NOTHING BEATS THE FEEL OF PIMA COTTON I've been just nuts about Pima (or Supima) cotton. In T shirts, there is nothing so soft - it's instantly obvious to the touch. There is a huge difference in cottons.In sheets, you…
CHROMEDOME DOUBLES THE OUTPUT.HERE'S THE GRAY CARD TEST Pictured below is a composite of four different photographs of a gray card. First on the bottom left, I shot the gray card on manual, adjusting the exposure until …
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH This photo is of the theater on the ground floor. The insulation has been put in, the small pot lights have been installed and wired. There is a cool soffit being built that will have a "ri…
YOU CAN EVEN DRIVE DOWN THE STREET LIKE THIS They make these so you can open your doors the typical way or batman style. They say they have kits for practically any car - I wonder if it works on minivans?
OUR TOUR OF THE BROOKS INSTITUTE GROUNDSBrooks Institute is a beautiful school. Only one thing though, I read an in an article that a California Agency alleged that they were conducting misleading recruitment practices …
WHAT A SMALL WORLD, JOE BUISSINK IS HEREHe actually had a wedding where we're staying. That's so awesome because we haven't seen him since in a long time! We got a glimpse of what makes him the top celebrity photograph…
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS REVIEW AND COMMENTARY This movie was riveting. It's not like the trailers would have you think. The fighting scenes are the most realistic since "Private Ryan". But it also reveals a little known t…
THE CHROME DOMES ARE ROLLING OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE!These buggers are complicated to make! There's a two-step process, first it has to be made in the mold, then it has to go to a anodizing plant for the metallic plating.…
TRAVELING DESKTOP I've got my traveling office completely optimized for small size, portability and efficiency. I've cut all my cords to really short, have a 1" thick "PocketJet" printer (though the printouts look like …
KELOWNA IS PRETTY AWESOMEclick here
VIDEO GROUP SHOT
WHILE I WAS NAPPING AT THE POOLThe girls went out to go bridal gown shopping. I have no idea why they said I couldn't go that's weird. ANYWAY, they said that there was this really snotty girl at the gown shop who could…
IT'S NOT EVEN 2007 YETI was reading this article in USA Today: There aren't many times in history where it is so easy to see what's going to happen next, and this is one of them. With nearly 3 trillion in ARM's set to r…
I LEFT THE WEBCAM ON AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANEY!Yesterday was Janey's birthday, and we had so much fun. Amy and Janey came over to our hotel, and we sent them to the Spa. It was hilarious because well - I'll do another post in a few minutes but …
I HATE CORDS!Last night, for Janey's birthday, I saw across DJ and we were catching up. He got a Macbook Pro before I did and so he had a lot of advice for me and we both travel a lot, so we got talking about simplifyin…
MELISSA CARL DOES "PRICE IS RIGHT"
SMALLEST BLUETOOTH TRAVEL PRINTER It's wireless. It's 10" wide, and weighs 1lb (the weight of four McDonald's quarter pound cheesburger patties before cooking). It's battery operated. It's a printer.When I'm at a hote…
YAWAHOOOO! THE FIRST SNOWFALL AT BIGWHITE!IT'S COMIN DOWWWWWN! I am SOOOOO looking forward to spending the ski season up at Big White Resort. This year we will be there the whole season until April - except for a week …
YAY WE ARE ON AMAZON.COM!!!Thanks to Adorama, our latest retailing partner, Gary Fong products are now available on amazon.com. I am so grateful to our retailing and look forward to meeting John Green from Adorama durin…
"IS THAT A MICROWAVE?" My friends make me laugh so hard. Last night, I was dying. Amy and Janey came up to our hotel room after the movie and they were like looking all around it. They go into the walk-in closet and s…
SMOKIN' HOT T SHIRT It says, "GARY FONG" making you better > faster > brighter.The great thing about having a creative team of marketing people like Keats and Tim is that they come up with stuff that I would never…
THE NEW VIDEOWill will be introducing a new free (with purchase) DVD at the huge Photo East photo show in New York City 11/2- something. That's what we've been working on - I'm really excited about it. Anyway, Tim Holm…
MISS LIGHTSPHERE GOT ENGAGED! Congratulations Tiffany and John! We knew it was coming and I was told to keep my mouth shut about it - did I do a good job? Anyway, you two are an awesome couple and I'm so excited for bo…
HI FROM SANTA BARBARA! We're here for Janey's birthday. And the worst part of it is, Amy, Janey and Bunny are all at the movies right now. I couldn't go - I am completely exhausted. I hope hope hope I didn't catch any…
I WALKED ON FIRE - TWICE DJ just posted a little thing on his blog about Tony Robbin's message about syntax and metaphors, and it reminded me of the time I went to UC Irvine and participated in Tony Robbin's firewalk exp…
YOU NO LONGER NEED TO GIVE OUT YOUR CELL NUMBER! This is brilliant! The way this service works is - you give out a "voice mail" only number. When people leave a message, it text messages your cell phone, and then you c…
GARYFONG.COM JUST PASSED ELTONJOHN.COM IN TRAFFIC Ever since I discovered alexa.com's rankings (which show the the traffic rankings of websites around the world, for example "yahoo.com" is number 1) I've been like weirdl…
RABBIT IS STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE BETTERRabbit thinks it is hilarious when I dance. I think I dance great, but she showed me tonight what I look like. Click (sometimes twice with videoegg) to watch the movie.
