Slides from past

Slides from past

Hydrogen: The Mighty One Atom Molecule Hits the Road

I bumped into my awareness of hydrogen fifty some years ago from a science-class movie and learned that it is a single atom molecule comprised of one proton and a single electron. Commonly referred to as Element 1, Hydrogen is first on the Periodic Table. All atoms have nuetrons except our hero, these guys are so abundant that they are 10 percent of all organic matter. Another magic trick is how well it compacts and be compressed into a powerful liquid form.

Rockets used be NASA are fueled by their favorite source, that’s right Hydrogen. Okay I might not be able to explain Rocket Science this year but this just might be the year when hydrogen becomes a “Rock Star” so I am going to keep my eyes on all things Hydrogen for 2021. Now this shouldn’t be that hard due the fact that H-1.008 is literally all around us. Being that I am not a Scientist or Academic trying to share my curiosity is and will be a challenge. Most Photographers are just that; curious, gadget nerds with money to burn when they find it, so off I go on a journey of Hydrogen related ways a photographer can connect. Finding such connections are here already for purchase.

This concept video by Deo Drive helps to bring certain points to hydrogen technologies, one area highlighted in this clip is a potentially longer runtime of a hydrogen fuel cell vs. battery pack.

Toyota cars introduced the Mirai sedan model but Honda maybe slowing down on it’s mid sized Clarity hydrogen car and now Hyundai joins the fun in 2020 with the Nexo SUV.

Okay so you might not be ready to spend so much too soon, well good skin care is getting a hydrogen boost of product lines available.

A well done video short by Doosan Mobility Innovation explaining the advantage of fuel cell over batteries doing aerial photography. How could I NOT incorporate this in my photography purchasing soon.

Okay so there aren’t any hydrogen fueling stations down the street from you but did you know people are actually building their own. Time and understanding of how safe working with hydrogen can be, helps to lessen the negative effects of the Hindenberg Expolsion of 1937 which still cast a souring of public opinions to this day.

Hope you do not mind checking back with me on my connection quest, my goal is to have fun with my own interest and be forward thinking with purchases. The research budget for this project is non existent no worries from me cause I know how powerful this “Mighty Atom” is with an atomic weight of one just like you and me as individuals but like Hydrogen in another form or humans working and learning together we are strong enough to sail the planets and beyond.

Happy New Year!!!! What Xmas Day Was For Me.

Not much on boasting or bragging so trust me when I say “I love you”. This post and project are a combined effort by people who know they need to help.

Pastor Kevin Lane works with God”s Extended Hand of San Diego, Ca to bring a warm meal on a day that can be a bummer when you got no one or where to go.

If you watched till the end WOW!!!!!

Simply put there is need all over, take time to see that this true, then take time to be human and do something. I choose to express through my lens.

“Do You Love What You Feel” “Cause I Love What You Do to Me”

First and foremost… Yes I love me some Chaka Khan…Chaka Khan…Chaka Khan. This song in particular (the one in the title) drives my photo fire, I play it my head when I have camera in my hand and have to work. If you read any previous post you will have noted that I confess to being a Butt-Head, stubborn or in others words a victim of Peter Pan Syndrome. Which means if I do not want to, I will go Bartleby on you in an instant. Which has lead to a personal philosophy that… If I do not Love it/you I would not be here, “I will not work just for MONEY”.

My dear wife, I apologize honey (she hates when I say this) but I have not said different in 40 years. If asked can-will you do a wedding I will generally respond..”I would prefer not to” too many reason to go into but when I do, I am COOL with it.

After a year of not clicking, when asked would I do a wedding? my shutter finger responded yes before the sentenced completed. The Happy Day’s Juke Box loaded up with Chaka Khan on top and with an impish grin I smiled outside and shouted inside “It’s time to Rock” Thank you Ian.

OOOOppppsss !!!! this post is not about me it is about the love that you FEEL and the wedding of George and Laura.

