Shaved Penquins Photo Blog

My bro's friends lil boy...

2008-07-26T15:06:00.000-04:00

PIMP at 1...

My favorite shot of my pup.

2008-07-25T14:38:00.001-04:00

Nalas new dew...

2008-07-24T12:07:00.000-04:00

Our little lion pup.

MONTANA!

2008-06-09T17:28:00.000-04:00

My first trip to Montana... I really wasn't sure if I'd ever make it to that state but I was glad I did. 90 degrees and dry. Congrats to my friend Isaac and his new bride Jennifer.

Dirt track racing...

2008-06-09T17:03:00.000-04:00

My boss does dirt track racing on the side and during a trip to SAV he took me out to one of the tracks in Pooler, GA. It's going to a wild time seeing it in person!

USCG training...

2008-06-09T16:55:00.000-04:00

I took this shot from St. Pete airport. This pilot did 20+ approaches to landing and stopped to hover right at the last second. It was quite the show...

2008-04-17T18:16:00.000-04:00

Taste of Chaos 2008, Lauras Proposal

2008-03-29T23:31:00.001-04:00

I asked Laura on March 8th, 2008.

I did it quietly and kept it between just the two of us. The big concert plans are still happening but now its going to be an engagement gift instead of an event.
Thanks to all of you for helping me plan out our engagement.
Want details? Dan

A message from the future Mrs. Daniel Pooler: Today, March 8, 2008 is the greatest day EVER!!! My true love asked me to marry him!!!!!! (of course I said yes, duh) I am so overwhelmed and happy I just cannot describe it.

March 28th 2008 - We made it to the Taste of Chaos concert with plans to get VIP tickets. Unfortunately from the start we had issues with communication between the VP of Marketing and the tour manager with my own persistence we were able to get backstage and have a meet and greet with most of the band. After which seems like many lies from Jim the tour manager and Jen the real wonder bitch of a woman who had us wait around out front for almost an hour giving us her word she'd come get us. After finally getting kicked out of the venue, we about had enough. I'm now on a mission to speak to the lead singer just like I was promised months ago from numerous people. I see Jen again the wonder girl hanging with her friends around the side of the building having a beer. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, we were waiting like she asked us to and she's B.S.'ing around the corner? She gave yet another B.S. excuse and ran backstage through the press entrance having us wait again right there with her promises to go find out whats going on. I had enough of that lying bitch so we made our way around the corner and saw Matt, the lead singer who we've been trying to meet all night. He does his thing, greets his fans while wait quietly on the side of the entire mob of people. What was nice about this whole thing was we did get around the gate from all the other fans thanks to a security guy who understood what the day meant to Laura and I. Matt was able to talk to us a little about the engagement and said he did remember agreeing to do it in front of the band months ago and wondered why we weren't taken care of. Then he asked Laura if she was happy and he told us how nervous he was after being with his girlfriend for almost 12 years. He signed our tickets with "congrats" on it, We both took a photo with him. After all the waiting and bullshit this day went into I'm just so glad I didn't to propose until the actual day of because it would have been ruined and I would have been stressed to the max.

I guess I just need to vent a little because all my correspondence with the groups management company was all about getting a few minutes with them and being able to propose in front of them. After I told Matt that he said he did remember agreeing to that with Adam who no longer works for him and thats when he asked laura if she was happy. She was pretty annoyed at others in the management side and we both have good reason to be. You just don't lie to people, you tell them 'no' or 'possibly' or 'I will do what I can', you don't tell someone to wait for you after the show at the ATM out front then get caught hanging with your buddies next to a tour bus. God I'm so pissed at wonder bitch Jen, not sure what her job was maybe it was the tour liar? If that's the case she was very very good at it! We at least got backstage for a while, we did hang out with the band got a complement from 2 of the band members on the shirt Laura got me, what I like to call my band gear and I got the photo with Matt too. We aren't psycho fans like many of the wack jobs that were asking for numerous things signed and hugs and kisses etc...