CONGRATULATIONS CANDICE HAASE! Since Melissa is now a bride to be, she's signed into the Knot's message boards and it's been shocking to her the prices photographers are charging. And the MAIN QUESTION all of these brid…
I THOUGHT I HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS...Rabbit has been soooo sick but today as I was running out to do some errands she was talking to Robbie (of newlyweds Robbie and Lauren) and she was laughing at something and I just love…
BUT SHE CAN BE SO RUTHLESS!About a year ago, Wells Fargo assigned me to a Private Banker. When
your deposits meet a certain criteria, you automatically get assigned a private
banker. (I didn't know that)Theoretically…
I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN WITH VIDEOWhy didn't anybody tell me videos were so much freaking fun to make? Anyway, today I did a photo shoot in a full studio because we got emails from people saying that they were ebaying t…
MODERN VIDEO EDITING EQUIPMENTI remember the old days of 3/4" tape and Avid software on Atari computer, doing non-linear editing but with tape. Man that was crazy you had to have a room full of equipment, and multiple m…
MY POOR RABBITRabbit has strep throat. She has been in bed for the past four days getting up just long enough to edit some images then she conks out and has to sleep. We haven't even unpacked our suitcases. It's been …
NOBODY TOLD ME NOT TO INHALE HELIUM BEFORE TAPING VIDEOS.
SPEND THE DAY WITH ME AND MY NEW CANON CAMCORDER HD This is the new Canon HD Camcorder. It is awesome. It has a built-in light, is super small and does 1040i High Definition. Only thing I want you to know that if you …
XANGA VIDEOS ARE NOW UPOK I figured out how to do Xanga videos on this blog - and it's the best out of videoegg or google because it shows a much bigger image plus it shows four "thumbnails" of the video... plus it loads…
DO Y'ALL LIKE YOUR CANON 5D'S? I was shooting with Jessica Strickland's 5D and it is SWEET. And then Becker said that it has the tastiest image quality since the Fuji S2 - and that was all I needed to hear. But I didn'…
OUR LATEST VIDEO!Hey I just wanted to let you know that we are only going to have 1,000 chrome domes with us at PhotoExpo in NYC. That's all we could make in time for the show so if you want one, try to get to our booth…
I AM FACING FORECLOSURE.COM This website was a very eye-opening read. Being in the same line of work he is, I understand what went wrong. First, and foremost, he bought at the top of the market. The time to buy real es…
THE PORSCHE CAYMAN SCREAMS THROUGH MARINA DEL REYThe following video was performed with an unprofessional driver on an closed course. Attempt this at home.
THE CHROME DOME IS READY FOR TAKE OFFRoger that Lightsphere control. Lima, indigo, golf, hotel, tango, sierra, papa, hotel, echo, romeo, echo. T minus 11 days to introduction in NYC at the Photoexpo booth.Gain an addi…
YAY! I REDID MY SKI RESORT WEBSITE!It was about time! I hadn't touched that thing in years!
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO WEIRD?
