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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Friday Night's Perigee Moon


Anyone whom happened to see the moon Friday night, may have caught themselves taking a second glance at the illumined man in the sky, the reason being that Friday's moon was colossal.

Due to its oblong lunar orbit which brings the moon more than 250,000 miles closer to Earth, the moon appears 14 percent bigger than any full moon this year.

I was on my way to dinner when I saw the moon at Jolly Road and Timberfare Circle in Plymouth Meeting. I had to pull over, much to the delight of my girlfriend, so that I could take a photo of the titanic moon as it shown over the creek that runs between Beacon Hill Circle and Timberfare Lane.

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Flooding causing problems in Whitemarsh Township

I was driving around Monday, between rain storms, looking for a few photos for a slide show when I drove past Mathers Lane in Whitemarsh. Unbelievable! The entire road was flooded and even a FedEx truck had stopped, seeming confused, wondering how best to make the delivery to one of the homes under the muddy Wissahickon water.

I ended up driving a few feet down the street (the feet which were dry) and found Gino Ciavarelli of Whitemarsh watching the water recede from his home. He said the first floor was a foot deep in water earlier in the day. As you will hear in this video, flooding from the Wissahickon has caused much worse.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Equipment Shed, Issue 1- The Photo/Video Camera

Welcome to the Equipment Shed,a continuous monthly item that will appear on this blog aimed to tell both readers and journalists the secrets behind Montgomery Media's multimedia pieces.


I've always felt that newsroom photographers and writers should always carry a digital camera that shoots both video and photos. Video recording capabilities are always a must because at the very least you can take a still frame image from your video clips and use them in your photo spaces.


This past Tuesday, while covering the grand opening of Whole Foods Market in Plymouth Meeting for The Colonial, I came upon further evidence proving my theory.


I noticed customers aiming their mobile devices at the bread breaking ceremony while photographers were standing on produce displays in order to snap their photos for the next day's front page. Strangely enough, the customers were the only people (besides myself) in the room shooting video.


Mind you, I was not carrying a bulky $10,000 Philadelphia news station camera. Instead I was shooting 720p high definition video using my new Canon PowerShot SX20 IS. Canon has done something remarkable with this addition to the Canon PowerShot camera line. They have offered a photo camera that shoots great quality photos at up to 4,000 pixels in width that also shoots incredible HD video all for a price of under $700.


Further, this camera features an image stabilizer for minimal motion blur and a 20x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom.

Considering the price, image quality and HD video quality, I hereby add the Canon Powershot SX20 IS to the Equipment Shed.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Weather via #MontyWeather


Winter weather is a big issue this season. We had a rather cold summer and now as we blow through the colder seasons we here in the newsroom feel that daily weather reports are essential to our Web site.

Each morning we will post the weather report accompanied by a MyFoxPhilly video report of the days weather so that while your sitting in traffic, waiting at the bus stop or merely planning your day, you can be prepared.

For all of our Twitter followers, follow the #MontyWeather hash tag for a quick, easy and accessible weather report.

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