Route 66 Food Truck Festival: Food Is For Sharing

Posted by on Apr 22, 2012 in art, business, culture, news, photography | No Comments

                SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (April 22, 2012)  Kerry Townsend from Rialto, left, samples italian ice offered by daughters Kimberly, 15, right, and Jessica, 17, obscured, during  2012 Route 66 Food Truck Festival at San Manuel Stadium. Twenty-one food trucks circled the outfield in the first-ever event to benefit ...

New PocketWizard Plus III Transceiver Announced

Posted by on Feb 20, 2012 in art, business, photography, technology | No Comments

B&H Photo Video has announced the new PocketWizard Plus III Transceiver is now available for pre-order with delivery expected around March 15th. “The PocketWizard Plus III has 32 standard channels (as opposed to four digitally coded channels on the previous generation). This means you can control more elaborate setups, and it gives you the ability to ...

Making Sense of Sensor Size: It’s More Than Megapixels

Posted by on Jan 19, 2012 in business, education, photography, technology | No Comments

I’ve had a few conversations lately with some photo enthusiasts and fielded some questions from casual snapshooters that have piqued my interest in their concerns to the point I’ve done a bit of research: Typical point & shoot digital cameras are built around digital sensors are considerably smaller than 110-film.  Do you remember those flat cameras about the ...

Thanksgiving: Counting Our Many Blessings

Posted by on Nov 25, 2011 in business, culture, news, photography | No Comments

On Thanksgiving I drew not one, but two assignments, to photograph community dinners. At the first, Salvation Army volunteers served meals to all who came to their annual event, and later at a church in Redlands, where a non-profit served a holiday meal to the many homeless young people they minister to and try to ...

Bud Bracken: Local Prep Sports Supporter

Posted by on Oct 10, 2011 in business, culture, education, news, photography, sports | No Comments

During the recent Bloomington/Chaffey game as the prep football season kicked off, I encountered longtime local prep sports supporter Bud Bracken, camera in hand, shuffling back and forth on the home team’s sideline. Bracken, age 79, photographs local high school sporting events for Inland Empire Community Newspapers,  and supports local high school athletics as a ...

Route 66 Rendezvous: All Things Automotive

Posted by on Sep 17, 2011 in business, culture, news, photography | No Comments

With the throaty roar of gas-guzzling eight cylinder engines, the Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous rolled in downtown San Bernardino for its 22nd annual appearance this weekend.  Vintage car enthusiasts got their yearly opportunity to enjoy automotive history on display and admire the work of others in restoring their collectible cars. Entertainment, food, games, vendors ...