THE FINAL DIFFUSER SPECS FOR MY POINT-SHOOT DIFFUSER
Thanks to David Hessemer who suggested that it should be called
something besides the "Delta" diffuser because nobody really knew what
delta meant. (state of …
WORLDBEAT™ IMAGE COLLECTION
I
just finished making the selections for my "Worldbeat" image collection
that I am going to make available in a limited edition Giclee and
wall-decor products. I had to go through a lo…
POWER AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY OUT FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS...
The
water supply to the gulf coast may be out for up to two weeks - and the
floodwaters around it are completely contaminated. Obviously
without water for 2 …
NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL - HERE'S THE LINK
Oh this is just terrible. I have the warmest memories of
New Orleans and Biloxi. I visited both of these beautiful cities
in the last year and I can't believe that man…
QUICK UPDATE ON THE LS2PJ
We
will begin production of the first batch THIS WEEK!
READ ON! You probably saw
this week and thought - shipping this week. NO we won't be
shipping until the stuff is in the warehous…
GREAT MERCHANDISING IDEA AND BRANDING FOR YOU, THE ARTISTE
As
a professional photographer, you have that mysterious ability to get
great images. And you probably have a lot of clients that really
appreciate photog…
ANOTHER PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION FROM SOMEONE WHO BOUGHT BOTH
I
like bluetooth wireless headsets because when I have a corded headset
it always gets caught on things. Like when I close a door and it
wraps around a k…
WE'RE PARTIALLY SWITCHING TO WINDOWS COMPUTERS
Windows
has a lot more software choices than Mac in general. When I went
to Europe, I wanted to have the webcam instant messenger on MSN, but it
wasn't available on M…
HI I DECIDED TO CLOSE THE FORUM, HERE'S WHY
I
am so behind on e-mails! Well I'll try anything once! Except for
"balut". I will never try balut. When I was in Manila, my
hosts were kind of bummed that I wouldn't …
SCARIER THAN THE SCARIEST OF MOVIES
I was eating breakfast at Pepy's
and couldn't finish eating after I read this article about the
potential danger to the economy from the new bankruptcy bill (click here to read ab…
AWESOME HORSE PHOTOS
Melissa
just posted some photos from that shoot we did in Ohio (remember I did
infrareds). This horse is so awesome. Afterwards in the
stable, he kept pressing his head up to me so I would pe…
JOE BUISSINK TOLD ME THE COOLEST LITTLE STORY
There was this french poet, and
he was standing on the edge of a cliff, and he kept trying to get
people to come and look how high they were. Finally one person
came t…
FOUND THE QUOTE ON THINKEXIST.COM (I LOVE GOOGLE)
I told you it was beautiful. He told me that at lunch and I went
wow that is deep. We were talking about leaving your comfort
zone, and how the more change you…
THIS IS THE LAND ROVER LR3
It
isn't mine. It's the dealership's. The Range Rover that I
bought last year has been in the shop pretty much more than I have
owned it - it has been towed to the dealership a whopping…
I GOT PRE-DESIGNED
Pre-designing
is the process of designing a wedding album beforehand to show the
client what the final product could look like. It powerfully
illustrates how much better the photos will look in …
HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE FUTURE
I
learn a lot from my friend Jeff Gold who is the director of
world.org. We've been friends for a long time and I
remember when he was explaining about global warming and how the
…
HUMAN EXHIBIT AT THE LONDON ZOO
When
I read about this on the news I thought whoa. How totally bizarre.
People putting themselves on display at a zoo - and even
more weird is that people actually flock to see
it…
THIS IS HARD AND LOUD LAUGHTER
That
is me burying my head in Becker's armpit. I got this photo from
David Jay's Blogsite - I don't know what the heck we were laughing at
all I know is that we were laughing so loud…
THE NEW FORUM IS UP!
YAY!!!! This is great
because now rather than posting comments, you can jump into the
community forum and have a question/answer format that is
SEARCHABLE. It is very unwieldy to use th…
TREO SUPPORT GROUP PARTY IN BEVERLY HILLS
Today
it was 92 degrees in Los Angeles, and dark blue beautiful skies, so I
went around and took a few photos from my car. Then I invited
some of my friends to lunch so we…
IT'S TIME FOR A NEW FORUM
I originally started the FORUMS
at digitalphotographers.net because I thought it would be an efficient
way to answer questions. I answer the same question on emails so
often that I figure…
I AM IN LOS ANGELES FOR A WHOLE WEEK!
