It’s gonna be an expensive few months.

• Canon 40D
• Canon SD870 IS
• RRS L-plate for 40D
• Guitar Hero III
• Rock Band
• Apple iPod classic
• RIM Blackberry Pearl 2

I’m sure I’ve gotta be forgetting something here.

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There was a completely unexpected (by me) thunderstorm in Santa Barbara tonight. I was just about falling asleep when I saw a bright flash through my closed bedroom blinds. I got up to check it out, and had to get my camera out. I’ve never really tried shooting lightning before, so it was a learning experience. I don’t expect I’ll get the chance again anytime soon. I really want to do more work on this image, and a few others I got, but I’m too tired. I wanted to get something up now, though, so here it is.

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Through the smoke from the Zaca fire.

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Wow, a month since my last post. I’ve been slacking.

Most of my free time these days is taken up by photography. Most of that time has been spent at Goleta Beach Park, shooting birds in the Goleta Slough. I got a new lens (300mm f/4L IS) about a month and a half ago, along with the 1.4x extender, and have been having a great time with them. Since last Sunday, I was out there 5 days, for a total of probably around 18 hours. I can sit out there all day with my camera.

The pictures will (slowly) make it up to my gallery and flickr. Choosing the ones I like best, processing them in Lightroom, and dealing with tagging and other stuff makes it very time consuming.

I also got another cool toy for my camera: Sony GPS-CS1. I have it attached to my camera strap, and turn it on when I go out shooting. It logs my location every 15 seconds. Then, when I copy the images to my computer, Downloader Pro automatically syncs up the times of the images with the data from the GPS, and tags the images with locations. When I upload to flickr, it automatically uses that information and shows the location, with a “View Map” button to see where it was taken. It’s a fun little toy.

Tomorrow night, I head out to Vegas until Monday, and my camera isn’t coming with me. To any poker bloggers going, see you there!

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This was taken right in my backyard.

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Went to the Dodger game again yesterday, a 7-5 loss to the Pirates. Fun game. Took some more pictures.
Gallery | flickr. I’m finally starting to actually learn to use Photoshop to process images and make them look better. I’m sure I’ll have more images added to this set later this week.

Juan Pierre makes an error every time I point my camera at him in center.

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Post ripped from: http://bradpenner.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-need-your-vote.html

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=MULTIMEDIA09

As promised, The Asbury Park Press Battle of the Pet Photographers has begun! I need your help! I, like each of the other staff photographers, have two entries in the contest. Here’s how it works: Over 2400 pet owners sent in photos of their beloved pets. Each photographer chose two to go out and make “professional” photographs of. Then, the public votes on which pet is their favorite. This is where you come in. For whatever reason, this is not an anonymous contest. Because of that, I can campaign for votes for my two pets. The two dogs that I photographed are named “Brodi,” and “Brooklyn.”

This is Brodi:

And this is Brooklyn:

They’re both extremely friendly, and they need your help to take home the grand (and only) prize. That’s right, there’s just one winner, and 23 losers! Help us not be losers! 🙂

Go here: http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=MULTIMEDIA09 and cast your vote for either Brodi or Brooklyn! There are bragging rights (and cash!) at stake here!!

One more time, it’s: http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=MULTIMEDIA09. We appreciate your support!

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Amazon one-click + prime is dangerous. This is so tempting. I haven’t ordered it… yet.

I really don’t have much of anything to say, as usual. Dammit. I need to come up with things to write about, and post more.

Now, back to BSG.

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