Last weekend the storm knocked out our phone line and DSL.We finally got it repaired midweek. I have added 43 images to the September AYSO U19 dotphoto album. Here is the dotphoto link. Enjoy Scott.



Action from Monday 9/24/07 during win over Thousand Oaks. Dotphoto album.

The Alliance lost 3-1 to Bakersfield Brigade Gunners on Saturrday, September 22. I have posted 30 images at this dotphoto album.
Enjoy, Scott

I have uploaded the images from the previous NP vs NP AYSO game plus images from September 10th match into a dotphoto album. Click on the dotphoto link below the photo. Enjoy. Scott



Dotphoto Album

Photos from Saturday's game are posted at dotphoto. Click on the link below. Enjoy, Scott



dotphoto album

Steve Jobs recently dropped the iPhone price two hundred bucks. The Apple faithful cried foul. The media grabbed the story and Jobs was the lead business story for 72 hours. HAD JOBS FINALLY SCREWED UP?

NOPE

Apple had to drop the price by a third. And was handed a publicity bonanza.

At $599 Apple took over two months to sell one million iPhones in the U.S. Ten million world wide in 2008? Nope, not at $599.

OK, the iPhone is the best cell phone. But Jobs announced the iPhone over six months before birth. All competitors were handed six months to get ready. Thank-you for competition! At $399, Apple will sell ten million world wide in 2008.

So while introducing a refreshed iPod lineup, Jobs happens to mentions a 200 dollar price drop. A ho-hum news story of new iPods - destined to be buried inside business sections - suddenly becomes Apple fan boys screaming bloody murder! And guess what - the story gets great play!

Apple is the news for 72 hours. And most stories still mentioned the new iPods.

Everyone is talking about iPhones and iPods - not about X-Box 360s and Zunes. What better way to control the news going into the holiday season.

Are we sure Jobs didn't plan this?

ps - On Tuesday Sept. 18th, Apple is expected to announce plans for the cheaper iPhone in Europe

The Newbury Park Soccer Club U17 Alliance began the fall season with a tough 2-0 win over the Camarillo Eagles.

More and more I am using Photoshop Lightroom to prep the images. It's a time saver. I am able to quickly archive and apply global corrections to the images, Then I am able to output a complete web gallery - link below the photo.



Photos shot at 1/1600th a second, ISO 200 with a 300mm f/4 lens. Enjoy.

Photo Gallery

Wednesday night was the start of the fall soccer season. The two Newbury Park AYSO U19 boys teams played each other to a 2-2 tie. Many of the players have been together for over ten years through AYSO, club and high school teams. Was fun to watch.

The game was played under the lights at a local park - a challenge to shoot. I was able to shoot at 1/160th a second at f/2.8 at 800iso. I shot raw format and used an 80-200 zoom lens. Only about one-third of the field is lit. The light on the rest of the field falls off rapidly.

I shoot raw as much as possible. For night sports I get about a one-stop increase in quality. Anyway, here is a photo gallery from last nite.



Photo Gallery

While exploring an alley off 3rd Street in downtown Los Angeles I found these two interesting signs, one old, one new.