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DENNIS
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Great footage, Camote. Thanks.
Just wonderin' for the future......... On a still camera, a polarizing filter will cut out the glare and reflection from glass, such as windows and
eye glasses. Will the filter have to same effect on video?
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Eli
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Thanks Camote, it was really great to bring the Ol Man back around one more time. He sure was a crusty ol fart. God Love Him, I sure always will.
[Edited on 8-21-2010 by Eli]
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elgatoloco
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Great stuff, all of it!
Thanks.
MAGA
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El Camote
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Great footage, Camote. Thanks.
Just wonderin' for the future......... On a still camera, a polarizing filter will cut out the glare and reflection from glass, such as windows and
eye glasses. Will the filter have to same effect on video? |
Indeed. As I remember, that was a real seat-of-the-pants, minimal equipment shoot. Equipment that I hauled around central Baja, camping in my '71 VW
bus for the next week.
Most of the light was coming in from an ocean-facing, sliding glass door on Jimmy's left with a single, small, tungsten fill light on his right. The
problem was not just the movement of the sun but it was a partly-cloudy day with the sun going in and out of clouds all day. You can see his face
grow darker, a manual iris adjust to compensate, then the sun came back out and overexposed his face.
I just wrote it off as a Baja-appropriate conditions. 
Thanks for the other kind comments. My greatest regret from doing those interviews was not including Mike Humfreville. Mike was working his tail off
choreographing the steady stream of authors coming in to be interviewed, one right after the other. His book had not been published yet but we were
all familiar with his work as he'd been posting excerpts on the old Amigos de Baja website.
Just a personal note, I encourage everyone to videotape interviews with your parents and older folks in general. I did it with both my father and
mother on their 75th birthdays and really cherish it now that my father is gone. It doesn't have to be professionally done, just keep your subject
less than 6ft from the camera if not using an external mic and have them face a window to allow for adequate light. Everyone has a story to tell and
older folks have more and better stories!
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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tripledigitken
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Thanks so much Camote, for posting these interviews. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed listening to them.
I share many of his feelings for Baja.
Ken
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David K
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Mike Humfreville's stories posted from 2002 to 2006 are still online for viewing thanks to Fred Metcalf... They are all linked on this contents page:
http://math.ucr.edu/ftm/bajaPages/Correspondents/BajaWithMik...
Here is the list:
Baja With Mike
Baja Stories by Mike Humfreville
"The Storm" ( Posted: October 30, 2006 )
"Singing" ( Posted: September 16, 2006 )
"Turbulence" ( Posted: August 15, 2006 )
"Punta Eugenia" ( Posted: July 27-31, 2006 )
"Brisa's Moon" ( Posted: July 7, 2006 )
"Ballons" ( Posted: June 15, 2006 )
"Family Photographs" ( Posted: June 4, 2006 )
"Lessons Learned" ( Posted: May 18-22, 2006 )
"Buzzards and Moss Balls" ( Posted: April 29, 2006 )
"Adios o A Dios?" ( Posted: April 28, 2006 )
"A Mexican Form of Honor" ( Posted: April 26, 2006 )
"Shells" ( Posted: April 12, 2006 )
"A Personal Library" ( Posted: April 1, 2006 )
"Options" ( Posted: February 3, 2006 )
"Winds" ( Posted: January 19, 2006 )
"Comfort" ( Posted: January 16, 2006 )
"Thatch" ( Posted: December 1, 2005 )
"Rains" ( Posted: November 25, 2005 )
"Cycles" ( Posted: November 22, 2005 )
"Save Me, Baja" ( Posted: November 20, 2005 )
"Alluvial Fan" ( Posted: November 14, 2005 )
