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As you probably noticed, our blog has a slightly different look to it. We recently got a new logo (thanks Taylor) which I will talk more about soon; and we are going to be changing some of our colors as well. We may try a few different things over the next month, so please let us know what you think. At the beginning of the year we are going to "unveil" some of our new changes; which we are very excited about. But in the mean time keep your eyes open for a few of the changes.

Happy (Early) Thanksgiving.

Jessica's family came to our house yesterday to celebrate an early Thanksgiving together. It was so much fun and we always enjoy spending time with everyone. I think we could write an article about how to have a 9 person dinner in a 900 square foot house. We had all of the traditional fare for a turkey dinner and it was all delicious. Here are a few pictures of our nephews from the day.

Sunrise can be awesome.

This picture was taken at sunrise last week while I was out hunting with my dad. Sunrise can be one of the most incredible times of day for pictures, you do however have to get up pretty early. I shot this with my new point and shoot camera, I just bought it a few weeks ago, and so far I really like it. I'll talk more about that in another post.

I think what really makes this picture is the composition. I put the rising sun in the lower left corner, and I zoomed in tight so all you see are the tree limbs. It gives the picture a mysterious look.

What Are You Reading?

My friend Jon told me about an interesting website called Shelfari. It allows you to create a "shelf" with your favorite books, then you can share that shelf with others on the site and your friends. It allows you to talk about books you have read, recommend them to others or learn about new books you may want to read.

For most of my life reading hasn't been a priority, but lately I have realized the importance of reading. So I have made it a point to read more; and it has been great. Right now I am reading mostly business and marketing books and it has been so helpful and beneficial to my business. I added my "bookshelf" to my blog on the right hand side, and you can click here to see my shelf on Shefari. Let me know if you join and I will add you as a friend.

What's Your Real Age?

I came across a very interesting website, you take a short online test and it calculates your "real age" based on your lifestyle, health and stress levels. Just go to www.realage.com to try it out. I don't want to brag but mine came out very well, so what's your real age?

Thanks for voting, here's some pictures.

Thanks to everyone who voted in my poll, if you haven't voted yet just scroll down and give me your feedback. I will definitely start adding more pictures and photography tips to the blog.

So to start it off here are two pictures I took a few weeks ago. Both pictures were taken in the same spot, of the same tree; but they have dramatically different looks. I think one of the simplest and most immediate things you can do to improve your photography is to look at the world from different angles. Get down lower to the ground, or even lay down on the ground. Try to get up above your subject, or use the zoom function on your camera to gain a different perspective.

Don't be afraid to try a few different things, if something doesn't work or look right you can just try again. So next time you are out with your camera try shooting from a completely different angle and see what you get.

"Into the Wild"

Jessica and I saw the movie "Into the Wild" last night and it was amazing. It is based on the book written by John Krakauer and follows a young man who travels across the country and finally ends up living in the wilderness of Alaska for 3 months. I can't really do the movie justice here but we both really enjoyed it. The scenery, the story and the messages were very inspiring. All of the music was done by Eddie Vedder and really added to the feel of the movie. I would definitely recommend seeing it.