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OT: What are some of your non-photo hobbies?
Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 9:36 PM on 02.16.10 |
->> So even in our limited free, non-work time, we do cool creative stuff for fun.
I'm a jazz nerd, collect and wear lots of wild sneakers and shoes and love drinking and pulling espresso shots and have a vintage espresso machine.
I also rock climb and love horror films.
What are some of the weird/wild hobbies you all have? |
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Jared Wickerham, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Pittsburgh | PA | U.S.A. | Posted: 9:44 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> Soccer. I still do indoor and I'll probably play til I can't walk. And I eat a ton of M&M's! |
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Peter Buehner, Photographer
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Orono | ME | USA | Posted: 10:27 PM on 02.16.10 |
->> rock climber for 15 years, whitewater kayaker, squash player,
"Lost" fan. |
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Osamu Chiba, Photographer
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Vista | CA | USA | Posted: 10:33 PM on 02.16.10 |
->> Not weird or wild, but cycling, especially on the dirt side.
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Michael Ip, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 10:33 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> sportsshooter.com |
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Bryan Hulse, Photographer
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Nashville | Tn | USA | Posted: 10:34 PM on 02.16.10 |
->> Played open volleyball, both indoors and outdoors in the sand (doubles), for many years. Now I get to play in the Masters division. Less pressure and more fun!
Mountain biking (fun and racing) and dirt biking have also been in my past.
And I'm with Peter: LOST! Great episode tonight AGAIN! |
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Danny Munson, Photographer
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San Dimas | Ca | United States | Posted: 10:38 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> Cycling, snowboarding and anything else that cost too much money. |
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Nathan Papes, Photographer
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Springfield | MO | United States | Posted: 10:43 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> Its cool that there's a bunch of climbers on here. I'm one as well, also into scuba. The rest of my time is spent by building stuff, and electronics... and drinking |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 10:49 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> Geocaching. Treasure hunting for computer nerds who feel the need to go and find Tupperware hidden in the woods using multi million dollar satellite technology. |
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Richard Uhlhorn, Photographer
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Chelan Falls | WA | USA | Posted: 10:55 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> Mountain biking... as much as I can. |
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Jack Megaw, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Pittsburgh | PA | America | Posted: 11:00 PM on 02.16.10 |
->> My addiction to soccer - supporting and playing (as much as my knees hate me for it), drinking endless cups of tea and coffee, mountain biking in the sun and skiing in the snow!
-Jack |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 11:03 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> I like to fish. Freshwater or saltwater fishing is always a good time. Also an amateur radio (N1LYP) operator, although I have turned on a radio in over a year :( |
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Sam Saccone, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Toledo | OH | USA | Posted: 11:08 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> I like to play mandolin |
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Michael Granse, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 11:31 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> I played ice hockey in college (ACHA) and I just bought a new pair of skates so that I can get back into shape and play in a local league again, but none of the goofy gladiator stuff of my past. I have also played lead guitar in area bands, and I observe globular star clusters and planets with a 10 inch reflecting telescope. I have recently started listening to shortwave radio again too, so I'll have to listen for Eric Canha. I also enjoy surf fishing on the Jersey Shore, but we have not made the trip in a couple of years. |
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David Bailey, Photographer
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Flower Mound | TX | USA | Posted: 11:42 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> MX and anything with an engine that goes fast! I'm thinking a rally car is in my future. |
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Sam Morris, Photographer
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Henderson (Las Vegas) | NV | USA | Posted: 11:46 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> Cooking. And like Steenburgh, geocaching. |
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Robert Caplin, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 11:46 PM on 02.16.10 |
->> Whenever I get the chance, I enjoy scuba diving and skiing.
As a general bit of advice, if you ever go scuba diving in Cuba, I recommend bringing along your own regulator and gauges...the rentals there are just like their cars....old and classic, but don't necessarily work like they did in their prime! I found that out at about 45 feet down with less than 100 PSI left in my tank...glad I decided bang my gauge around as it was stuck at 1500 PSI for 15 minutes! :) |
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David Manning, Photographer
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Athens | GA | | Posted: 11:56 PM on 02.16.10 |
| ->> Punk Rock. |
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Andrew Wheeler, Photographer
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Daniel Berman, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | US | Posted: 12:00 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Going to concerts, cooking, drinking with friends, exploring new places. Photography is one of my biggest hobbies though. |
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Jason Heffran, Photographer
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Natrona Heights | PA | USA | Posted: 12:02 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Stalking people on Facebook. |
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Gregory McKie, Photographer
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Seattle, WA and Portland | OR | US | Posted: 12:26 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> Cycling (mountain bike on paved city trails).
