 - How many guys does it take to clean up after shooting a bunch of bottles with BB guns?
4/27 - The one dollar movie looks scary.
4/30 - What?! No beard on Adam? Who is that?
4/30 - The Bike Expo had a fashion show.
5/1 - I rode the 5 Boro Bike Tour in the freezing rain and it was awful.
5/8 - It was very challenging for Little A and I to build a house underwater.
5/14 - Whoa! Look at these crazy swivel chairs we found!
5/21 - What did you say about not wanting to be on my Best of 2016 web page?
5/28 - Time for a fashion show on a boat.
5/28 - Manhattan bikini boat rides sure are fun.
6/1 - Oh yeah, we're going out for lobster rolls.
6/5 - Dave wanted to try out the Samsung Gear VR.
6/5 - When you've had one of those nights.
6/7 - T-Mobile Tuesdays means free pizza and a movie! At least for a couple weeks.
6/11 - Visiting with Mason and the family.
6/11 - What's that look for?
6/11 - Dessert time
6/11 - Me and Cousin Amy took Mason in the jeep.
6/18 - Hailey Clauson recognized me from when we were on E News together in February. :)
6/18 - Harry likes the mermaids at the mermaid parade.
6/18 - The beach at Coney Island.
6/20 - Me and Rich have Surface Pros.
6/20 - We're at an awesome Huawei Matebook press event at the top of the World Trade Center.
7/1 - Some people know how to have a birthday party.
7/1 - Ready to dance.
7/2 - Another boat cruise around Manhattan.
7/2 - Of course we have a fashion show on the boat.
7/3 - Fireworks are going to happen at the Kensico Dam
7/4 - This view of the Manhattan fireworks would have been nice, except it started pouring so we left!
7/9 - Body paint day!
7/10 - There's a Pink Picnic at Govenor's Island.
7/14 - Checking out the new Moto Z smartphones.
7/16 - Doing a video shoot in the lighthouse on Fire Island.
7/22 - M. Jolene is very excited about how the numbers on her horse trailer license plate are divisible by 3.
7/22 - The old Surface Pro 2 has found a good home.
7/23 - We're ready to go.
7/23 - Looking for lunch, but Malcolm's not here.
7/23 - We made it to the top of Mount Battie.
7/23 - It wasn't easy, but we finally found the geocache.
7/24 - Now it's time for some bouncing!
7/24 - I could do this without a trampoline when I was younger.
7/24 - Ninja Warrior practice!
7/24 - We're a bit exhausted now.
7/29 - A weekend in Florida to see Cousin Michelle!
7/29 - We went to the cupcake ATM of course.
7/30 - Beach time!
7/30 - We burried Hailey in the sand.
7/31 - Now we're off to Cape Canaveral.
7/31 - We made it to the Kennedy Space Center.
7/31 - That's a big Saturn V rocket!
7/31 - Let's all touch a moon rock.
7/31 - Cousin Amy will fly the Space Shuttle.
8/1 - A little balloon fun before going back to the airport.
8/1 - And now we go back north.
8/5 - Just going for a walk with one of my friends.
8/5 - Little A Skype called me while in line for the OneRepublic concert.
8/5 - OneRepublic convinced Gabriella to take a night off for a fun concert.
8/5 - OneRepublic was pretty awesome.
8/6 - Harry plays Pokemon Go while driving.
8/9 - Oops, I got hit by a truck's trailer on the bicycle.
8/12 - Jaime & Anthony found a geocache!
8/17 - Another awesome Video Vortex VHS movie night.
8/20 - Can you spot the person that's not looking at their phone?
8/20 - Awe yeah, Xbox Kinect Dance Off competition at the Microsoft Store!
8/26 - Testing the new Hasselblad True Zoom Moto Mod.
9/2 - First ride after rebuilding the bicycle... and the frame's head tube is cracked.
9/2 - Mason loves coloring maps on the computer now.
9/3 - Cousin Benjamin's birthday!
9/3 - Little kid yoga.
9/4 - The corn maze was not easy.
9/4 - Hey, look at all this hay!
9/4 - Playing at Grammy's.
9/5 - Faux Pa's got a giant book of maps.
9/14 - We did Soul Cycle and got super sweaty.
9/17 - Time for the International Bikini Contest (on a boat cruise around Manhattan).
9/18 - Great balancing at the Mideval Faire at the Cloisters.
9/24 - On the kissing bridge at the Rennaissance Faire.
9/24 - Queen's Landing at the Renaissance Faire.
9/24 - Can we get the sword out of the stone?
9/25 - It's a Pocketnow tech journalist get-together at Sushi Samba.
9/27 - Finally made it to a Rachel Yamagata concert.
10/1 - Finally met Bill Allen aka Cru Jones from the awesome move; Rad!
10/1 - Hanging out with other Rad fans.
10/2 - Since my old bicycle frame broke. It's time to build a whole new bike. We're going all carbon.
10/9 - Uh oh, the Dee Dee Twins were at Comic Con!
10/12 - Paint job accomplished. Needs a few more parts though.
10/15 - Captain Adam of the Starship Adamprise. Wait.
10/15 - Visiting yet another Space Shuttle.
10/15 - The Intrepid museum was really cool.
10/15 - Don't let the facial expressions fool you, this is good BBQ!
10/21 - 17 lbs with pedals? That'll do for a new custom full carbon bike.
10/22 - Trying some new cameras with photography friends at the PhotoPlus Expo.
10/22 - We give thanks for this wonderful bowl of Ramen by photographing it. (Photo by Jess)
10/23 - Testing out the new build at the Kissenia Velodrome.
10/26 - Vernon wanted to take my picture at the Microsoft Surface event because I'm still using a Lumia 1020 from 3 years ago.
10/27 - Danielle won a VHS tape at the Homemade Horror Hallow-Rama!
10/28 - Checking out the Huawei products.
10/29 - Kevin & Jyn going for the funny pregnancy pictures.
11/4 - Tech journalists waiting for another press event.
11/11 - Skype call with Little A
11/13 - Little A wanted this book for her birthday, so I got the author to sign a personal copy for her.
11/13 - Thousands of people protesting something about Trump, but I just want to walk through Central Park.
11/19 - We went bowling! Yay!
11/20 - Supercross racing sure looks fun.
11/27 - The Christmas light shows are going on in NYC.
11/30 - Have some Buffalo Fries.
12/2 - Chili Cookoff time! Mine had lamb and mangoes among other things.
12/3 - Hey, I know you! This lighthouse is great!
12/8 - Trying out the Surface Hub after getting a daily deal.
12/8 - Yeah, we need some pho!
12/12 - Another day, another deal at the Microsoft Store.
12/14 - The NES classic is in short supply
12/16 - Star Wars Rogue One was a great movie.
12/17 - Playing old NES games on the Xbox One is great.
12/25 - Christmas at Grammy's
12/25 - Movie night with the cousins!
12/26 - Let's have Christmas sushi.
12/26 - We had an awesome time at the hibachi place.
12/26 - In the back seat, letting the kids drive.
12/26 - Goodnight, A!
12/26 - Playing Star Wars Kinect is still super fun.
12/27 - Christmas with my nephew!
12/27 - Making our own Minecraft toys
12/27 - This game won't end well.
12/28 - Snacks & Crafts at the Library
12/28 - Mason insisted on the Harry Potter scavenger hunt even though neither of us knew the answers to any of the clues.
12/29 - Learning how to paint our own Minecraft characters to import into the game.
12/30 - Lily is taller than her parents!
12/30 - Hanging with Ray & Chris in Connecticut.
12/31 - Getting wicked sick on New Year's Eve.