After two weeks with the Carls in
Ohio, I am back in L.A. for a whole buncha meetings for the rollout of
my new plastic products. Then I go back to Indianapolis, then
back to …
ROADTRIP! I AM GOING ON TOUR - JANUARY 2006 - 12 CITIES - $79
After posts like this on David Jay's Forum and seeing people like Kristen Alexander and David Hessemer use my super successful
techniques of pre-desig…
DO OTHER COUPLES DO THIS?
We're working on our websites this morning at Melissa's apartment, and I wondered what it
looked like so I took this self-timer photo. The most lame thing
is when we want to ask each o…
LP2PJ PRIVATE OFFERING UPDATE
We will be making the parts
Monday and there will be a mailing ONLY to current owners of
Lightspheres. My dad will not be doing the shipment for the
private offering, because we will be…
OW MY STOMACH STILL HURTS!
THE EFFECT OF ENDING PRICES WITH THE NUMBER "9"
I
have learned a lot about marketing having my own e-store. To me
it is like a little video game where I play around with
images/graphics/words/prices to see the eff…
I'M PITCHING HOME SHOPPING NETWORK NEXT WEEK
In about 60 days, we'll know if I will be on HSN in their "electronics boutique". It
would make sense - they would make great money on the product, and with
53 million p…
YAY! PATENT PENDING!! I JUST WONDER ABOUT THE NAME NOW...
OK!
The Delta Diffuser is now in the Patent Office. Some people have
asked me how much it costs to have a patent done, and I don't really
know. It is on…
NEED YOUR CRITIQUE PLEASE - HERE'S THE CATALOG PREVIEW
Hi
can I ask for your advance help? I just finished the catalog
description for the new LS2PJ and you know since I am so far into the
forest sometimes I can't…
BULLZEYE2 IS GREAT COLOR CORRECTION FOR THE LAZY PERSON
Melissa
got one of those new bluetooth mouses, so she can do color correction
without a cord. Look underneath her right hand... Neat.
It's like having a cat …
FREAKING HILARIOUS
When we were shooting Angel and Ryan's wedding, they requested some
photos at this nice park near the reception. It had a fountain
and was really nice and since it was a Saturday there were
…
GARY FONG'S DATING SERVICE
My
Canadian personal assistant, Nicole Peach is available to meet Mr.
Right. Me and Melissa have been telling her that she needs some
solitude time, because she has always had boyfriends…
ABOUT THE FIRST SHIPMENTS OF LS2PJ'S...
I've gotten a lot of emails asking how to be one of the first to receive the new LS2PJ's. So here is the latest update:
1) There will be an email sent to
current owners of Li…
MORE WEDDING IMAGES!
I haven't forgotten hardly anything! It all came back in an
instant. Congratulations to Angel and Ryan, Angela Talley's
wedding clients. I have to tell you, I REALLY like
shooting weddings!
…
FIRST IMAGES EVER DONE WITH THE LS2PJ!
I
just wish you could be here to see what we saw today with the new
LS2PJ. It is absolutely amazing. This shot is done in a low
ceiling and I did not need the dome, because …
INTRODUCING THE LIGHTSPHERE PHOTOJOURNALIST!
Tomorrow
we will be shooting the final prototype for the new Lightsphere II
Photojournalist. This is a design I came up with a while ago
specifically for event photogra…
HI FROM PITTSBURGH, PA FOR A WEDDING
We're
in Pittsburgh, PA this weekend to shoot a wedding. I am actually
just the 2nd camera, Melissa is shooting a wedding for our friend, Angela Talley
I am pretty excited abou…
THANKS, DAD
Well
we are about to wrap up our chapter of filling orders at my own
warehouse. I'm about to hire this great distribution solution
that Keats found, so we will be transitioning as soon as I return to
…
BETTER THAN ACUPUNCTURE, BETTER THAN MASSAGE, ETC.
I
get a lot of stiff neck problems and lower back pain probably from
sitting in planes so much. So I tried everything, even this
acupuncture thing where they put …
SHOOTING HORSES IN INFRARED
Today
I went on a photo shoot with Melissa doing a horse shoot in La Grange,
OH. These horses were so beautiful, there was a gorgeous arabian,
and this huge, beautiful Belgian horse t…
GARYFONGESTORE.COM IS GREATLY EXPANDING!