THE POLAR HEARTBEAT MONITOR F11 I am inspired by Mark Strickland and Nicole Peach's dramatic weight loss victories. So I got this really cool thing which 1) starts off by calculating your fitness level - mine was "good"…
WOW THIS IS GREAT MUSIC SOFTWAREIf you're a musician, you probably find cool songs and get excited about learning them on whatever instrument. Well the part that is the hardest about picking apart a song is having to hi…
COMING SOON, THE MISS LIGHTSPHERE CONTESTHey! I had a great idea. We're going to have a Miss Lightsphere contest! I'm gonna have a big cash reward for the winners (photographer and model) and the model gets to be on s…
CONGRATULATIONS MARK STRICKLANDMark just lost 30 lbs! Mark, how did you do it? Oh yes, the answers are on your daily weight-loss blog that can be found by clicking HEREYou are inspirational! But not as inspirational …
DREAMWEAVER AND MACDRAFT ROCKEarlier I was saying that this transition to IntelMAC was a drag because I was going to lose all my MAC OS9 apps. Well I replaced most of them with the exception of Paperport viewer - which …
just a quick note: if you happen to really like Elton John's "Captain and the Kid" album and want to play it on the piano, the chords can be found here
BIG ISLAND EARTHQUAKE REPORT FROM KINCAID Y'all know Kincaid. He was my PA here in L.A. and also a dearly treasured friend. Well when they said a big earthquake hit the big island, I immediately thought of him because …
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL L.A. SUNSETWhenever we fly back here from the east coast, we get three hours of a time gain. So even though we flew out from Canton/Akron Ohio this afternoon, we were here to catch the sunset in L.A. - …
FAREWELL, MIDWEST! Well I was in Ohio for about two weeks and I had a really nice trip. I met so many really nice people and had so many laughs and smiles. Ohio after this trip felt kind of home-y, well especially afte…
THIS BOOK IS AMAZING I don't follow astrology, but on the advice of a friend a long time ago I picked up this amazing book by Linda Goodman.What she does is match up signs and tell you how your relationship is going to b…
IF YOU'VE READ THIS BOOK, CAN YOU ADD A BLAB? D.J.?Catchy title. The premise is that he says that while most "millionaire" books talk about saving and the compound interest that will take 40 years to get to $1m, he use…
THE DEPARTED MOVIE REVIEW ***** Sometimes things get so crazy you just have to use that gun. It is an interesting story and if you haven't seen it yet, it will help you to read this primer. The following all happens in…
AWESOME PLACE TO PUT COLOGNE THIS WORKS THE CHICKS! If you're with someone or going out on a date that you wish to be memorable, here is a piece of advice from ton oncle "Pepe Le Peeu". Put a dab of cologne on your mous…
IT WAS NICOLE'S BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY!!!I FORGET EVERYBODY'S BIRTHDAY!The following photo needs to have the captions reversed. I am so mean that when she was preggo and gained weight I kinda did a before/after photo which …
I NEED TO START DRESSING BETTERI HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS This is an image I lifted from my fiancee Melissa Carl's blog. This was when we were out in Amish country and I was going around saying, WOW! COWS! (the…
MOVING OUT OF THE OHIO APARTMENT Well, we are finished moving Melissa out of her Ohio apartment. I had no idea there was so much stuff in a two bedroom apartment! It took a lot longer than we thought because she would …
BEING ON A TV SHOW SURE BEATS PACKING LIGHTSPHERES! If you bought a Lightsphere around July of 2005, BJ Carter may have packed it for you in our warehouse. She used to work for my dad along with Kate Kelly in our wareho…
ASIAN TOURIST POSE HITS A WEDDING
OIL PRICES CONTINUE DOWNWARDIf you saw my post earlier, I said that oil prices were going to continue to go down, the dow will continue to rise, the dollar will strengthen until around first week of November. Then as ho…
THE THRILLER INSTRUCTIONAL WEBSITE!!!!Hey! I have nothing better to do all day! So I compiled a Thriller instructional WEBSITE - it has ALL the resources you'll need to learn the thriller dance!I broke the dance down t…
I FOUND AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER When I go to Canada, I enter as a tourist. And that is a little gnarly considering how I often I go there, and love to visit.It would be nice to become a permanent resident of Canada. Afte…
THIS IS THE PLANE THAT CRASHED INTO THE NY BUILDINGI was reading the Robb Report Magazine, and they had this really compelling ad for the Cirrus SR-20 plane that has a built-in parachute. I remember thinking, wow if I b…
DO YOU REMEMBER THE PICTURE OF ME WITHPICTAGE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS? You know the one where I was with all the MBA/CEO suits? You know... this one?Anyway, here's my opinion - we should be on DEFCON 8 or 9. Kim just said…
OUR NEW HOME IN CANTON, OHIO We are staying here in Ohio until Sunday. I totally like it here now because of a serendipitous discovery - the Yoder wedding was here and I found out they have a hotel, and a spa, and tenni…
I WAS THINKING ABOUT CONGRESSMAN FOLEY I used to have this thing for flight attendants. I don't know how I got it. I think it was the look of the uniforms combined with having to go on long flights strapped up to a sea…
