July 3, 2009
I had a senior portrait session last week. This week has been so hectic I just got around to editing a few of the images.
This picture was taken in Old Saginaw City with some fresh graffiti that had not been completely defiled yet.
(side note) I really hate it when someone takes the time to create a great piece of street art and then some punk tagger ruins it.
Not all the pictures were done with graffiti in the background but I really liked this one. We did some in the studio, on the railroad tracks, at a loading dock and against a building that was built in the 20’s and had some great art features.
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July 3, 2009
Met with Jason last night at the Crazyjack Industries location in Bridgeport, MI. I met the bike building crew and we snapped a few pictures. Are these guys crazy? Most of them are!
The bikes they build are great and I look forward to working with them more in the future.
June 30, 2009
The wife and I spent the weekend in Bay City working at the Dow River Roar. On Saturday Debra had the Michigan Galaxy Queens down at the river helping kids in the Kroger Kids Zone. I spent the weekend running around and snapping pictures.
Some picutres from the weekend can be seen at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetoad01/sets/72157620638584881/
I’ll keep posting more as the time to edit permits. Images will also be posted on the River Roar website.
Champ F2 boat sponsored by Rico’s of Saginaw beats out local driver of Prime Brothers boat for the checkered flag!
June 22, 2009
I had the pleasure of speaking with Jason from Crazy Jack’s Custom bike shop in Birch Run Michigan. This guy is motiviated and it will be interesting to watch what he does in the next few months. At this point I’m not able to give a lot of details but check out the videos at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/666crazyjack and look back here soon for some great bike pictures!
June 17, 2009
My wife has wanted the WII Fit ever since we got the WII. I was watching Fox News one day and they were talking about the EA Sports Active
and I was interested. So my wife had her birthday and I got the EA Sports Active instead of the WII Fit.
I don’t have the Wii Balance Board
but read that you don’t need to to play the EA Active. Having said all this last night I tried the game/workout for the first time. I have to admin that it was enjoyable and it was a good workout. Being my first time I setup my person and selected the easy muscle toning workout. The workout took about 27 minutes even with the explinations. I worked up a mild sweat and could feel a mild muscle burn. The workout was not overly difficult or strenuous.
Being completely out of shape I could feel a little soreness this morning when I woke up. I highly recommend the EA Sports Active and soon I will be taking the 30 day challenge. There are a lot of features in this game that my wife and I haven’t even started to explore. I think this will help us get in shape and has a lot of options to keep you interested and motivated.
June 15, 2009
I’ve created another photo blog. This time the blog is for Saginaw, MI.
A few months ago I started one for Bay City (http://baycity.defoenet.com) and the new one is at http://defoenet.com/saginaw. I’ll probably put it on a subdomain. Currently I am using these sites to test some SEO techniques and WordPress plugins.
June 15, 2009
I stopped by the Red Eye Coffee House over the weekend and the flyers are out for the Lawn Chair Film Festival! Yeah!!!
Here is the schedule for the summer:
Sunday, June 21 – It’s A Wonderful Life
Sunday, June 28 – House Bunny
Sunday, July 5 – Avenue Montaigne
Sunday, July 12 – Iron Man
Sunday, July 19 – Shaun of the Dead (I love this movie!)
Sunday, July 26 – Ghost Town
Sunday, August 2 – Madagascar II
Sunday, August 9 – Slumdog Millionaire
Sunday, August 16 – Sixteen Candles
Sunday, August 23 – The Visitor
Where: Located in the parking lot, corner of Ames & N Hamilton in Old Saginaw City.
Cost: FREE!!!
Movies start at dusk.
June 5, 2009
I had the pleasure of being the photographer at a wonderful fashion show at Bay Valley Resort in Bay City, MI last night. The hors d’oeuvres were excellent and the staff at the resort was great. This fashion show was first class from start to finish. The music and sound was provided by High Fidelity Entertainment and the show was a promotion for the new Fashion Plate segment that is part of Review Magazine. The clothing for the show was provided by A Girly Girl Boutique and original jewelry from CiCi Carter.
June 3, 2009
Debra and Robert Gallo at Street Boss Premiere
I’m a little behind in my blogging. Had a crazy weekend and I’m still trying to catch up on my sleep.
The weekend started on Friday night with the premiere of the movie Street Boss at the Temple Theatre in Saginaw. My wife and I had both worked on the set of Street Boss last summer and we were excited to see the end product and re-connect with some of the people that we spent a lot of time with.
The movie was great and the night was long. Mark Bierlein put together a great night with food and fun. It was great to see our names in the credits. I got two listings, extra and still photographer and Debra was listed as costume provider with credit to A Girly Girl Boutique.
Following the movie we met up with a large group of people from the crew of the movie at The Juncion in old town Saginaw. After singing a good amount of karaoke the bar closed but the party didn’t stop.
We hung out for a few more hours with Robert Gallo, movie director Lance Kawas, and cinematographer Wayne Murphy. These are great people and I look forward to seeing the great things that they will produce in the future.
