Life of Bot

Da Bic

    Fall is no longer knocking on the door, but rather, is in the house and chilling on the couch. I've been thinking about making some changes in my own life and the time is definitely now. One of the quickest ways of making a change in your life is to cut your hair dramatically. I think the ladies are well aware of this. My wife shaved her head, must be something like 6 years ago, so I decided that I was going to do the same thing. I ran into Salomon/Bonfire TM Java Fernandez at the Forum premiere in San Diego and he mentioned that he had Bic'd his head this summer. "You gotta do it once in your life" was his comment, so I took it as a sign. During a photo-shoot in San Diego, Stevie Bell was making fun by pointing out some grey hairs on my head, yes, another sign. So, this morning, I broke out the buzzer and the bic and went to work.

 

Patrick and Fiona

    My brother Patrick and his 'lil baby Fiona Rose came by the house for a minute today and as the responsible photographer Uncle, I grabbed a portrait of the two in the backyard. Here you go parents, your granddaughter is beautiful.

The Heart of Chocorua, Recovered

    I had an opportunity to go out to the annual Patch Party out by Red Lake on Carson Pass for one night this week. After setting up my tent and indulging in a tasty beverage, Chocorua, my dog, and myself head out to the closest, highest peak. Kyle Schwartz grabbed his camera and joined in the hike and photo opportunity. Once we made it to the top, I took this photo of Chocorua. She's a real sweetheart and my first non-human love. I, in fact, hated dogs due to a couple incidents around my block where I grew up that involved a mean German Sheppard and a vicious Doberman Pincher, but I digress. When we got Chocorua, she won my heart over.
    When I was composing this photograph, I was thinking about how much I loved her and how sad I would be when she passes away and I was feeling that the star coming through her legs from the sunset behind was her heart shining. I then told myself not to erase the images and immediately went to the menu, scrolled down to FORMAT and pressed ok. DOH! Seriously, what the hell was that all about? Anyways, I took the card out and set it aside. The sunset was really nice and I just went into shooting it. The whole time, I was bummed though, because, I had a real emotional attachment to the experience and it was getting to me.
    When I got home the next day, I took the formatted card and put it into my card reader, of course, there was nothing on it. So I opened a program called FileSalvage which is meant to recover deleted files. This file, was not only deleted, but formatted as well. I let the program do it's thing, and it recovered my files no problem, not only the ones that I had taken this day, but many shoots ago. Needless to say, I was relieved and excited. I just wanted to share this with any photographers who have accidentally done this, which is most of us.

Follow these steps:
    1. after erasing the images, do not shoot anymore photos on that card
    2. plug the card into a card reader
    3. open filesalvage, assuming you have it, or have just downloaded it ($79.95, not cheap, but this                 photo is priceless to me, so it's worth every penny, plus).
    4. recover your files.

A video for Mom

This is a video of my Brother Patrick and his beautiful daughter Fiona. I had the chance to visit him right before New Years and see Fiona walking around. Today is my Mother's birthday and she has not had the opportunity to see her granddaughter since birth, so Mom, this little video is for you. Love you and hope you have a happy birthday.

Patrick and Fiona video for my Mom's Birthday from Tim Peare on Vimeo.