MODEL SAILBOAT RACING
Today
while riding our bikes around we ran into this huge group of people who
are very very serious about radio controlled sailboat racing.
They all get together every Tuesday and Sunday in t…
PHOTOS FROM TODAY
This
morning started with an awesome shot that Melissa took of this strange
cloud formation over the Kelowna Yacht Club outside our balcony.
My Fuji F10 was down because I um, didn't put a card i…
YAY! THANKS JOANNA!
Glad the garyfongestore could help you out with your photographic needs! I love unsolicited testimonials thank you!
And
now, we have Canada shipping much faster! Yay! On the
e-cart you'll …
IMAGES FROM TODAY
Today we got an early start
because we slept no kidding 16 hours straight. I think we were
both exhausted from so much traveling. So we laid around the pool
at the Grand, then Melissa went runni…
SPEAKING OF LIFESTYLE AS AN ARTFORM
This
is John Travolta's home in Florida. He has a Boeing 707 and a
Gulfstream parked in front. If he wants to go to Paris, he can
just walk out his back door, jump in the 707, …
BUSINESS AS AN ARTFORM, CONT'D
This
is Christo's work. He wrapped a bunch of fabric around two
islands. It cost a lot of money to do that. He also used
obviously square miles of pretty fabric to make it float, a…
GARYFONGESTORE, INT'L
European Union
- we will have E.U. Delivery of selected products within about 30
days. Marco Benvenuto will be shipping products from Italy.
This will eliminate customs delays and massive sh…
NICOLE'S NEW HORSE!
Meet
Adonis (the horse in front). This beautiful thing is a yearling
and Nicole just bought him. She was so funny this morning because
yesterday she said that she was going to get an early sta…
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Whenever I go to Canada, even in
the summer, many of my friends in the States say, isn't it cold up
there? LOL. It was about 85 degrees today with daylight
still at 9pm. …
YAY SHE'S ALMOST HERE!
Due
to bad weather, etc. my poor baby has been at the airport for TWO days
(the etc. is she arrived too late at the airport for the 2nd flight
LOL) and last night she got the courtesy hotel s…
GENDER TARGETED MERCHANDISING
I
just bought a Mach 3 Power Nitro Razor. This was an upgrade from my
Mach 3 Turbo. The packaging is like an XBox video game. Dude it's
a razor. There is no turbocharging a razor. …
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY
Davy - people like you, MJ,
David Hessemer and Brian Middlebrook - just to name a VERY VERY few
that come to mind right now are so exciting to watch. There are
ce…
COMING SOON TO A POINT AND SHOOT NEAR YOU
Here
is the first CAD rendering of the new Delta Diffuser. Note the
very very very cool pyramids - they are about 1/4" each. Just
like all of my diffusion products, this …
HI FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM DISCOVERY BAY!
Hi
from my new Discovery Bay Condo. This is my 9th home. It's
so weird having 9 homes... I wonder how many TV's I have. Anyway
you would …
I LOVE UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS!
The
following is an unsolicted testimonial from Katie Van Buren - THANKS
KATIE I agree! We have created a new laminated cover for our
CORNERSTONE fine art albums and it looks just …
HI FROM THE GRAND OKANAGAN
Wow I love it here.
ABOUT THIS PHOTO
Tiffany Yoder told her parents about this photo, and when they wanted
to see it, I had already changed my profile pic as I often do.
I'm putting it up so we can talk about it.
My associate phot…
NICOLE RULES!!! THE BEST PERSONAL ASSISTANT IN THE WORLD!
When
I was in France and especially Rome I was in such a bad mood because I
kept losing things and having to do stuff that I wasn't used to.
This girl on …
PHOTOS FROM THE PLANE
What is so cool SO COOL about
point-and-shoots is that you ALWAYS have an imaging device handy.
Dude, my F10 is so dented up from use. Anyway how many times have
I been in a plane and seen a…
PHOTOS FROM THE DAY WE MET
How often can you have photos
from the first day you met someone special? I mean you always
remember it in your mind like a photo, but I actually have
photos. I met my girlfriend beca…
INSOMNIA AND MIRRORS
Returning home I suffer from
jetlag. Going "to" a destination I am usually in sync a day after
I arrive. But not returning home for some reason. Oh hey
french trivia, jet lag in french is "d…
ONE TRILLION BARRELS OF OIL IN 20 YEARS
Today
I saw an announcement from the CEO of Chevron that while it took us 125
years to burn through one trillion barrels of crude oil, current
estimates show that we will bur…
DAVY KNAPP, YOU RULE
Davy
Knapp is a super merchandiser - I was just going through my comments
and noticed his name in one of my blog entries and I wanted to take a
peek at his blog. He has been a student of mine …
THE TREO 650 IS QUITE INTERESTING!
