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Sheesh, that took a while. Variations in lighting across a stage are absolute murder on shot consistency. Another big show, great work by promoter Chris Eaddy, and finally finally FINALLY I can work on the other backlogs.

Did a quick shoot with Debbie Barnes, looking great for an upcoming show; ran into Ellen Woodley, prepping for the same upcoming show– we may be able to sneak in a quick shoot right before or right after. Saw Belle Turell in the audience, too, looking good after her performance at the North Americans, but her attention was elsewhere.

Anyway, the shots from October 7th’s Southeastern Classic show in Orlando are up on the site. Enjoy.

“… my London, London bridge is fallin’ down?”

Sorry. No woman anywhere is hot enough to put up with that noise.

:)

Yet another reader letter in the Gainesville Sun today referenced the “conservative-controlled media”.

The Gainesville Sun? Conservative? I hardly think so. I worked there for a number of years, and come election time we tended to cluster around the few televisions in partisan groups. (I was a Perot supporter; we didn’t have our own TV but the conservatives allowed us to share.)

The liberal crowd around the information udder was always much bigger (and more smug) than the conservative one.

Not convinced? Let’s take a quick look at today’s banner.

If GOP loses, what’s ahead?

• Congress up for grabs on Nov. 7
• White House’s agenda faltering

Who’s been talking about the GOP losing? This is a nice piece of work. Subtle. It brings up an unlikely eventuality and makes it a possibility in people’s minds.

This illustrates my point: this headline isn’t the product of a “conservative-controlled media”. If it were, it would probably give more useful information:

If GOP loses, what’s ahead?

• Lowest airfares to Canada
• How to build your own gas mask

On a totally unrelated topic: can an engine sing? I could swear I heard the Beemer this morning singing, in a thick Bavarian accent, something like, “I love cold weather, autobahn autobahn autobahn autobahn”.

From the snap in the air, I may wish I had remembered my gloves come quittin’ time, but this morning, I wanted to ride.

Caught a glimpse of a news report today, in which Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney opined,

“Clearly Republicans are so afraid of their abysmal record they can’t offer one example of what they’ve done to keep America safe. Democrats offer Americans a real plan to keep us safe at home and around the world that starts with tracking down the terrorists, not just more fear and smear attack ads.” Quoted from www.democrats.org

This to me is worrisome and infuriating, depending on how you read it.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m no fan of the current situation. We do need a real resolution to our problems, at home and worldwide.

But this quote is long on promise and short on details. I wouldn’t buy a loaf of bread on such terms, no less turn over the leadership of a nation.

If the Democrats have– if anybody has– a real plan leading to real resolution, and is withholding it for their own personal gain while Americans and allies and innocents fight and die– that to me is an obscenity, one that borders on an act of treason.

If there’s a new idea out there, now’s the time to share it. If not, it’s time to stop pretending that it’s politics as usual here at home.

That said, here’s my take on the big picture.

1. We’re in this spot largely because of our dependence on petroleum. There are scores of other issues and history, I know, but at the core is our need for energy.
2. We’ve puttered with ideas for using alternate energy sources (or suppressed successes, if you’re one of the tinfoil-hat-wearing crowd), but nothing’s really come of it. One reason is that we’re depending on economic forces to drive the creation of the infrastructure– which won’t happen until the price of crude really surges, say a couple hundred bucks a barrel. And at that point it’s too late.
3. To resolve this vulnerability, the Federal government should immediately nationalize and develop a hydrogen-fueling infrastructure. We can’t wait for the big companies to decide that the profits are there (although the mere consideration of the plan might get them off their collective backsides).

Crazy? Dangerous? Maybe. But there’s a lot more detail in this plan that anything I’ve heard from the Democrats. I expect better work from both the right and the left.

So there it is, for the world to see.

Leak’s arm was moving forward, having already given a pump-fake.

The ball had left his hand before anyone touched it.

But it wasn’t a pass. It was a fumble. So Say The SEC Officials.

So much for instant replay.

Shots from the 2006 Hurricane Bay/Typhoon Bay show are up on the site.

Because I was sitting off further to the side than usual, and due to the wide variations of colors behind the competitors depending on where they were standing on stage, I had to open a real can of whoop-ass on the saturation and brightness levels on most of the shots, which is why I’m so late with these shots and why there’s such a wide variation in the color levels.

The Canon seemed better at the auto-white balance during the Southeastern last weekend, as I was making a conscious effort to keep my finger off the button until I was ready to shoot. On the other hand, Ian says just set for tungsten and fuhgetaboutit. I think he may be right.

Anyway, the Southeastern should go more quickly, and I have no shows for the next three weekends, so look for some of the backlog on the portfolio shots to get cleared out and lots of updates on that part of the site. Enjoy.

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