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June 2nd 2019, back by popular demand the city of St. Paul, Minnesota brought back the 45 year old traditional. It was a perfect day for a walk down Grand Avenue in celebration of Grand Old Days. Not sure how many people were there but they expected over 200,000. It had been quite a few years since we took the Grand Avenue walk but it hasn't really changed that much over the years. It seemed more like a family event this year than what I remembered but like I said its been a while...
Traveling down I94, I've passed the Witches Hat Water Tower for years. Friday was the one night of the year that you can see the view of the Twin Cities from inside a massive Witch’s Hat Tower in Minneapolis. Apparently its a pretty big event in the Prospect Park neighborhood. We got there around 7pm and the line to tour the tower was two blocks long. We asked how long the people close to the front of the line had been waiting. The wait would have been longer than the tower would be open. It was still worth the drive. We learned a little about the tower and the neighborhood that surrounds it.
After 23 year at my home in Eden Prairie, it was time for a change. I woke up one morning and the words came out of my mouth "We're going to move". We were driving south of the river daily for school, work and friends. The Eden Prairie house was the place of literally thousands of memories with hundreds of peoples. It seemed like multiple life times with roommates, relationships, a marriage and a place my kids called home. Funny thing is, when it was time I knew it was time. The fun became work and anxiety was exhausting which left no time for fun.
Danny asked the question "how do you move?" It's one day at a time and we start today! The house sold fast with multiple offers and we had four weeks to move. Now the rush to find a new place to call home. I really didn't know what I was looking for but I knew what I didn't want, it had to have a feel and I'd know it when I saw it. The Eden Prairie home was one of a kind and we all knew it.
It didn't take long and the search was over. The house on Dan Patch Lake in Savage Minnesota was vacant and move in ready. Fresh paint and nothing to hold us back. It had been waiting for us to knock on its door! We were truly bless..
Three weeks later, we were into our new home, in the heart of a new city, close to work, a bus ride to school and nothing to do but enjoy our surroundings. New friends and places to go. It's like Eden Prairie was on the other side of the world, a place we no longer needed to go...
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A new school, a new town and a new girlfriend. Let's Party!
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I custom ordered my Ludwig Rock-Duo drums direct from Ludwig Drums out of Chicago back in the spring of 1971. Sometime in the 1980's, I tucked away the second kick drum and converted my double kick over to a single bass set. I have loved and played these drums professionally for almost five decades! Over 1000 weddings, clubs, corporate events and they still look new! I just finished converting these to a hybrid kit using mesh heads, internal triggers and a Yamaha DTX module. Conversion took close to a month to complete. I ordered the triggers, cones and heads from 628Drums out of Amsterdam. I did not drill any holes or damage these drums in any way so I can easily bring them back to acoustics. I power them with a Simmons DA200S drum amp, satellite PA speakers and 1500 watt 18 inch sub. They're amazing to play and sound very well balanced.
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We tried to duplicate an Elvis Presley picture that hands on our wall. Danny crawled out of bed with a new haircut from the night before. I asked him to throw on a white T and a pair of jeans. Add a leather jacket and away we go...
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! 41 children and adults at Kathy and Johns this year!. We did a group shot which considering it was last minute planning, came out pretty good! We also had a "photo booth" with hand made props which was a lot of fun. Thanks Kathy and John for hosting such a great day!! You always do an amazing job!
Danny and I took a road trip to Jeff's farm in Winona and spent the weekend four wheeling, hunting and screwing around. Great weather for the middle of November. Jeff got his deer on Sunday and everyone left with good memories!
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Danny recently turned 12 years old and we had some fun in the studio...
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Specs; OSMO X3, 1080 24fps, auto mode in d-log, edited in Vegas Pro and OSIRIS Luts.
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We had a blast the entire weekend! It started at the cabin in Waterville with the water park, hanging out and marshmallows at the bonfire. Sunday was a BBQ at Tara and Jeff's and Monday was a pool party at the Delie's. Kids were together all weekend and made the most of every minute they had. No one got hurt and no fighting that we know of! It was a great time!!
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Mom turned 85 this year so we celebrated at Jensen's Supper Club. Most of the family was there and she loved the attention!
This video goes back nearly 35 years! The original Rockers Band filmed at The Knights of Columbus in Bloomington, Minnesota. Founding members Steve and Dan Delie, Eric and Bill. Kristy joined us on key boards a few years later when Bill moved to Texas. She continued to play for the next couple of decades. With over 1000 gigs playing weekly becoming one of the premier wedding bands in the area along with schools, fairs, corporate and private parties...
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Our six week old ducks are getting bigger by the minute! We got the quackers at 2 days old and not much bigger than a Peeps. Since then all they do is eat, drink, sleep and poop! Originally we got these as pets to run the yard and entertain us through the summer. With-in a few days the plans had changed and so did their names! They're extremely friendly and love to follow us around. They waddle and are just beginning to quack instead of peep. Typically in previous years, we'd raise then give them to an apple orchard in the fall, they'd use them in their petting zoo and from there we never knew. Danny has other plans this year, that's why he changed their names!