When
you try to make a call, it will begin dialing, then all of a sudden it
will simply pop you back into your "contacts" screen. Or you will
be in the middle of a call and BING …
NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT - THE DELTA DIFFUSER!!
We don't mess around here at Gary
Fong, Inc. This new product should be out in about three weeks,
and we already have the patent applications in process for worldwide…
PLAYING AROUND WITH THE PROTOTYPE
Well I don't have a model around so I have had to play with the new
formulation of diffuser prototypes by myself. I'm freaking
amazed. These photos were taken in a completely da…
TERRORISM IS SO RUDE
I've been reading a lot of
editorials recently about the concern the muslim community has about a
backlash against mainstream members. Wow this whole thing is so
sad.
Osama Bin Laden used t…
SHARM EL SHEIK - IT IS A SMALL WORLD
The
resort on the left got blown up, and nothing is left. That
is so sad. I stayed nearby in South Hurgada, Egypt, and the area
is so beautiful. I remember seeing the dark b…
EXCITING NEW THINGS COMING UP
OK now that I have this french language immersion thing behind me, we have some cool things coming up:
1) E.U. Delivery of products from the cart...
before too long we will be able to…
OH YEAH I REMEMBER THE OTHER TRAVEL TIP TO FRANCE
If
you are a tennis player, the rallys are a lot longer than on hard
courts. This was my last day of clay court tennis, and I stuck
the Fuji F10 on the trash can…
BYE VILLEFRANCHE - YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL
I
am back in Nice, and I have a flight tomorrow morning back to the
United States. It has been an incredible trip. But I
am so excited about returning home. Anyway, for t…
THIS IS THE FIREPLACE AT DISCOVERY BAY
This is the finished fireplace
that I had spec'd out. I wanted a fireplace that would hold the
Bose 3.2.1. System. I love the Bose 3.2.1. - it gives home
theater sound wit…
CLASS IS OVER, THANK YOU GUY
This
is my french professor, Guy. Class ended today and he crammed us
full of new ways of saying things in french. Like things we take
for granted like the sentence, "He was eating wh…
THIS PERSON WAS IMPERSONATING JESSICA SIMPSON - HERE'S HOW WE FOUND OUT
This person was trying to convince Melissa's niece Brittany that she was Jessica Simpson. LOL!
Since we are friends with the
couple's weddin…
EVESDROPPING ON INSTANT MESSAGES
Melissa's
friend Brian is a fan of Jill Sobule, the singer/songwriter. What
a small world. Most of you know her through her hit song, "I
Kissed A Girl" where she did that hilariou…
IMAGES FROM THE STUNNING AND SPECTACULAR VATICAN CITY
I
thought world history was so boring in school. But when you are
standing underneath something living, breathing that by today's
standards are just timeless, …
LAST DAY OF CLASS TOMORROW, FOREVER
Today
I was laying on the sofa in the grand salon of the institut and just
thinking that it is kind of sad that tomorrow is my last day
here. I have such great memories and they…
I'M BACK IN VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER
I
arrived at 5:30 and then got to the internet cafe to start returning
emails, and all of my classmates were sitting out front saying hey we
have a dinner party for our professor. …
IN ONE WEEK I'LL BE HOME!
Yes,
this is an actual, unretouched sunset from the shore of my lakehouse at
Woodlake. Melissa and I are meeting up in Canada after being
apart for an unprecedented month apart... I am so…
ABOUT DAN BROWN, ANGELS & DEMONS, ETC.
I'm
getting asked a lot about if my interest in Rome came from the book,
"Angels & Demons". The answer is no, but I did read the book
and it was amazingly entertainin…
THE POWER OF POINT-AND-SHOOT CAMERAS AND, GOODBYE, ROME :(
Well
I am heading back to France this afternoon and I'm sort of sad about
leaving but not really because I've discovered this cool place and I
will be righ…
TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
I
was organizing my personal photos drive tonight because I have so many
new images from this trip to catalog, so I had file browser open and I
just happened on this image and it freaking crac…
WOW THESE ITALIANS KNOW HOW TO MAKE SPAGHETTI!
For
some reason when I come to Italy I get a huge craving for Italian
food. Oh man it was so funny last year when I was asking the
concierge in Venice if he knew of a…
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH
There is a lot of talk about a glut in vacation home rentals - and
even though I haven't seen it yet I do realize that it is better to
guss up the marketing in case things slow down.…
WHEN IN ROME, DO AS THE ROMANS
So
Marco and Julia came to pick me up on scooters. OK that is so
freaking crazy because first of all the drivers in Rome are so crazy I
would never drive here. So here we are buzzin…
IMAGES OF THE COLISEUM
I
am just blown away by how visually amazing Rome is, and how well it
photographs with the little F10. Tonight it was so funny because
Marco is also a point-and-shoot freak - even though he …
COMING SOON TO MY CART
I
created a tilt/shift tool that I have been using for quite some time
and I totally didn't even think that it would be a good product for the
cart, until I had a lot of buildings to do! And…
MORE IMAGES FROM A FEW MINUTES AGO
I climbed out of bed and walked
around to do some images with the F10. If you stay tuned to this
website, I will just keep loading them up because I am so freaking
excited about …
CAN I HAVE YOUR MUSICAL SUGGESTIONS PLEASE?
