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Photo Friday: Family

A shot of my mom, brother and me when I was a baby: I was a chubby baby… I’ve no idea where this was taken. Probably in Chicago/Berwyn/Cicero area. Possibly Kentucky. My brother looks like a dork! (He’d say the same thing) ...

August 3, 2012 Patrick Hester baby, family, Life, me, photo friday, Photos 0 Comments

Photoshop Ninja

So. I’ve been beefing up the Hire Me page with Freelance stuff that I do, and I really wanted to include Photoshop stuff as part of that. Specifically, I was thinking of the photo restoration and touch-ups I’ve done in the past...

February 8, 2011 Patrick Hester family, photo, photoshop, restoration, touch up, touchup, tricks 1 Comments

Photo Tuesday: Uncles

I have three uncles, two of whom have been large parts of my life at different times. When we moved to California, it was my mom, older brother, aunt, uncle, cousin and grandmother all in the same house. I always thought he looked like Elwood...

December 28, 2010 Patrick Hester family, guitar, Life, Music, uncles 1 Comments

Photo Tuesday: Echo Lake

On a rainy, cloudy, cold day, I made the trip up I70 to Mount Evans, one of the 54 ‘fourteeners’ or mountains above 14k feet in Colorado. Nestled in the trees at 10,600 ft is Echo Lake, probably one of the most photographed spots in...

September 28, 2010 Patrick Hester colorado, duck, ducks, echo lake, family, Life, mount evans, photo, photography 2 Comments

Influences Part 2

I mentioned yesterday as part of this series of posts on ‘Influences’ that I’m doing this week, that a part of me felt like I was always treated like I was older than I actually was. This isn’t entirely a fiction of my...

January 12, 2010 Patrick Hester Books, c.s. lewis, california, catholic, chicago, divorce, encyclopedia brown, family, fantasy, first cousins, fitzgerald, fresno, grams, illinois, influences, Life, narnia, public school, reading, sisters, sobol, strong women, the great brain, the lion, wardrobe, witch, Writing, youngest 0 Comments

Royal Gorge-September 2009 Part 3

Well, it’s time to wrap this Royal Gorge Trip up! Just as a reminder, this is the third of 3 recaps of a trip that myself, my mom and my cousin Steve took last Saturday – we trekked down south to the Royal Gorge for some touristy type fun. ...

September 11, 2009 Patrick Hester big horn sheep, bridge, buffalo, canon city, colorado, cowboys, day trip, elk, family, fun, goats, historic, history, incline railroad, llamas, mountain man, petting zoo, point, railroad, royal gorge, sublime, suspension, vacation, white buffalo 1 Comments

Royal Gorge-September 2009 Part 2

Just as a reminder, this is a recap of a trip that myself, my mom and my cousin Steve took on Saturday – we trekked down south to the Royal Gorge for some touristy type fun. Okay. SO. Where were we? Oh, yeah – I’d just made...

September 8, 2009 Patrick Hester bridge, canon city, colorado, cowboys, day trip, family, fun, garden of the gods, gunfight, historic, history, horses, mountain man, point, railroad, royal gorge, sublime, suspension, vacation 0 Comments

Royal Gorge-September 2009 Part 1

Everyone likes a day trip, right? I know I do. I’ve made plenty of them since moving to Colorado – you have to, this place is just so damned gorgeous! One place I’ve never been before is The Royal Gorge. I fixed that on the...

September 7, 2009 Patrick Hester bridge, canon city, colorado, day trip, family, fun, garden of the gods, historic, history, point, railroad, royal gorge, sublime, suspension, vacation 1 Comments

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