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First Rain, First Texas Post

Eric — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:53:33 +0000

Hello again Texas!

It is finally raining here in the Alamo City (San Antonio,TX). I got to enjoy my first Texas thunderstorm by bringing in all the wood baseboard pieces left outside for remodeling the home.

So here I am in Texas again, almost ten years later relaxing in the usual heat where 90F is low for the day [except for tonight's much needed rain]. The house itself has a great upstairs loft for photography. Between all the tile work and upgrading the house infrastructure for network and audio I shamefully have let my photoing lapse for the last week. If yall want to see a walk through video of the new house and workspace I’ll cobble something together.

Sending my best to my old friends and clients from New Jersey,

Eric

Photo Northeast this weekend and PAX Videos

Eric — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:43:23 +0000

Hey everyone, I’ll be at Photo North East this weekend kicking my photo skills to the next level. Say howdy if ya bump into me.

PAX East Videos

Also have some video footage from PAX East that is forthcoming. I hope you enjoy shakeycam footage. It’s all the rage in California still.

Merry Christmas

Eric — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:15:58 +0000

Wishing my family, friends and customers a Merry Christmas! 2010 has been a good year for me and za Riiv productions.

For those that don’t know, my parents are moving to San Antionio, Texas. Dad being a top engineer landed a job pretty easily and mom’s probably gonna enjoy the warm weather again. I’ll be sticking to New Jersey for time being and have been looking into new production and studio digs.

Howard

Eric — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:02:29 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Hope y’all got to go overboard on turkey or shopping. Some quick takes from a shoot I did a couple weeks back with Howard. Howard’s acted in several B movies and as an extra on larger features. The shoot itself was pretty laid back, Howard and I chatted while I snapped pictures and talked about movies and music.

New Updates Coming

Eric — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:58:11 +0000

Yes, I’ve let the site stagnate a bit these last couple weeks. I have several recent shoots coming soon. Also if you’re a photographer in the New Jersey area, I highly recommend joining the PPANJ. Great people in the group and they have some great creative and educational workshops coming up in the next couple months.

Tasha and Brian Engagement Session

Eric — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:23:16 +0000

I had the opportunity to shoot my friend Brian with Tasha for their Engagement. A quick run thru Strawbridge Lake in Moorestown and I was thrilled with the great images we made. Best wishes you two.

Snowfall

Eric — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:13:53 +0000

Snow pictures from around the house. I didn’t realize I moved to the Northwest Territories (Canada) until today. Around three feet of snow fell total in our area of South Jersey. Stay warm and enjoy the snow or lack of it.

New Think Tank Impressions

Eric — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:43:33 +0000

or a post called

Christmas is on December 18th for me this year

Altogether my Think Tank Security’s bag weight comes in at 35 pounds, which is a low enough for domestic and some international flights. My biggest gripe with the Security was setting the bag locks. I spent thirty minutes or more to finally get the rear lock’s combination switch to update. In the bag picture on the bottom right you can also observe that the bag doesn’t seem to be hollowed out to form a flat wall as well. I believe its because it needs room for the wheels or maybe I just need to air the bag out some.

Getting down to brass tacks, here’s the highlights:

Canon 40d

My three favorite lenses: 17-55is, 70-300is and a 100 or 50 prime depending on my shoot.

4 mixed Pocket Wizards and a PW mini

Lots of batteries in a small Lowepro AW20

2 ‘Justin’ clamps

Small 22inch Westcott umbrella

Alienbee B800 monolight

Complete Speedlight Pro flash mod kit

Canon 430exII and 2 540ez

Flexible minipod, 2 lens hoods and an air blower