Lot of pressure agreeing to be a couple’s photographer on their wedding day. The rules are, you are not allowed to die, leave the planet or even explore the deep recesses of this big blue marble until you give up the “The Book” My strategy for avoiding the Bridezilla-Effect is to tell her anything she needs to hear, give it to her in abundance, repeat then pray. For these reasons I stay home in seclusion avoiding the Grim Reaper and Aliens hoping the NFL or National Geographic does not finally decide to call and grace me with an emergency project in 12 hours or else. Minus the first two I am holding out for the others.

Once I commit I am committed and we are getting married, ya’ll just got a new lovable big black Brother, Uncle, Cousin, old friend or just the weird guy your family knows. Well by the end of the day I hope we all feel like that. Think about it.. you meet all their families members, find out secrets from both sides be Barney for the kids, Maurice Chevalier to the ladies and if time permits tell all the guys about the time you shook hands with Jim Brown.

Even with all this in mind there is the venue, oh yes where is the wedding or in other words how many places I got to be at. Laura and her wedding planner took it easy on me and they did it all in one spot. Great choice “The California Yacht Marina” down the bottom of “J” street in MY Chula Vista.

Preparations for a wedding can be a nightmare march down a rabbit hole of insanity for an event that will be heralded as the party of the Century. Only one person can save this day from the grips of “Chaos” and his steadfast companion “Uncle Murphy”. This person will help do for the bride and groom what Jesus did not mean to overlook in the planning. For a Photographer this  person is either welcomed like Sun Tzu or a newly gifted Albatross necklace. Love and God musta sent Wonder Women down to Laura and George she was all over the place and I saw her deflect a couple quick fired attempts from the party poop duo with her magic bracelets myself. Literally this person will have your…….BACK.

Well, Jennifer with Simply Glamorous is simply, just that.

Well, Well, Well, Happy New Year!!!!! everyone. Check out my friend Barry with continuing updates on NFL, NFL Combine players, NFL Officials and more.

The year is 2021 and Covid rules the headlines and of course my flow in life as well. On a brighter note some things are on an upward slant notably the efforts of Barry Barnes and his Locker Report. He has developed a style and approach that allows him to do what he loves then sharing it.

Time to get out the Covid-19 Closet

The year 2020 has given me a good enough excuse to just lay back and CHILL. For some of us a modest gain of 19 lbs. (The Covid-19), for me unfortunately is an exponential thereof. I have happily referred to this time in my life as Me-Time, Chillaxing and Excusable Post-Op Pampering. Pampering one’s self is not easy or taken lightly by many around the self pamperer in all honesty it does have a lazy look. Excuses come easy when you hit the Chill lane they fly by at freeway speed quicker than a snowball on a downhill slide. Then one day you take off the Playstation goggles and really look at the calendar, look in the mirror suddenly recognizing how closeted your life has become.

August, 2018 I was trending south on the weight and my family just landed for a life change here in California. Moving from Baltimore sure was an adjustment for us all, my wife and I drove our car packed to the top while our kids flew…… all over and back and forth. Special friends wedding at the beginning of the month had me upbeat and ready to play the California Lottery. By August 31 my world was dissolving into grand chaos, 2019 started and did not stop with the BS till I just put on the goggles.

I have never been one to put my head in the sand, so I thought, but by the time my closet shape appeared in the in the reflection before me, I looked like a fat Blackula. Once I picked up my jaw and put down the bowl of “Shin Ramyun” noodle soup gourmet spicy pack with the blood red soup by Nongshim America, Inc (That’s right made here in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca.) and you know a brother gotta hook-em up. My mind woke up saying to myself “No, you are not gonna fly away from this, an election wont win my health back nor will ignoring my pain make these noodles nutritious”. Yes, Covid-19 is seriously deadly and feeding my co-morbidities is not helping but the closet door is getting ripped open.