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Friday night we did a bonfire and weenie roast and washed it down with a couple cold ones...
Saturday was sunny and cool, Renfest was the only thing we wanted to do. 2016 is the last year for the Renaissance Fest at least in this location. Hopefully they find another site
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This guy looked like a tree I think, I guess that's the way tough guys looked back in the day...
Oh, and we couldn't forget the Bohemian Gypsy Dancers!!!
We put together a short fast moving time lapse video of a shoot with my son Danny. It was rainy and just killing time waitin for the sun to shine. He has fun when we go in the studio. You gotta love the blow up guitar, my idea not his! check it out...
Tech Notes; Backdrop was a "Candy Stick" from Backdropoutlet.com. Video time lapse shot with a GoPro Black 1 second interval- Images from Canon 5D Classic and a 50mm 1.4 lens. Music from Soundcloud.com
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Got a video of Trace at the end of the night. Like I said at the end of the night so it's a little wobbly...
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Lee Greenwood says, "America is a tune. It must be sung together"
Something about the 4th of July that brings people together. Doesn't matter where you go, everyone is excited to hang with the crowd. People are just proud to live in America, especially on the 4th. It's pretty cool! What a great day to party with family and friends and that's exactly what we did. Lots of smiling kids, back slappin and gut laughs. Barbeques, bonfires, relaxing on the water and ice cold beer. Weather was perfect. We jumped in the boat and headed to the fireworks on Prior Lake. It was right out of a movie! The lake was beautiful, boats everywhere and fireworks from every corner of the lake. You can't capture that with a camera but something that's hard to forget! We had a fantastic weekend and have lots of pictures as usual. Check-em out... http://dannydeliephotography.zenfolio.com/p534642027
4th of July is already next weekend and seems like the snow just melted. Actually most of the summer has been a washout as this weekend was supposed to be too. We got a little luck, the sun was out all day Sunday. The last couple weeks have been crazy busy. Danny just got back from a two week vacation to Yellowstone and the Black Hills. I skipped work most of Thursday and all day Friday so he and I could catch up and reconnect. That means boating, bon fires and pool. Today was the first day this summer where the weather was nice enough to make a day of swimming. The water was mid 80's as was the outside temps. We made it a great weekend just doin what we do...
Another night on the boat swimming until dark. The water is high so "no wake", no tubes or goin fast, just putt, listen to music, enjoy the lake and have fun...
Dahlton, Jeff's son had his graduation party, the ladies looked really pretty and I just happened to have a camera to capture the gorgeous smiles
Sunday Kevin, Kim, Michael and Rocky came over to share the day with Danny and I. The weather was to nice not to be in the water. I LOVE Sundays just kickin back at the pool.
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Friday was the day, Bohemian Gypsy would be put into the water to begin a summer of fun. A little nervous but holy smokes, well worth the time and effort putting this deal together! Everything fell into place perfectly. The slip on Prior, finding Bohemian Gypsy and selling the Stingray couldn't have gone smoother. We made it fun and kept things moving pretty fast! Anyway, as I said, Friday was the day. Off the trailer and into the lake, the rest of the night was spent breaking her in! We had a blast. Bohemian Gypsy is the perfect name- Eccentric, offbeat, artistic, unconventional and WILD!!!
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I just finished up a three week corporate shoot that consumed a bunch of my time. I submitted the project last Friday and took a very deep breath. Today was a beautiful Sunday and I wanted to take a road trip. I packed my camera and flying machine then hit the road. No destination and in fact couldn't even tell you where I was. I did end up going much further than I thought, got lost and the only way I found my way home was with the help of Siri on my phone. She did a wonderful job. I saw some very cool spots to stop and shoot. I put a 2 minute video together showing some of my flying results. This was the third time I had it in the air and already seeing some fantastic results. The music is where the title came from. I liked the song which went pretty well with the scenery and video.
I recently did updates to my Phantom. I crashed it pretty good while filming an indoor production shot. I severly misjudged how close I was to a very large paint booth. Of course the paint booth won! I trashed the gimbal that I just installed which was a piece of crap anyway. Several hundred later, I ended up with a GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition and a new Tarot Gimbal which does a fantastic job of keeping the camera smooth as a babies back side! The GoPro Black shoots 1080 at 60 fps which gives incredible results when paired with the Phantom. I feel like this combination is the best at least for now... Check out the results in the video. The abondon structure and the car especially look like their right out of a Bonnie and Clyde movie :)
The Polar Bear Plunge is sponsored by the Minnesota Law Enforment which raises over $3,000,000 annually! More than 15,000 plungers jumped in16 events. The proceeds got to the Minnesota Special Olympics. Don't know about you but, I can't think of a better place to or a better cause!
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For you camera buffs, every shot on this trip was shot with the new Sony RX100 point and shoot. Amazing camera! It went everywhere with us and we rode it hard the whole trip. It fit in my pocket and was there when we needed it. We did take it in for a cleaning towards the end of the trip just to be on the safe side with all the sand and humidity. I was SO GLAD I didn't lug anything more than this. Not once did I feel I was missing a shot because I didn't have anything more. Again, this is an amazing camera as every review on the web will agree.
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