Monday evening was spent shooting boys high school soccer between Monrovia High School and Oaks Christian. The Monrovia JV won 2-1 and the Varsity match ended in a 1-1 tie. Lots more high school soccer during the next couple months.

Here are the Dotphoto albums links: Monrovia vs Oaks Christian JV. and Monrovia vs Oaks Christian Varsity.

Enjoy.

Scott

Header by Oaks Christian #5 scores in first half.


Monrovia players celebrate 2nd half goal.

Monday I dropped by Pro Camera Service to check on some photography gear I'm selling on consignment. Pro Camera was gone!

My first thought was not of my gear, but the Hungarian Folk Dance photo was gone! Its been a Thousand Oaks icon for over 25 years.

Pro Camera was on there in 1982 when I started working at the Thousand Oaks News Chronicle. They fixed all our camera gear. They were located a short couple blocks away on Thousand Oaks Blvd. And there was the historic Hungarian Folk Dance photo.

During my many visits, I often heard the snickering of kids viewing the Hungarian Folk Dance photo, while busy parents tried to get their broken cameras repaired. It would be missed.

Around 1985, Pro Camera moved to their permanent location off Hillcrest - that is until recently. In their place was Precision Business Machines, who until about two months ago was located on Thousand Oaks Blvd. The gentleman behind the counter pulled out a business card for Pro Camera. They are back on Thousand Oaks Blvd. Now I am really confused. So off to 710 Thousand Oaks Blvd, and there was Pro Camera Service!

And better yet, the Bare Butt Hungarian Folk Dance photo was there (in photo above on right.) And yes, they owed me some money for a sold camera. Monday was a good day.

Check out this video:


There are several videos on YouTube showing Bob Staake at work. He is using Photoshop 3, not CS3, but version 3 released in 1994. MacWorld has a great article on Staake titled "If it ain’t broke, don’t upgrade it." Lesson is results count, not the tools.