Keats found this fantastic fulfillment solution company that is going
to be able to handle all of our distribution tasks, and handle them
with far greater efficiency. Th…
PHOTOS FROM CEDAR POINT - FUJI F10
I didn't take too many photos because we spent all day riding the crazy
coasters. The lines were really long but we got to go on Dragster
- this insane magnetic superconducting c…
HILARIOUS ROLLER COASTER VIDEO FROM CEDAR POINT
This
is pretty funny. I snuck the F10 onto the coaster. I tried
it on some other coasters but there is no way to keep it steady, so I
put it on the headrest of the …
HI FROM CEDAR POINT!
Today
I am going to be at Cedar Point Amusement Park with the Carls. It
has an amazing number of coasters. I love roller coasters.
I scream my brains out. Oh no I forgot to bring throat
lo…
DIGITAL INFRARED IMAGES WITH THE NIKON COOLPIX 4500 I.R.
I
just got a new NIKON COOLPIX 4500 I.R. conversion from Brody
Dezember. It cost me $750 and it is awesome. Faster and
more rugged than the 990 Coolpix, I …
HOW TO PUT MOVIES ON XANGA
A lot of people are curious how to make webmovies. Well the fastest way to do a slick slideshow is to use instantmoviesonline.com, but that is with a fixed number of still images set to a s…
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS MOVIE?
Click here
Oh watch carefully the TSA officer walking toward me .
OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MEET THE CARLS REPORT!
Last
night we went to Melissa's sister Jen's house and it was so fun!
All of these people that I had heard so much about over the last year
and a half I finally got…
OK WE FOUND THE TV CLIP!
Thanks MJ Wilson for emailing this to me - this was done on a Fuji F10. It's hilarious
This is the appearance of the Lightsphere II on "Queer Eye for The Straight Guy". The photographer was…
I JUST HAD THE MOST WEIRD, BUT VIVID DREAM
This post is for me, because they
always say it's good to journal dreams that wake you up in the middle
of the night. While I keep a separate, personal journal, I spend
m…
THE LIGHTSPHERE WAS CALLED "TUPPERWARE"
ON QUEER-EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY
Hey Gary -
I was watching one of my favorite shows on Bravo "Queer Eye for the
Straight Guy" (this week's episode) and they had a photog…
THE DELTA DIFFUSER PATENT - WE DO THINGS FAST AROUND HERE
We being me and the law firm of
Christie, Parker and Hale, Inc., my intellectual properties
lawyers. A few weeks ago I came up with the idea of the Delta
D…
HI FROM THE CINCINNATIAN HOTEL
I
used to be in Cincinnati a lot. I had a girlfriend, Samantha, who
lived here - and since she lived in Ohio the only way we could see each
other was if I flew out here. So for a wh…
INTRODUCING KEATS ELLIOTT
I am so excited to get to work with her. She has been to every
workshop I've offered, and the more I got to know her the more noticed
not only her passion for photography, but what a fun p…
SPEAKING OF THE TREO 650
This
phone continues to be interesting. It freezes all the time
now. So I am always having to pull the battery out to reset
it. I would replace it, but it would be the same since this i…
RACING FUEL
Since
gas prices are so freaking high the difference between regular gas
prices (now at nearly $3 per gallon in L.A.) it doesn't seem so crazy
to pay $7.25 per gallon for racing fuel.
Racing fuel is …
TOMORROW AFTERNOON I AM OFF TO OHIO!
to...
Meet the Carls! I am so sure I am going to say something REALLY
stupid because I always do when I am not supposed to! I'm sure
it's going to be hilarious!
I am really l…
YAY!!! THANK YOU KATE!!!
It
is so happy to come home and having these little surprises laid
out. My L.A. assistant, Kate, left me this cool note and a bowl
of mixed nuts, and put PROPELS in the fridge! So freaki…
JENNIFER ANISTON ARTICLE IN VANITY FAIR
I
just read the article and all I have to say about it is that I think
women are better human beings than men. One time I was at the
Roxbury and the bodyguard was like stero…
DENIS REGGIE IN HAWAII!!!
How
great is this! On October 25-26, Denis Reggie will be
giving a two-day workshop in Honolulu at the Halekulani hotel right on
Waikiki Beach. I've stayed at this hotel and it's specta…
I THINK I MINIMIZE THE DIFFICULTY OF SOME THINGS
The other day, Melissa was
telling me that her sister Jen was training for a marathon. I
asked her how long a marathon was, and she said 26.X miles or
something. And…
FOREST FIRE OUT OF CONTROL - WOW NICE MOVE!
