We had the uncommon and wonderful opportunity to celebrate my friend Jack’s birthday aboard Eureka, Airship Ventures’ Zeppelin NT airship. The opportunity to record this wonderful experience was something that I could only dream about. Thank you so much, Jack, and Happy Birthday!
Was playing around with the 5D Mark II at a Mothers’ Day gathering at my sister’s house today and shot some nice video with it. I used the 35/1.4L and 85/1.2L, both wide open using exposure lock. I killed off the audio track in Quicktime Pro, conformed the video to 24fps (slowing it slightly) using Cinema Tools, then re-compressed it to 720P at about 2800bps using DV Kitchen.
Make sure your web browser window is stretched out as big as you can get it.
If you don’t know what any of that means, just watch and enjoy. 
I had the opportunity to travel a ways south (Santa Cruz, CA) yesterday to photograph the bar mitzvah of a delightful young man named Amir. Amir and his family lived in Israel for some time, and many of their extended family are from there. This was my first time at Temple Beth El, and I was enchanted by their hospitality, inclusivity, and “ruach” (spirit in Hebrew). Here are some photos from the morning service.
Many thanks to Amir’s family for including me in their simcha!
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