"Peace" ( Posted: November 12, 2005 )
"Cattle Tracks" ( Posted: November 9, 2005 )
"The Gecko Road" ( Posted: November 7, 2005 )
"Día de Los Muertos" ( Posted: November 6, 2005 )
"Birds and Bees" ( Posted: October 31, 2005 )
"Guerrero Negro" ( Posted: October 27, 2005 )
"Sea Scenes" ( Posted: October 19, 2005 )
"Burritos" ( Posted: October 13, 2005 )
"External Relations" ( Posted: August 16, 2005 )
"Bad Habits" ( Posted: July 11 - August 7, 2005 )
"Hearty Guitar" ( Posted: June 17, 2005 )
"Ricardo" ( Posted: June 1, 2005 )
"Family Matters" ( Posted: May 4, 2005 )
"Dolphins Dancing" ( Posted: April 25, 2005 )
"Trust" ( Posted: April 19, 2005 )
"Cups" ( Posted: April 6, 2005 )
"Adriana's Tacos" ( Posted: March 10, 2005 )
"The Bucket" ( Posted: February 20, 2005 )
"Sycamores" ( Posted: February 11, 2005 )
"Sea Lion Pup" ( Posted: January 23, 2005 )
"Cabin Fever" ( Posted: January 13, 2005 )
"Baja Heart" ( Posted: December 22, 2004 )
"Langosta - Bahía Tortugas and Punta Engenia, 1969" ( Posted: December 16, 2004 )
"Fireman's Summer" ( Posted: November 18, 2004 )
"A Queen" ( Posted: October 20, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 28: Photos" ( Posted: September 2, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 27: Epilogue" ( Posted: August 30, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 26: Final Days in Camp" ( Posted: August 25, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 25: Billy's and Burlap's Unexpected Trek" ( Posted: August 17, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 24: Billy's Defining Moment" ( Posted: August 10, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 23: Continuing Days" ( Posted: August 2, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 22: Fishing Pals" ( Posted: July 26, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 21: Friends" ( Posted: July 20, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 20: Solitude and Storms" ( Posted: July 12, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 19: Black Warrior" ( Posted: July 7, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 18: Barsam's Corner" ( Posted: June 30, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 17: Desert Educations" ( Posted: June 21, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 16: Coyotes!" ( Posted: June 15, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 15: Don the Geologist" ( Posted: June 9, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 14: The Village" ( Posted: June 3, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 13: Evenings" ( Posted: June 1, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - Bahía de Los Angeles 1985, Part 12: Perspectives" ( Posted: May 27, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 11: By Sea" ( Posted: May 25, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 10: Idle Days" ( Posted: May 21, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 9: Billy and Burlap" ( Posted: May 19, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 8: Black Warrior Chickens" ( Posted: May 14, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 7: Snake!" ( Posted: May 12, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 6: Slowing the Pace" ( Posted: May 9, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 5: The Hut" ( Posted: May 5, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 4: Las Cuevitas Again" ( Posted: May 2, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 3: The Trek South" ( Posted: April 28, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 2: Finding Las Cuevitas" ( Posted: April 26, 2004 )
"The Tempests of Summer - La Gringa 1985, Part 1: Plans" ( Posted: April 21, 2004 )
"La Gringa - 2006" ( Posted: March 16, 2004 )
"La Gringa - 1974" ( Posted: March 16, 2004 )
"Rocks and Roses on the Road to Matomi - A Previous Trip" ( Posted: February 6, 2004 )
"Depth of Heart" ( Posted: January 13, 2004 )
"Saving Baja" ( Posted: January 6, 2004 )
"Pelican Migrations at Gecko" ( Posted: December 28, 2003 )
"Friendships" ( Posted: December 18, 2003 )
"Regarding Military Checkpoints" ( Posted: December 10, 2003 )
"Family Storms" ( Posted: December 9, 2003 )
"Tiny Mouse" ( Posted: December 2, 2003 )
"Dark Days Following Escalera Nautica" ( Posted: November 14, 2003 )
