I received a notice earlier this week that all my freakin’ domains wouldn’t be transferred to the new server. It turns out IX Web Hosting is going kaput. I’ve notice an increasingly shittier service the past months but let us slide.
I’m now on HostGator services and so far they are freakin’ great. They even have online chat support that is active 247. They’re services are more complete and up to date. In a way I’m glad I had to change services.
I’ve read a lot on Magic Lantern ever since it was introduced. I had the supported cameras but never had the hankering to give it a whirl. 
Recently I started dinking around with video again and thought I’d give the latest version a try on my Canon 5DMKIII. The installation is well documented and painless.
I’ve been using ML for about a week now and so far have not had any negative affects and the advantageous of the extra capabilities seems to be worth keeping ML running for awhile. Now if this hack bricks my chit I’ll be pissed.
Let’s get this day started. What crackin’! Well chit… we spent most of the day making sure our dogs didn’t dig a hole through the kitchen floor to the outside. Both of them don’t like the 4th of July.
Wifey and went to the Golden One Center to check out several basketball teams. We were able to watch the Kings, Warriors, Heat and Lakers rookies battle it all out for the first game of the season. It was cool since this was my first visit to the new to me stadium.The photo below was Bagley’s very first dunk in an NBA game. I took this using a Fuji X100F since you’re not allowed to bring a camera into the arena with a removable lens. Th X100F has enough pixel resolution to crop in closely and still have a decent photo. 
This is weird for us. It’s the 4th of july week and we here at the West Coast and not at our grandsons place at NOLA. We had our visit earlier a couple weeks due to my work schedule.
Last day, pretty much wrap and travel day. We said our goodbyes this morning to our NOLA family. Saying our farewells always suck.
Lolo and Lola get to watch Josol Boy at home. The series of B&W photos are from earlier this week. This set really shows Josol Boy personality and how he lives having fun.
Its been a great week here at our kids new home at Mandeville. These guys both work so hard for their family and it shows.
Wifey and I went over to the French Quarters, beignets and nose piercings!
We stopped by Cafe Du Monde after parking at our normal public parking area. The thunder and lightning storm rolled in right as we sat down at our table and it was raining cats and dogs. We had good seats away from the restaurant edges, this prevented us from getting splashed from all the downpour but still a good view of the tourist running for cover, slipping and sliding all over the place. Cheap entertainment.
After walking around taking some random photos I remembered wifey wanted to get her nose pierced so I started asking the local stores if they knew of any services in the surrounding area. We got super lucky in finding a place in the French Quarters that had an opening and was very clean and professional. The employee “Dillon” must have changed his freakin’ rubber gloves at least 10 times during the process in which he explained explicitly before performing the piercing. This place was damn good.
Wifey all smiles after getting her nose piercing. She’s been wanting to get this done ever since she turned 50. It’s close to 8 years overdue.
Fathers Day! I can’t remember the last I spent Father’s Day with my daughter. It had to be when she was still living at stockton. That many years ago!!
One of Mallory’s dishes I really like is her jambalaya, guess what we had for dinner?
We all woke up extra early for a morning Fontainebleau State Park family photo session. A couple things to consider while shooting here is the weather and humidity. Having perfectly groomed hair is not going to last very long.
We planned a few spots for our location but ended up using only one of them. The shade provided by the giant oak trees covered in Spanish vine was a perfect light diffuser. Even though I brought speed lights for off camera flash I didn’t have to use them. There were a few shots where the angled rising son created a cool rim light.
Had breakfast at a local joint called Liz Where Y’at? I read about this restaurant in on of the Yelp reviews. It had favorable words about the fried chicken so I had waffles and fried chicken. Everyone has some type of traditional breakfast selection.
