Husband for Sale

I came across the following entirely by accident while Googling some photography-related material. The following appeared today, June 25, 2009, in the Toronto Craigslist. I'm not sure how long it will remain online, so I've copied & pasted the ad in its entirity here. I thought it was hilarious (here's the direct link).

WTT: Ken Rockwell-Obsessed Husband (North York)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Reply to: sale-hpcn7-1239135682@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-06-25, 12:36PM EDT

One gently-used caucasian male. 36 years-old. Slightly defective. Remembers the names of Ken Rockwell's kids but not our own. Constantly buying high-end photo gear then selling it on craigslist the second Canon or Nikon releases something new. Complains endlessly about lowballers, tire-kickers and pixel peepers. Sold car to buy a Leica body and now wants to mortage house to buy lenses, all at Ken Rockwell's insistence. Maybe you can reprogram him. I have no time because I have to cart our kids around on the TTC and work two jobs while while he fiddles with film and DSLR to achieve super-saturated highlights.

Reasonable offers accepted: Food, clothing, 1992 Subaru Justy. Offers of photo equipment will promptly be deleted! Lowball kickers are welcome! A swift one in the nuts will do him some good.

• Location: North York
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
  

PostingID: 1239135682

Mobile Upload Test

This is my umpteenth attempt at mobile uploading -- previous attempts have failed miserably and I was unable to get any help in the Blogger Help Forums. If this upload is successful, then I will add a comment about the picture later. I hope this works...

Sweet success! It finally worked! OMG, you have no idea how many times I've had to register my phone and perform an upload test only to receive an error message stating that I needed to register my phone -- it was a vicious circle, but everything seems to be working fine (knock on wood). Now I just need to figure out how to eliminate the white top and bottom borders of the picture, and how to center the picture automatically (I had to manually center the above picture).

Oh, yeah, I was going to comment on the above picture -- this picture was taken during my lunch break at work. I had a can of Cherry Coke and a bag of black cherries when I decided to put the two together to create a "still-life". Aside from the lousy lighting and lousy resolution of my phone's camera, I think the picture turned out pretty good.

Anthony and Jack Hanna

Going through some old computer files this evening, I came across these pictures from the late morning of April 24, 2004 of Anthony with the celebrity zoologist, Jack Hanna. Jack was on a tour and made a stop at San Diego's University Towne Centre mall to talk about animals and the importance of global awareness. We had no idea he would be there and were pleasantly surpised when we found out -- of course, Anthony was excited about meeting Jack, especially since he and I watched Jack's nature shows on TV together. Jack talked with Anthony for a bit while his assistants were busy setting up the stage, and ended up giving Anthony a little book and binder about animals which he personally signed "To my Pal, Anthony. Jack Hanna".

Me, Anthony, and Jack Hanna

Jack Hanna

Anthony Feeding a Parrot

Double-Exposure Portrait

I was playing around with my homemade snoot and decided to take a couple shots of my friend, Bob. This particular photograph was taken at work with all the lights in the room turned on, but the aperture was stopped down to f/36. I attached the snoot to the flash which Bob held off-camera for me. Took a couple test shots to dial in the flash power and ended up shooting at 1/16 power -- the snoot really concentrates the light! Once the flash power and Kelvin temp were properly dialed in, it was just a matter of positioning Bob during the double-exposure. This was my favorite picture, however, I should've paid more attention to Bob's head position/angle in the second (smaller) shot. Thanks for being such a great sport throughout the shoot, Bob!

Bob Cacho

Heading to Farms for Summer Internships

My sister, Gina, made the New York Times! The NYT did a short piece on liberal arts students who are heading to farms as interns for the summer, in search of both work and social change, and she was one of the featured students. Check out the pictures of Gina on the NYT website! Way to go, Gina! Love ya, Beans!