All I thought I was getting was 10 minutes alone with the band, have a beer, let Laura talk about her love of music with them. I know she wanted to ask things like: How they started out, what made the change from this album to the last, etc... Instead we were thrown in with the dogs. Hopefully World Audience can hook us up in the future the next time they are down this way for a one on one sesh with the group? Or maybe I'm just crazy? They did screw up pretty badly but we are just small fish compared to everything that had to go on with the show.

Thanks to: The few security members that understood what was going on for Laura's big day, Ashley from World Audience for really trying to do what she could from California but unfortunately was having problems getting in contact with the right people due to cell phone coverage at the Venue, and finally after meeting members of avenged sevenfold not together, but different times throughout the night it seemed like they actually do care about their fans with numerous congrats from the band members and especially the front man Matt (M. Shadows) who spoke to us in person and shared his own personal story about of the anxiety that goes along with making the commitment to the one you love. So in the end, even going through all the managers and false promises we finally met the band through our own persistence the band was as humble as we thought, even more so. Although Laura wanted a crazy night of hevy metal fun it turned out to be a much more memorable experience because she actually got to connect with her favorite band as opposed to her numerous experiences of concerts.

The movie star pilots house.

2008-03-18T17:28:00.001-04:00

Most people know who John Travolta is and know that he's a Pilot. In fact he's one of the few Private Pilots that are type rated in multiple jets. He even has Jetways that connect to his house. What a setup!!

Military Jets...

2008-03-03T19:32:00.000-05:00

Leaving SAV today I was waiting behind these beauties... Can I still join?

Sunset..

2008-02-28T16:53:00.000-05:00

Yet another sunset showing the panel of the aircraft.

Key West sunset

2008-02-13T00:02:00.001-05:00

Been visiting the keys quite a bit lately here's a sunset from the tallest building on the island.

Antique Prop

2008-02-12T23:58:00.000-05:00

Here's a pic of my xmas gift from my brother... I've wanted one of these for a long time. Now I have one! Thanks Bro.

Sunset... Beautiful!

2008-02-12T23:41:00.000-05:00

Aerial Photos with the EAA

2007-12-18T11:33:00.000-05:00

My friend won a silent auction for a photo shoot
with the EAA. Here are two of my favorite photos from that shoot.

Whale Cay, Bahamas

2007-12-18T11:31:00.000-05:00

The perfect place to relax... I can't wait to visit again... A few photos of Whale Cay, Bahamas

Oklahoma...

2007-12-18T11:27:00.000-05:00

It's amazing what you randomly see while driving on
the highways in Oklahoma...

Double Rainbow...

2007-12-18T11:25:00.000-05:00

Even more photos of a Double rainbow, photos taken back in Sept 2006

KY Houseboat Trip to Lake Cumberland

2007-12-18T11:14:00.000-05:00

Good times with my college
buddy TR...

College Ski Team

2007-12-18T11:06:00.000-05:00

Photos of my first year on the ERAU
College Ski team.

Prop lines

2007-12-15T17:46:00.000-05:00

More photos of the lines in propeller photos.

Pilatus pics...

2007-12-13T22:55:00.000-05:00

Flying from Turks to Lauderdale. See the photo with the lines in it? Does anyone know why this happens when taking photos of a propeller? It never makes sense to me because if you turn the camera sideways the lines are still in the same direction.

I'm guessing it has something to do with the frequency the propeller puts out.

Anyone know why?

Flying the Cessna Conquest

2007-12-13T22:27:00.001-05:00

Taking a Cessna Conquest from FL to TN.

Double rainbows....

2007-12-13T22:24:00.001-05:00

Here an old photo of a double rainbow I took.

Key west sunset

2007-12-13T22:19:00.000-05:00

While flying from Lauderdale to Key West I snapped these photos.

What a sight...

2007-12-13T19:31:00.000-05:00

I've seen a hundred or so rainbows while flying throughout Florida this was the first triple I ever saw. Double rainbows are a dime a dozen but this was my first triple rainbow. Its not very noticeable in the photo. and we were in and out IMC. This is the best shot I could take with the timing. But it was there and it was extremely bright.