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Weekend with friends
This weekend was a lot of fun. Diane and I spent most of it hanging out at the PassionExperience Tour rehearsals catching up with old friends. ChrisTomlin and David Crowder were bothin Phoenix at the Youth Specialties conference, so they decided to hold rehearsalsfor the tour here. I was able to catch up with John Mills, Louie and ShelleyGiglio, and Chris Tomlin. It had beenalmost a year since I was able to spend time with these guys. I used to workwith them when I was with Student Life.
On Sunday Night we joined the gang at the Youth Specialties conference in downtownPhoenix. We were there for the evening session, the PassionExperience Tour. Wow! If you get a chance make sure you go! They will be in cities all over the country. It was a great night of worshipand inspiration.
If you haven’t already done so, make sure you pick up a copy of David Crowder’s newCD, Illuminate. Chris Tomlin’s latest CD, Notto Us, is also wonderful.
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September 2003
Jacqueline on Hack
My friend Jacqueline, pictured above with her husband John, is now a cast member onthe television series Hack. The show premiered last night and Jacqueline dida great job. Way to go Jacqueline!! You can see the show on Saturday nightson CBS. One really neat thingabout the show is that Andre Braugher isthe co-star! He’s one of my favorite actors. He stared on my all timefavorite television series “Homicide”.
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Act Casual
I got this comic in my inbox today. It really made me laugh. Calvin ismy kind of guy!
More Calvin and Hobbes:
- The Calvin and HobbesTenth Anniversary Book
- Scientific ProgressGoes ‘Boink’
- The AuthoritativeCalvin and Hobbes
- There’s TreasureEverywhere
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Art As I See It
My photographyclass has finally begun. Last night was the first class. We spenta lot of time talking about image composition. It was great. I left classand went over to Diane’s house where I promptly took out my camera and started takingpictures of everything. I was twisting the camera around (angles and motion),crawling around on the floor (unusual point-of-view), setting up my tripod for close-ups(framing and cropping), and scaring the heck out of Diane’s cat Mossimo.Each week we have homework. This week the assignment is to share our singlebest photograph that demonstrates the elements of composition, including: Subject,foreground, background and horizon. I have to choose the most pleasing phototo me and share it with the class.I’ve created a photo album called PhotographyClass Homework where I’ll be posting my experiments. Please feel free toe-mail me with suggestions. I’m learning a lot and I’m sure you could show mesomething new.
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Racquetball at Freestone Rec Center
We will be playing racquetball on Wednesday, September 24th, at the FreestoneRecreation Center. Games will begin at 6:30 pm. Freestone is locatedon Guadalupe Rd. between Lindsey and Val Vista. Please bring your own racquet!
Freestone has a lot of options for those of you who don’t play racquet ball, including:
- climbing wall
- walking/running track
- basketball
- arobics
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Ride to Payson, AZ
Calling all Phoenix area bikers! There is a ride Sunday morning, September 21st, toPayson, AZ. We will be meeting at the gas station by Fort McDowell Casino (it’son hiway 87 just north of Shea Blvd.) at 7:30 am. The ride is good for beginnersand advance riders alike. It’s about 45 miles of gently curving road. All bikes are welcome.The plan is to ride to Payson and have breakfast at The Small Cafe. After somegood food and coffee we’ll return. Some may choose to continue north to WoodsCanyon Lake or ChristopherCreek.Clickhere for a map of the meeting point.
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Photography class starting soon.
I have the priviledge of taking a photography class from DaleKesel this fall. I recently bought a Canon10D and I’m excited to learn a few things with it. This is a 7 week coursewith weekly assignments. I will be posting my homework online so you can seemy progress and, hopefully, give me some comments on the photographs.
Dale has a couple of great websites where you can view and purchase his work.
All of the images above are copyright 2003 Dale Kesel.
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My nephew is a genius!
My nephew, Jordan, created a video for a school project. It’s all about castlesin europe. He even postedit to the web so others could learn about castles. I watched the video tonightand was so impressed that I thought I would let everyone else know about it. I think we might have a young documentary film maker on our hands!Click here to see thevideo. (Click the castle door when finished loading to start!)
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Understanding Histograms
Finally, a great article on the mysterious histogram. I own a Canon 10D andit displays a histogram for every picture I take, until I read this article I didn’treally know what I was seeing. Now I see the histogram as one of the most usefultools in my digital photography toolbox.
Clickhere to go to the tutorial.
Photos copyright 1995-2003 Michael Reichmann
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Donnie Darko is coming to Madstone
It’s true, DonnieDarko is on it’s way to theaters as part of Madstone’sPremier Pic Series. This is one crazy film and I can’t wait to see it onthe big screen. My friend Bill and I watched it on one of our movie nights andhave talked about it ever since.
Undoubtedly one of today’s cult classics, “Donnie Darko” is a science fiction, fantasyfilm with feet planted firmly in the mundane ins-and-outs of daily high school lifein suburbia. While Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) may seem like the typical maladjustedteenager, he is, in fact, far from typical. Borderline delusional, Donnie is besetby visions of a monstrous rabbit named Frank, who tries to keep him under a sinisterinfluence. Prompted by this apparition, Donnie commits antisocial acts, survives thevagaries of high-school life and romance, and escapes a bizarre death when an unexplainedjet engine drops into his room. Donnie battles his demons, literally and figuratively,in a series of intertwining story lines that explore time travel, fate, predestinationand the machinations of the universe.
Don’t miss the Donnie Darko website, itwill give you the feel of the movie.
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