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dwPortraits.com 2.0

Dustin Wright — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:52:23 +0000

Hey everybody, it sure has been a while since I posted anything here. During that time of absence I created a new website for my photo venture, dwPortraits. When you get a few minutes I would greatly appreciate it if you would check it out. And if anyone is interested, I am also trying to build a portfolio and would love the opportunity to tak pictures of you and the ones you love.

http://dwPortraits.com

Holiday Photos 2009

Dustin Wright — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:17:37 +0000

My mom has wanted, for a while, to take some family pictures to send out with Christmas cards. This past weekend we finally did it. Now, I will admit that at first I was totally against semi matching outfits, because I think that’s cheesy. But I’ve changed my mind, the pictures came out really good, and I think the white shirts helped.

Growing up I hated taking family pictures, but continued maturity (and progressive sanctification), have mostly beat that out of me. But it seems that I passed that bad attitude on to Rachael, who was a pain the entire shoot. But alas, we did manage to get some good shots of her, and we all ended up having a good time.

View the gallery.

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San Antonio Zoo

Dustin Wright — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:38:58 +0000

We took our first family vacation to San Antonio and Austin. One of the days we spent at the San Antonio Zoo. It seemed to be real nice, with lots of animals and nice landscaping. I think I got a few pics that are pretty cool.

View the gallery: San Antonio Zoo

the Gaylord Texan

Dustin Wright — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:40:11 +0000

The Gaylord Texan is a Hotel/Resort in Dallas, TX. It is a massive indoor riverwalk that is cooled to a comfortable 72 degrees even on the hot 102 degree day that we went. There was a lot to see there. All kinds of waterfalls and fountains along the river kept things interesting.

We ate at the Riverwalk Cafe which was a buffet style restaraunt with some pretty good food. It is a beautiful place to visit, but I would bet is a bit pricey to stay at..

Check out the pics in the gallery…

Changed My Mind

Dustin Wright — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:42:07 +0000

OK, I give up. I said I was going to create my own custom theme, and made some good progress on it, but it is eating up too much of my family time. In fact, most of my online activities tend to take me offline with my family and that is not what I want. So I decided to just tweak an existing (and elegant) theme that someone else did, and I am happy with the result.

I have also added a gallery to this website (instead of sending you to a different place), and I encourage you to check it out.

No more change. At least for a while.

Mother’s Day Pictures

Dustin Wright — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:07:28 +0000

Mother’s day was great, my mom came over and spent the day with us. We laughed and played with the kids and ate some good food. I don’t know how I got this lucky, but my mom brought some fillet mignon for me took cook up on the grill. I had never cooked a fillet before, but they came out perfect. It was a very good day.

In the middle of a couple months of constant rain we got one day of sun and decided to take advantage of it. I have added some pictures to the gallery that we took (without any earlier planning) to remember that day.

View the Gallery…

Change, Kinda Sorta

Dustin Wright — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:02:52 +0000

I have been working on a new theme for this website, but it is not far enough along to activate it, so I decided to put up a temporary theme that will get me by until I finish up with the one I am working on.

I will also be moving most of my faith based content to another website over the next week or so and will use this site as more of a family based site.

Change. Yes I Can.

Dustin Wright — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:50:48 +0000

Over the next few weeks there will be less posting to this blog, I am not neglecting it, but rather working on some new stuff for it and using all of my free time to work on the new direction.

I have been in the process of creating a new blog for my faith based content to live on and using this one for my family focused stuff. It isn’t because I don’t think it’s important to share my faith with my family, but rather I think that most of the people out there that would be interested in what I will be doing with the other blog don’t really care to see the new pictures of Rachael or Isaiah, and at the same time, I want this site to be more accesible to my friends and family without them having to sift through all of the other content to get to updates on my family.

Anyway, you can expect change in the future, and it won’t be in the form of bailouts or crazy social programs.

Mosaics by Massaro

Dustin Wright — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:21:31 +0000

A couple of months ago I finished up work on my mom’s new website. The old one was very busy and not a very good professional representation of the art that she does. My thought with the new one was to make it much more professional and have more of a feel of mosaic art. I wanted to feature more of her art as well as make it more usable.

For the back end, I use XML files for much of the content so that she can easily add and rearrange items without having to get into any coding.

My mom uses her maiden name for her mosaic business because it is Italian and therefore more related to the Italian mosaics of old.

She has a bunch of pieces for sale and does commissions as well.

Check out MosaicsByMassaro.com.

AVSonline.tv

Dustin Wright — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:42:27 +0000

Audio Video Systems

I have worked with Bill at Audio Video Systems (AVS) for a year and a half (I think), and worked with him for another couple of years when I was in California (he moved to Texas too and we got working together again). He’s a great guy, and even if I wasn’t in the industry, I would use AVS to do my audio and video work.

I have been working on a new website for AVS for the past month or so and have finally finished it up. It ended up being a lot more stressful than I thought because I underestimated the anticipation for it to be done. I had wanted to do it in my free time, so I could take all the time I wanted to play around with different ideas and see what I liked best, but once they found out about it, they started putting deadlines on it. So the leasurley pace that I desired ended up being a sprint to the finish.

It did turn out well though, and I believe that we are all happy with the results. Check it out when you get a chance (and subscribe or check back often for news from the AV industry), and leave a comment below to let me know what you think.

Audio Video Systems
http://avsonline.tv