The
best stuff I play on my ipod all day long comes from suggestions people
make to me about what is a great new CD. Like I just LOVE this
album, Boz Scaggs live... als…
OH NO I TOTALLY OVERSLEPT!
Well
I did some photography this morning from my balcony, does that
count? I am such a LOSER I crawled into this comfy bed with it's
freaking 1,000,000 thread count sheets - I really hav…
HI FROM ROME ITALY!!!!!!!!!!!
(This
is the view from my hotel room balcony). OHMYGOD I have never ever ever
ever seen a city as spectacular as Rome. I seriously had my
mouth open the whole time and I don't think I…
OK BECKER WHAT ARE THESE IMAGES DOING ON THE INTERNET!?
REMOVE THEM IMMEDIATELY LOL
[b]
has a cool blog and I just found out about it. He posted these
images on his website that he took at Denis Reggie's birthday
…
NEXT STOP, ROME!
OK
I am all packed up and ready to fly to Rome tonight- I am going to
literally take only two cameras, the Fuji F10 and my little Nikon IR
990 conversion camera. Isn't that weird? Seriously it's …
GREAT QUOTE FROM PAUL NEWMAN
I
remember reading an article from him and he said a little quote that
lasted forever with me. He said, "I have never had money
problems. It's because I never worried about it, and th…
THIS WILL BE INTERESTING :)
I
just got an email from my L.A. assistant Kate Kelly that she was on
Celebrity Justice last night. I earlier mentioned how she got
quite um, unable to work for a while at my office bec…
WHY DO PEOPLE THINK THE FRENCH HATE AMERICANS? NOT TRUE
I
spend a lot of time in France and a lot of my friends go, but the
french hate americans. That is so not true, I have not had a
single unkind or awkward mom…
TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE IN ALL OF EUROPE
Today
the institut announced that all of Europe was observing two minutes of
silence for the victims of the London terror attacks. It was so
powerful and moving, as we sat i…
HELLO FROM BEAUTIFUL BEAULIEU
Beaulieu is so beautiful. Today we had a really fun dinner buffet
right on the beach, and we just had such a great time. What is
most interesting about these trips is the cool peo…
THIS IS SO FUNNY
Only
in Hawaii - this is from my friend David Hessemer's site.
It reminds me of a story that Denis Reggie told me about almost biting
the big one when a coconut fell from a tree and sunk about 2'…
MEET JACK RENDULICH
Jack
is a professional photographer but also now a firefighter from Duluth,
MN. He was at my last seminar where I told everyone about how
great Xanga sites were, and how they are just traffic a…
THIS MOVIE WAS SO GREAT!
Kevin
Spacey was absolutely unbelievable in this movie. I cannot
believe what a great singer he is, and what a good job they did with
this movie in biopic'ing Bobby Darin's life. I didn't…
IMAGES FROM TODAY JUST REALLY AWESOME F10 IMAGESTodaywas a great day for photography. The Institut took a field tripto St. Paul de Vence and everywhere I looked there was a photoopportunity. I no longer take …
HAVE YOU SEEN THE SPACE MONKEY?
My hard drive crashed so good
thing I restore from a backup drive but for some reason My Photoshop CS
didn't install. So if you don't install it correctly you get the
following hila…
This is freaking hilarious. Ever since I showed this website to Kate she's been using it all the time!
You give somebody your "Phone Number" if they try to pick up on
you. What they get when they call is, "Hello, w…
MY PAPERWORK IS COMPLETED
I've finished my entrepreneur visa application. Being here in
France, what I am homesick for is Canada. I do love Marina Del
Rey and that area of Los Angeles that I call home, and the…
I'M HOMESICK
The webcam is a great idea.
France is as beautiful as ever. My french is coming along
great. The weather is awesome. There is a great new tennis
instructor at the club. I'm having fun with my clas…
MORE IMAGES TODAY TAKEN FROM THE N'HOOD
Just
put up more images of interesting everyday life in a french
neighborhood - like the menu at McDonald's. Try to find the
Quarter Pounder with Cheese! CLICK HERE
WOW MARY JANE THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL ALBUM!
