Archive for September 12th, 2007

12 Sep 2007 Freak Storm #2
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freak storm

I got caught in a flash storm over the Pennsylvania Turnpike last Saturday, just before I got on to drive to Philadelphia. I had to take shelter at an A&W because visibility was next to nil while the rains came down in torrents. I didn’t dare take my camera out of the car in case it got wet, so I had to wait out most of the storm with a frosty mug o’ root beer. When it died down a bit I dashed back to the car, soaking, and amused myself shooting the raindrops on the windshield until it subsided enough to drive again.

If you look closely you can see the reflection of one lamp post in the big drops.

Freak Storm #1 was through upstate New York two weeks prior to Freak Storm #2, when I drove through crazy lightning, thunder, wind, and rain before getting into Scranton at 2am. (Yeah, that trip I haven’t written about yet. I’ll get to it, after my top-secret current assignment for tomorrow is complete and I see my one Toronto Film Festival movie in the evening and process the photos of the regatta I promised the rowing club and mail off some lung cancer bracelets people asked for and get my passport photos taken… I don’t know how people have time for TV, seriously!!)

12 Sep 2007 The Unharshed Mellow Weekend
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I crashed at 8:00 last night, so now that it’s Wednesday I think I can say I’ve finally caught up on my sleep deficit from all that driving last weekend.

On Sunday morning — well, afternoon once we had brunch at Rx — we recorded Episode #62 of The Unharshed Mellow in Addie and Seuss’s living room in Philadelphia.

The Unharshed Mellow
Seuss, directing

Addie
the only shot I could get of Addie with the flash

The episode is titled “Home Economics Trauma”, which would only become evident once you listen to the podcast.

I’m not the only guest, by the way, artist Tyler Hudson is also on the show:

Tyler
Tyler

I have to thank Tyler for taking the microphone away from me before I filled up the entire show with tales of my father. Sorry, Dad… you’ve underestimated how funny you are.

It was also the first time I used my new external flash besides the wedding I shot last month. (The bride’s back from her honeymoon and she loves the pictures!) I definitely need some practice with flash, but these didn’t turn out too badly. Check out the Sipping With Seuss segment:

foam 'stached Seuss
foam ’stached Seuss

OK, time to head off for work!