WE ARE LEAVING FOR MAUI FOR A WEEKI am so excited. We are leaving for Maui today! So get this - you know Missy's best friend Ann? The one who's wedding we just shot? Well they are honeymooning in Maui and they're spe…
WOW WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN SEATTLE! (click here for images)This photo was taken with a little Fuji Z1 point and shoot at the TARGET store in seattle- isn't that amazing? Today was awesome, we woke up and walked down to…
BACKUP CAMERA IS COOL
JAMY (OR ANEY)This is Janey on the left. I met her because she was doing a master's thesis for Brook's Institute, so she got my phone number and I guess she put it in her auto dialer. Well at the time I didn't know Da…
AKRON OHIO TO SEATTLEWe will only be there one night and then we are off to Hawaii! I'm excited to be back at our home in Seattle and doing our fav things there, like going to Pike's market and the Elliott's for dinner.…
INFRARED IS BEAUTIFULI still haven't decided if I'm going to do the how to shoot a wedding for the design DVD yet. It will take a lot of work and I don't know if I am up to it enough.Anyway, when I shoot a wedding I lov…
TIME IS A 'RUCK'" (TIME IS LUCK)Wow my life is boring compared to these guys! The sound that awesome Ferrari made when they were driving made me feel like whoa why did I just buy a battery operated Lexus?The movie, (if …
MY FIRST HYBRID CAR!!!Since I now live in Seattle we thought we would be cool using the "flexcar" concept where you rent a car by the hour, but it just didn't fly. They had nasty, banged up Honda hybrids and you had to …
SOMEBODY ASKED SO HERE'S MY ANSWER:(click on image to enlarge)Somebody mentioned a device that is similar to the Lightsphere, and so I forwarded the information to my patent attorney, and he found that the product falls …
THE OPPOSITE RULEThis photo was taken about the same time that we first met. She has no idea how much her life is about to change at this point LOL.No actually the truth is we were so different that we never thought we'…
FUN WITH THE GYM BALLThe gym workout balls are really fun to play with. Today we went to visit Melissa's dad's house and they had one of these balls. Well of course then came the discussion of how long can you balance…
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN N. CANTON OHIOIt is really nice here. Today we went to the McKinley Presidential memorial where there are a huge row of steps and Melissa did ten laps up it. (I only did four even though I could've don…
VERY COOL THINGS!!!!This is an Epson PhotoFine 4000 hard drive and image viewer. It is AWESOME! Becker has one and he showed it to me and it took me this long to get one. I'm so glad I did it is incredible.Huge LCD vi…
I HAVE HAD MORE FUN STACKING BOXES IN A WAREHOUSE FOR TWO HOURSDo you ever jump on a treadmill, set the thing for 30 minutes and you feel like you're done and it's only been six minutes?"Superman Returns" was honestly th…
HAVING FUN WITH JESSICA STRICKLAND'S SECRET SAUCEI've been editing Ann and Chuck's wedding and what's cool about doing the workflow again is that I always find some new toy to play with in making my images please me even…
CONGRATULATIONS ANN AND CHUCKEverything worked out great! The ceremony didn't get rained out, we had an outdoor ceremony, beautiful sunset photos and it was awesome.I'm going through the images right now and they're inc…
I AM SHOOTING ANN AND CHUCK'S WEDDING TODAYThis is a shot taken with a 50mm f1.4 lens on a Canon 30D. I am shooting Ann and Chuck's wedding today and they are a beautiful couple.OK many of you know that my fee for shoot…
FIRST TESTS OF AMBER DOME!!!Yesterday I did extensive testing of the amber dome. They were very revealing and super exciting to see the results. I had my molding factory do a full CTO conversion to incandescent (about …
HAPPY, PEACEFUL, CONTENTHi from North Canton, Ohio. Yesterday I got here and the two of us just did the most ordinary things, went to breakfast, went to the drug store, took a long walk around the neighborhood and it wa…
PICTAGE'S PARTNERCON - SORRY ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT!My friends at Pictage sent out a marketing announcement inviting y'all to join me and other vendors like Canon, etc. What it should've said was, "GaryFongestore" or "G…
