LOVE
Just wanted to get one picture posted from this afternoon’s wedding of Grace and Adrien at the Clover Forest Plantation. Credit to Keith Andes for the idea to do this. Here’s the video.
Category: Photography
Cheapeake Laser Masters Photo on Cover of The Laser Sailor
A photo of mine from the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship back in October was selected for the cover of the International Laser Class Association – North American Region newsletter: The Laser Sailor.
The photo features David Schoene and Keith Davids in a close finish during the 1st race on Saturday.
Nikon D7000 Pelican Case
I’m planning on doing a lot of sailing this summer and when I’m on bigger boats than my Laser I want to be able to have my Nikon D7000 DSLR close at hand. I can’t use the camera while I’m actually sailing, but there will be plenty of downtime while aboard when there is no splashing and I could easily pull the camera out if it were handy. I plan to use the camera for both stills and video so I’ll need to have extra batteries and a Sennheiser MKE400 Shotgun Microphone. To make this work, I need:
- A hard case that would absolutely protect the camera no matter what was thrown on top of it
- A waterproof case that could take some splashes, rain or even a little water over the bow
- A case that is as small and light as possible to save weight and space
- A case with a handle so it could be tied into the boat or tethered in place
I found the Pelican Storm iM2075 for $45 that was just the right size for Nikon D7000 and a 17-55mm lens without the grip or my side-plate mounted microphone holder. It’ll fit the camera with the lens hood, plus the microphone, 3 EN-EL15 batteries and a couple of AAA batteries for the microphone.
Completed case with camera and accessories in place:
Basic case with foam:
The case comes with two pieces of foam blocks. I cut one of them roughly in half to form the bottom of the case that the camera will rest on.
Used toothpicks to plot the size of the camera on the foam on the uncut block foam:
Remove the 1cm x 1cm foam squares for a custom fit around the camera:
Put 1/2 of the foam in the bottom of the case, and then cut 2 of the 1cm blocks at half of their height so that the AAA batteries are sitting on foam and not the bottom of the case where they’ll clank and make noise:
Put the customized piece of foam over the flat piece of foam and put the Camera and batteries in place:
I then added the strap to the camera and placed the Sennheiser mic alongside the camera:
2011 Favorite Photos
Now that the year is over I wanted to reflect on my favorite photos from 2011. Here’s the 2010 edition.
April 16, 2011 a stormy sunset over Annapolis. (This was the actual lighting, no processing whatsoever).
April 29, 2011 Sunset over the sound in Wrightsville Beach NC during the 2011 Laser Atlantic Coast Championship.
May 28, 2011 Race to Urbanna looking back at the fleet sailing under the Rappahannock River Bridge.
July 8, 2011 Leukemia Cup Regatta Voodoo2, Double Eagle and Afterthought sailing downwind.
August 20, 2011 Smith Point Race – Afterthought passing by a setting sun.
August 27, 2011 Sitting in the dark while Hurricane Irene pummels VA.
October 1, 2011 tailgate tent with the sky behind during the ECU vs. UNC tailgate.
October 15, 2011 Lasers getting ready to head out on the water at Fishing Bay Yacht Club during the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship.
October 15, 2011 a close finish at the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship.
October 16, 2011 Fleet start at the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship.
October 16, 2011 Fleet sailing downwind at the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship.
October 16, 2011 Fleet sailing downwind past Mr. Roberts during the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship.
October 29, 2011 Sunset during the ECU vs Tulane game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Master’s Championship
This weekend Fishing Bay Yacht Club hosted the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship for Laser sailors 35 years of age and old. Since I don’t yet meet the requirements to sail, I’ve been made the event chairman. The event went off without a hitch and 36 sailors participated. The RC did a fabulous job getting 7 races in, including 3 in 20+ knots of wind on Saturday. Alain’s pork Ossobuco was fantastic as all of his meals were. I just want to thank everyone who helped out and all of the sailors who came.
Results and photos have been posted. Here are a few of my favorite photos:
The House & Home Magazine July/August 2011
The July/August edition of The House & Home Magazine features an article about a Deltaville Sailmaker – Jerry Latell of Ullman Sails. It also features several of my photos on the cover and in the article. Flip to page 10 to check them out.
2011 Leukemia Cup Regatta
Saturday I was in Deltaville photographing the 2011 Southern Bay Leukemia Cup Regatta at Stingray Harbor Marina and Fishing Bay Yacht Club.
View the complete collection of photos here.
July 4 Weekend
I had an awesome weekend in Deltaville. It started with the Inaugural Deltaville 5k. With zero training I ran the whole thing and had a respectable finish of 26:07.
I took the weekend off from sailing to heal a minor wrist sprain and so I went right from the 5k to doing race committee at Fishing Bay Yacht Club for the offshore Cut Channel Race. I got a lot of great pictures of the offshore fleet here.
Saturday night was 4th of July partying, fireworks and swimming. For Sunday’s racing we thought it was going to be a bit windy so I jumped on a Front Runner as a 3rd crew member, but halfway through the race the wind died and I sat out the next two light wind races and instead went sailing on a Byte in the afternoon. Saturday night we again watched Fireworks.
Monday was FBYC’s One Design Long Distance Race. I normally would have sailed my Laser in this, but again I was sitting out to rest my sprained wrist. I went out for the start and the first two legs to get some photos. The entire collection is posted here.
JG & Stephanie’s Wedding
This weekend was the wedding between two good friends from ECU JG Ferguson and Stephanie Eason. It was a great weekend seeing friends, playing golf, and celebrating Stephanie and JG. Congrats!
A few photos are below and the rest can be seen here.
Jon Deutsch, Chris Bowling, Chris Webster & JG Ferguson
2011 Race to Urbanna
Saturday I sailed on Wavelength in FBYC’s Race to Urbanna. I’ve been a member at FBYC for over 14 years and this is the first time I’ve done the Race to Urbanna. The fleet of about 22 boats started near the entrance to Jackson Creek and sailed out into the bay while rounding Stingray point and then sailed up the river to Urbanna. We had a good race that was mostly a reach and managed to finish (results) a little over a minute corrected time over our only competition.
The party was fun. Rosegill was beautiful and I had a great time. Here’s a few photos:
More photos from the racing and party can be seen here.