WHAT THE HIGH END CLIENT WANTSWe were having dinner with David Jay in Seattle, and we were talking about one of the vendors that spends a lot of time talking about details of the wedding, etc. DJ said, while that would …
CONFESSION AND WARNINGThe following post was not written by Janey:Neither are the ones where she says she gets a thrill by sniffing my office chair when nobody is looking. I would assume that some of you already know th…
DO NOT MESS WITH KOREANSTHEY CAN HAVE A REALLY BAD TEMPERSo this guy to the right who looks kind of like Rocky Gunn just did a nuclear test, and the seismic rock of the underground test showed up on richter scales in Sou…
YAY! WE BEAT SHANIA TWAIN IN THE ALEXA RANKINGS!A few posts ago, I was reporting on how I was amazed at my site traffic, and how we were almost ranked as high as Shania Twain's site. Well we beat her this week with a w…
WHY IT'S HARD TO FALL IN LOVE WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ITThere is a multi-billion dollar industry for people looking to find "the perfect match". But in my life I have always found that falling in love only happened whe…
AN AMISH COW EAR TAG NUMBER 132 Today we went into Amish country with Mel's dad and stepmom. It was so awesome! There are many different levels of amish, but typically they do without electricity in their homes or ipod…
LIGHTSPHERE SELLOUT SITUATION Just a quick note: The P1 size of LightsphereII has quickly run out due to high demand from our retailers B&H and Adorama in the U.S. We have shipments going out to these stores in the…
WE NEED TRADE SHOW EMPLOYEES FOR NEW YORK CITY! Help! Are you going to be in the New York City area 11/1-5 around then? Are you a really expert user on Gary Fong products (pardon the 3rd person). If so, can you plea…
I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THE AMISHYesterday, the amish victims of the killer of their little girls attended his funeral, and comforted his widow. I remember the grandfather of one of the victims saying, "let's all pr…
gonna go to sleep but thought I would put up some notes on the Powerbook to MacBookPro Conversion. The MBP is fast to start up and very fast for videos. However it doesn't run sys 9.0 apps. I found two replacements th…
IT'S TRACY'S BIRTHDAY! My L.A. assistant Tracy's birthday was today and of course I forgot! If it wasn't for Keats reminder, well Tracy is too mild-mannered to say hey everybody it's my birthday. Anyway, she is an awes…
SARAH YOU ARE SO DUMBJen's friend Sarah thinks there is no such thing as a B.S. in Pharmacology (the degree I got at UCSB). She reads the blog everyday anyway we were at breakfast and she said, you need to show me that …
WOW WHAT A WEDDING AND WHILE I AM AT ITCAN YOU BELIEVE THESE IMAGES WERE TAKENWITH THE LIGHTSPHERE WITH AMBER DOME? CLICK HERE OK this post is going to be rambling so let me ramble. First of all, Melissa last night was …
I JUST HATE DIWECT FWASH!Tiffany Yoder is an awesome model - that's why she is so famous - she takes direction so well. Click on the movie to see what I mean! Thanks Heather Coon for shooting this video! Email me!
FAREWELL, GREAT PROGRAMSWell it had to end somewhere. This, for me, is the end of Mac system 9.0 because I just got a new MacBook Pro17. Since I'm doing so much video now, I needed a lot more speed for video rendering…
TOMORROW - WATCH DENIS ON THE TODAY SHOW!! Don't forget to set your TIVO to the Today Show, where you'll see our hero DENIS REGGIE shooting their wedding of the year. Look for the part where Merideth Viera says, "Hey ho…
A GREAT WAY TO SAVE WHILE BUYING I really like to buy things, and I really like to save money. Those sound like opposing values. Kind of like, I like losing weight and I like hot fudge brownie sundaes. The two forces …
NEED SOME FEEDBACK REGARDING MAILINGOK - so the email went out to 52,000 people but I did an experiment. I tried "gotmarketing.com" for the first time ever. I have been doing my own emails through my own server for yea…
Somebody asked what would be a good idea financially with gas prices at a record low. OK so here's what is coming up until around 11/51) fuel prices will continue to drop (gas is currently $2.30/gal)2) the US dollar wil…
I AM JUST WONDERINGWould there be any interest in learning how to do e-mail campaigns?
ANATOMY OF A MAILING (did you know it takes 12 hours to mail to 52,000 people?)Some people come here for tips on business, so I figured I would share with you what I've learned on doing large scale e-mail announcements. …
ONLY 163 UNITS REMAIN UNTIL THEY'RE GONE I just got an inventory alert from my warehouse - we are down to the last 163 4-DVD digital intensive master box sets. Once they are gone, they're gone because they were so freak…
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WOW THIS IS A SWEEEEET ALBUMI remember after getting "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", I eagerly awaited every single new Elton John album with great excitement. And when you got them, you'd first go - hmmm. It's interestin…
THE GUARDIAN MOVIE REVIEW This movie was like a cross between "Top Gun" and the soap opera, "All My Children". Those of you who saw it know what I'm talking about. I don't know how it is possible to make a testostero…
