Wednesday was the dirve to Las Vegas for Photoshop World. The convention starts tomorrow, so tonight I headed down to check out the Fremont Street Experience. Some 250 frames later I called it quit. Most of my images are of the lights, but I stopped, listened and purchased a cd from Carl "Safe Sax" Ferris who was performing. I also met Eddie, who wouldn't give me his last name - dressed to the hilt to enjoy Vegas. I did meet a couple of Photoshop World attendees, but more on the conference tomorrow. Here are my pics of Carl Ferris and Eddie. I will post the neon lights images on another day.

After last week's brush fires I stopped at the Thousand Oaks Auto Fair and took some images of a 1988 Pierce Pump Tank Fire Truck. Besides I was also looking for images to test Topaz Detail. Here are the results. I posted a total of 7 images on my Flickr.com page.

The fire truck has 83,000 miles on it and is on display at Ventura Freeway @ Borchard Rd, In the Park and ride facility. Looks like a good piece of equipment for a Fillmore area ranch- pump water for both irrigation and fighting fires.

And yes I like the results I am getting with Topaz Detail. It makes any used vehicle look new.

Sunday was a two for one match special. The Newbury Park Boys AYSO U19 B team was playing against Malibu. On the very next field was the A team. I just set up in between the two fields and shot images of the A game during breaks in the B game. In addition, about half of the Malibu team were Newbury Park players loaned to Malibu for the season. (NP had too many sign up, Malibu not enough so a combined team was formed.) So this was actually and two and one half for one special match. I edited down the 550 frames to about 110.

Enjoy. Scott

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Photo from my Friday night walk. The AT&T Tower is in the middle of this image given a bump with Topaz Detail.

Monday night the Newbury Park Boys U19 B team beat Agoura 2-0. Photo album.

Here are some photos from this week in Los Angeles.


Fountain at the Music Center on Tuesday evening.


Restaurant mural Thursday nite.


Helicopter landing behind City Hall on Thursday evening.


Train engine parked at 8th and Spring Friday night for weekend movie shoot. What are the parking fines and towing charges for a train engine?

To honor 9/11 victims, Pepperdine University has placed nearly 3,000 flags on display - one for each victim - on its campus on Pacific Coast Highway. This Field of Flags will be on display till September 24th. While most are U.S. Flags, some of the 9/11 victims were from other countries, and their flags are mixed in. If you have time this weekend, drive by the Pepperdine Campus.

Action in this morning's AYSO U-19 boys action. The Newbury Park Boys B team beat Simi 7-0.

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Low clouds and setting sun led to this image on Friday evening in downtown Los Angeles.

Last night the Newbury Park U19 Boys B team beat the A team 1-0. A couple players, above, celebrate the one goal. During the next couple months I will be covering some of the B team matches - son on team. Looks like the last go-around with soccer for the family. Some 12 years of AYSO, club and high school soccer is nearly at a end.

I posted over 50 images at this dotphoto album.

The closing ceremonies for The Dignity Memorial Vietnam was this morning, photo above. The program was well attended and emotional for all.

My favorite moment was seeing a group of Pt. Hueneme based Navy Seabees, assigned to help take down the wall, head straight to names from 1965. Every member made etching and photos of Marvin G. Shields, a Pt. Hueneme based Seabee killed on June 10th, 1965. Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Marvin Shields was the first Seabee to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.


Seabees making etchings of the name of Marvin Shields.

More photos on Flickr.

For the entire weekend, volunteers have taken fifteen minute shifts reading the names of all those killed in Vietnam. Deek Janoian, of La Canada, above, reads names around 1 am this morning. The stage is set up in front of The Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall facing the eternal flame at Garden of Valor in Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park.

Here is my flickr set of photos of this weekend's Wall event.

Back in May for Memorial Day, I collected names of Thousand Oaks residents killed in wars. Last night I took my list of six killed in Vietnam and photographed their names on the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall on display this weekend. Here is a montage of the six names.


My list from Memorial Day:

Charles Ivan DeGraw - Army 1968

David Earl Farr - Army 1970

Eric James Hubberth - Air Force 1970

Colin Frank Jackson - Marine 1967

Larry Allan Jones - Marine 1968

John Clarence Shamel - Marine 1967

I have to thank the Boy Scouts and volunteers that helped me locate the names. I was visiting the wall at 1 am this morning and in the dark would never have found all the names.


The wall at 1 am today.

The Dignity Memorial Wall has arrived at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park in Westlake Village for Labor Day weekend. This is a three-quarter scale replica of he Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Dignity Memorial Wall will be open till Monday morning.

For more information check out this Conejo Valley Guide link.

Here are a couple of images from this morning's opening ceremonies. Of course I will be posting more images this weekend.

Tonight I stumbled across this flickr set, basically a history of famous images recreated with legos.


Raising the Flag over Iwo Jima by Mike Balakov. A recreation of the famous 1945 photo by Joe Rosenthal.

Check these images out, they are great. Also here is an online article with original photos and lego versions. Another cool feature of Balakov's photos is he often includes setup shots.