Posted by Dan on Feb 6, 2009 in
Lucky Hit Ever since my early teens I have always wanted to be a photographer, through high School I was always known for taking photos of everyone and everything. I wanted to study art at university and set up a professional photo shoot company, but my parents and school persuaded me to study business with a couple of foreign languages thrown in.
I ended up doing really well at university, ending up with a good high paying job in the City of London. About five years into the job I decided I still wanted to follow and pick up on my photography dream, so that’s what I did in the early part of 2008.
I’m not quite sure how or why but I wanted to photograph weddings, I felt it to be a fairly profitable area if I could only shoot a two or three good weddings and get the results featured in the right wedding magazines, I would be well on the way to getting up and running.
Nobody was going to employ a novice for their big day without references and a glowing port folio, so there was nothing for it, I had to do some free work to start a portfolio, I did this by offering the friend of a friend who was getting married my services for free.
This was no small wedding; it was at an exclusive venue in the forest of dean, some 130 miles from London. Photography equipment packed lovingly away, I took a train to Gloucester, then a Taxi into The Forest of Dean, and this was the point where things started to go wrong!
When I got in the Taxi, I told the driver roughly where I wanted to go, he asked if I had the post code, I reached in my pocket for my iPhone, where I had all the venue details safely stored. This is when I went cold, my iPhone was missing, I had left it on the coffee table in the train, I got the driver to turn round and rush back to the station, but it was too late, the train had gone, along with my iPhone insurance no claims bonus and more importantly my iPhone!
The Taxi Driver was great; he got me to the wedding venue from my vague description of the address and was more than happy for me to make use of his phone, so I could let people know I had lost my iPhone. The driver told me that in the past year he had 4 separate iPhones left in his cab. I was the fifth, luckily I had iPhone insurance cover, but that still will not me loosing all that data I had stored forever.
The wedding photos all went fine and the newly weds were impressed with the pictures and look great in my portfolio. As for the iPhone, which was all sorted out within two days, luckily my iPhone insurance cover included a rapid 48 hour replacement service, but I had lost all my data as I had not backed it up, I shall learn from that mistake.
I did three more weddings over the summer months, all of them a complete success and looking great in my portfolio, more importantly, the word of mouth recommendations started spreading and it was not long before I got my first fully paid wedding booking! I found after my first booking it seemed to open the flood gates as I now have half of my weekends for 2009 booked up, which is just great!
Posted by Dan on Feb 6, 2009 in
Lucky Hit Tinnitus Causes
Although tinnitus is a condition that has been known for decades, the loud society we live in seems to be making it more prevalent and severe. A lot of tinnitus patients say that a main cause of tinnitus is being exposed to loud noises.
We need to protect our ears from loud noises.
The most upsetting aspect of tinnitus is that it has no cure! This might seem a bit odd, considering how many millions of individuals suffer from tinnitus.
Do to the growing popularity of Apple ipods and similar MP3 player,
most cases of tinnitus are self inflicted. This trend will only continue with the increasing popularity of these devices, including the fact that many cell phones are now also mp3 players.
Such devices are quite popular among students, commuters, and sportsmen and women. Many people use the MP3 players, played at relatively high volumes, as a means to mask the sounds around them and find an escape from everyday life.
The problem is that, since trains, buses, and traffic are so loud, they must increase the volume levels; this is when damage begins to occur and tinnitus cause will rear its ugly head.
Tinnitus Education
Most people do not understand the signs and symptoms of tinnitus and as a result many people fail to take precautions to prevent the malady.
Taking care of your hearing is extremely important. Teach kids about it in school and in college, the same way that sex education is taught!
There is no tinnitus cure so let’s educate them!
Posted by Dan on Feb 6, 2009 in
Lucky Hit Accessories to outfit a snowmobile are available for a variety of different objectives. Snowmobile accessories can be used to enhance the performance of the snow machine to making life that much easier and convenient.
Kit to enhance the performance of a snowmobile can range from the shocks, silencers, spark plugs to power reeds, fuel caddies and windshields. It will be essential for the serious snowmobile racer to outfit with a assortment of kit to enhance the overall performance and handling. Snowmobile supplies to make riding that much more convenient include such items as bags and backpacks to helmet lights and boot or glove driers.
When it comes to the off-season or maintenance duties it’s crucial to have one of the snowmobile stands in place to assist in lifting the machine off the floor. A lot of these stands are of a heavy-duty steel build and capable of lifting to a height of 20 to 30 inches. These lift stands offer a convenient one hand lifting operation and will fold down after use for ease in storability.
And after a long season of snowmobiling it might become necessary to repair of place the seats or covers. Snowmobile seat covers are the ideal solution to replace those unsightly duct-tape patches and tears that tend to appear on the old seats. This is often an economical way to spruce up the appearance of a tired looking snowsled.
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or an avid snowmobile rider its important to have in place the right set of accessories to enjoy a more relaxing and fun adventure.
Posted by Dan on Feb 6, 2009 in
Lucky Hit There is actually quite a bit of history that surrounds the classic boat company named Glasspar. Bill Tritt, the founder of the company, began building smaller sized fiberglass boats in his factory in Santa Ana, CA in 1949. Bill Tritt was very dedicated to his boat business, and was stunning the world with his use of fiberglass in the construction of his boats as time passed. He closely studied marine architecture and the art of building boats. His fiberglass boats were sometimes referred to as “plastic boats,” but he knew that fiberglass was the wave of the future. In fact, by the 1950s, Glasspar was manufacturing about fifteen to twenty percent of all the fiberglass boats that were being manufactured and sold in the United States.
Bill Tritt had developed multiple sizes and different styles of boats for all different preferences for his customers. One of the most noted boats that he created was known as the Glasspar G3. This particular boat is probably the most famous of his designs. The Glasspar G3 was named after the G3 missile, because the boat itself looks like a missile when on the water. The G3 ski boat was manufactured from the early 1960s up until the mid 1970s. When Glasspar was sold to Larson boats in the early 1970s, Larson continued to manufacture Glasspar G3 for sale because of their popularity.
The Glasspar G3 boat is actually going to make a rebirth! The boat has not been manufactured new since about 1974. FiberClassic Boat Manufacturing has created a newer version of the G3 ski boat and is bringing it to the marketplace very soon. Go to http://www.G3Skiboat.com for more information on this unique project with one of the most classic boats ever created!
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