Monthly Archives: June 2007

The best 2 minute commercial I’ve seen.

I used to believe that episodic tv could barely compete with the production value of 30-second tv spots. Commercials had $2 million for 30 seconds – an episode of a series had less budget to make 52 minutes. The only leg-up was story-and-character: time to develop was on the side of the series. But 2 [...]

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Checking the Swells

I promised this post for last Friday but a new site launch for portcredit.com threw a bit of a tire-iron into the best laid plans. Having said that I continue to be at once fascinated and terrified by surfing. The shot in the previous post of Greg Long beneath the massive wave captures it perfectly. [...]

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One Day I’m Going To Take Up Surfing. Or Maybe Not.

I’ve always imagined that I would like to surf. Until I saw this. Greg Long rides a wave in Dungeons, South Africa. Tomorrow’s Friday – and I’ll post a little more detail about this shot…

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