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EdwinR Photography
Posts: 3154
Gainesville, Florida, US
EdwinR Photography wrote:
Morning Tampa!!! Now this is the kind of day that maes me say IM GLAD I LIVE IN FLORIDA!!! this is the quote i couldnt find... but here it is...
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
EdwinR Photography wrote:
this is the quote i couldnt find... but here it is... You forgot the 41 trick.....(yep,MM is the only site that
re installs bugs when they "upgrade")
And agreed...this whole week maikes me thankful...
but alas,Mon morning I`m on my way to Smeleware for 2 weeks
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Tropical Photography
Posts: 35564
Sarasota, Florida, US
EdwinR Photography wrote:
I have disappeared.....  Edwin!!!
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Dazey
Posts: 1039
Clearwater, Florida, US
Cat Camp wrote:
High 5 to a cute belly. Wish they'd used our painted logo, but what're you gonna do? On their site they did use your painted logo as well as a tad more of my skin.
http://www.tampabay.com/tbt/
**!!!Happy Beautiful Saturday Tampa!!!**
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Dazey
Posts: 1039
Clearwater, Florida, US
Chris Rifkin wrote:
You forgot the 41 trick.....(yep,MM is the only site that
re installs bugs when they "upgrade")
And agreed...this whole week maikes me thankful...
but alas,Mon morning I`m on my way to Smeleware for 2 weeks What is the 41 trick if I may??
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
So I have over $10,000 in my account that I use my debit card for(purchases) I have to go to Guitar Center this weekend to get a few of my guitars set up,and possibly change pick ups on my 7 string. OK What could possibly go wrong with me walking into a store with Paul Reed Smiths,possibly a few custom shop Charvels or Jacksons calling out to me  Mind yo at least half the $$ in my account is earmarked for new glass and such(of course that could have been solved had any of the local stores actually had in stock what I was looking for  )
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Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
The beach is crowded today!
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Tropical Photography
Posts: 35564
Sarasota, Florida, US
Carl Roberts wrote:
The beach is crowded today! In just a over a week, I'll get to see that first hand again... 
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Mark Reese Photography
Posts: 21622
Brandon, Florida, US
Chris Rifkin wrote:
So I have over $10,000 in my account that I use my debit card
for(purchases)
I have to go to Guitar Center this weekend to get a few of
my guitars set up,and possibly change pick ups on my 7 string.
OK
What could possibly go wrong with me walking into a store
with Paul Reed Smiths,possibly a few custom shop Charvels
or Jacksons calling out to me
Mind yo at least half the $$ in my account is earmarked for
new glass and such(of course that could have been solved
had any of the local stores actually had in stock what I was
looking for ) If only half the $ was earmarked for new glass then spend the other half on the guitars.
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
Mark Reese Photography wrote:
If only half the $ was earmarked for new glass then spend the other half on the guitars. Ehh....I keep forgetting these super stores like Guitar Center
and Sam ash only carry stock items....very few custom shop
thingies that I would be interested,and the few they did have
in store were absurdly overpriced)a 30`th aniversery Jackson Randy
Rhodes that looked and probably sounded exactly like the
one I have that I bough for $1100 in 1990,was going for $4700..
ehh...not)What usually gets me is the used section,especially
Amplifiers you never see in stores(ie,old Mesa Boogies,Rivera
Engl,ect)....
Only thing I picked up was a whammy pedal ....
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S W I N S K E Y
Posts: 24376
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
I remember telling my cousin about seven years ago, that i had spent $4000 on my D1x.
he said to me: "i hope the images reflect that price, cause if you spent that much and the pictures look like they could have been shot with my $200 camera, your gonna look like a fool..." When he saw my images, he said: "money well spent"
personally, i could have used his camera for everything i have ever shot...
i think of that every time i think about purchasing new equipment.
white lenses might make you feel cool, but they are not going to make your images any better...
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
S W I N S K E Y wrote:
I remember telling my cousin about seven years ago, that i had spent $4000 on my D1x.
he said to me: "i hope the images reflect that price, cause if you spent that much and the pictures look like they could have been shot with my $200 camera, your gonna look like a fool..." When he saw my images, he said: "money well spent"
personally, i could have used his camera for everything i have ever shot...
i think of that every time i think about purchasing new equipment.
white lenses might make you feel cool, but they are not going to make your images any better... Its what I Do with this new gear.....just tools.
I`ve seen way too many people spend a TON of $$ on top
of the line bodies,and such....and their work either stagnates
or even deteriorates,because they think the gear is what gets
great pictures..
Everyone has been telling me to upgrade,get a 7D,get a 5D ll
I feel I can get great images just with my 50D,and if anything
get a 2nd 50D as a backup/alt camera..
I`d rather invest in glass...
I don`t have a zoom right now,I personally tried the 70-200
and absolutely loved what I did with it just by simple shooting with
it on spot....
Give me a few weeks/months to play with it,.I`ll only
be using this glass with natural light(no flashguns/flashes,just the
sun and any ambient light I have)only....because its time
to step my game up to the next level....in a major way...
..
