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Hey guys, haven't posted here in over a year & its mostly because I do so many posts on a daily basis on facebook, that my blog has really taken a back seat. However, on facebook you can follow everything that I am up to with photography & video and either like one of my pages or "Subscribe" to my facebook page. I also tweet! Thanks for visiting the blog & if you would like to keep up with me check one of these pages out:

www.twitter.com/dancoronado
www.facebook.com/therealdancoronado
www.facebook.com/dancoronadophoto
www.facebook.com/sdactionmedia
www.facebook.com/cineraconteur
www.vimeo.com/dancoronado
www.vimeo.com/sdactionmedia
www.vimeo.com/cineraconteur

So as you can see, I haven't forgotten about making posts all together, I just don't blog here much anymore. I may start again sometime, but it will probably be on a different page.

Take care,

-DC

Update

New updates to the website: www.dancoronado.com

More picture updates to the site coming soon... lots of fun stuff on the calender for both Dan Coronado Photo & SD Action Media. And remember... NO MORE sitting fees! Book a photo date with me today, and see what we can create together :o)

And I still have the 10/10/10 date available for a wedding.

Im not dead...

For anyone who actually follows the blog... I just wanted to make a post to say Im not dead... just busy :o) God is good, and I just have a lot going on with both Dan Coronado Photo & San Diego Action Media. Rad things are happening in my entire media world.

-DC

Music, Engagements, Beautiful day...

Ok so I'm currently digging Phoenix's latest Remix album... you should check it out! (for those of you that didn't notice the underlined word, click on the word "it") Just finished a nice little bike ride listening to these tracks the whole time, and what a beautiful San Diego day to ride!

I'm kind of into a lot of random music right now. If you are a local San Diego music artist and would like for some of your music to be featured in a film project I'm working on, I need lots of music choices for different projects, and would really love to only use local music! I mentioned this need on my other company's blog... SDACTIONMEDIA blog. Email me your demo or a link so I can check it out :o)

info@dancoronadophoto.com or info@sdactionmedia.com

On another note I just finished an engagement session at Balboa Park with a really nice couple that will be getting married in July. Thanks Matt & Molly for a fun afternoon and for being so photogenic and easy-going... can't wait to shoot the wedding!

I love my cameras

Basically just made a post on the SD Action Media Blog about how much I love my camera body setup and just Canon in general. I downloaded the firmware update for my Canon 5d Mark II, and am just so stoked for doors that have been opened up with job opportunities because of these awesome cameras. I highly reccomend them, and would love to use them to capture some moments with you!

2009 Faves Summary

So much went on in 2009 and 2010 is looking just as exciting! Particularly looking forward to the flow of work between my two companies. Lots of meetings set up for this month to get the year planned out for both San Diego Action Media & Dan Coronado Photo. Make sure to contact me early if you are looking to collaborate or use me this year. Would love to see how we can work together on a bigger variety of projects.

I've put a few lists together of some of 2009's highlights that I could think of.

Accomplishments:

- Started a new Media company that will allow for more focused work between all of my creative passions

- Got back into running and cycling and have decided to start training for triathlons again

- Ran a Marathon

- Biked 112 miles in a day

- Participated in the Breast Cancer 3-day walk with my wife and mom in honor of my mother-in-law, grandmother and many others

- Raised over $2300 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation

- Really started to connect with my 7th grade small group boys

Fave new Camera Gear:

- LIGHTROOM 2!!!

- 5d Mark II

- 7d

- Canon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 L

- Tokina 10-17mm f3.5-4.5

- Alien Bees Strobes

Places I went to:

Melbourne Australia, Denver CO, Silverton CO, Teluride CO, Ouray CO, Colorado Springs CO, Canon City CO, Pittsburgh PA, Ruidoso NM, Carlsbad NM, Zion NP, Bryce Canyon NP, Glacier NP, Yellowstone NP, Grand Tetons NP, Missoula MT, Hartford CT, Turner Falls MA, Mammoth CA, Palm Dessert CA, Salton Sea CA, Disneyland CA, Mountain High CA

Fave Foods:

- Tacos & Fries @ Salsa’s (Melbourne, AUS)

- Steak & Cheese Meat pie @ Wantirna Bakery (Melbourne, AUS)

- KFC 2 Fillet Box with Supercharged Sauce (Melbourne, AUS)

- Nando’s 6 Chicken strips w/ hot Perri Perri Sauce (Melbourne, AUS)

- Atomic Wings @ Quaker Steak & Lube (Pittsburgh, PA)

- Rajun Cajun Sandwhich @ Permanti Bros (Pittsburgh, PA)

- Anything on the menu @ Docs (Missoula, MT)

- Anything on the menu @ Ironhorse Pub (Missoula, MT)

- Wings @ Mother Cluckers (Silverton, CO)

- Five Guys Double Cheeseburger (Denver, CO)

- Elk Burger @ Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Jackson, WY)

- Buffalo Burger w/Swiss (Grand Tetons, WY)

- Red Chimney BBQ (Carlsbad, NM)

And one local favorite:

- Club Mex on Jalepeno Cheese @ Einsteins Bagels (San Diego, CA)

Fave new albums from:

Owl City, Mute Math, Relient K, Stellar Kart, Paramore, Imogen Heap, Switchfoot, The Almost, Emery, Muse

Those were just a few things I could think of from 2009, I could write forever of God's many blessings. But I ask you to continue to pray for my Mother-in-laws cancer and check my wifes blog for updates: www.patriciaours.blogspot.com Cheers to you and your family for an awesome 2009, and here's to an even better 2010!

Who started the anti-button war???

Ok, so I LOVE my iphone... and I understand the advantages to the multiple levels of screens with a variety of button patterns and button sizes... BUT sometimes you just miss that feeling of physically actuating a button. The fact that you know you pressed on a button and it should start an immediate action of that buttons purpose/functionality. Gizmodo recently posted a short article on the application for a patent by Canon for the first touch screen DSLR.

http://gizmodo.com

This obviously will allow for a larger LCD on the camera, but I wonder what this will lead to? I mean first its the fact we've gotten rid of film and we use "D" SLRs, than we get rid of being a slave to the view finder and you can now use your LCD screen for "Liveview," now we are getting rid of buttons... will we eventually just have an oversized point-n-shoot? I mean we have to physically put on a lens, and physically turn them, and they're sooo stinkin' heavy :o)

Overall I am thrilled at the advancements in technology, and can't imagine how overwhelming this all is to our grandparents who have watched cars go from horse and buggy to Bugatti!!! from Wright Brothers to Space, and from classical music to Emo-metal-jazza-techno-core-tronica. Not necessarily complaining or praising... just in awe, and I hope that we don't get so far "Advanced" that we don't take the time to appreciate the little things in life, like the smell of rain, the oceans way of rolling in sets of waves, sunsets, the change of leaves in fall (if you live anywhere but SoCal LOL), snow, and as said in my last post, time with family.