Zoomdak & Charliebaker launch new photo blog

01/11/2008 02:00:32 AM · #1

Zoomdak (Thomas Robinson) and

Charliebaker (David Robinson) have launched a new blog!
Check out our new blog at cannonbeachlog.blogspot.com
We'll be updating this blog weekly, including photo of the week by Zoomdak and essays on slowing down and taking time for your soul by Charliebaker.

Updated every Sunday night! Drop in for a visit!

Message edited by author 2008-01-20 23:57:45.

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01/11/2008 12:51:23 PM · #2

*Bump* for day forum folks

Bear_Music

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01/11/2008 12:59:18 PM · #3

David, that's a wonderful blog, but I have a complaint; for my older eyes, the light-on-black text is very disturbing. The contrast is so pronounced that when I tab to another site with a neutral background I am actually seeing residual bars across it. If I close my eyes, the bars are swimming in my "vision", and it takes like 30 seconds for them to go away.

Have pity on those of us with aged eyesight and change this?

R.

gloda

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01/11/2008 02:27:54 PM · #4

I see what bear means, but I think it's the font rather than the color. Try what a sans-serif would look like.

scarbrd

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01/11/2008 02:32:52 PM · #5

Awesome guys! Will you be serving any of those home made scones with this? ;-)

frisca

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01/11/2008 02:38:11 PM · #6

an inspiring blog, david. I love your description of your hike to the Enchanted Valley.

DrAchoo

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01/11/2008 03:17:14 PM · #7

Love the blogging David. It would be great to see you guys again soon. Always a fun time of conversation.

Pug-H

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01/11/2008 04:45:45 PM · #8

Originally posted by gloda:

I see what bear means, but I think it's the font rather than the color. Try what a sans-serif would look like.

My eyes aren't as old as Bear's, and I prefer not to read light text on dark background. It's nothing to do with the font.

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01/11/2008 11:00:47 PM · #9

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Thanks Robert for your encouragement and also critique. I'll try a larger font. I'm somehow drawn to the black background with light font, more for philosophical/artistic reasons than practical such as "can anyone actually read this?". I appreciate hearing the feedback and seriously will consider other options.

Bear_Music

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01/11/2008 11:20:17 PM · #10

Originally posted by charliebaker:

I do understand what you're saying; at a basic "aww, gee" level it looks wicked cool to have that light-on-black text, and there's the sense of light rising from the darkness, illumination becoming, all that. Nevertheless, when these concerns get in the way of communication, you have a fundamental conflict.

Making the text larger is not going to help; it's the visual banding that causes the damage. I click on one of Thomas's lovely images, and when the larger version comes up I am seeing light/dark horizontal bands running across it. This is not good.

You can use a deep, rich grey and we won't have anywhere near as much of an issue with this...

R.

jbsmithana

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01/12/2008 12:02:11 AM · #11

Great job David. I loved reading about the Enchanted Valley and how us old farts get the bright idea to hike up in the mountains with more weight than we are sensible enough to leave behind. Now if we can just convince you to include more pix so we can see and read about these great adventures from the comfort of our heated home it would be perfect. Maybe I would not have to go there myself that way .... well, not likely.

Thanks for posting.

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01/14/2008 12:46:59 PM · #12

Cannon Beach Log updated with new photos and essay "The Secret Garden"

Gordon

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01/14/2008 01:31:53 PM · #13

Originally posted by charliebaker:

Cannon Beach Log updated with new photos and essay "The Secret Garden"

I enjoyed the secret garden post. Described well something I was trying to capture at the weekend. Too often we are rushing from place to place and don't take the time to just be.

jpochard

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01/14/2008 01:56:10 PM · #14

Wonderful writing and of course Thomas' photos are always beautiful. My friends think I'm crazy for going on silent retreats, but those retreats are a needed part of my life (that I don't get to do often enough.) How wonderful it would be to do them in such naturally beautiful locations.

Excellent start to the blog, and I will be a frequent visitor!

Bear_Music

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01/14/2008 03:27:40 PM · #15

The new, muted blue background works much better, thank you David :-)

R.

Zoomdak

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01/14/2008 04:28:38 PM · #16

And now the photo of the week has been posted in.
Thanks for all the forum replies and views.

01/20/2008 11:56:55 PM · #17

Check out the newly weekly update of CANNON BEACH LOG (photo/essay blog) by

zoomdak and

charliebaker

Thanks for all the comments and views these past few weeks!

The simplicity of restingâ��there is much profoundness in that.
~Khandro Rinpoche

01/21/2008 01:38:14 PM · #18

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Love the blogging David. It would be great to see you guys again soon. Always a fun time of conversation.

Come on down Jason! We've had some great January sunsets of late and a sweet sunrise yesterday (Sunday). Thanks for the encouragement on the blog. We'll be updating weekly, usually on Sunday night. Congrats on your recent ribbon nature photo in Rivers and Streams!

Zoomdak

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01/21/2008 07:36:25 PM · #19

Bump for the afternoon, evening, night, morning crowd (depending on where on earth you are).

photodude

01/21/2008 08:43:14 PM · #20

Originally posted by Zoomdak:

Bump for the afternoon, evening, night, morning crowd (depending on where on earth you are).

I'm in NY. It's very cold. Too cold to go outside and shoot.

But the Giants are going to the Super Bowl. Anything is possible.

Love the Blog.

Bud

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01/21/2008 08:58:28 PM · #21

great blog - I like the thoughts and the photos, they both are wonderful.

I like the attitude of slowing down. That is one reason that I re-entered the world of photography.

I plan to check in from time to time....

01/28/2008 11:25:11 AM · #22

Originally posted by frisca:

an inspiring blog, david. I love your description of your hike to the Enchanted Valley.

New Photo Blog updated, "cannonbeachlog.blogspot.com"
We appreciate the great comments we've gotten on this new blog. Updated again today, with new photos by

Zoomdak (Thomas Robinson), including DPC 7th place finish in Silhouettes II from 2005

and an essay by

Charliebaker on "Walking Among Gravestones". Come and visit!

Zoomdak

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