THE END OF A HOT SUMMER DAYThere has been a heatwave in Los Angeles, but I have been just chilling here in the harbor. I'm taking this photo because I won't be back until November and I am going to miss this quiet and …
PLAYING THE STOCK MARKET AND WHY IT IS SO WEIRDYesterday when I was talking to Adam, he said that the market cap of "The Knot" was something like $450 million. All this for a company that earns about $10 million a year.…
YESTERDAY'S BREAKFAST WITH WEDDINGCHANNEL.COM'S CEO ADAMEver since Pictage was sold to Apax, one person I especially missed working with was Adam Berger, CEO of Wedding Channel (2nd from right). He joined our board of d…
YAY! DISCOVERY BAY IS TOAST! YAY!If you go to this website today, there is an article about my lakefront condo, Discovery Bay. It looks like it will be ripped apart and won't be finished for 2-5 years. YIPPEE!I'm com…
CATSThis is Mocha, Jessica and Mark Strickland's crazy cat.Melissa had been staying at their house for the week I was in Europe, and Mocha sitting by her when we were on the phone.So Melissa said to me, "I forgot how coo…
COMBINATION WASHER/DRYER ALL IN ONE UNITI don't like doing laundry EXCEPT here on the HMS Kelowna because it has a combination washer/dryer. So you do not have to remove the clothes from the washer and put it in the dry…
NEW COLOR-CORRECTING DOMES!Just got prototypes of the new color-correction domes for the Lightspheres! YAY! I'm going to be doing a lot of tests and I'll actually be shooting a wedding this weekend! Well Melissa is sh…
LIGHTSPHERE SELLOUT SITUATIONI have heard that B&H has been sold out of Lightspheres for weeks, and we are running very low on the P1 and P4 sizes of Lightspheres on my e-store but they ARE available and shipping now…
OH MY GOSH I AM SO HAPPYI am leaving Barcelona this morning and I will be in Los Angeles overnight then I am going to Ohio to see this wonderful girl pictured on the right!!! YAY I am so happy!!!I am so happy you have n…
IF YOU SEND THESE CARDS BACK (BLANK) IT COSTSTHE RECEIVER 35 CENTSMy pet peeve is these business reply mail leaflets in magazines. Why? Because I like to take baths, and when I take baths I like to take bubble baths. …
WOW A WEBSITE THAT RATES YOUR PLANE'S SEAT COMFORT INDEX!I usually fly in coach because the difference in flying first class is just too crazy for me to justify. When I get an upgrade to first class, only "sometimes" wi…
IMAGES FROM TODAY TAKEN FROM BARCELONA It was a nice day in Barcelona today. I hired a driver and he took me around so I pretty much have seen all of Barcelona. Yup! Saw it all!OK I miss home! I wanna come home! But…
WE HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONSI don't know how this started, but I think me and Mel started it. But when we hang out with our friends, it's like, there's a lot of insults going back and forth,…
I AM SO DUMB GOING TO ROMANTIC PLACES WITHOUT MY GIRLFRIENDI love this photo. It was taken in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. We were just exhausted and she is super sleepy. She has a lollypop in her hand.This whole va…
OH NO - THE BEIRUT AIRPORT JUST GOT BOMBED!!!I was having a nice lunch with the Reggies in Paris a few days ago, and Denis's uncle Sam was telling me how nice Beirut is - how beautiful that area is. I asked if it was ne…
MY BLOG IS THREE YEARS OLDDan (bluesky) just wished me a happy 3rd anniversary for my blog. When I started with Xanga, it wasn't called a blog - that term came later. And if you click here you can see my entries 3 yea…
GARY: HOW DO YOU DO THESE ONLINE VIDEOS?A lot of people ask me how I get the videos onto the web so quickly. If you have a webcam or camcorder and can record movie files, then this service will take your .FLV files and …
I JUST WOKE UP AT 4PM LOLAs soon as I got here I drew the shades and sacked out. Anyway, I woke up and looked out my window and i'm on a really high floor so I'm able to kind of see what's around. They have this huge h…
HI FROM BARCELONAWell I just got into Spain at 830am and man it was harsh leaving the hotel room at 5am. As soon as I got here, it was so weird - everyone on the plane was french, you get off the plane and nobody speaks…
THIS IS WHAT I AM DOING TOMORROW AT 5AM (YUCK)
message to bunny: I am going to sleep now I have to leave the hotel at 5am so I will call you when I get to Barcelona. g'night bun.
