Evan's photography phun

[evangilder]

Cheers VB. I did some portraits with the kids yesterday too. Here are a few.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very nice Eric! Those look great sir!

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots Eric!

 

[Shinpachi]

Nice shots!

 

[GrauGeist]

Looks like you're having a blast with your new toys, Eric!

Real nice work!

 

[evangilder]

Thanks guys. I'm looking forward to getting this one in the air too.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

Looking real nice Eric.


Wheels

 

[evangilder]

I did a little product test today. My headlights on my 2004 Toyota Sienna were getting pretty oxidized and dull. With the time change, I wanted to make sure my lights were as bright as could be. So I decided to try one of the products seen on TV. Here are the headlights and a picture of the product before. The headlight photos were taken after cleaning them to prep for the treatment. The filmy looking part on the top is oxidation and road wear.

 

[evangilder]

Hmmm, Easy to use, no buffing or sanding and showroom bright in 30 seconds. Uh, not exactly. It was easy to use, two separate containers; one of polish, one of protectant and a scrub pad/polisher all in one are included. It took longer than 30 seconds to clear the oxidation and crud from the lenses, even after a good scrubdown with soap and water first! With about a half an hour and a good buffer, it might look showroom bright. But I call total BS on no buffing. I was going in circles with the polishing pad for about 25-30 minutes per lens. Did it work? Well, yes, the lenses are clearer and more light shines through. Showroom bright? No, but certainly better than they were before and more light is definitely coming through the lenses now.

Would I recommend it to someone who doesn't have a good grip with their hands anymore? No, there is a lot more scrubbing and buffing than they advertisement shows. And one thing that the direction wasn't clear on was whether to wet down the pad before applying the polish or not. Having used polishing compounds before, I wet down the pad first. But you can compare the before and after shots to get an idea.

Bottom line, it was worth it for me to get better light from my headlamps so while it wasn't exactly as advertised, it did work.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Liking the kid's shots Eric, recon you have a couple of real posers there and amazing results with that cleaning kit.

 

[Wayne Little]

outstanding shots of the kids Eric!

 

[evangilder]

Cheers guys. The kids are definitely not shy around the camera, thankfully!

 

[Airframes]

Great portraits Erich, very nice work.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

And the headlights look A LOT BETTER!

 

[evangilder]

On Sunday, we were supposed to get out for a bit, but the babysitter came down with a cold. So I let the kids play outside while I took photos of different things. I dub this my "Wild Kingdom"

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots Eric!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

As always Eric, excellent shots sir. But the cat in the last shot looks a bit miffed.

 

[evangilder]

Yeah, that's Simon, the bipolar cat. Some days he's friendly as can be, other days, he's a grumpy puss. He lets my son pet him when he's in the mood. Other times, he swats at him or bites. He was in a foul mood that day. I had to chase him down to get that picture. Makes shooting airplanes easy!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

 

[GrauGeist]

lmao @ "Simon the bi-polar cat"!!

Great shots, all of 'em (including Simon)