We come in peace, take us to your leader. Aspirations of world domination aside, I'm just a computer nerd with a digital camera and a girlfriend who likes to race inline marathons.
After several years, I finally bought myself a pair of skates; but judging from the first couple of attempts I think I have a way to go before I start doing crazy things like marathons. This means that I get to be a cheerleader (without the pom-poms and skirt, you don't want that). Bringing my camera along seemed like a great idea, that way my better half could have some awesome pictures to show for her troubles, without paying an outrageous price to get them from the action sports pros.
Not wanting to end up with some crumby snapshot, I started playing around, practicing to find that perfect shot. What better to practice on than the skaters whizzing by me in droves. So I end up with a ton of pictures that I have no real reason to keep. This gets the gears turning and I realize, "I bet that there are a bunch of people in these pictures who would love to have them." So I put the entire collection on the Internet, dropped a few notes that there are pictures to be had, and watched my web server come under attack by the masses; I guess demand was higher than I thought.
While inlinepics.com has gone through a number of revisions, the purpose has remained the same. To provide inline skaters with memories at no cost to them. I am not trying to put the professionals out of business; they are far more talented than I am, they have better access, equipment, publicity, and they are going to get better shots than I do. I don't make a dime from this website; I think of it as a hobby.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
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