Hollywood Home Theater Forum Vacation 08

08HTF-4133.jpg, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Full set -here-

Thanks to all the studios and the folks at HTF for running an awesome event once again!

Terminator

08-hollywood-HTF-3850, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Exoskeleton from Universal Studios Theme Park, Hollywood Ca.

If Woody had gone to the police

08-hollywood-HTF-3809, originally uploaded by Kadath.

This would never have happened!

Teamwork

08-Giants-3265, originally uploaded by Kadath.

I shot today's NY Giants Game with my Nikon D300 and 18-200VR from the mezzanine not expecting much, and am relatively happy with the results, plus the giants kicked the snot out of Seattle so that was good!

Full set is -here-

Took over 500 photos, edited 146 and will probably print a couple dozen.

Baby Gap Commercial

08-Corinna-2394, originally uploaded by Kadath.

I like this one, but it looks soo much like a setup. It really wasnt tho

Do you like this other version better?
-Smiling Gap

Hey Daddy

08-Corinna-2240, originally uploaded by Kadath.

I like the face on this one, hoping the details come through in print.

Corina turns two!

08-Corinna-2454, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Full set -here-

Strobist Mantis

08-Mantis-2886, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Playing around more with the light, I like how this one turned out best.

Full set -here-

Walking Stick

08-Ella1st-2013, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Seeing more and more of these guys around Navesink

Monkeying around with strobes and filters

08-SkullFilters-0453-2, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Full set -here-

Posten Bros.

Posten Bros., originally uploaded by jurek d..

Jurek D. on Flickr has an awesome 'Posten' composition that I had to link to! Nike Work Jurek Durczak!

Model Rockets

08-Rockets-1824, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Finally a good use for the D300's 6 Frames Per Second!

Full set -here-

Full Moon

08-FullMoon-2113, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Usually the full moon stinks to get good craters out of, this one is pretty sharp tho! Full set -here-

Remembering 9-11

911_02, originally uploaded by Kadath.

"EMS and fire crews in Highlands help those returning to NJ from the horrors of the Twin Towers falling. Dust covered everyone getting off the ship and the crews helped clean them up as best they could. My father ran the cleanup in Atlantic Highlands, I tried to help but there was nothing to do for me but to wait for a call to action that never came."
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This is one of the 4 photos I shot on 9-11-2001. The world was a blur that day and I did not have the presence of mind to document it better. I went to Highlands to see if I could help with the people coming in off the boats, I was not able to help so I went and just sat in Navesink Firehouse waiting for a call to help somewhere, anywhere but there was nothing for us to do but sit, and wait, and watch the dreadful replays on TV over and over.

Today it seems like a distant memory, a bad dream and yet still so important to the state of the world and important to never forget. NJ lost so many people in the attack, Middletown in particular lost more than its share due to many people commuting in to the city from here.

Somehow I was 'lucky' to only know one person who died personally. Kenneth Tietjen was a classmate who died serving in the Port Authority. Ken and I werent close but I always thought he was a cool guy, a smartass with an easy smile and a devious mind. I was surprised to hear that he had gone into law enforcement but I bet he didn't stop the wisecracks there either.

As time moves on I worry that we forget the lessons of that day along with the memories of the people who died. I'm not a political person but I do give a lot of thought to how we treat the world and how the worlds sees us, and I don't think we have done well on that score. I also think the security precautions we have put in place are silly props designed to stop the last attack and not think about the next one. That, tho, I guess is an essay for another day.

Tonight's Moon

08-Moon-1649, originally uploaded by Kadath.

I like this one and the 30 year old 400mm is the champ once again!