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It finally stopped raining enough to take my 5D Mk II with the 14mm Sigma lens and tripod out for some night shooting.  The super wide prime lens is not an easy to use lens because of the flaring that comes from any side light hitting the lens.   Night was no exception to this,  but was still a bit easier than broad daylight because you have to shade the lens no matter what in daylight.

I think you’d be amazed to know that the third Thursday of every month photographers meet at the Irvine Fine Arts Center at 6:30 PM. 

 http://thephotoexchange.wordpress.com/

I turned 50 this past Thursday the 18th, and wanted to share this with you. 

 I celebrated this particular birthday by waking up at 6, going to work by 7, having a prostate exam at 10am (”drop your pants, spread your cheeks and breathe normally”), a nice lunch at a sushi buffet in Laguna Hills, and another five hours of work before going home to pass out.   

My advice: Do NOT TURN 50!!  At all costs. 

I was laying in bed with a cold that wouldn’t quit, and it hit me:  I’m fully nerded out!   I’m in bed, with my Macbook pro on one side remotely logged to my PC downstairs, my work PC laptop on the other side of me, logged in to SharePoint,  while watching a Roku box movie from Netflix on the bigscreen TV, talking on my cell phone, while the house phone begins ringing.   

 Folks, do not try this at home.

Actress Delaina Mitchell (Vanilla Sky, Waiting to Exhale) and Harley Coffey were married and later wanted beach photographs “post wedding”; they were a charming couple and a pleasure to photograph.

Photographer’s Night at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific was a frenzy of photographic fun. Hardly a square inch of space was not filled with the rapid firing of flashy lights. I did manage to get some footage in HD that didn’t have flashes popping. The edit is very rough as I’m still learning how to use Final Cut Studio…