Not going to allow myself to fall into the trap I described above
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
So I`m walking around Ybor after grabbing some sushi
at Samurai Blue....
haven`t hung here in like....over 5 years here,figured I`d just
see whats happening down here(definitely not the same,which
is good and bad I guess...not planning on actually going in
a club as I can`t drink and I`m not going to pay a cover to
stand around watching everyone else have fun,but I digress)
Notice a pizzaria with the following sign
"Old Manhattan,best pizza in Ybor"
OK
Chris looks inside pizzaria....
and notices the pizza being cooked on A FUCKING CONVEYER BELT OVEN
which is how places such as Pizza Hut and Dominos cook theirs...
That my friends is all I need to see to know I will never set foot
in that place(demm...even Sbarro cooks their pizza in a conventional
pizza oven)
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S W I N S K E Y
Posts: 24376
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
Chris Rifkin wrote:
"Old Manhattan,best pizza in Ybor" and since i have lived here, my favorite place to get pizza in tampa....
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
S W I N S K E Y wrote:
and since i have lived here, my favorite place to get pizza in tampa.... really 
I actually like Roma...or the little hole in the wall place right
across the street.......
Hmmm
I can`t see how a conveyor belt oven cooks a pizza better
than a tradional oven.....
Maybe this one is set up propperly (my experience from
the above places cooked on a conveyor belt is that 1 in 3 pies
are actually cooked right,not burned to a crisp or even
worse undercooked
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S W I N S K E Y
Posts: 24376
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
if its the pizza place across the street from the cigar bar...???
north side of 7th, just west of centro? i think the name is new york new york...yummy pizza
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
The place I was questioning(Old Manhatten)is across from Tabu,
and the Full Moon Saloon)
I think the place you are talking about is called
Roma...which is right next to Coyote Ugly and there is a cigar
bar across the street called Ybor Cigar Plus.....
if that is the place(Roma...don`t see NY NY, might have changed
names...its called Roma)
yes...this place is really good...
In fact I`m standing right in front of it right now and it still smells
awsome
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
For those that were unaware, the beach was very nice this morning.
Photographer
Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
Greg I was actually going to head up to Caddys or something.
,until I filled my tank and saw it hit $40 and still going...
Then realized I`d be driving up there to do basicly what
I`m doing right now...just laying out...or wandering around
(one thing that sucks about living so far from the beach out
here in Brandon=the drive...and parking)...
So I just took care of my errands and am poolside
(awaits the snickers from the peanut gallery about me trying
to save $$ after comming into a little cash,and talking about
getting new L series glass...trust me after these purchases
I go back into full frugal mode)
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
Chris, congrats on moving towards some good glass! It will be glass that will last for a long long long time and you will never regret the purchase. I'm about 20min from Ft. De Soto and I had a shoot...so I "HAD TO GO". Stressful, I know. I shot a friend that I have shot before. We both got there early, were on the beach and ready a few minutes prior to sunrise (7AM), the weather was perfect, she knows the drill and we were done at 8:45 AM! We shot 4 suits and that was it. It was refreshing to get great results so quickly, get home and still have my day. Gas prices are crazy and I am thinking twice about driving to places these days. I am thinking about some nature photography "Day Trips" to some of my favorite places but I'm kinda shying away a bit. I will probably end up waiting until reg unleaded hits $4/gallon. Ugh! I should just sit at home, edit the nature photos I have taken over the past two years, visit my local spots, build myself a new photography website and just be happy with that for a while. After all, I should save some serious cash up if I want to go to Yellowstone for 2-3 weeks this year. This "Hobby" ain't cheap.
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Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
I'm driving to Fort Myers in the AM
Hating those gas prices right now
Photographer
Tropical Photography
Posts: 35564
Sarasota, Florida, US
Carl Roberts wrote:
I'm driving to Fort Myers in the AM
Hating those gas prices right now Too bad there isn't a REAL reason for these prices going up.. If this was construction, like Andrew and 2004, these stations would be getting reamed for price gouging. And oddly, they aren't... At least it's REALLY clear who's running things.
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
Chris, congrats on moving towards some good glass! It will be glass that will last for a long long long time and you will never regret the purchase. I'm about 20min from Ft. De Soto and I had a shoot...so I "HAD TO GO". Stressful, I know.
I shot a friend that I have shot before. We both got there early, were on the beach and ready a few minutes prior to sunrise (7AM), the weather was perfect, she knows the drill and we were done at 8:45 AM! We shot 4 suits and that was it. It was refreshing to get great results so quickly, get home and still have my day.
Gas prices are crazy and I am thinking twice about driving to places these days. I am thinking about some nature photography "Day Trips" to some of my favorite places but I'm kinda shying away a bit. I will probably end up waiting until reg unleaded hits $4/gallon. Ugh!
I should just sit at home, edit the nature photos I have taken over the past two years, visit my local spots, build myself a new photography website and just be happy with that for a while. After all, I should save some serious cash up if I want to go to Yellowstone for 2-3 weeks this year. This "Hobby" ain't cheap. Hopefully you won`t be getting a once in humanity photography
chance when you go....while the caldera is showing all the normal
activity patterns (the anual earthquake swarm in the Norris
region when the snow melts and the running water finds all the cracks
and faults)...and probably won`t do anything nasty...
still ,so little is known about caldera`s like this and the precoursurs..
always good to check the USGS site and what the volcanic
activity code is at....
