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Utah Adventure — Day 4 — “Rest” Day

Posted on May 21, 2018 by djnpub

After several days of long days and somewhat tiring shoots, the organizers wisely built in a rest day with an optional shoot in the evening. The day started with a leisurely check out from our hotel, and again moving our … Continue reading →

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Utah Adventure — Day 3

Posted on May 21, 2018 by djnpub

The day started early as we left the hotel to go to Crack Canyon, the second of the slot canyons on our tour. After another ride over a pretty bumpy road we arrived at the trailhead. The hike in was … Continue reading →

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Utah Adventure — Day 2

Posted on May 21, 2018 by djnpub

The second day of our adventure stated early with a move of our base of operations to a hotel in Green River, UT, about 3 hours SE of Salt Lake City. After checking in, we grabbed some lunch to go … Continue reading →

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A Grand Adventure in Utah Begins

Posted on May 21, 2018 by djnpub

In mid-May, after I’d had about 3 1/2 months to settle into my retirement, I spent an amazing week in Utah with UTadventure, traveling to beautiful scenic sites with a team of very talented fine-art models. I finally got to … Continue reading →

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Glamour Photography Adventure

Posted on February 5, 2018 by djnpub

I officially began my retirement on Thursday, and not much time elapsed before I hit the road on my first adventure. On Friday, I headed down to LA to attend a two day photography workshop focusing on glamour photography, run … Continue reading →

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End of a Year, End of an Era

Posted on December 31, 2017 by djnpub

I made it through Christmas this year without getting sick again, so a good trend is underway. As 2017 comes to a close, it marks the end of my LX year, and my primary working life, but I hope also … Continue reading →

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Heading Back Home

Posted on September 4, 2017 by djnpub

After my adventurous weekend, on Labor Day I headed back north, again on the Coast Starlight. This time went a bit smoother schedule-wise. Interestingly I ended up sitting with a young guy (a software product developer) who was on a … Continue reading →

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TCOL Workshop

Posted on September 3, 2017 by djnpub

I spent all day Saturday and Sunday at Matt Granger’s Take Control of the Light portrait photography workshop. The studio was located in a nondescript business area in central urban LA. It was fun to learn some of the lessons … Continue reading →

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Slow choo choo to LA

Posted on September 1, 2017 by djnpub

After getting up early and taking the Bus to BART, and BART to Oakland, I walked down to Jack London Square to catch the Amtrak train, the Coast Starlight, from Oakland down to LA. It was supposed to be a … Continue reading →

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Canon Completed

Posted on August 6, 2017 by djnpub

By my best recollection, I attended my first live Shakespeare play at the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival in John Hinkel Park in 1986 at the instigation of Tina, where we feasted and drank and watched the plays along with Mike and … Continue reading →

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