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Fourth of July
July 7th, 2008 | Filed under Blog, Friends, Life, Photos
Just wanted to pop in quickly and post some photos from what has become a tradition, to celebrate Fourth of July in Eudora. Joah’s parents were gracious enough to host us tearing up their lawn with horse shoes and an assortment of pyrotechnics. I was messing around a ton with shutter speeds trying to capture some good photos and I really like the way this one turned out. It reminds me of the crazy magician in the sword in the stone.
Joah’s mother, Peg, has a beautiful garden that I was able take advantage of without trampling to many of the flora. ;) This one is quickly becoming one of my favorite pics of the summer. I can’t tell you how much a fast lens makes me a better photographer. It does present problems when it comes to focus, but I love how it blows out the background keeping the focus on the flowers. Now, if I only knew what they were called.
Anyway, gotta hop in the shower and head off to work. Sorry I haven’t posted more lately, but we have the biggest week of the year for work next week and we are in crazy production mode trying to test and complete two new products. So far, so good…but I haven’t opened my todo list yet. Wish me luck. Oh, and here is a link to the rest of the photos from the 4th.
Oh, and one more thing. GO SEE WALL·E! I really think it could be considered one of the best movies of the last 5 years. Ben Burt’s sound design was amazing, as was the lighting and camera work. A truly revolutionary step forward for Pixar. Also, the character animation evoked such real emotion that it brought both Teressa and I to tears. When was the last time little flickers of light that came out of a computer did that? Yeah, I thought so. Best part? A classic 1960s Louis Armstrong song. Nothing brings a smile to my face more than the first notes of song uttered from that horn. All in all an almost perfect movie. I can’t remember the last time I thought that of a film.
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