Monday, April 27, 2009

Give Emerald Some Love... Your Vote

I covered Emerald's wedding last year in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia. A beautiful wedding with a 1930's era feel and theme. This year, she is one of the finalist in a bridal contest.

Show her some love by giving her your vote at this link http://www.totheeiwedbridalshow.com/Face_of_the_Show.html

The contest ends soon so act fast. Vote. Forward. Encourage to vote.

One More Year - Birthday

Yes, I have officially added one more year to my age. This year I had a small celebration with my family before going back to work. Oh yeah, one candle is all I need. I have learned that there is a point when you go with one candle and forgo needing a leaf blower to extinguish the multitude of candles.




Ice cream and cake for everyone!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Walt + April = Family

I love it when I just feel the love. Three generations in one photo in a place they call home. I was happy when Walt asked me to schedule some time for his family to celebrate their bond at his home. He and his wife always appear to be great parents and It was confirmed at the session.

I arrived a little early to see if we were going to shoot inside our out. Though it was a sunny day, the wind drove us indoors to protect the ladies' beautiful hairstyles. A quick count let me know immediately we were missing the oldest son, his wife and the third generation. With a bright outside and windows bringing it in, I opted to add some internal lighting from my Qflash set up in a stationary location to insure proper contrast and light to the shadows for this family fun setup. For couples only, I would opt for more contrast to set a special mood. Here, light means fun, see for yourself...

While finishing up with one set, this adorable little guy gave a quick lovable poses on the sofa. He feel into so naturally that I quickly stopped speaking to Walt and started capturing him.

They told me that not posing was the hardest part of the session. I guess they didn't believe I would catch a few good, unrehearsed shots, but here's proof. I love laughter. I love good, heartfelt laughter. Aside from that, I love to see cute babies having fun with their grandfather.

If this last picture does not make your heart melt, I'm not sure what will. However, there are a few more heart warming shots from the session. Check out the rest on the slideshow and at the event.


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Data Robotics Scores Again with the DroboPro

Okay, I already love the Drobo, but this goes well beyond that! My current Drobo holds up to 4 drives at any size and connects either via USB2.0 or ethernet (droboshare). I was waiting around to get the newer firewire800 model until I saw this.

The DroboPro can handle up to 8 drives of varying size and connects via USB, firewire or ISCSI (ethernet based SCSI or something like that).

I can contest that the Drobo has saved me a couple times through its ease of file management and storage failure security. I can only imagine the possibilities with a single unit that can hold up to 16 TB of data.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

How Can You Help Fight Breast Cancer


If you could do something, even so small, but could make a difference... would you?

I have friends and acquaintances who have been affected by breast cancer in one way or another. I have donated my time and photography talent to some of these same people and others and wqant to donate more of my talent.

The other day, a friend sent me an email about a way to help:
"I received this note from my sister. "G" (at an early age my sons called her Aunt G because it was easier to say than Aunt Gloria) is a breast cancer survivor and ask me to help with this request. Thanks, Den"
Here's G's note:
"Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on 'donating a mammogram' for free (pink window in the middle).

This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know.

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/
AGAIN , PLEASE TELL 10 FRIENDS TO TELL 10"
Take less than a minute of your time to make a difference for a lifetime.