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As I prepared this most-recent new-year’s eve post a few weeks ago, I figured an easy way to take stock in 2008 would be to cruise through the digital photos we took through the year. Pointing Dolphin into the server’s image directory, however, was disappointing … while I expected to see more folders full of photos than I could possibly review, I found only 29. Granted, they marked big things, but I felt like someone who purports to be an incorrigible shutterbug should have shot more than this.

After new year’s, when we all headed back to work, a colleague asked me if I’d made any resolutions. To be honest, I hadn’t thought of any, but as we chatted, my behind-the-lens disappointment resurfaced. So I resolved on-the-fly: 2009 will be more photographic. Fortunately, a week later, one of these came along:

Secondhand? Yes. Well-loved? By many. But it was a bargain, and my 20D loves it. Between it and the EF 35mm prime that Dad gave me a year-or-so ago, I’ve already added six new folders to “the vault”. That’s six new events – and by this time last year, I’d only taken six photos total.

I’d say we’re on track with this resolution, so far! Now let’s hope it doesn’t go the way of the diet plans and swear jars in so many other households…