Vaccines are quickly approaching giving the year 2021 a brighter vision for all, I’ll leave it to the real comics to write the 2020 poor vision jokes. Me I have dusted off the pc computer loaded up a fresh Adobe suite and picking up where I left off at in August 2018 started editing and learning how to edit. What better place to start than the wedding couple. With two more unedited weddings to go, test work to evaluate from a new camera body, in home studio ready to shoot and outside sessions calling my shutter finger it’s time to call on the spirit of Jack LaLane.

Christmas 2020 brings me an opportunity to help a friend as he shares the word of God with the homeless this year here in San Diego. My exercise will be to photo/video as much as possible while eating as little as possible keeping my mask taped on might help with the later. If you know John Moore then you know I’m gonna Super Bowl it, giving it my all and getting home tired from running two marathons. Nobody said sleep yet cause it’s time to get out what you just created when that’s done get ready for the next gig do gig edit then repeat. In other words my Covid-19 anti fat Blackula closet hiding diet program. Please don’t get mad at me for talking bad about fat Blackula’s writing me comments shaming me or canceling my turn at the Oscar’s. So when you book a photo session with this silver haired fox of a Batman it’ll be a work out like you see below.

“Start to finish” should be my motto this year take a look I hope you book.

From start to finish this is a too long preview album for an Engagement Couple. My purpose is for them to select down a collection of images for a tighter presentation of their own. This platform allows me to self-critique and peruse various galleries at a quicker pace. Hopefully incorporating this method of project delivery can achieve multiple purposes; reduce multi platform management, cost of platform formats, increasing gamification requirements by internet paradigms and my time.

Well now that I’m out this closet I hope you’ll join me start to finish by wearing a mask keeping social distance get a vaccination and run your kinda marathon. Just might use that closet door to go tobogganing but I will not go back in. Keep smiling my camera needs you.

Breakfast with Pastor Kevin Lane and Friends.

My friend Kevin Lane shared the word and served breakfast at God’s Extended Handhttps://gehsd.org/ in San Diego, Ca.

Located at 1635 Island Avenue, San Diego, Ca 92101 right here in “America’s Finest City” serving this local community for decades since 1924.

This video is from 2011 by VisArtsEthnos and posted to YouTube. A nicely done production, respectfully to the people’s in need.

Friday this year ‘2020 the need continues here in San Diego. To be honest I am not sure what to do. I am past need myself but capable and blessed not to ask, however for many they may feel it’s too late so their needs show. My empathy and camera will join my friend along with his wife and the local San Diego community on Christmas to give an extended hand @ God’s Extended Hand

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My Next Glass Will Last

It is not an inexpensive game we cameramen play. The cost of being an active member is costly to many aspects of our lives the pocket being the place that gets hit the hardest. This is not going to stop the intrepid clicker who craves to get better, get the choice assignment, bring home the picture of Big Foot or just get memories of the kids on the cheap trying to avoid the Photo Studio. After you have dropped several thousand dollars then some photographer tells you need to put up a few thousand more you become a better “Shoppper”

After playing spin the bottle with most of the major brands, I married Nikon…….. I mean I settled down with Nikon / settled on, I meant to say. Once you find a good woman keep her, so now I will follow this advice and apply it to my lens bag.

Nikon 200mm f2.0 is now on my official gotta get list. Being older it is time to lighten up my load in my hands but turn up the quality output.

 

Once this addition gets into my camera case please forgive this Cheshire Cat grin as I connect it to my D5 camera body and commence to go to WORK.

Well as long as I am dreaming / pre-visualizing,  acquiring a body just for her, no other option is on my radar but the………….Nikon D5 100th Anniversary Edition DSLR Camera

 

This camera is jam packed with enough technology I drool just typing about it, so I need to stop. Knowing that the next camera will be more tricked than my next purchase is a bummer because I will want it. The Nikkor 200mm 2.0 is sooooo sweet and Phat to death that there is no replacing her and we will go merrily into the future happily ever after……… my wife too.

