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From: Lewis Samuels

Makoto caught us on skype mid-froth yesterday after a couple days of stand-up irish kegs.
He told us "No one believes your claims. Unless you have photos it doesn't count."

Unfortunately, we'd lost all our best shots to a corrupted memory card.  But as you know, Shayne Ferber does not give up easily.  (Just ask the Irish lad who witnessed Ferber sideslip over the foamball through a pigdog death-shelf barrell... The irishman paddled back out and commented to me, "Crikey! Your midget just scored an incredible tuberide!")  Shayne recovered our data too after downloading contraband German recovery software at the local pub.  Here are a few more shots for Makoto.

                 

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Avery, Ryan, Why aren't we there?

                   

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yes, I'm making the most of the music scene here in the city, and i did surf fun and peaky lincoln with craig the other night, but its still bitter sweet when your friends send you pics of deserted point breaks from half way around the world.
Shayne and lewis are out there and I'm here. next time. for sure.

I love how, even in a land of rights, lewis manages to find a left, and then convince shayne to surf it.

             

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Its almost surf trip status at the house down here. Living with your friends is always an illuminating experience. I'm on the floor, lewis is on the couch, and Shayne is sleeping on the porch on the blow-up bed.
Avery is the elder elder, exhibiting overly mature behavior in the face of Shayne and lewis' childish/crotchety berating of each other. I'm cooking and gardening, my standard retreat from life's complexities.
It wouldn't be complete if lewis and Shayne weren't arguing about surfing no-existent waves. "if we want to go surf we should have already gone by now."
been cooking in, its coffee and french toast this morning. I have been in town for three days and all I've seen is Thalia street and trestles. And I'm happy about it.

         

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throw away your television. read a book, play music, create art, go outside, do it all.
I've been without for 13 years and I've never missed it. (just don't take away my macbookpro)
Of late I've been buying musical instruments with the idea that the kids will learn by osmosis. Surprisingly its working. Adrian can pound out a good drum intro reminiscent of "burning down the house" and enzo is learning how to pick his way through a song on the guitar. Lewis stopped by on his way home and suddenly there was an impromptu jam session.

         

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its good to be back, and cline was in town, and Dave and Adele were still naive babes in the woods, so lewis and ange had us over for dinner. god i look tired. I need some more sleep.

           

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all it takes is a little drink (or not in adele's case) for everyone to break out their heavy artillery. let the belly wars begin.

     

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the best part of 4th of july is always the fire after the party. those in the know don jackets and tough it out into the morning hours to talk, catch up, and reminisce. the truly experienced bring sleeping bags and sleep the night under the stars.
 
There's nothing like firelight to bring out the best in your friends. The wavelength is so integrally bound to feelings of family and warmth. I imagine the first societies were formed around fires, as we huddled together against the wind, and rain, and wild beasts. For me its simply home and family. I love falling asleep in front of a fire. And there's nothing I'd rather share with my friends.
 
Firelight has also had a big part in shaping my shooting style. Lust for the warm light and intimate moments are what drew me to better sensors and larger apertures. I have never gone back.

                   

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enjoy

                   

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Sorry, I shot a lot of pictures, so I'm breaking this night up into a couple posts.
 
The Elks were gracious hosts and we thoroughly enjoyed their environs. The thought did cross more than one of our minds "When I grow up I want to be an Elk". They even accept women these days.
By the end of the night we were all adorned with pins from the Exalted Ruler.

         

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Ever since Lewis remade himself as a media persona, hanging out with him has become more entertaining. In Spain the pros were either out to buy him a beer or beat him senseless. Luckily he's painted himself as a lover not a fighter, so he's been able to sidestep most altercations. Witness here Lewis applying the tried and true, "I'll just keep talking until they get bored" defense when approached about his stance on european surfers.

             

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we finally tore ourselves from the bar to go in search of food, only it took a good hour to tear ourselves from the bar.

               

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Aaron was kind enough to host a night of music at the Elks lodge down on Post. Five sets of 5, he kept it moving along with a good mix of original blues, folk, and alt-c. He runs a tight ship and it shows. Ryan and Lewis played a nice set of acoustic, electric, and piano backed by everybody's favorite drummer. The whole singer songwriter thing made me think about how i spend my time and if there's any of that inside of me. Nah, I think I'll stick to shooting photos and blogging.
The crowd was a nice mix of everybody's friends and the local elk personalities. We met the "Exalted Ruler" and his queen as well as the MC of the night, were treated to the 11 o'clock moment of remembrance, and a wonderful tequila at the very friendly bar.
A most memorable night in my pantheon of experiences due to the mix of old friends, new acquaintances, and totally unique venue. I'll post more pics of the bar scene shortly.

http://www.myspace.com/ryanscottcline

     

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Lewis and Ryan waiting to go on.

     

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I decided I hate red and green lights, they are so harsh they just wash out the chroma values. They are really hard to shoot around, maybe i need to figure out a better white balance setting. When I open my night club its going to be candle light, or something equally soft but even toned.

             

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closing time....

Everybody has their strategy, some work, some don't. Some only work against other equally warped strategies. Obscure strategies change the nature of the game. Witness Enzo and Adrian playing the Boardwalk and Park Place strategy. It had Adele puzzled if not a little entertained.

         

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mmm, pork chops and cabernet.

     

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Dave brought his camera gear, we played around with remote triggering his flash (Canon Speedlite 430EX) with my master (Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2). I originally bought the ST-E2 for its AF-assist beam so I could shoot in extremely low light conditions, but using it for its intended purpose was also very cool. I ended up holding the flash in my left hand while shooting with my right. The flexibility of the rig makes for infinite lighting possibilities, none of which i fully explored. It did make night into day, the change in temperature being my main complaint, will have to get a set of gels or something.

           

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