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  • GET READY FOR THE NEXT BIG THING! Well it's been a great year with a whole lot of new and exciting products here at garyfong.com. From BullZeye to the Power Console Software up to the new GF Lightsphere II - BUT nex…
  • NEW WEBCAMS DIRECTORY I did a webcam a long time ago when it first came out and it was great fun and all that (we put it near the doghouse so we could see how he was doing when we were on long trips)... but they su…
  • WEBCAMS Evo has some new webcam software so I decided to plug it in and it's pretty cool. All you need is a live computer and a little $29 USB webcam and you can upload images refreshing as often as you want - but h…
  • click here THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF POSTS ON THE S3 Giving whacky white balance and tones that are too orange. So I figured I would give some helpful tips on settings for the best results. I've been shooting the …
  • WOW I HAVE BEEN PERUSING SOME OTHER XANGA SITES AND I wonder how people can be so "personal" on there? My relatives read this site! And Lord knows who else because I was walking down the street in Santa Monica an…
  • POSITION AVAILABLE IN THE LOS ANGELES STUDIO Nothing like coming home and seeing the voluminous amounts of mail and UPS packages. We are completely flooded over here so we ARE in bad need of a new assistant to do …
  • MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! It is snowing at Woodlake! We got about 4" last night, and it is awesome waking up to a white Christmas. I remember when I was a kid growing up in Seattle, I was so excited when it snowe…
  • This is Dan Sprague Dan is one of my best friends. He has been quitely instrumental in helping the careers of a lot of Southern California photographers. A former Art Leather rep, he was the guy who discovered m…
  • THIS PHOTO IS REAL THOUGH I DID NOT SHOOT IT Nor do I suggest duplicating it. Sometimes people go through my images for ideas and shoot similar images so I thought I would make a little mention of it. It was take…
  • SKIING AT BIG WHITE Kristen Alexander is here visiting from Atlanta. This is her third season skiing at Big White. I'd say she's a hardcore skiier because she switches between two different sets of skis depending…
  • TRAVEL INFORMATION FOR THE D.I. TAPING JAN 24/25 One thing nice about my area is that we are surrounded by hotels. Many of you were asking about travel info, so I have put it all on one website... click here
  • MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE "APPRENTICE" CATEGORY Why is this person asleep? This is my Canada personal assistant Nicole. Her job is a busy one handling not only stuff on my schedule but she manages four ski resort …
  • THIS PICTURE IS LIKE YESTERDAYS ONLY I TOOK IT TODAY
  • LIGHTSPHERE SHIPPING STATUS: Canon 580EX - according to Dan, my molds manufacturer - these will be produced next week, and the shipping will be about a week after that. Dan made a few changes to the 580EX model to i…
  • SKIING INTO THE CLOUDS Today I woke up to dark blue skies and a mountain covered with snow. So I was out at first run at 830am. When I got to the top, here was the view. Skiing in the morning is the best beca…
  • DIGITAL INFRARED IN THE SNOW This image was done by Terry Lynn Reimer, a good friend of mine who is also a really amazing but undiscovered photographer who shoots mostly just the Fuji S20. I think she has gon…
  • THE KELOWNA TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS FACILITY Kelowna has the coolest martial arts building on Ambrosi street in Kelowna. It's literally like a Zen temple. Built by Peter Schumann (the owner of Big White Ski Res…
  • SANTA VISITS BEYOND WRAPTURE Debra Pender , the owner of the Beyond Wrapture chain of spas here in Canada, is a great decorator with attention to detail. So for their holiday Christmas party she found an authentic S…
  • THE DATE IS SET FOR THE 2005 DIGITAL INTENSIVE VIDEOTAPED WORKSHOP Join me on Jan 24, 25 for a VERY special two day in-studio workshop. I will have a video production company document the event for an upcoming D…
  • DIGITAL INTENSIVE 2 DAY WORKSHOP ON VIDEO Thanks for your feedback. It looks like my plan for this year will be to do a DVD of the Digital Intensive Workshops which will be a complete two-days worth of program con…
  • WINTER WONDERLAND Whenever there is a lot of snow, I feel like I'm in a snow globe. I have a lot of great memories from when I was a kid playing in the snow, it was my happiest memory. This is why I am here so…
  • WHO INVENTED THIS TOY FOR CHILDREN!
  • WHAT AN AWESOME TESTIMONIAL FROM HAWAII Aloha Gary, I just wanted you to know how cool I think your Light Sphere is. I ordered one for my Nikon SB800 and it arrived a 2:30pm. I was to leave for a beach wedding at …
  • DOWNLOAD BULLZEYE2 DEMO FOR FREE! Just in time for the holiday crunch! click here
  • APPLE'S GARAGEBAND IS SO POWERFUL AND IT'S FREE I am totally addicted to Apple's Garageband, part of the latest release of System 10. And it's free. You can plug in a simple, inexpensive $99 MIDI keyboard and …

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