Monthly Archives: September 2022

Musical Concerts

Songs that you May Know

For most of you, music is enjoyable. For me, live music is exciting.

I love listening to those charged voices and experience the stage movements of  my favorite performers. I’ve had the chance to see a fair share of concerts. But for the most part I’ve been sticking to performances that feature musicians that date back to my younger years.

It’ll be obvious from the songs below that I’m among the older crowd and those of you who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s you will be familiar with some of these faces and music.

Here are a few songs from performances that I’ve attended.

Please note that each song is on a separate page in order to minimize web page delay.

  1. Fire & Rain – James Taylor
  2. Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
  3. Late for the Sky – Jackson Browne
  4. I Really Don’t Know Anymore – Christopher Cross
  5. Peg – Steely Dan
  6. I Left My Heart in San Francisco – Tony Bennett
  7. What A Fool Believes – Michael McDonald
  8. South City Midnight Lady – Doobie Brothers
  9. Question – Moody Blues
  10. Twelfth of Never – Johnny Mathis
  11. You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
  12. The Long Way Around – Jackson Browne
  13. Carefree Highway – Gordon Lightfoot
  14. Think of Laura – Christopher Cross
  15. Up on the Roof – James Taylor
  16. Taking It To the Street – Michael McDonald
Fire & Rain – James Taylor, Dec 2021

Aviation Photos

A Collection of Aviation Related Photographs

From our years of developing flight simulation software, we’ve taken many photographs while traveling in-flight to airports, conventions, trade shows and more. Below are some of these arranged by topic.

Please note that this is a shortcut way to view the photographs from seven different articles that were recently published separately.

High Key Photos

Creating a Stark Black & White Effect

Every once in a while I like to experiment with high key black and white photos. A high key photo has most of the mid-tones removed, leaving only the darkest part.

There are basically three ways to do this:

  • Overexpose the subject leaving little detail of the mid-tones.
  • Use high contrast film eliminating or minimizing the mid-tones of the original.
  • Use digital software to achieve a similar effect.

Here are a few examples using all three techniques.