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Twiggy and the pool

by jprentice on May 26, 2010

Twiggy and the pool

We recently bought Twiggy an inflatable pool and decided to give it a test run last weekend. It wasn’t exactly warm that day but like most kids I know (i.e. me), they don’t care. It’s a pool! It’s full of water! Anything beyond that, like sunlight or heat, is simply a bonus. A nice to have, if you will.
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A lesson in preparedness – The Riley Session

by jprentice on January 13, 2010

I’ve learned something interesting about cameras. You can’t use them if you don’t have them. Strobes have this same characteristic. As do batteries, CF cards, all that stuff! Who knew?! I learned this the hard way a while back, so these days I almost always travel around with at least a small subset of my equipment, if not the whole kit. My wife really digs it when I bring the whole deal and fill up our entire trunk.

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