http://joshchampagne.com/blog Thoughts, Ideas, and Views Through my Lens Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:25:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To the degree that we try to partake of the world, we diminish our brightness.   - Bill Gothard   http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/07/15/quote-of-the-day-2/ I'm going to share my current method of recording the audio for church sermons and special events that I currently employ as one of the audio/tech guys for our church. For sound amplification, we currently use a wired microphone on a stand, hooked up to a powered mixer with a built ... http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/06/13/recording-sermons-for-podcasting-and-audio-cd/ Firefox is trying to create a world record of the most software downloads in 24hrs with their release of Firefox 3. I've been using Firefox almost exclusively (except for testing sites I design, since 2005). Join the crowd by clicking the graphic. http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/06/13/firefox-guiness-book-of-world-records/ I read this today: "We are all just plagiarists of a real artist, and her name is Mother Nature". It needs modification, I think: "We are all just plagiarists of a real artist, and His Name is God". http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/06/02/quote-of-the-day/ Inspired by others who have taken some amazing HDR or High Dynamic Range Imaging photographs, I've decided to jump in and try my hand at this. Below are some photos I shot this morning. Comments and critical analysis are welcome. Telephone Pole St. Andrew's Orthodox Church - Arlington, WA St. Andrew's ... http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/05/17/hdr-first-attempts/ Blogs and other social read/write media are great for staying in touch across the miles.  But don't forget to interact with those closest to you, you know, the people you see every day, like your family and/or church group. This picture from a business e-newsletter I received today sparked these ... http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/05/10/family-social-interaction-ad-2008/ An encouraging bumper sticker I saw today. http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/05/10/little-things/ I found this picture of an older gentleman taken during the 1890's over on Virginia Tech's image archive website. The person himself has no meaning to me, however I was just struck with "something" about this photograph. Full length portraiture is not as common nowadays. Our family has a ... http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/05/04/portraiture-c-1890s/ I went for a walk today and came across this sign. http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/04/29/no-trespassing/ I figured some shots from 4 years ago down in Colorado would be good to use in testing out the Simple-Viewer photo gallery plugin. svgallery=2004-08-ColoradoVacation http://joshchampagne.com/blog/2008/04/10/colorado/