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The $100 Hamburger

staci baird — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:04:08 +0000

Jay Baird conducts a pre-flight check of a Piper Cherokee Warrior at San Carlos Airport in San Carlos, Calif.

Private pilot Jay Baird took advantage of the good weather and flew me (his wife) to the Hollister Airport so we could eat a at the Ding A Ling cafe.

It’s sort of an inside joke amongst pilots to call quick trips to small airport cafes flights for the “$100 hamburger.” It refers to the cost of renting a plane for a couple hours. As Baird explains, the “$100 hamburger” is one of the reasons he obtained his private pilot’s license.

Photos taken with a Nikon D90 (which I am still learning how to use), audio captured on a Flip Cam..

Listen to excerpts from my interview with Jay in my previous post, Interview with Private Pilot Jay Baird.

View more photos from the trip in the $100 Hamburger Flickr photo set.

Photo slideshow – Brunch at Serpentine

staci baird — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:58:57 +0000

I took the pictures and edited this piece as an example for my students. I used a Nikon DC-90, Flip cam (to record audio), and Final Cut Express (to edit the audio and create the transitions between photos).

You Can Stop Christmas

staci baird — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:22:50 +0000

Last night, we went to the X-Mas Fantasy Show at the Kodomo-no-kuni Okinawa Zoo. I don’t think we take Christmas half as seriously as the Japanese – lights, lights, lights and more lights! Laser light show, snow, food, food, food and more food. Rides, games AND Bingo. They know how to put on a show.

Like the Xmas Fantasy website says, “This show is impossible to describe with words… You have to see for yourself.” But, if you weren’t there, you can just watch our videos “with your lover… with your family… with your friend… even by yourself… Enjoy this magnificent show of moving lights!”

More Xmas Fantasy Show videos on YouTube. Photos from the evening on Flickr.

Disney celebrates Hez Chorba

staci baird — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:50:36 +0000

Testing Flickr’s video hosting

staci baird — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:27:19 +0000

I love me some Flickr. I would absolutely die if something happened to it. Do you hear me Yahoo!? ALL my photos are on Flickr.

Tonight I decided to test Flickr’s video hosting with a short video from our wedding. It was easy to upload and tag (just like photos) and the video quality is much better than YouTube. It’s very crisp. I just wish Flickr supported longer videos. For the time being, Flickr will only allow 90 seconds of video. But do you really need more than 90 seconds? I applaud them for testing the waters. I can’t wait to see what those Flickr folks do next.

I think I’ll be able to do some creative editing with our wedding video… I can always chop the ceremony into 90 second segments. Stay tuned for more wedding videos…

You can read more about video on Flickr in the Flickr video FAQ.