captured thoughts

Its the little things that matter

Robert — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:46:28 +0000

So there is a lot of hype about the iPhone 3.0 release this week and the new iPhone 3Gs. I updated my 3G today while I wait for my 3GS to arrive and immediately checked out all the new features I’d read about and they didn’t really wow me because I we’ve heard about them [...]

Robert — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:43:27 +0000

The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations I saw this today in a Twitter post. The moral of the story: You’re worth something – get paid for it.

100 years of service to America

Robert — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:32:13 +0000

What do CIA Director Robert Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Steve Fossett, Neil Armstong and Hank Aaron have in common? They were all Eagle Scouts. Boy Scouts of America have been a part of the back bone of America for almost 100 years. Not only has Scouting been actively instilling basic life virtues like Loyalty, Courtesy, Bravery, [...]

TIP: Managing Multiple Adobe Lightroom Catalogs

Robert — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:30:46 +0000

Disclaimer: this tip only works for OS X Leopard users Here’s a quick tip I use for managing multiple Adobe Lightroom catalogs. I’ve recently started using one catalog per project. I started looking for options, one, because its frustrating to have to essentially restart Lightroom to open a different catalog and two, because the “choose [...]

Good bye MobileMe . . .

Robert — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:58:08 +0000

So, I’ve done it – I’ve finally found a way to do away with Apple’s MobileMe service. For the most part its worked great but I hated paying $100 a year for the service. I don’t use the email and I rarely use the photo galleries or the website, and I don’t need it to sync my [...]

“A Vast and Sudden Sadness”

Robert — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:05:59 +0000

Most people that know us also know that Jennifer and I know that we volunteer with Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, an organization that provides remembrance photography for parents that are or will be experiencing the loss of their baby. For the past several months Newsweek has been talking to families and volunteers for a feature called, “A [...]

Travels to The Edge with Art Wolfe

Robert — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:09:50 +0000

This looks like an incredible show. Maybe if I am allowed some time on the DVR I can see if this show is as good as it sounds. http://www.travelstotheedge.com From the website: Art Wolfe, an internationally acclaimed photographer, invites you to experience the world with him as he travels and photographs Patagonia, Peru, Bolivia, Alaska, [...]

Lone Pine Lake

Robert — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:43:04 +0000

Lone Pine Lake v2 Originally uploaded by robertbell Not a lot to say, just wanted to share this photo from our trip.

Lone Pine Lake

Robert — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:41:11 +0000

This past weekend my son’s Troop went on a trip to Lone Pine Lake. It’s been just over two years since I had been there and climbed Mt. Whitney with my Dad and brother. This trip was just to Lone Pine Lake though, three miles up the Mt. Whitney Trail. We had a fairly large [...]

Best Still Life

Robert — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:15:57 +0000

This is one of my shots from the Worldwide Photo Walk in Downtown Los Angeles. I didn’t get picked as the photo of the day but the other members of that group did vote it as the best still life shot. I also get $50 gift card to B&H Photo, the big kids candy store. [...]