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twenty-one million

21 million beards.org gallery views

We just hit our next major milestone on the gallery views counter: 21 million.  The counter hit 21,000,000 at 1:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time today.  I happened to be online to see it happen.  The twenty-millionth photo?  It was the shot of Dale from our popular beard style sets feature.  Click on the image of Dale above to go to a larger view.

beard photo shoots: Scott, Version 2.0

Scott graciously participated in two more documentary beard photo shoots this week.  The first was on Sunday, August 26th, exactly two years following his first beards.org photo shoot.  The second shoot this week was on Tuesday, August 28th.   Here are some preview shots from the first shoot this week.

Every photo shoot begins with a first photo.  To get the ball rolling, this was Monday’s first:

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A few more:
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Scott’s beard has changed somewhat since his first beards.org photo shoot two years ago.  Click on any of the photos above to visit Scott’s beard feature.  Stay tuned for more.

twenty million in May

twenty million gallery views in May 2012

The views counter on the beards.org galleries hit twenty million on May 16th.  Before I wrote it up, a database table crash ended up knocking the counter way back down quite a bit.  So we hit twenty million again on May 28th.  This illustrates that the true number remains unknown, but we do know that it’s higher than what the counter shows.  Thanks to all for your interest in all about beards.

the first “beard on the street”

Ruben Milano

Quite some time before “all about beards” was created, I had already taken my first “beard on the street” photo.  During a visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, I noticed a man with a totally impressive full beard working at a newsstand kiosk.  I knew that this mighty beard really ought to be photographed.  The problem was that I had never just walked up to anyone on the street and asked to take their photo before.  Given that I would not be in Argentina much longer, it was a “do or die” situation.  So I summoned my courage and asked if I could take his photo.  He immediately responded affirmatively and I took the shot.  We chatted for a while afterward.  I believe his name was Ruben Milano.  I’m more certain about his last name than his first.  In any case, thank you very much, Mr. Milano, and congratulations on your outstanding beard!

In recent days while searching for another photo, I ran across a print of the photo of Mr. Milano.  I immediately realized that it was high time for him to take his place of honor in the “beards on the street” album as the official very first beards.org “beard on the street”.  Click on the photo above for the larger version.

John: rockin’ the powerful classic full beard

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John kindly participated in a second photo shoot Friday night: live in concert — another first for beards.org!  The first photo was before the show.  The rest of the preview shots in this post are from the concert…an awesome show it was!

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Stay tuned to beards.org for lots more!

John: powerful classic full beard

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John’s definitely got the genuine classic full beard turned up to full power.  He was kind enough to participate in a beards.org photo shoot yesterday for some serious beard photography.  The photo shoot also included a special guest appearance by Mike and his mighty beard.  Preview shots of the resulting combined bearded glory are here.

Stay tuned for a lot more of John on beards.org.   Here are some preview shots from John’s photo shoot.

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