Thank you, everyone, for all the likes! The beards.org Facebook page started on February 12, 2010. Today we reached 10,000 likes. It’s great to have you with us. Your participation on the Facebook page is much appreciated.
If you haven’t “liked” the beards.org Facebook page yet, today is a great day to do it. Click on the image to go to the beards.org Facebook page and then click on “Like”.
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Be sure to check out the online beard-growing contest that’s now well underway. Tree and Leaf Clothing is running the contest, which has become an annual event. Go to the beard contest section of Tree and Leaf’s web site to view a fine array of aspiring beard growers. Beard growth updates are posted weekly. Be sure to click on “Read More” on each week’s update to see the photos.
UPDATE, October 2016: Beard contest links are now missing in action and have been removed. You can still find Tree and Leaf Clothing at their web site: http://www.treeandleafclothing.com .
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.
It’s here again! It’s the time for the northern hemisphere’s traditional beard-growing season to begin. What are you waiting for? Let’s grow!
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:
A few more:
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.
Don’t hold back.
Andy was very cool to participate in a beards.org photo shoot today. Here are some preview shots. Stay tuned for more, including a beard feature on Andy!
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.
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.
It’s got to be better. Stay tuned for more.