Paddy Flanagan and Jeff Zuzarte exchanged marriage vows recently after a courtship dating back to their latter years in high school. Over 150 people were in attendance at the blessed event. This page is dedicated to all the creative minds that made this spectacle a reality.
Far be it from me to contradict my own uncle's homily, but I don't think the Internet is creating a distraction in society today. As for the information overload angle, a panel of 97 experts have assured me this isn't true!
To view this clip, you will need to download and install Apple's Quicktime video software. Go to the Get Quicktime link and download the free player. Pay close attention to the software's system requirements before downloading. For example, if you are using a 486 then don't bother with this section as the effort will almost certainly exceed the results. I was going to use the AVI version of the clip because it's about half the size and therefore half the download time. I then tossed this idea because the AVI format is too platform-specific and too non-standard in its implementation.
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Naturally, contributions from a great many people made this event into the success it was. Herculean effort was put in by Uncle Larry, my family and The Flanagans. Most of all, we should thank God for blessing us with sunshine when it counted most.
As far as this special section of The Zuzarte Strand goes, Mr. Kerry Mendonca and Sanyo Canada go to the top of the list. Despite the mayhem moving their office has caused, they still found time to loan me a VPC-X350 Digital Camera. Without this marvel of technology, the pictures you see here would not have been possible in so short a time. Unfortunately, the flash isn't very powerful so I had to do some retouching with graphics software. The pictures have also been drastically editted to reduce load time for the pages. Full-quality, original copies are available from Jeff and myself. If you want the original copy of a shot(s), just e-mail your request to one of us.
Without a doubt, the number one question that was asked had to be whether or not the pictures could be printed out. Yes this is possible, but why would you want to? Doing so effectively defeats the purpose of the digital camera since you would just be duplicating the output of a traditional film-based model. In their digital form, endless copies can be made and used by anyone who has a computer. Printing involves costly ink and special paper in order to achieve true photographic quality. Besides, thanks again to Kerry the cost of this digital undertaking was precisely ZIP!
And who can forget the incomparable Heney family? Madcap zaniness, tireless enthusiasm and attention to detail characterized their involvement. Needless to say, yours truly fully endorsed the Star Wars and Princess Bride themes they helped to so skillfully weave into every aspect of the proceedings. For an interesting/bizarre point of view on how these two classics relate to each other, click here.
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