"Recovery" ( Posted: November 4, 2003 )
"Mars Chasing Moon" ( Posted: October 19, 2003 )
"Santiago's Los Cascades" ( Posted: September 22, 2003 )
"A Mexican Moment" ( Posted: September 16, 2003 )
"Reflections on Mama and Papa Diaz and Bahia de Los Angeles" ( Posted: September 4, 2003 )
"Old Dirt Roads" ( Posted: August 30, 2003 )
"Monsters from the Deep - Another John Story" ( Posted: August 23, 2003 )
"The Magic Rod" ( Posted: August 18, 2003 )
"The Hut" ( Posted: July 29, 2003 )
"Life for a Life" ( Posted: July 21, 2003 )
"Malarrimo!" ( Posted: May 16 - June 8, 2003 )
"Volcano" ( Posted: April 8, 2003 )
"The Eclipse Trip - Conclusion" ( Posted: March 3, 2003 )
"The Eclipse Trip - Part II" ( Posted: February 19, 2003 )
"The Eclipse Trip - Part I" ( Posted: February 16, 2003 )
"hoar Town" ( Posted: February 12, 2003 )
"Brendan's Song" ( Posted: February 6, 2003 )
"Steel on Cobbles" ( Posted: January 27, 2003 )
"Los Tres Migueles - Part 1" ( Posted: January 22, 2003 )
"Heavy Weather" ( Posted: January 9, 2003 )
"Integrity" ( Posted: January 4, 2003 )
"The Box" ( Posted: December 26, 2002 )
"The Mine" ( Posted: December 17, 2002 )
"John's Crabs" ( Posted: December 16, 2002 )
"Down Time Up" ( Posted: December 5, 2002 )
"A Guy Named Raphael" ( Posted: December 2, 2002 )
"Bullet Trips" ( Posted: November 25, 2002 )
"Mosquito Mulegé" ( Posted: November 20, 2002 )
"Early Seaside Mornings" ( Posted: November 17, 2002 )
"Phosphorescence" ( Posted: November 14, 2002 )
"Rincon at Bahia de Los Angeles" ( Posted: November 7, 2002 )
"La Bocana, Mr. Gomez and Jack Smith" ( Posted: November 5, 2002 )
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Packoderm
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I liked Bad Habits.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
I liked Bad Habits. |
Great one... here is Part 1 of the 9 part Bad Habits:
Bad Habits ( Posted July 11 - August 7, 2005 )
Part 1 July 11
His habit was to sit on his deck for an hour or more at night after dark. Every night a small unlighted boat made a direct line to the south end of
the bay. It returned to the village two hours later and was still unlighted. He had no idea what the purpose of the nightly voyage was, but it was of
no concern to him and he otherwise ignored it. Fishermen setting nets perhaps.
He was occupied with friends and family who were visiting in abundance. They we up late nightly. Rum and beer were the drinks of the hour and there
were many hours in the day. The men were up early and off fishing hard during the morning hours. There was always an abundance of cold beer in the
onboard ice chest. Many were consumed before the daily trip was underway, all the fish hauled into the boat, the return trip completed and the fish
cleaned and packaged. Evenings started with c-cktail hour and seemed to always run into early morning.
Alcohol was a way of life in these conditions, had been for him for years. Lately his appetite had been off. His urine was always a dark yellow-orange
in the morning in the bowl as he stood looking down there. He'd need to discuss this with his doctor back in California when he made a trip north in a
few months. In the mean time, life continued.
He often wondered how he had arrived at this point, knew it was from his ridiculous childhood filled with his parents and his own misdeeds. Those were
water under a long ago burned bridge he knew but the past was the past and nothing he could do now would alter the facts of history. It wasn't that he
felt badly about his upbringing anyway, it was just the way it was. To a child there was no right and wrong, just the actuality of reality as it was
lived on a daily basis.
But he knew he'd need to deal with his current life soon. After his friends had headed south he'd come to grips he thought to himself late at night
after another round of drinking. Then he´d deal with it, he thought.
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I talked to Mike about Bad Habits. He really laughed when I brought it up. He said that he was making it up as he was writing with no overall plan. He
laughed really hard when he recalled the part about the click of something that might be a gun.
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