Hell....for all we know we could have a new calder forming in
Arkensas....and if this goes up we down here will get major
ashfall issues
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
Keith aka Wolfie wrote:
Too bad there isn't a REAL reason for these prices going up.. If this was construction, like Andrew and 2004, these stations would be getting reamed for price gouging. And oddly, they aren't... At least it's REALLY clear who's running things. So much for the theory that only the Republicans are in bed
with big oil *chuckles*....something I HAVE been trying to explain for
years..
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
I decided not to worry about anything like that. If people worried about spontaneous death by nature, I doubt ANYONE would live in California because of the earth quakes that are much more frequent.
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Tropical Photography
Posts: 35564
Sarasota, Florida, US
Chris Rifkin wrote:
So much for the theory that only the Republicans are in bed
with big oil *chuckles*....something I HAVE been trying to explain for
years.. Who said that? Not me.. It's not an R or D thing, it's a greed thing.. Show most people money and they'll take even if it means fucking over their own mother.. Sad really.
That said, certain R's were in the boudoir of a certain middle eastern family. The big pic is, it's both sides..
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
I decided not to worry about anything like that. If people worried about spontaneous death by nature, I doubt ANYONE would live in California because of the earth quakes that are much more frequent. Most likely things to be printed on my tombstone
"sucked to death by tornado"
"zapped to death by lightning"
"immolated by pyroclastic cloud from volcano because he was
stupid enough to try to get pictures of it"
Tell you what...
Seeing as probably 75% of the country will die in one form
or another if Yellowstone goes up(either directly by the eruption
or the ensuing ice age and starvation)
I would love to try to get pics somehow,not every day you
have the chance to photograph a VEI eruption
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
off to Smeleware I go for 2 weeks  However...the way my eyes started watering and the first sneezing attack of the year yesterday.... probably a good thing I`m headed out (yep....that time of year again )
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
Chris Rifkin wrote:
off to Smeleware I go for 2 weeks
However...the way my eyes started watering and the first
sneezing attack of the year yesterday....
probably a good thing I`m headed out
(yep....that time of year again ) I love this time of year for the temps but hate this time of year for the same reason you do. I felt like I was in a video game this morning when walking outsite....trying to dodge all of the oak bloom that was diving out of the sky, directly towards my head to kill me. Ugh!
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Cat Camp
Posts: 889
Tampa, Florida, US
Dazey wrote:
On their site they did use your painted logo as well as a tad more of my skin.
http://www.tampabay.com/tbt/
**!!!Happy Beautiful Saturday Tampa!!!** Sweet! Thanks!
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
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Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
Well, out of the images I am willing to show, I salvaged about 15. Anything worth keeping?
Edit: By MM Standards, there might be a few that aren't safe for the little kids etc...
http://www.OwenImages.com/Christina022711.aspx Pretty
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
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Chris Photography
Posts: 1070
Valrico, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
Well, out of the images I am willing to show, I salvaged about 15. Anything worth keeping?
Edit: By MM Standards, there might be a few that aren't safe for the little kids etc...
http://www.OwenImages.com/Christina022711.aspx Nice Job!
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
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bgcfoto
Posts: 5446
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
so, I was thinking about getting off my ass, start shooting again and building up a new website. Mind you mine has been expired for some time now. I go to re-register and some dingus is now holding bgcfoto.com. He is just holding it so someone (myself) would buy it back at a premium I'm sure. Fortunately I am evolving thus may update my net handle to my own name anyway. Yeah that is lame though. Whatever, how is everyone doing? I'm thinking of doing something along the lines of: http://www.edwinrphotography2.com or http://www.dougswinskey2.com or even http://web.me.com/tropicalphotography2/ … lcome.html (bty Keith can yours be any longer?) Moral of the story is are two things: 1. don't let your domain lapse 2. don't get a domain a mile long like Wolfie.  ~peace
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Tropical Photography
Posts: 35564
Sarasota, Florida, US
bgcfoto wrote:
so, I was thinking about getting off my ass, start shooting again and building up a new website. Mind you mine has been expired for some time now. I go to re-register and some dingus is now holding bgcfoto.com. He is just holding it so someone (myself) would buy it back at a premium I'm sure. Fortunately I am evolving thus may update my net handle to my own name anyway. Yeah that is lame though. Whatever, how is everyone doing? I'm thinking of doing something along the lines of:
http://www.edwinrphotography2.com
or
http://www.dougswinskey2.com
or even
http://web.me.com/tropicalphotography2/ … lcome.html
(bty Keith can yours be any longer?)
Moral of the story is are two things:
1. don't let your domain lapse
2. don't get a domain a mile long like Wolfie.
~peace Don't poke me, I CAN make it longer... And stop it you pervs!!! 
And actually my old site just REALLY needs to be updated so I haven't been using that one..
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
I need to update my website bad....I think it was last updated in early 2008. Maybe I can do that in the next couple of weeks....I feel a redesign coming on...
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Edwin!!!
