tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32698902007-11-26T03:10:14.838-08:00CarlBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269890.post-1148950462049974142006-05-29T17:48:00.000-07:002006-12-28T18:59:18.263-08:00

Click on above photo to enter gallery. Carl Goes Digital, Part III Plus, outtakes from my exciting Laundromat adventure!

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Click on above photo to enter gallery. Carl goes Digital, Part II More shots from in and around the 'hood, all taken on my new Nikon D50 with trusty 24mm/2.8 and 50mm/1.8 Nikkor prime lenses. Due to popular request, this time I've set up the gallery so that the "larger image" is a full-sized 6-megapixel JPG suitable for close-up viewing. Enjoy!

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Click on above photo to enter gallery. Carl goes Digital No, don't settle up on those bets just yet: I haven't converted. I've just added a digital SLR to my ever-growing collection of camera gear: the delightful Nikon D50. My goal in acquiring this camera was to integrate a time-efficient color capture and post-processing workflow into my current, mostly B&W film-and-darkroom process. Some

Carltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269890.post-1145575619025138632006-04-20T16:10:00.000-07:002006-04-20T16:28:19.323-07:00

Whoops! Looks like the problem runs deeper than I thought. This incident is not a one-time slip-up on the part of USA Today's fact-checking department -- it's part of a larger effort to publicize the book that Bill Swanson just published: "Swanson's Unwritten Rules of Management." Raytheon's link to order this book is located HERE. In an earlier promotional interview with Swanson (also

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The following is a letter I submitted this morning to USA Today in response to THIS ARTICLE they ran a few days ago. ---------- In your article entitled "CEOs say how you treat a waiter can predict a lot about character" by Del Jones, you list 33 "Unwritten Rules" of Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson. However, it should be mentioned to your readers that nearly all of these "unwritten rules" have

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Click on above image to enter photo gallery. Golden Hill Walking Tour Amy and I carouse the streets of Golden Hill while Phil and Janice sketch the home of Amy's old psychiatrist a few blocks away... This is my first time in about two years trying to shoot Ilford Pan-F 50 Plus. It is a notoriously difficult film to work with, as it exhibits a veritable combination platter of slow speed (

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Click on above photo to enter gallery. University Heights and MOCA-LaJolla Yet more Olympus Stylus Epic snappies from in and around Twigg's in University Heights as well as last Saturday's quick jaunt with Phil to the Museum of Contemporary Art in LaJolla.

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Click on above photo to enter gallery. Irvine Trip & Ray at Night Gallery Shots from last weekend's sojourn up to Irvine to visit my friend Brian. Note that all these document my Amtrak ride up there, which was great fun and much more photogenic than the final destination. Also, some material from that Saturday's Ray at Night back here in the Normal Heights neighborhood of San Diego. All shot

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Click on above photo to view gallery. Twiggs & San Diego Gallery, Door B Okay, there's only one image from my newly-acquired Holga, but still, it's a new look worth highlighting, isn't it? Some of these photos were taken by Amy Haven. I've indicated these with an appropriate byline. Except for the Holga image showcased above, all were taken with the Olympus Stylus Epic, with whom I've decided

Carltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269890.post-1138594576074180202006-01-29T19:55:00.000-08:002006-04-23T22:54:42.023-07:00

Click on above photo to enter gallery. The Aftermath: New Years up to the MLK holiday. These were taken in and around San Diego, mostly my neighborhood (University Heights) and its social centroid, Twiggs Coffee. A few images from LaJolla and the suspension pedestrian bridge off Front St. are also included for good measure (from my friend Brian's MLK visit). These images come from the first

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Click on above photo to enter gallery. New Year's in San Francisco, 2006 Note: some of these images were taken by me and some were taken by my most excellent host and friend Ryan Smith. Each photo has its respective auteur indicated in the lower left corner. Another Note: You can free up more vertical headroom in your browser by pressing F11 on your keyboard, which hides the address and

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Click on above photo to enter gallery. Austin Holidays, 2005

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I've posted my just-completed review of the Hungarian film "Kontroll," currently playing in extremely limited exhibition across the United States: KONTROLL REVIEW Go see it. I think it's the most cinematically perfect movie I've seen in about five years. When was the last time I saw a movie three times in a row in four days? Oh, wait: I've never done that before.

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Click on above photo to enter gallery. The First Group of photographs from my Winter Holiday trip to Austin. Isn't Dustin's girlfriend absosmurfly adorable?

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It's been a gorgeous last few days in San Diego, so like the dork I am, instead of ganging down to the beach with my friends to work on our tans and rub lotion on UCSD coeds, I took advantage of the 3-day weekend to finally clean out and lovingly polish my apartment in preparation for an upcoming parental visit and the imminent arrival of a friend for a weekend stay. So here's the thing:

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Just finished re-watching the film adaptation of Michael Chabon's "Wonder Boys." Oohh, tasty dialog that is. Here's a sample from the front end of the movie... GRADY Are you and Hannah seeing each other, James ? JAMES LEER No! What gave you that idea? GRADY Relax, James. I'm not her father. I just rent her a room.

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Happy Holidays to everyone in the Land!

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Four images taken last Sunday at Mission Beach in San Diego. Ah, the ravages of the Winter Season...

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A photographic meditation on England, the product of a 10-day visit back in September. Plug in your headphones to hear the genius of Bill Evans's accompaniment. Let me know what you think.

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Photographs taken during my one-week sojourn in Minnesota with my brother and the folks.

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As promised, here is the second (and final) installment of the NYC photo series from Independence Day, 2004. Enjoy!

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Latest news from the Cinematography.com website: The remake of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" experienced a delay on Wednesday when a worker dropped a $540,000 camera lens in a vat of chocolate. The technician had failed to properly secure his wire-held camera, and watched aghast as it plunged into the 3-feet-deep tank. One source on the English set says, "When the camera fell it was

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Have a ball with these, as usual. Email with compliments, critiques, and whatnot. More are coming soon.

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The picture Taking Sides was just released on DVD a few weeks ago by New Yorker Films. It is a very fine transfer with some nice special features (interviews, behind-the-scenes, and theatrical trailer). I highly recommend you check it out. Just to whet your appetite, I've uploaded the trailer to my site for your viewing pleasure. Yes, I know it's sehr cliche in an early-80's way (almost

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A co-worker loaned me his brand-spankin'-new Nikon D70 digital SLR for an evening and I spent 3 hours playing with it in and around the beach and my new neighborhood. Have fun!

Carl