R.I.P. Steve Jobs
October 05, 2011
R.I.P. Steve Jobs
Sad Day
I am typing this blog entry on an iMac, which is an Apple Inc. product and was created at the direction of Steve Jobs one of its co-founders and its best visionary and CEOs.
It is a sad day as Mr. Jobs has succumbed to pancreatic cancer. While I am not a huge “Apple Fan Boy” I do use some of their products, all bu...
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Ben And Allison
September 24, 2011
Mr. and Mrs. Weber
We have known Ben since he was a kid, his father is the brother of our good friend Joe. When his sister Merrie got married Dawn and I were asked to videotape her wedding, which we gladly did. When it was Ben’s turn to get married his parents asked Dawn and I to photograph, and video his wedding, which we happily accepted as...
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The Family That Skips Together Stays Together
August 02, 2011
The Corthier Family
Surprise Birthday in the Park
St. Pat’s park is a a nice little park that Dawn and I go to generally to watch plays as they have a very nice summer eve theater production company. There is a large stage in a barn looking building and all the viewers sit on blankets or folding chairs on a hill overlooking that stage. Howe...
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Lisa & Dave’s Wedding
July 01, 2011
A Wedding in White and Green
The wedding of Dave and Lisa
As the thunderclouds moved in we had a ceremony out on the putting green at Juday Creek Golf club. The ceremony went off without anyone getting hit by lightning, and everyone getting hit Cupid’s arrow.
It all started, innocently enough (as Dave tells it) when one evening while sitting i...
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A weekend of Music
May 24, 2011
Johnny Sprocket
A weekend of Music
What a weekend. One of our friends asked us to photograph the band he drums for named Johnny Sprocket as they played a “gig” at one of our favorite restaurants the Tilted Kilt; think of a Scottish version of Hooters, but with much better food and atmosphere! Of course we said “YES!” How c...
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The Power of An Image
May 07, 2011
Osama bin Laden is Dead...Here Is The Proof
Just what is a picture worth? To some not much, but to others a picture is worth a thousand words.
The world is clamoring for proof of the recent death of the al-Qaida’s leader’s death at the hands of the US Navy Seals in their recent covert raid on his compound in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad....
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Another Great, Free, Educational, Fun Webinar
May 03, 2011
Just Another Working Joe
Another Great, Free, Educational, Fun Webinar
The beginnings of a photographer are often humbling. The middle years are a time of exploration and growth. The latter years are time of reflection.
Well as many of you who follow our blog postings know, we watch a lot of webinars put on by CreativeLive. Just look back...
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Time to clean that lens!
April 22, 2011
Spring Cleaning
Time to clean that lens!
Well, tomorrow is Easter, so that must mean it is close to being Springtime! Seeing how e had snow last week, it sure doesn't seem that way.
In any event, it is time for some Spring Cleaning, my lenses that is. Several people have asked me how to clean their lenses and I came a crossed this video an...
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The Jaz of Business
April 16, 2011
Another Date With Jasmine
The Jaz of Business
They did it again. They put together a “Jim Dandy” workshop, online, and for free, again. She did a great job, again. Who? What? Where? You ask? CreativeLive and Jasmine Star of course. Dawn and I watched another workshop by Jasmine, online, over 2 days, put on by CreativeLive.
I wanted to mult...
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DIY Light Tent
April 01, 2011
Quick & Simple Light Tent
DIY Light Tent
I needed to take some photographs of some parts for a customer, and we were house sitting and away from our studio, so I decided to build a quick Light Tent. Good thing Lowes was just around the corner!
Light Tent raw material:
3 - 1/2 x 5ft. CPVC pipe. $1.34 ea.
4 - 1/2 CPVC Corners; Threaded one...
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CreativeLive Free Workshops
March 27, 2011
A Learning Experience
CreativeLive Free Workshops
Did you know that there is a place you can go and attend quality workshops by world famous people without leaving your house and for free?
I listen to a lot of Netcasts (aka Podcasts) and on of of them they were interviewing famous photographer Chase Jarvise (www.chasejarvis.com).
Chase...
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Quarter Auction Time
March 11, 2011
Getting Ready For The Auction
Quarter Auction Time
We are participating in our very first “Quarter Auction” tonight!
What is a “Quarter Auction?” Well, a group of unique (no competing products allowed) vendors get together in one big hotel banquet room and set up booths to show their products and services off. People coming in get a...
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Double Booked! A good thing?
February 16, 2011
Save The Date, Twice
Double Booked! A good thing?
We had our first double booking today. Which is a good thing for us, but not necessarily for the young couple that called us second.
I say it is a “good” thing because it means that Dawn and I have reached a milestone in our photography business. We have reached that point where we are ge...
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The Dragster Wedding
February 02, 2011
Start Your Engines, I mean Marriage!
The Dragster Wedding
Just a little intimate wedding with your family and 700 of your closest racing buddies. What?! If you are going to invite 700 people to your wedding, you might as well pick a place and time when they will all be at the same place at the same time. That is what Lisa Schaffner and John B...
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Shut Up And Shoot
January 25, 2011
Web Sites Of Interest
I listen to a lot of podcasts, or as Leo Laporte (one of the podcasts I listen to) would say: “Net Casts.” Most of them fall into one of three categories:
1. Computer Related
2. Science
3. Photography
I am very appreciative of my dear wife Dawn when she gave me my iPod as a present. I think it is my most used gadget...
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