Author Archives: djnpub

As You Like It 𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮

Posted on June 30, 2019 by djnpub

Tonight I saw this year’s play from the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s Free Shakespeare in the Park. It was a new production of As You Like It presented as a musical. I’ll have to say I was dubious when I … Continue reading →

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Civic Duty

Posted on June 11, 2019 by djnpub

I’m sure everybody has gotten a jury summons. I’ve received many. I used to think I got them annually like clockwork for a while. Every time before this, either there was not a need for a jury, so I was … Continue reading →

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A Cool PreSummer’s Night

Posted on May 30, 2019 by djnpub

I kicked off my theater season with CalShakes first play of the season, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This was the first run of this year’s solo configuration for CSF for me. It was an enjoyable evening and nice to be … Continue reading →

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The Spring Travel Marathon is Over

Posted on May 28, 2019 by djnpub

Since the last day of February till the later part of May I took four major recreational trips, two of which were out of the country. I never planned to do so much traveling all at once when I started … Continue reading →

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Utah Extreme — Day 6

Posted on May 20, 2019 by djnpub

For the last shoot of the tour, we totally abandoned the agenda and outdoor theme. Dasha and Dima felt that it was too cold for shooting at the Great Saltair (where I’ve shot before), and they had arranged to do … Continue reading →

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Utah Extreme — Day 5

Posted on May 19, 2019 by djnpub

By this point in the tour the weather, either rain, wind, or low temperatures, had totally disrupted our planned agenda. Instead of two shoot locations on Sunday, one of which I’d shot at before and one of which I hadn’t, … Continue reading →

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Utah Extreme — Day 4

Posted on May 18, 2019 by djnpub

On Saturday we went for a “full-day” shoot at Crack Canyon. The original plan was to shoot in the morning for a couple of hours, break for lunch, then shoot in the afternoon. However, due to the predicted low temperatures … Continue reading →

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Utah Extreme — Day 3

Posted on May 17, 2019 by djnpub

The bad weather projections started playing havoc with our agenda, and we started switching days/locations around to try and counter it. On Friday, instead of a full day at Crack Canyon, we substituted a modified version of Saturday’s shoot and … Continue reading →

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Utah Extreme — Day 2

Posted on May 16, 2019 by djnpub

On the morning of the second day of the tour, we moved our base camp south to Green River to the motel where we would stay for the duration of our time in southern Oregon. We had two scheduled shoots … Continue reading →

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Utah Extreme — Day 1

Posted on May 15, 2019 by djnpub

The tour started on Wednesday at midday, as is typical with UTadventure, with a kickoff lunch. We met the group and got the itinerary. The crew had a bit of a switch-up as one of the photographers couldn’t make it … Continue reading →

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