I didn’t listen to the speech so I Wordled it to see what was important. Looks like more of the same from here.
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Nov 292009
Thanksgiving rolled around this year and our plans included a trip to Eastern Oregon for a visit with Laura’s family. We decided to take on dessert and quickly turned our task into a friendly little competition. The Ultimate Pie Off, 2009. With 8 guests, Laura and I decided to bake 2 pies each, and then have the guests taste all the pies and pick their favorite. The line up went like this.
Laura’s Famous – Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie and Apple Pie
Hovering’s Famous – Kentucky Pie and Grasshopper Pie
The following video tells the tale of the tape and is my first attempt at making a movie with my Canon 5D Mark II DSLR and Apple’s iMovie. I am pretty happy with the results and look forward incorporating the 5D Mark II’s video capabilities into our future photoshoots.
In the end, we each received 4 votes total but the Kentucky Pie won out overall, with 4 votes and big smiles all around (Peanut Butter Chocolate got 3 votes, Apple got 1 vote, and Grasshopper got 0 votes). I was declared the Ultimate Pie Off Champion, Round I, through a generous concession and rule reading by Laura.
There is no loser with a Pie Off so we will be doing this again. Invite us to dinner and you may just get to be a judge yourself.
Yum!
Nov 272009
Some friends turned us on to this location so we had to scout it out. Hours off the beaten path, at sunset, we found this abandoned homestead. Beautiful.
I just returned from MacForce with a nearly new laptop. I love Apple.
10 days ago our MacBook Pro began making bad noises. I mean churning, grinding, winding noises. Nothing you want to hear coming from an essential machine we use to run our business. Googling the symptoms gave us “hard drive” or “one of the two fans” as possible culprits. We bought AppleCare with this machine 2 1/2 years ago and dropped her off at our local MacForce, hoping for life saving actions to salvage whatever possible. Well, Apple did better than that. The machine just returned from the shop with a heady list of replacements, all at no extra cost to us. $0. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
AppleCare.. worth its weight in gold today. Seriously.
The Apple Repair Depot sent our machine back with the following parts being replaced:
- Logic Board
- Thermal Module
- Optical Drive (SuperDrive)
- 2 Flex Cables
- Right Fan Assembly
- Left Fan Assembly
- Airport Extreme Card
- Input/Output Board
With 6 months left on our AppleCare, we basically have a new machine. Thanks Apple. We will continue to be excellent customers.
MacBook Pro. Have I told you lately that I love you?
Nov 142009
Junk to Funk. Recycled Fashion. Portland, OR. Laura and I (through Domestic Bliss Photography) donated a studio photo session as a prize for this excellent event and we are really looking forward to getting the winning designer into our studio. ”Junk to Funk is a collective of art, education, environment, business and policy innovators who inspire individual towards responsible consumerism, creative re-use and conscientious disposal by providing unique fashion based entertainment and educational opportunities.” The event was hosted by Mayor Sam Adams and The Mercury’s Marjorie Skinner. We obtained media passes through our good friend Mel and showed up to take a few shots on the runway and check out some local fashion innovators. The event was a huge success from my view. The fashion was pretty mind blowing and the house band (Junquestra) rocked. Both of these items overshadowed the scripted messaging and MC’ing which only made me want to drink Whiskey. The all ages audience section as well as separate bar section were both packed and there were ample opportunities to educate yourself or purchase some cool recycled products and art.
JUNK to FUNK FULL IMAGE GALLERY (136 Images)
Technically, I chose to shoot without flash, using a high ISO (4000) on my Canon 5D Mark II to see how it would perform. I also pulled out my 70-200mm f2.8 L IS lens to play with. Post production was necessary using Adobe Lightroom 2.0 to correct white balance, crop and reduce the little bit of noise I did get. Overall, I am really happy with my gear. It rocks actually.
Here are a few of my favorite shots:
What do you think?