Archive for October, 2005

  • More Tires! - October 31st, 2005

    • What the hell is up with us and tires?!?
    On the way home from her consulting gig last night, Donna found something on the road that not only punctured one of her tires — side wall, of course — but also bent the rim! I haven’t even gotten the van tires dealt with yet (the appointment [...]

  • Bad Habits - October 27th, 2005

    • I came across this on the internet this morning, and just had to share it.
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  • What … A … Bargain !!! - October 26th, 2005

    • via Shutterbug e-newsletter
    There’s a blurb in Shutterbug’s e-newsletter this month about the new Olympus E-Volt 500 Digital SLR, which you can read here:

    Olympus has introducesd the new EVOLT E-500, a full-featured sub-$1000 digital SLR camera. Designed to be used by all photographers of any skill level, the E-500’s compact and durable body is packed with [...]

  • The Sinking Ship - October 25th, 2005

    • Take from it what you will, but the MTH building is up for lease! Things can’t be good if can’t even afford to run your business from a building you own!
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  • New Site for Orchard Studios - October 25th, 2005

    • Yesterday, I registered the domain orchard-studios.com for our Orchard Studios photographic adventure. There’s nothing on the site yet, but that will [have to] change in the next week, along with getting much done for our first upcoming show of the holiday season. Looks like the next couple of weeks are gonna be real busy!
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  • On Web Site Design - October 24th, 2005

    • I’m getting ready to lauch yet another new domain, this time for Orchard Studios, our venture into the business of photography. I provide the link for reference only, as at this point, there’s nothing there.
    I’m planning to manage the site using WordPress, of course. I don’t think that I want to build this in Dreamweaver [...]

  • Hal Ketchum at Ramshead Tavern - October 22nd, 2005

    • We caught the 9:30 show again this year.
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    A shot from this year’s show. More images from this year are located here.
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    Here’s a shot from last year’s show (you can see a few more here).
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  • Star of the Show - October 21st, 2005

    • As I mentioned yesterday, I attended a video production trade show yesterday, along with my boss at GTV. And, we went with a fairly specific agenda. One of the things that I wanted to look closely at was the new JVC GY-HD100U HDV camcorder.
    This puppy was the star of the show! All day long, the [...]

  • BMWFilms.com - October 20th, 2005

    • Very, very cool.
    http://usa.bmwfilms.com
    Did I mention very, very cool?
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  • Focus - Recompose Not The Way? - October 20th, 2005

    • This article brings up an interesting thought — that focusing and then recomposing a shot will cause the picture to be out of focus. I’m not sure I entirely agree.
    The article is specifically geared at auto-focus cameras, but, lenses are still lenses, and the film (or sensor) plane is still the film plane. “Back [...]

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