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Light Painting 2026.11.10

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On my walk yesterday, I stopped to collect some leaves thinking I could do some cool light painting pics with them. Turns out… not so much. They weren’t horrible, but they don’t pop like I wanted. I’ve included the three that didn’t suck.

As an alternative, I turned my attention to the crystal ball on the corner shelf. I didn’t have any particular look in mind when I set out to be creative, but the more you try to be creative, the more creative you’ll be. I’m thrilled with how the crystal ball pics turned out! it was so much fun to learn as I went! I’ve also come up with some additional ideas for larger-form light painting using the crystal ball.

All of these were taken using my Canon EOS 7D using my EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens with F-4.0 and ISO 100. Exposure times vary.

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Pandemic Post 4 :: Three on the Water

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It wasn’t a great day. It wasn’t a warm day. It wasn’t a day when all of the locals showed up to kite. It wasn’t even a good wave day. But, it was a bonus session on a day that was supposed to be saturated with rain from early morning until… well, until Wednesday.

Ryan, Jay and I rolled in to MBSP parking lot shortly after 10 am and debated for far too long about which kite/board to employ. Eventually, Continue reading →

Six Hours Under a Kite

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Ryan and I were the early crew. We rode foils for about the first 3 hours. Then, the forecast delivered and we switched to twin-tips. At one point, there were 5 kites on the water. I think there were 8 of us throughout the day. Andy, Bobby, Luke, Joel, Jen, Stephan, Mark, Ryan, Me. Yup… 8 kiters and one windsurfer. I can’t believe none of the other windsurfers showed up.

I can’t remember the last time that I spent 6-hours kiteboarding. I’m exhausted. As usual, there’s no pictures of the cameraman.  Ryan did get some drone footage of me kiting, but we’ll have to wait to see if there’s anything worth sharing.

 
Here’s the video of me riding with Mark Musgrave of Red Sky Surf & Snow… My adrenaline dealer.

Six Hours Under Kites

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Today, I spent 6 hours at the beach – most of under the kites. This is all I have to show for it. Well, this, and sore forearms from holding the bar. It was an absolute EPIC day.

It’s so good to be me.

This, by the way, is Ryan.

A New Challenge Under the Kite

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I recently bought the aluminum foil kit from Clearwater Hydrofoil. The kit came with an aluminum mast and fuselage. I also ordered the surf wing (largest wing below), kite wing (middle one) and the tail. And, I ordered a short aluminum mast which will make learning much easier

The wings were just plain wood so I needed to fiberglass them before I could use them.  This required so many hours of work! I wasn’t close to prepared for what would be required.  There’s a 4-hour curing time for each of the following steps…

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