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What came first… the video or the soundtrack?
Ok, so this is a real short piece I put together. The ONLY reason produced this short clip was because of the song I stumbled on at ccmixter. You can find various generas of creative commons music there for your productions. They have different CC licenses so pay attention and make sure you get the appropriate license for your project.
This clip, “A Tail of Tug and War” has a catchy little diddy I used called “Robbie Don’t Eat My Underwear” by Scomber.
I swear, once you hear it, you won’t be able to get this damn song out of your head! Enjoy.
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LBGP Day 2 – Storm has blown through
A quick pano from our seats before qualifying starts at the Long Beach Grand Prix.
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Get outta Dodge!
We got in, we got out. We did our day one of the Long Beach Grand Prix before the storm hit. Here’s some images from our quick walk about in the L.B.
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It’s Grand Prix Time
From our seats - 2004 Long Beach Grand Prix
It’s a rite of Spring. Every year in So. Cal. about this time, The streets of Long Beach are configured to take on some of the best race car drivers in the world. This year is no different, but the cars are. IndyCar has made significant changes to the cars and rules in the wake of the death of popular driver Dan Wheldon. No longer naturally aspirated, we’re back to turbo’s. The body style has also been changed to facilitate pack racing. So, like lemmings to the cliff, we once again make our way to the beach and get ready to take part in the 2012 Long Beach Grand Prix.
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Tagged Long Beach Grand Prix, panorama, racing, spring
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Winter In Southern California
Winters are tough in So. Cal.
Well, all I can say is it’s a good thing I didn’t make any New Years resolutions to post more frequently to this blog. This entry is all about how tough we have it here in Southern California when winter rolls around. As I write this, the N.E. area of the United States is gripped by sub-zero, life threatening temperatures. So you can imagine my trepidation when a group of photographers from a Flickr pool, O.C. Strobist, decided to trek down to the beach in the dead of winter last weekend.
Conditions were good with a minus tide and a mild Santa Ana wind forming. We met up with our talent around 3:30 and scrambled over some rocks to, (of course a restricted area) on the beach. Where else would a photog be drawn to but an area that says KEEP OUT! The images in this gallery were shot on Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2011.
My plan was to execute a shot list in order to compile a melancholy fusion piece, but of course, with all the hardware and grip that I hauled down to the beach, the shot list and a key piece of “paper” was lacking among the 50 pounds of image making equipment. I cobbled together some shots so I could at least try to produce the “mood” I was looking for. You can see that short here.
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Puppies wish You a Merry Xmas
Our Puppies wish You a Merry Xmas. Just a short Holiday diddy from Sheba, Sabre, Sasha and Spencer.
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Film….? Yes film!
Kids are kids
Going through some of my scanned images the other day, I came across my “Korea” folder. These were taken while I was stationed in S. Korea as a combat medic. I served there for twelve months from 1976-1977.
While there, I bought my first single lens reflex camera, a Canon EF body. Yes kids, before DSLR’s, we actually made images by exposing light to film. TV used to be all black and white too. Ok, enough ancient history…
As the battalion medic, I was stationed at two different air defense bases. These bases were located in what even the locals would call, the boonies. Wayyyyyy off the beaten path and quite a few clicks from civilization or major metropolitan areas. The bases were armed with the Improved Hawk Missile systems. The system basically required two forms of radar, the missile aray(s) and generators to power everything up. All of that equipment was typically deployed high up on a hill, while the battalion headquarters was located down below the hill. That’s where my aid station was located. As the only medical staff on the base, (and for quite a distance in any direction) I treated both the civilian population as well as the enlisted troops.
Some of the images from this series are “soft” by today’s digital tack sharp standards, but I’ve posted them because for me, they still communicate something from the late 70′s. Some of the softness may be my own fault as I developed some of the negatives in Korea myself. Also the scanner I used to convert these to digital images was done with a consumer Epson model vs a VXXX version. You can see a slide show of that series here. I’ll keep adding to this gallery as time and image quality allows.
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Tagged Army, children, Korea, Millitary
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At the Beach
Beach Run
It was mid August this year when my Niece said she and a group of her friends were going to have one last Beach Day before school started again. So it gave me a chance to lug the gear down to the beach and battle the sand.
One goal I had set was to shoot into the sun with subjects in the foreground. This to test my 7D’s AF capability. I was shooting manual all day so didn’t intend on testing exposure as that was all set with a Sekonic L-358 for flash fill.
So just a chance to catch some college kids goofing off at the beach while they put up with my direction and pushing a lens in their face. Catch a full screen slide show here.
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