Welcome back, John. It's good to know you've not yet gone on to visit
Walt. I really liked the watch shot with the dividers. Well done.
Chuck Norcutt
John A. Lind wrote:
> Seems like I've been lurking in the shadows for years now . . . the
> Old-Timers will recognize the name. I'm going back to deep lurking for
> now . . . but still may post something occasionally. The company I work
> for is one of those in financial extremis and has been for over a year.
> Current economic situation isn't helping, but we'll survive. We just
> let go somewhere between a fourth and a third of the salaried. I
> survived that but was "redeployed" to a new assignment in the process.
> Completely different from what I had been doing for over five years and
> now I'm drinking from a fire hydrant trying to come up to speed before
> Thanksgiving. Translation: some long hours at work during the week.
>
> Haven't abandoned cameras or photography entirely. Here is my latest
> home projects documented for a local computer club . . . a fair amount
> of "quick and dirty" macros. I won't claim any great artistry . . .
> just pure commercial style documentary work to tell the story
> (Photobucket slideshow) using a digital P&S for web use:
>
> http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/j_a_lind/Computer%20Rebuild/?albumview=slideshow
>
> Another home project from last year. Got a tool case dirt cheap at
> Lowe's and converted it into an armored, padded watch case that can hold
> about 75% of the watches I've accumulated. Actual watch cases that hold
> the quantity this one can cost a small fortune (which I'd rather spend
> on other stuff).
>
> http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/j_a_lind/Lowes%20Watch%20Case/?albumview=slideshow
>
> Finally, quick & dirty pix of some of the watches in the accumulation (a
> collection that's "still in denial"). Some of the pix are better than
> others -- photographing jewelry isn't easy -- highly reflective surfaces
> that act as mirrors (of undesirable stuff) and more specular highlights
> than facets on a cut diamond . . . a lighting nightmare. The first pic
> isn't a watch . . . it's a self-portrait done with a cell-phone camera .
> . . the cat (Miss Frisky) likes to jump onto my shoulders and perch
> there as I move around the house doing things (I was standing in the
> middle of our Family room when I made the shot). She can leap from the
> floor onto my back in a single bound (a bit startling when she first did
> that):
> http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/j_a_lind/?albumview=slideshow
>
> -- John
>
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