Mary
Jane is a photographer I met because I was an interview subject for her
Master's Thesis at Brook's Institute in Santa Barbara. We've only
really met on the phone and o…
MEET SOMEONE NICE
WOW WHAT A POWERFUL QUOTE, I AGREE TOTALLY
In
this month's GQ, there is an excellent interview with Governor
Arnold. I was like whoa that is an excellent statement about the
power of pre-visualization. I remember…
I AM GETTING EXCITED TO PHOTOGRAPH ROME
Especially Vatican City. My
first influence into catholicism was my Aunt May, who is probably one
of the most wonderful people I've met in my entire life. She is
always so …
TENNIS ON THE SLOW, RED CLAY COURTS (I FIXED THE VIDEO@@)
Tennis
on Clay Courts is my favorite. It is like playing on dirt, and
the ball just hangs in the air for you to just cream it. As a
result, the rallys are…
CHRISTINA AGUILERA IS A NATURAL BLOND TOO
Going
down memory lane I found this photo of my sweetheart that she sent to
me a while ago. I have always had this thing for blue-eyed
brunettes probably because my Kinder…
TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE ON THE LAPTOP
Today
I was so sick with hay fever "Rhume de Foins" boy does that
phrase mean something to me now! I literally got so sick that I
got on the phone and started saying goodbye to…
THIS IS JOE AND I AM GLAD I MET HIM
If
you are in Nicole Peach's life, you will find yourself moving a table
around and probably asking yourself how the hell you wound up in this
situation. She for some reason ha…
THIS IS REALLY GOOD STUFF IF YOU HAVE DRY CONTACTS
Flaxseed
Oil. Hmmm. I went to visit Dr. Carter, a renouned eye
surgeon in L.A. to get Lasik done, but he wouldn't do it for me because
my vision is so terrible. …
INTRODUCING GO-NADS IN SEARCH OF A BETTER NAME
We're just about to start production of the laptop feet that I designed
to keep my laptop cool and to protect it from shock. So
this is the design of it, it will …
WOW!
My friend Rodrigo pointed me to
an article by Robert Kiyosaki - and it is crazy because I don't follow
his articles but he's been saying EXACTLY what I've been saying/doing
for the last two years... I wrote …
STEAKS ARE WEIRD IN FRANCE
Here is how it works for steaks. The way it is pictured is there is a foil bag on the outside with a photo of a steak. The photo makes it look really tasty - but you have no idea what you …
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING KATE KELLY
I
wish I had a better picture of Kate - I wanted to take it before I left
for France but we were so freaking busy. So this is one from my Marina Del Rey webcam. Her dad is my frie…
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK
For
anybody who has a vacation home rental, this book is excellent.
It gives a ton of great advice on how to market/manage your
properties. I just found out about it. I was talking to my
fr…
I FOUND MY PASSPORT!!!
This is what happened. I put it where I thought it would never get stolen, between two dinner plates in the cupboard (I couldn't find the safe). Then I forgot I put it there - isn't that stupi…
THAT'S WEIRD THIS STUFF REALLY WORKS...
I was looking at myself a few weeks ago
and noticed that I had become kinda pudgy again. No worries, I
figured I would just come here to France, start playing tennis on clay
e…
SUNRISE OVER VILLEFRANCHE THIS MORNING
What
an awesome way to start the day. The harbor at Villefranche is so
tranquil and quiet and beautiful, sometimes when I am not in france I
daydream about VilleFranche. Tha…
A STORY OF LIGHTSPHERE DEVOTION
"
Hi Gary,
I bought your lightsphere at the Las Vegas convention.
I'm so sorry about how other members are being so hostile about your inventing new products for the industry…
I WILL HAVE SOME NEW SOFTWARE IN ABOUT 30 DAYS
Today I was laying in bed
thinking about how cool Adobe Photoshop CS2 was in one particular
aspect, then something totally hit me what I can do with it. Then
I realiz…
AMAZING ARTICLE
This
month's GQ has some amazing articles - among which is an article from
six of Saddam Hussein's newly released prison guards. It is
fascinating reading. Did you know Hussein is nuts about
Chee…
BUFFALO MOZZARELLA CHEESE
This
stuff is so amazing and I can never find it in the states. Here
in France, it comes in little wet bags and you just open it up and
slice it between tomato slices and it is so freakin…
HOLY SMOKES THE TRAFFIC!
over 80,000 unique viewers PER
DAY to this website what is up? It really boosted up when I got
the little point and shoots because now I can put a lot more photos up
and even video. Then …
MOVIE OF THE ROAD TO VILLEFRANCHE VIA SMART CAR
When
I drive around, I like to wear my iPod Shuffle. And you know how
sometimes a song will bring a memory back vividly, like transport you
right to that time and pl…
SO WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY AT THE INSTITUT?
A
lot of people are curious what we do at the Institut De Francaise and
ask why immersion works so well. I don't know, we just kind of
talk about France, the region, we l…
THEY CALL IT ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
But
I don't think I have it. I just think I have a problem thinking
about one thing too long, and then I focus on something else. The
reason I have this on my mind is becau…
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