It's
so weird to watch this happen. We were watching the tiny smoke
barely visible in the trees... and watching the water tankers not move,
and hearing air traffic contr…
AERIAL PHOTOS OF TWIN HAVEN (PART II)
Today
we flew back to Twin Haven Resort because yesterday when we flew there,
I totally didn't know where it was. Yesterday we flew all around
the region looking for my house …
THIS IS HOW A FLOAT PLANE LANDS
In case you're curious, here's how a float plane lands... click here
What is really trippy is once he lands, he has a rudder behind the
pontoons so the float plane steers like a boa…
INFRARED IMAGES OF KELOWNA
Today we had the Nikon 990 IR camera laying around - I gave mine to Melissa because I got a new one from Brody Dezember that I'll be testing on a new format... anyway, the images are s…
IMAGES FROM OUR LAST DAY IN CANADA FOR A LITTLE WHILE
Today was a beautiful day. We just
took the speedboat out to the middle of the lake and stopped the
engine, and watched the sunset from our boat. For s…
FLOATPLANE IMAGES
Today
I went up in the floatplane to photograph my lake homes. It was
freaking awesome! I'm so jazzed I asked a zillion questions and
I'm going to get my pilot's license in September. Today was…
CANADA HAS A RECREATIONAL PILOT LICENSE! YAY!
Oh this is so freaking
cool. I can get a recreational pilot license with only 20 hours
of student time and five hours of solo flight. Oh man I am so
excited here's…
A COMMENT ABOUT THIS EGO THING
I'm not insensitive to these
comments about people feeling that I have a big ego.
Weird. Those of you who know me know I just hang out. I am
very confident about some things, and …
YAY! ANOTHER UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL
FROM A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER!
Charles
Maring was one of those students I'll always remember because he had a
huge smile on his face and just took a zillion notes and had so much
…
PARASAILING ON THE OKANAGAN
There's
always something to do around here. Every day I spend in Kelowna
I love it even more. Temperature today was high 80's, dry heat
with a breeze, and we went parasailing. I took …
NEW WEBSITE
I'm often asked how to place
higher in search engines - there's no secret to it really, just ask
yourself how could a human (or software robot) quickly find the page
you're looking for, without silly …
SWIMMING WITH THE HORSES AT LAKE OKANAGAN RESORT
I've
never gone to Lake Okanagan resort because by car it is about an hour
drive across the bridge to Westbank. But it is right across the
lake by speedboat, so we …
COOL!
THE LIGHTSPHERE IN COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
It flatters me when I see the
Lightsphere II on tv in use at a press event, or when it is being used
by the world's best photographers. Like Andreas Avdoulos, one of
the m…
A LAZY DAY AT DISCOVERY BAY
Today
we woke up at 5pm. I think it's the lazy feeling of this lake but
it is also ridiculously spectacular. There is always something
beautiful or fun or interesting around here. We to…
PICTAGE PROFILED IN THE L.A. BUSINESS JOURNAL
I had a nice phone interview with
Amanda Bronstad of the LABJ and they did a really nice article about
the success story of Pictage. They did a lot of research,
interv…
LET'S SEE YOUR PROGRAM BIG GUY
The following person ("Jeff") tried to slam Kamran Zohoori, of http://www.zohodesigns.com: in a letter after a recent program Kamran gave...
Why do people do this?
Kamran Zohoori is…
AVRIL LAVIGNE CONCERT - click here to see the video!
It was pretty good.
Melissa, Nicole, Tyler (her brother) and I couldn't have had seats
further back, but it was fun. Avril said she went tubing and
waters…
AVRIL LAVIGNE NEXT DOOR
There
were two massive luxury coach motorhomes parked in our parking
lot. Since we are right next door to Prospera Place, this means
that there's probably a concert next door. So I asked t…
MORE THOUGHTS ON INDOOR CLAYCOURTS
Found this quote doing a google search:
"You could call
them big spenders. Or, you could just call them big profit centers for
health clubs. They are the people in your clubs …
TENSIONED FABRIC STRUCTURES FOR INDOOR TENNIS
Today
I got the bad news the Gold's Gym in Kelowna is closing its indoor
tennis facility in January. This is awful news for me because one
of the things I really like …
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