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Wingsuite Base Jumping….

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:18:49 +0000

Ok, so this isn’t for normal adrenaline junkies. This is taking it one step further – but dang, it just looks like fun!

Snow Leopard – Woes of my Geekiness.

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:24:09 +0000

I think I was snowed….I purchased a five pack of Snow Leopard licenses. We have three Macs in the house and I always am attempting a hackintosh project or two.

I did the upgrade option. Not good. On either Macbook Pro or the MacPro. I began having difficulty running programs and even RE-installing programs. I gave up and wiped out hard drives and re-installed.

Of course everything works like a charm. As it should because I basically have a brand new computer now. AND I was forced into using Photoshop CS4 and giving up my old friend CS3…..I was sooo familiar with CS3. CS4 has a difference UI and new functionality. I don’t think it will take me long but it will take me a bit to review tutorials and vids about CS4’s new features….oh well. Its all in the name of Geekitude…

Bono,,,,Rockstar….

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:34:17 +0000

Mr. Bono aka Rockstar aka Bonehead was able to take in his first Virginia morning. Ireland du Hameau Saint Blaise, also known as Bono, puttered around, picked up pinecones, chewed on some grass, and ran around like a nut job. He did stay still long enough for me to shoot some pics using my buttah-flavahed 50mm f one dot. His long trip from Belgium didn’t seem to have phased him one bit.

Didn’t take as many liberties with post processing – I love how the 50 shoots so I left well enough alone. Lots of interesting depth of field layers throughout the images. I’ve picked [initially] a small group of shots that I liked.

Today’s Randomness

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:28:03 +0000

Today was a tough day. I was ready to go, feeling very inspired, and in true belief that today would be a good shooting day……Not so much, I think. But here’s what came out of my day.

Location: Wakefield, VA

Notes: One abondoned factory, a small cemetary, and an antique and curio store…..

Evidence of tragedy

Burned out factor

Abandoned house

Crank and gears

Gears and things

Rusty crusty

Flores

Mr. Fox

Lawn statue

Oil tank

Storefront

Garage to the store

Door to the store

Church storefront

Statue on a grave

Cemetary shot

Virginia Tribe Music Video

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:03:18 +0000

Virginia Tribe Slideshow

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:26:20 +0000

I’m finally back from vacation and I’m currently rendering the music video for the baseball team. As a matter of course, the same images that I used for the music video can be used for the slideshow. I used a different song because the pace of the slideshow tends to be slower than the music vid.

Punch and Judy…..really…..

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:39:11 +0000

While on vacation, I was able to photograph two beautiful Belgian Tervuren. Their names? Punch and Judy of course.
I picked a few to process quickly and the rest can be found in the eStore

Last Images of Vacation

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:59:15 +0000

Dancing the day away

Dancing Fool

Crooked Street

Top of Lombard

Choco Delight!

Choco Windows

Emblem

Fontana de Arboles

Dali, dally, dilly

Holocaust Memorial

Friends

San Fran Randomness

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:38:06 +0000

ABMC: Last Images from the Last Day

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:00:08 +0000

Waiting with patience

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What are you looking at camera guy???

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Trew Bleue Aftershock

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Trophy Table

[caption id="attachment_976" align="aligncenter" width="800" caption="Element Malinois - soooo obedient"][/caption]

Roulet's Sam

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Roulet's Pradas Eye Candy

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Lori Thomas' American Idol BISS

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Celebrate Good Times, Come On!

ABMC Update: Images from the show site

admin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:31:00 +0000

We’ll be holding the obedience trial today. I took the time to do my own quick PhotoWalk around the grounds of this former Air Force base.

ABMC Update: Images and Memories

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:37:14 +0000

Upcoming Ads for Premier

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:40:41 +0000

Premier is the United Kennel Club’s version of the AKC’s Eukanuba Tournament of Champions. All breeds’ Top Ten come to battle it out for top dog. I shot some photos for a four page spread in the event’s magazine. Here are two images that I can share of a special dog.

The Hangover

admin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:20:20 +0000

No, no, no….not mine. I’m talking about the movie. It seems to be the new type of humor movie about the everyman who gets into various predicaments.

He Shoots….he saves!

admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:57:28 +0000

I thought that my other memory card was lost to me. When I went shooting today, I had both cameras. With some bad luck/good luck, my battery ran down on one so I switched to the other. When I got home, I could only read ONE card thinking my other card was wiped out when my battery ran down. BUT….I ran a restore utility and pulled the files off intact.

Randomness for the weekend

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:48:08 +0000

And she’s a doozie……

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:13:28 +0000

or something like that. Here’s a couple of photos of Angela after a foto shoot that we did yesterday. Love the black and white versions!

Sports on Animoto

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:51:01 +0000

Another service I use is by Animoto.com

This is a slick online service that can create slideshows to music but give it a more polished look. Some like it, some hate it. I happen to like it.

To download, right mouse click this link and choose Save As or Save To. Its a GRANDE file so be patient.
Don’t abuse if you are not a parent or fan of the Hanover Sports baseball team – children should be cherished.

The Hanover Sports – 10U Youth Baseball

admin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:10:23 +0000

I had the pleasure of photographing the Hanover Sports baseball team today. To top it off, they won pretty handily leading to a lot of action shots!

Here are a few of my favorites and there is a slide show at the end [Click to play]

CLICK BELOW TO START SLIDESHOW – Best for high speed internet.

adamo vs. the Macbook Air

admin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:40:30 +0000

IS THIS THE MACBOOK AIR KILLER???

I don’t think so. The adamo [Italian for "fall in love with" according to Dell] is a straight knock off of the MacBook Pro, my laptop of choice. And even worse, in terms of design larceny, its a knock off of the OLD MacBook Pro. The main touch pad, the button layout, the aluminum construction…..I hope they did not pay anyone to do an industrial design analysis because I could have done that.

It’s called reverse engineering.

What is REALLY disappointing is that its MORE expensive than the MACBOOK AIR. Starting at $1999 its 2 bills more than the MACBOOK AIR. And it runs Windows Vista. UCK. Having Mac equipment [Two MBPs and a MacPro as well as a variety of Dell and HP laptops], I am not against Windows products but I am particular about the actual physicality and usability of my equipment.

Cluckiness in black. The adamo also comes in brushed aluminum like the Macbook Pro/Air. The ONE single design element that I like about the adamo is the top of the monitor lid. It has an interesting panel that is reminiscent of some of the other design choices for the Dell line of laptops. The adamo has a slightly larger monitor….13.3″ to 13.4″. But is this something I’m even itching to get? Nope. I think IF I were to spend that much money, it would be to get another piece of the Apple nirvana. But don’t even get me started on the iPod Shuffle….

Beauty isn’t it. MACBOOK AIR. If you are going to buy a sub-laptop that doesn’t have a garbage operating system, get the MACBOOK AIR.