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Howdy, I've always had a dual focus in life, especially in college and university... both technical and artistic. As a result I have degrees in both Arts and Sciences. I tend to not have much chance to use the artistic side of the brain while working as an embedded systems engineer, so it tends to come out after hours. I've had a few years worth of photography classes in college, and always found them enjoyable, but had more success with the camera than in the dark room. Some time ago I started digitizing my 35mm negs and playing with them in a digital darkroom, someday I'll upload a few of those scans as well.

Unless otherwise stated, all images copyright Chris Abbey or Cory Abbey. (rule of thumb: if it came from a Powershot SD600, it's Cory's.)

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Flora : Flowers are always such wonderfull subjects. They tend to sit still better than just about anything beyond a bowl of fruit, and they're so beautifull.

Flowers are always such wonderfull subjects. They tend to sit still be ...

Updated: May 18, 2008 9:50pm PST

Arizona/Utah Road Trip '06 : Shots from our '06 road trip to my parents house in AZ, and a couple of the National Parks in the area, Zion and Grand Canyon. The weather didn't exactly co-operate with us in Zion, so there aren't as many shot there.

Arizona/Utah Road Trip '06

Shots from our '06 road trip to my parents house in AZ, and a couple o ...

Updated: Oct 28, 2007 12:51am PST

Quinn Vincent : Quinn Vincent.

Born at 23:13 on 6 August 2007. 7 lbs, 9.2 oz. 20" long, 13" head & chest.

That's almost 12 hrs after we arrived at the hospital, with only a Pitocin drip for the last 3 hours or so... no other drugs... the nursing staff were all just as impressed with Cory as Veronica and I were. Best pain killer for her seemed to have been a deep primal scream that I'm told was heard clearly throughout the birth center. Oh and for those expecting dads out there... get a doula, you're not going to regret it.

Additional photos oncoming... say for the next several years. Subscribe to the feed (see links at bottom of page) for automatic notifications in your browser when we add new ones. Now sorted with newest images first.

Quinn Vincent. Born at 23:13 on 6 August 2007. 7 lbs, 9.2 oz. 20" l ...

Updated: Jun 15, 2008 11:39pm PST

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As I was sitting here doing the basic setup on my new smugmug account the wife ran by saying "grab the camera and come out side". Sure enough... a wonderfull sunset tonight.

elmothered wandering in the fields, off in her own little world. As you can see, somehow the camera managed to visit her on that world.

At the rest area on I90 at Chamberlain, SD this lone tree stands out on the edge of the plateau, it's got an almost sculptural shape to it that I just loved.

"These are not the droids you are looking for."

The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone river... pouring into the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.

For some reason this shot just screams "I want to be a movie poster" ... or maybe a book cover ... or maybe I'm just nuts. :)

Petey, one of the inhabitants of the backyard of the cabin. Here enjoying a sunflower seed left out for him. This generation of Petey (the famiy's generic name for all squirel lie critters) seems far more skitish of people than those that were around when we last vistied the cabin three years ago.

"We are not amused by the Flashy-Flashy... get to the filling of the rumbly-tumbly already."

"Hey babe, got milk?"

Allen Centenial Gardens on the UW Madison Campus.

I have an 8x12 Lustre finish print of this hanging outside of my office at work, it's a very popular print.

See my Wall Art gallery for print options.

Sunset over the southern tip of Nevada, as seen from Arizona on my parents front porch.

A rare sight in the park, an empty road. We were there midweek, just a week and a half after their peak weekend of the year. The place was still insanely packed, though it's hard to tell that in some of the preceeding images. ;)

The Roaring Mountain.

A rainbow of natural colors, near the roaring mountain.

Another shot of the beautifull shafts of sunlight.

The wife and I on a flight back from Florida.

Rochester is an old city, there are many old stone buildings scattered through out. This appears to have been a stone grain silo that was part of a farm on the east side of the city. It's now mostly soccer fields and baseball diamonds.

