urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray Photographic slices of existence eurekagray@livejournal.com Eureka 2009-12-06T17:40:47Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:561224 2009-12-06T17:40:47Z 2009-12-06T17:40:47Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013khz7/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013khz7/s640x480" alt="" height="480" width="320" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:561145 2009-12-06T17:39:42Z 2009-12-06T17:39:42Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013h16t/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013h16t/s640x480" alt="" height="480" width="320" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:560794 2009-12-06T17:38:24Z 2009-12-06T17:38:36Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013gc5r/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013gc5r/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:560393 2009-12-06T17:37:13Z 2009-12-06T17:37:13Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013fw52/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013fw52/s640x480" alt="" height="480" width="320" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:560245 2009-12-02T17:57:57Z 2009-12-02T17:57:57Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013ep8e/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013ep8e/s640x480" alt="" height="480" width="320" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:559860 2009-12-01T15:36:08Z 2009-12-01T15:36:08Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013d94w/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013d94w/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:559380 2009-11-30T17:37:33Z 2009-11-30T17:37:33Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013c0fp/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013c0fp/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:559278 2009-11-29T22:45:30Z 2009-11-29T22:45:30Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013bfbp/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013bfbp/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:558969 2009-11-29T16:27:23Z 2009-11-29T16:27:23Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013aa1b/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013aa1b/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <br /><br />I can't take much credit for this one, but it was fun to shoot anyway. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:558717 2009-11-28T22:39:57Z 2009-11-28T22:39:57Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/00135yf4/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/00135yf4/s640x480" alt="" height="480" width="320" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:558387 2009-11-26T15:30:19Z 2009-11-26T15:30:19Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/00139wat/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/00139wat/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:558137 2009-11-25T15:58:10Z 2009-11-25T15:58:10Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/00138rbf/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/00138rbf/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:557979 2009-11-24T22:50:55Z 2009-11-24T22:50:55Z This is primarily of interest to my Lightroom, Photoshop, and other digital photo students (some of whom I know visit this blog) but might be worth reading for other photo enthusiasts.<br /><br />Apparently the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/index.html">Library of Congress</a> has funded a working group through the <a href="http://asmp.org/">American Society of Media Photographers</a> to develop a set of <a href="http://dpbestflow.org/">best practices for the processing and archival of digital images</a>. This is very welcome as there is a lot of misinformation out there as to what file formats, media storage types, and post-processing techniques to use to get the most information and longevity out of digital images. I already teach pretty much everything listed on the <a href="http://dpbestflow.org/sites/default/files/pdf/dpBestflow-Quick_reference.pdf">quick reference PDF</a> and I heartily recommend adopting these practices if you have not already done so. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:557808 2009-11-24T06:02:18Z 2009-11-24T06:02:18Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/00137bht/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/00137bht/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:557314 2009-11-23T17:37:53Z 2009-11-23T17:37:53Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/001363kg/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/001363kg/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:557288 2009-11-22T16:54:32Z 2009-11-22T16:54:32Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013440e/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0013440e/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <br /><br />Inside the M&M Experience, Las Vegas. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:556941 2009-11-21T18:29:14Z 2009-11-21T18:29:14Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012rp9y/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012rp9y/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <br /><br />I still have more Vegas shots to come, but I took this today and I was quite pleased with it. It's not perfect, but I didn't have a lot of time to tweak my composition. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:556648 2009-11-21T03:44:48Z 2009-11-21T03:44:48Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012q6yx/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012q6yx/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <br /><br />I've also been putting the odd image up at <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_lj_photophile' lj:user='lj_photophile' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://community.livejournal.com/lj_photophile/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif' alt='[info]' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://community.livejournal.com/lj_photophile/'><b>lj_photophile</b></a></span>, including <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/lj_photophile/108256.html">another from Vegas</a>. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:556487 2009-11-19T06:02:53Z 2009-11-19T06:02:53Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012k3qp/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012k3qp/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:556240 2009-11-18T06:30:45Z 2009-11-18T06:30:45Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012hcqf/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012hcqf/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:555935 2009-11-17T17:28:45Z 2009-11-17T17:28:45Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012gceh/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012gceh/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:555659 2009-11-11T05:15:47Z 2009-11-11T05:15:47Z In Flanders fields the poppies blow<br />Between the crosses, row on row,<br />That mark our place; and in the sky<br />The larks, still bravely singing, fly,<br />Scarce heard amid the guns below.<br /><br />We are the Dead. Short days ago<br />We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br />Loved, and were loved, and now we lie,<br />In Flanders fields.<br /><br />Take up our quarrel with the foe:<br />To you from failing hands we throw<br />The torch; be yours to hold it high.<br />If ye break faith with us who die<br />We shall not sleep, though poppies grow<br />In Flanders fields.<br /><br /><br />--John McCrae urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:555489 2009-11-10T22:36:48Z 2009-11-10T22:36:48Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012f1h8/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012f1h8/s640x480" alt="" height="320" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:555193 2009-11-08T18:33:45Z 2009-11-08T21:36:28Z On the whole, I've turned this journal into a gallery of my photographic work and process. However, once in a while, other facets of my life become important enough to talk about here. <br /><br />First off, my wonderful partner has been expanding her private practice. She is a <a href="http://www.winnipegtherapy.com">therapist</a> specializing in <a href="http://www.aamft.org/">marriage and family therapy</a> and has recently had a bit of a transition in her business. She's set up in a new space and has launched a pair of websites to promote some new services she is offering, one geared towards <a href="http://www.marriagepreparation.ca">marriage preparation</a> and the other towards <a href="http://www.relationshipcheckup.ca">relationship enrichment</a>. Both concepts are pretty simple; therapy shouldn't have a stigma attached to it, and couples working with a therapist at the start of their relationship (or when it is strong but still has room for improvement) will get much more out of the process than couples which are on their last legs and getting therapy out of desperation. I'm pretty impressed with the therapy model and I absolutely think it's valuable for any couple. Her practice is very inclusive and equally geared any combination and orientation of couples.<br /><br />She's starting to put posters up and any assistance spreading the word would be greatly appreciated. If you have an idea for a place that would put up posters, please leave me a comment in this post.<a name="cutid1"></a><fb:fan profile_id="139373323738" stream="" connections="" width="300"></fb:fan><div style="font-size:8px; padding-left:10px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Winnipeg-MB/Relationship-Checkup/139373323738">Relationship Checkup on Facebook</a> </div><br /><br />Secondly, and on a more sober note, one of my best friends is shipping out to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada&#39;s_role_in_the_invasion_of_Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> for a tour of duty. Regardless of your feelings and thoughts on the war, I would appreciate any good thoughts, prayers, wishes, or other energy for his safe return. I know I will be thinking about him a lot in the coming months. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:eurekagray:554782 2009-11-07T06:59:20Z 2009-11-07T06:59:20Z <br /> <table> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012eh4c/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/eurekagray/pic/0012eh4c/s640x480" alt="" height="426" width="640" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong></strong><br /> </td> </tr> </table> <br />