Desert Triathlon In Pictures

Dear Brightroom,

On the one in a million chance someone from you company visits my blog, I want to assure you that I did in fact purchase a jpeg from you for, ahem, $24.99 earlier this evening.  So I hope it's OK that I Shift + Command + 4'ed a few screen shots off of your site for my blog.

Thanks

P.

Wow, I'm coming out of the water both disheveled and defeated looking?  Shocking.  Look how my zipper strap has somehow worked it's way over my right shoulder.  And then there is the dainty grip on my swim cap.  I should be on fire right about now taking off my suit.  Pathetic.

On the bike and thus more in my element.  I remember when this shot was taken actually, because I recall almost hitting the photographer.  You are a gutsy guy, my action sports photographer friend.

What do you guys think?  Should I keep rocking the Andreas Raelert head band look?  This, by the way, is probably about a 1/4 mile before the bonk.

The Road On Race Photos

So after 10 or so races I finally saw a race photograph of me that kind of looked OK.  But it took me most of the afternoon to decide that it was, in fact, "OK".  I obsessively went back to the website every hour and then finally (and shamelessly) solicited the opinions of others. 

Gathering opinions was a mistake.  Rule 2564(a) of how I live my life with one foot in the music business and the other in endurance sports specifically states that "under no circumstances, including holiday parties, trade shows, or other work related activities (regardless of the potential plausible deniability afforded (to me) due to the amount of alcohol being consumed by co-workers) will you admit or otherwise demonstrate that you wear lycra to people you work with".

Since until today I'd never actually seen a photo of myself that I would consider buying, I'd never bothered to look at the prices.  But I was kinda/sorta thinking I wanted to buy this one.  So I went back to the site, moved the photo into the shopping cart, and hit "check-out".

$16.95 for a "medium size" jpeg.  Really?   And what's a "medium sized" jpeg anyway?  I'd like that access to that information without having to search through the photo site's FAQ page all night.  After all, I'm being asked to spend a very specific amount of money on a very arbitrarily described product.  How about a little quid pro quo?

Yes, I'm a total hypocrite.  I'll spend thousands on bikes, hundreds on running shoes and I feel bad (for myself) if I don't put at least fifty bucks into the coffers of the local bike shop each month.  But I am not down with $16.95 for a "medium sized" jpeg.  Why?  Because I'm a selectively cheap bastard, that's why.

I'm buying it, but under extreme duress.