Once a Trojan………Come back and be a “Trojan”

Wow ! I made it, a game on the field at Castle Park High School. Been having a lot of fun with being apart of chronicling “Friday Night Lights” in Chula Vista as a part of Chula Vista Photo Studios‘ efforts to continue connecting with our community. Most certain if you have read any of the previous post you know that I went to CPH and will let you know that without an inquiry. No I am not a Fanatic but I did get there five hours early…… okay I might be a weeee bit nutty in this regard but it was mostly due to professional logistical needs.

Well, click happy me just could not walk away so I walked to align the logos.

Then I took an hour and walked about the immediate neighborhood remembering how I used to hate the daily stroll to school but now with head high and a smile on my face it just felt nice to waste some time.

Not sure why the J.V. game did not go off this day however the young Trojans and their fearless ASB adviser welcomed me with smiles and a genuine “Welcome home Alum”  greetings.

 Thank you Megan for the ID card I will use it next event. By the time the game started everybody knew the big black with the Cheshire Happy grin and camera is still a “Trojan”.

Having an opportunity to watch these young guys practice before show to be at heir best was a joy. Many memories flooded back of my friends spending countless hours getting a sequence of moves just right. You do not need me to tell just how good they were, Google them or just ask any CPH Trojan Band Alum. From Rose Bowl Parade appearances to countless awards, Band Reviews and State ceremonies the history of the Marching Trojan Band is a rich one.

Okay time to go to work the opponents are here I mean my clients, well Chula Vista Photo Studio has the Hilltop High account so my job is to make them look gooooood, they are from Chula Vista too and I got no problem with that. I never take sides with a camera in my hands, my job is to help not let my content be used to point out anything but a positive groove. The Lancers are the stronger team so the outcome is mostly expected to be in their favor.

Being honest is really important to me so to say I know what I am doing I would be wrong 37% of the time, my tactic is throw spaghetti on the wall and see what sticks. In truth the schools use a tiny percentage of my submissions my true goal is to provide to the students a worksheet of images and ideas.

Not really sure if anything I do will make the cut, Hilltop High School has a topnotch program with a dynamic multimedia coordinator who would make most college curriculum’s jealous.  Never one to back down from a challenge they just gonna make me better hoping to one day smile knowing they got better too.

Here come the the TROJANS !!!!!! oooops not yet just warm ups. The squad looked light in numbers but what they lacked in numbers it was made clear to me that Trojan optimism, spirit and pride would take the field tonight. Shout out to G.C. Construction and all those who put time and resources in for our young peeps to show up heads held high knowing the community got their backs….. literally too.

I forgot how beautiful watching a sunset from the field on this mesa is, I did not forget how cold it quickly gets from the field on this mesa. Long thick pants, long sleeve tee shirt and thick top shirt I’ll be good through halftime. KUSI tv Prep Pigskin Report did an interview with former Castle Park Trojan, NFL player and a current coach on the Hilltop team just before the game.

Just a few touch ups on both sides a meditation moment or two, then the announcer introduced the band who marched in to the stadium as the sun was setting, to start another Chula Vista display of Friday night football under the lights.

Let there be no mistake about it, there is a whole lotta learnin going on Friday nights across America. From coaches to trainers, band directors and Principals too, all make great lengths and sacrifice to help future generations learn valuable life lessons through their spirited efforts on and around the field.

A writer I am not, definitely a weak reporter too so I will just say Castle Park scored. If you need to know Google the “Chula Vista Star Newspaper” for the facts. People I do not kn ow who do not know me, we had a great time this night under the lights. When my shutter sounds out I am in my happy space, tonight I was in a flashback of my Happy time in life. It felt good to say I went here it also felt good to see a future generation proud to say when asked “Once a Trojan” hearing them say clearly with volume say “Always a Trojan !!!!!!!”

Not sure if I can get to our Homecoming this year 2017, trying to stack the deck so I draw the assignment just because of how fun it will be to see my class of 79′ friends and families. But you know the best part will be being in a group of friends as we come back to be a Mighty Mighty group of happy old dudes repeating till we are hoarse from shouting …… How it’s Great to be a Mighty Mighty Trojan !!!!!!!!!