Jury Duty

I wanted to post about this because I’m sure I’ll wonder in the future when this was and now I can check my blog about it. I had jury duty yesterday. They selected 60 people for the Houston juvenile court. I thought this was a big pool that would be divided between multiple court rooms….

Shop at Sears

My wife posted a post about how Sears supports reservist employees, and I thought it so important to pass on that I’ve included the whole thing here, since I know most people won’t click through to read it. Sears – Christmas shopping has already started I know I needed this reminder since Sears isn’t always…

EFL: Backed Halibut Review

I’ve started doing Body for Life again. I just finally got to the point I couldn’t take being this fat. I’m the fattest I’ve been in my adult life, 214 lbs. I’m also very out of shape. So I started the BFL diet and exercise program. I’ve got the Eating for Life cook book. I…

Found an Old Friend

Or I guess more precisely an old friend found me. He’s a former manager of mine who now does concert photography. He lives in Toronto and goes by the name Pete Nema. I won’t out his real name if he’s trying to keep it a secret. He does great work. I’ve not understood shooting concerts….

Food Photo 101

Discovered today a blog “class” on food photography, Food Photo 101. Should be fun to be part of it. I joined the Food Photo 101 flickr group and uploaded my Puerco Pibil images, adding the best one, the plated Pibil, to the group.

Puerco Pibil Again…With Pictures

So I cooked Puerco Pibil again this weekend, because, though it was way too hot last weekend, it tasted really good. This weekend it wasn’t as hot, but it also wasn’t as good. It had a strange aftertaste that was almost metallic. I did have the Annto seeds this time. I ordered the off eBay,…

The Unit

I just want to say the new theme song for The Unit is great.

PGM: Posing

This entry is from my series: A Photographer’s Guide To Models. Pretty girls who want their picture taken are abundant. Models are few and far between. What’s the differences? A model’s got skills. 🙂 There are a lot of skills a model has, but the two I’m going to talk about are expressions and poses….