Wesley Clark said the other day “‘riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down’ is not ‘a qualification to be president,’” per US News and World Report, and countless other sources. As you can see in this video from TPM Media, the media immedi...
In case any of you care, here are the blogs I’ve found most interesting and relevant to my life over the past few weeks: Bert Stephani - Confessions of a Photographer - Great easy-to-follow discussions on off-camera lighting. Dare Obasanjo - 25...
Let’s face facts: the majority of Americans are not like me. Accordingly to religioustolerance.org, over three quarters of the United States (i.e. about 225 million Americans) are Christian. About 3% follow other faiths. 14% of Americans are, more...
John Montgomery, my old boss from Popfly, gave me some great props on his blog earlier today. God bless the blogger echo chamber: blogging about blogs about me. One of my friends, and a former teammate, is Aaron Brethorst. For the longest time I ...
Got busy yesterday: hit up Glazer’s Camera for a price and weight comparison on three Canon ‘L’ lenses: the 17-40, 27-40 and 24-105. I decided that I will pick up the 24-70L as soon as my finances allow it. I’m certainly not willing to pay Glazer’...
I was at the 2008 Gay Pride Parade in Downtown Seattle this afternoon, and took about 600 pictures in total. I’ve posted 35 of the ones I saved, and still have a few more to put up as soon as I figure out how Flickr’s parental control thingies wor...
I’ve been gazing wistfully at the beautiful pictures that a solid photographer can take with an off-camera flash, transmitters, and…oh yeah, talent. Talent tends to be helpful, too. Anyway, the amount of equipment you could need, and the terribly...
I haven’t had much of a chance to take pictures lately, since I was knocked on my ass for a couple weeks by a really unpleasant illness. Still, I had a chance to take some pictures recently, and captured a semi-interesting one of tree canopy in Vo...
I just found a great video on Youtube for total off-camera lighting newbies. Check it out: </param></embed>
Slate has a list of tongue-in-cheek ‘rumors’ about Barack Obama up right now. Some of the highlights include: Barack Obama wears a FLAG PIN at all times. Even in the shower. There's only one artist on Barack Obama's iPod: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. B...