Mind lubricant "Chess".
Kite flying, both single and dual line. |
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David Minton, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Denton | TX | USA | Posted: 12:31 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> I still build plastic models.
And I too like to fish. Never got to do much as a kid, but my last few years of college I got way into it.
No boat, but I like hiking the backwoods trails along creeks, rivers and lakes shores to find places where nobody else has ever fished (as far as I can tell). |
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Allen Murabayashi, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 12:35 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> killing serial killers |
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Keith Birmingham, Photographer
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Pasadena | CA | USA | Posted: 1:01 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Working on my two model railroad layouts. Playing golf with my friends and taking swings in the batting cages. |
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Mike Janes, Photographer
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Attica | NY | USA | Posted: 1:11 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> It seems to be a list of things I USED to do - music business on the side, play ball, collect sports items as a kid, coach girls volleyball, girls basketball and baseball which I just recently stopped doing all three (last year), walk for hours. Don't get a chance to do any of that now so my lone escape when there's time is movies, and 90% of the time I'm working on something when watching! |
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Andrew Villa, Student/Intern, Assistant
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San Jose | CA | United States | Posted: 1:15 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> Like you Nic, I love pulling shots of espresso and drinking espresso at local coffee shops. My favorite roast right now is Barefoot Coffee's The Boss. I also love architecture, design, cooking, fly fishing, rock climbing and soccer.
Also what espresso machine are you using? I read a lot of the http://www.coffeegeek.com forums though I'm only using a 30 dollar espresso machine right now... hopefully one day I can upgrade to something with a dual boiler or heat exchanger. |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 1:23 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> I don't even know where to start. In no particular order:
- Football (the real kind, not the one with pads and countless play stoppages).
- Cycling
- Rock climbing
- kayaking
- Golfing
- Geocaching
- Woodworking (Furniture, fine woodworking, cabinet making...)
- watch making (combining with the above to build a Grandfather clock)
- Gaming
- Pointing out when people are wrong
- Target shooting
- Driving
- Coin collecting
- Stein collecting
- Beer (not joking either. I've actually taken vacations around europe just to sample different beers. According to the "beer diary" I've had roughly 650 different brews since I started keeping it in 2002.)
- traveling
- learning new languages
- learning in general ( I try to take between 1-3 courses a year just for the heck of it, ranging from history, to business to physics... It's probably why I come off as a know it all all the time.)
- physics (I actually have more books on theoretical physics than I do photography.)
I've always had a problem with sleeping and was diagnosed with chronic insomnia about 14 years ago after it escalated to where I was only getting about 20 hours a sleep a week for two straight months. I wasn't tired really and it was just a nuisance so I didn't want to take any medications due to my course load. They recommended that I pick up more hobbies and other things that could challenge and wear out my brain so that I could sleep.
It was actually fairly effective and I started to get more than 3 hours of sleep a night. That led to me pursuing a dual major as well as picking up literally dozens of hobbies. All the cross disciplining has also led me to be one of the most fun people you'll ever sit next to on an airplane because I can carry on a conversation with anyone about anything and actually be in to the conversation. |
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Crystal LoGiudice, Photographer
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Baton Rouge | LA | USA | Posted: 1:51 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> I spend most of my free time instructing a colorguard/winterguard (not ROTC this is the girls and/or guys on the field that spin rifle, flag and sabre) at a local high school. Me and a friend choreograph the show for marching season and design and choreograph the entire show for winterguard. So, when I have free time I sometimes go to a local park and spin rifle and sabre (or go under the stadium at LSU where it is usually dry even if it is raining). It is a great stress relief to toss a 7 on a rifle when I have had a stressful day. Though, it is funny sometimes the stares I get from people passing by. |
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David Royal, Photographer, Assistant
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Monterey Bay | CA | USA | Posted: 1:51 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> body womping |
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David Royal, Photographer, Assistant
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Monterey Bay | CA | USA | Posted: 1:55 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> oops! Make that body whomping... |
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Michael Pina, Photographer
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SF Bay Area | ca | usa | Posted: 2:08 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> PS3 Nuff said. |
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N. Scott Trimble, Photographer
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Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Posted: 2:16 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Mountain biking and snowboarding when I am not breaking bones. Paying attention to my five month old daughter soliciting spontaneous bouts of laughter from her but making funny noises and faces. |
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Andrew Villa, Student/Intern, Assistant
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San Jose | CA | United States | Posted: 2:30 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Michael, whats your psn? You play MW2 at all? my tag is villaphoto |
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John Pyle, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | Ca | USA | Posted: 3:37 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Riding my Harley and building my chopper. |
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Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 3:50 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> Hey Andrew,
I have a 1981 Italian-built Rivera, full manual machine. The thing is a real beaut.
