Shots from the 2013 Gateway Classic, held April 27 in Lake City. are up on the site.
I was getting over some crud but I’m still happy with the shots.
Tony put on a wonderful show as usual and there was a very good calibre of competitors. Enjoy.
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Category: ScheduleSorry for the delay; I spent some time refactoring the maintenance interface to the database.
I cleaned up some of the SQL, scrapped some hard code for jQuery (hey, it’s an OLD interface now!), added some indeces– usual stuff. But it was worth it, I probably saved almost as much time in the entry process as it took to make the changes.
Just as a reminder, these entries are based on notes and are not to be considered ANYTHING like final yet. The only official source of Florida NPC contest information comes from their Web site.
As the NPC and show promoter’s sites get updated I’ll update the schedule, but remember that stuff haapens: venues have date conflicts, sanctions can be denied, and so forth and so on. Always confirm your participation plans with the show promoter.
So anyway, here is the unofficial 2013 NPC schedule. Enjoy.
Man, am I behind in my posts! I’ll try to make up some time here.
Shots from the 2012 All South, held November 3 in St. Augustine, FL, are up on the site.
Got there later than I should have, so seating options were more limited. I chose a decent seat in the middle so the angle gained me more accurate and consistent color balance but lost me an unblocked view.
I think what I really need is a 30-foot tripod. Or a radioactive spider with a bad temper.
Promoters Gene and Pete put on a great show as usual. This wraps up the 2012 schedule for me. And by the way, the preliminary unofficial run-it-up-the-flagpole uncertified unauthenticated first draft of the 2013 schedule will be going up on the site shortly.
Enjoy.
Shots from the 2012 Southeastern USA, held September 29 in Orlando, are up on the site.
This was a big show, by far the biggest I’ve shot this year.
I think next year the rule is going to be, “No big shows”.
I was able to eke out passable consistency from the shots, with the exception of the men’s physique competitors who had a certain color in their jams, possibly fluorescent yellow or orange.
I need to research that a bit. Something made the Canon think the CCD was getting way more light than it actually was.
Anyway. On to the Gainesville shots. One more show for the year for me and then a little break.
Shots from the 2012 Daytona Classic, held September 22 in (where else) Daytona, FL, are up on the site.
The shots from the 2012 Southeastern have just started going up as well.
Yes, I’m even more behind that usual, if you can imagine such a thing.
I’m starting to get very frustrated by my image presentation software. It seems way bloated for the simple job it needs to do, and ever since I moved the site to a new server to get a static IP, the weenier (that’s a technical term) server has made even a simple upload of images into a major and time-consuming chore.
I’ve been coping by breaking tasks up into small, nested batches so one thing can run in the background while I’m working on something else, but it’s still a pain in the sphincter.
I’m looking at an alternative that seems much faster and lighter but still seems to have all the functionality I need. In my copious free time (hack gag) I have to see if I can port the Eos theme over to it; I really like having the different software packacges presenting a comparitively seamless look-and-feel (says the guy who hasn’t even finished converting his static pages to the Eos theme).
Oh, yeah, the show. Just another smooth Tony Curtis gig– he makes it look so easy, though I understand the evening show had its share of fun due to unavoidable external issues, but even those were handled (good work Arno!)
This photography is not my finest work; in particular I’m disappointed in the bad job I did setting the white balance early on– it’s just so hard to tell when it’s off until you can really see it on a full-sized monitor.
Some of the shots came our wonderfully, but *all* of the shots could have been better. The Southeastern shots came out much more consistently, and I’ll try to do the same at the Gainesville show this weekend. Enjoy.
Some fairly significant changes must have occurred; the name, time, promoter, classes, guest poser, Web site, and probably lots of other things have changed. I’ve updated the schedule on my site to reflect these changes.
As always: check with the official NPC Florida site and check with the promoter!
I hope to at least have the Daytona shots up before then… :)
Shots from the 2012 Lakeland Classic are up on the site.
Wannabe stage helpers must write “I will not touch the lights once the prejudging starts” one thousand times before they are allowed to touch the board.
Other than that it was another fine show by Deb Callahan. The venue is small but well maintained and replete with history– just the sort of place I like.