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Video Fun : Just someplace to play with smugmug's new feature

Just someplace to play with smugmug's new feature

Updated: Jan 05, 2008 2:52pm MDT

QVA Announcement : Quinn Vincent Abbey's Announcement Card (online version)

QVA Announcement

Quinn Vincent : Quinn Vincent.

Born at 23:13 on 6 August 2007. 7 lbs, 9.2 oz. 20" long, 13" head & chest.

That's almost 12 hrs after we arrived at the hospital, with only a Pitocin drip for the last 3 hours or so... no other drugs... the nursing staff were all just as impressed with Cory as Veronica and I were. Best pain killer for her seemed to have been a deep primal scream that I'm told was heard clearly throughout the birth center. Oh and for those expecting dads out there... get a doula, you're not going to regret it.

Additional photos oncoming... say for the next several years. Subscribe to the feed (see links at bottom of page) for automatic notifications in your browser when we add new ones. Now sorted with newest images first.

Quinn Vincent. Born at 23:13 on 6 August 2007. 7 lbs, 9.2 oz. 20" l ...

Updated: Jun 15, 2008 11:39pm MDT

Arizona/Utah Road Trip '06 : Shots from our '06 road trip to my parents house in AZ, and a couple of the National Parks in the area, Zion and Grand Canyon. The weather didn't exactly co-operate with us in Zion, so there aren't as many shot there.

Arizona/Utah Road Trip '06

Shots from our '06 road trip to my parents house in AZ, and a couple o ...

Updated: Oct 28, 2007 12:51am MDT

Montana Road Trip '05 : Shots from our '05 road trip to my wife's family's cabin in the Boulder river valley in the Gallatin National Forest area of Montana. Also an excursion into Yellowstone National Park durring the same trip.

Montana Road Trip '05

Shots from our '05 road trip to my wife's family's cabin in the Boulde ...

Updated: Sep 03, 2006 12:42am MDT

Flora : Flowers are always such wonderfull subjects. They tend to sit still better than just about anything beyond a bowl of fruit, and they're so beautifull.

Flowers are always such wonderfull subjects. They tend to sit still be ...

Updated: May 18, 2008 9:50pm MDT

Sunsets : I love sunsets, always have. I suppose sunrise is just as beautifull... but I'm very very rarely awake when the sun comes up, and if I am, then I'm usually in no mood or condition to take pictures.

I love sunsets, always have. I suppose sunrise is just as beautifull.. ...

Updated: Nov 01, 2006 8:40pm MDT

Geocaching : Random geocaching related pics. See http://geocaching.com/ for more info on the sport.

WARNING: various pictures in this gallery could spoil the location of various caches we have visited for you.

Random geocaching related pics. See http://geocaching.com/ for more i ...

Updated: Sep 15, 2006 5:57pm MDT

Textures : I've always collected textures with a mind twoard using them for desktop wallpaper abstracts.

I've always collected textures with a mind twoard using them for deskt ...

Updated: Oct 21, 2006 2:25pm MDT

Home is Where the Heart is : A slowly evolving Virtual Tour around Rochester, MN.

Home is Where the Heart is

A slowly evolving Virtual Tour around Rochester, MN.

Updated: Sep 15, 2006 6:13pm MDT

Frozen Tundra : mostly unsorted images from the Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic.

mostly unsorted images from the Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic.

Updated: Feb 11, 2006 8:39pm MDT

Smokey : The number of shots of the little fuzz ball seems to be growing, so I'm forking her off into her own gallery. See also three samples of her in my misc gallery.

The number of shots of the little fuzz ball seems to be growing, so I' ...

Updated: May 28, 2007 8:56pm MDT

Winter :

Updated: Mar 03, 2007 11:35am MDT

misc : Hodgepodge of random things... gear, samples, whatever.

Hodgepodge of random things... gear, samples, whatever.

Updated: May 29, 2008 12:05am MDT

Wall Art (Prints For Sale) : This gallery will hold all of the really good images from around my site that are suitable for really big prints to adorn walls. All proceeds will go into Quinn's college fund.

(currently a work in progress)

Wall Art (Prints For Sale)

This gallery will hold all of the really good images from around my si ...

Updated: May 19, 2008 4:32pm MDT

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