If you ever wander down to Monterey, there are a few really good espresso bars. |
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Chris Large, Photographer
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Okotoks | AB | Canada | Posted: 4:05 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Harley . period |
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Jeff Hinds, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 4:26 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> "with age get a cage": wife got me an entry into rally driving school this march...no car for me yet but she works for subaru soooo :-)
I also ride atv's at the florence dunes a couple times a year... |
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Wesley Hitt, Photographer
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Fayetteville | AR | USA | Posted: 7:46 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> Basketball
Cycling
Snowboarding
Tennis
Jogging
Hiking
I have not had a TV in eight months (although looking) so anything that gets me out.
I plan to wear out this body. |
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Drew Hierwarter, Photographer
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Kingsport | TN | USA | Posted: 8:15 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> Motor sports, oh wait a minute, that's what I shoot too!
Our '28 Ford hot rod roadster and '47 mercury Coupe.
Car shows and car club activities.
Model cars, model railroading. |
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Robby Gallagher, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Brookings | SD | USA | Posted: 8:26 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Im a bowler. Yes. I bowl. High school team captain in 2006. Yeah... Im that guy. |
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John Vanacore, Photographer
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North Haven | CT | | Posted: 8:31 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Fishing, some hunting and raising my kids..... |
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Mark Deckard, Photographer
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Findlay | OH | USA | Posted: 8:51 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Music, both listening and playing (guitar since I was eleven), running (just ran my first marathon last october and qualified for Boston in the process), and like Thomas Witte, physics (maybe it's an Ohio thing?). In relation to the physics, my favorite tv show right now is The BIg Bang Theory, I love the montage of Sheldon and Raj "working" that just reran Monday night. Bazinga! |
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Ed Wolfstein, Photographer, Assistant
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Burlington | VT | USA | Posted: 8:52 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> Skiing (dang, I bring a camera...)
SCUBA Diving (dang, I bring a camera...)
Computer Aided Design (dang, I create virtual images...) |
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Harrison Shull, Photographer
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Fayetteville, WV | Asheville, NC | | Posted: 8:53 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> Rock climbing too - 25 years exp with 12 years of climbing full-time, 6yrs as a guide, 2 climbing guidebooks authored, 1 large coffeetable photobook of my work, and I now live 2 minutes from the New River Gorge
Dual sport motorcycle - My Kawi KLR650 and its "farkles" are a major obsession. I live in dual sport heaven here.
Light sport pilot - I fly an Airborne trike for fun and stress release - think oversize hang glider wing with two seats and a motor hanging below. Light sport is FAA's designation that means registered aircraft that are not quite real airplanes but not ultralights
Cooking, home remodeling, and playing with my girlfriend's kids |
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Jamey Price, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 8:53 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> I ride race horses for kicks and giggles. It's dangerous, its fast, its exciting, the girls love it, I love it, I love horses, and I love the feeling of sitting on a horse in the winners circle after beating the pants off the rest of the field. |
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Steve Violette, Photographer
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Gulf Breeze | FL | USA | Posted: 9:13 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Fly Fishing and fly tying - Got heavy into Classic Atlantic Salmon flies - still get funny looks when I tell people I collect feathers - triathlon once upon a time |
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Andrew Malana, Photographer
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San Diego/Tokyo | CA | USA | Posted: 9:18 AM on 02.17.10 |
->> Chasing DX and contesting!
73
AF6JX/JF1HJX |
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Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | US | Posted: 10:21 AM on 02.17.10 |
| ->> Cycling (Road/Time Trials) |
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