HI JENNIFER AND MICK! CLICK HERE FOR IMAGES FROM PARISPictured to my left are my friends Jenn and Mick. They came over on the train today from London to have lunch with me. They had like - never been to Paris and sinc…
THINGS YOU CAN'T FIND EASILY AT HOME...There are things that you can get here easily that are hard to find in the States. Mel thinks I am so weird but for some reason when I am at a drugstore I am just so happy shopping…
THE NIKON 4500 INFRARED CONVERSION SURE IS FUN!On a bright, sunny day there's no beating the photography fun of a dedicated Infrared camera. It just rewards you with the coolest looking images. Here's a shot I took a…
WORLD CUP FRENZY IN PARISIn the states we have nothing that we get this passionate about. I mean, two countries are completely screaming their brains out in patriotism. When France scored the first goal, me and Denis w…
CHANGE IN PLANS - I'M OFF TO BARCELONA, SPAINLast night I was like, eh, I'm ready to leave Paris. Have you ever gone to your favorite amusement park like, one time too many, and you knew that you'd ridden every ride? A…
WOW AM I WALKED OUT!The great thing about this trip is that we have been walking SO much - I cannot believe Denis's uncle Sam who is 85 years old - he made it to the top of Sacre C'oeur - the highest hill in Paris, by wa…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN!I really am such a lucky person. There are always new people coming into my life that are delightful, hilarious, warm-hearted and caring. Our newest member on my team, Brian is this person. And to…
MORE TOURISM STYLE PHOTOS!Hi from Paris. I am here with Denis Reggie and his Uncle and his two kids Drew and Katie. I've known the kids since they were little so I am like their silly chinese Uncle Gary.So we've been g…
EN ROUTE TO FRANCEI know what I'll be doing for the next 16 hours! SLEEPING. If I take an ambien, I'm out for like 8 hrs and I wake up halfway there or more. I found out a really interesting alternative to ambien toda…
I JUST GOT SOME NOT SO BAD NEWSWell, in times like this I have to remember that not all things that happen to me are incredible, and that I am more lucky than I am unlucky. I hope this makes me feel better in the very l…
I WONDER WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH DISNEY WORLDMel and I were planning a fun week in South Beach, Miami FL for August because I told her how fun it was to go to South Beach in August, the heat and humidity actually add to t…
WE ARE SO STUPID ON THE 4TH OF JULYSo we were like, ok we're not into the big crowd thing, so Amy and Janey came over on the HMS Kelowna and we took it out to the main channel, and there was a bunch of boats starting to …
CRIME SCENE VIDEOAmy actually recorded last night's crime scene on video on her point and shoot camera. Let's listen in:
AMY AND JANEY ALMOST GOT HIT BY GUNFIRESo I asked Amy (who had the only camera) please send me photos of tonight so I can put them on my blog. She sent only heavily edited images of her and Janey together, so this is al…
WANNA BUY MY SAILBOAT?And have a slip in Marina Del Rey, CA for $300/month? I haven't been on the boat since I bought my yacht, so might as well sell it and find it a happy owner. It's beautiful. It has been totally r…
THE MANUFACTURING OF A POP STAROK don't laugh but for a long time I was a singer-songwriter and I tried to pitch my songs and get something published. One time when I was working at a one hour photo in Westwood, CA, I s…
I AM EXHAUSTED BUT SPOILEDMy Los Angeles assistant Tracy Kumono is so great. She's really a great photographer (here's her website) but she works fulltime for us. Today when I flew in I didn't expect for her to pick me…
TODAY IS PACKING DAYI am flying to Los Angeles for a few days, then to Paris for a week with a short stop (I hope I can get tickets) to the semifinals at the Wimbledon Tennis tournament just outside of London. I am so s…
I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM ADMITTING THIS BUTLast night, on i-tunes I downloaded "The Partridge Family" album. It is because there was some TV commercial on and it had the P.F. and I remembered how happy those syrupy, stupid…
WE JUST SAW, "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH" THE MOVIEIt's remarkable to me that a powerpoint presentation has reached the big screen and is pulling some good box office draw. And it's rare that a movie ranks an incredible 92% …
IN MY OPINION, 18 IS THE PERFECT NUMBER OF WEDDINGS/YEARIf you do 18 weddings a year with my method - that's perfect. More than that is kind of hairball and it would take a LOT of dedication and discipline to do predesi…
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