Danny Schweers Photography and Design

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Photography Equipment

Three well-known, reputable dealers are Adorama, B&H Photo, and KEH cameras. KEH specializes in used equipment. But I buy from the people I know:

Precision Camera in Austin, Texas. I've used them since they began, decades ago.

Cameras, Etc. here in Delaware, where I live now.

Photography

• Photographs by Anna Vignet. A student at UC Berkeley. 1/8/2011
• Good Photography Links: Brandywine Photo Collective's list.
• George Barr Photography: A landscape photographer with a good eye and an extensive blog -- "Behind the Lens" -- discussing his art. March 2009

Books

Recommended books now have their own page.

Friends Websites:

What's What: Philosophical Writings by Bill Meacham. Bill and I studied philosophy together in graduate school and worked on Austin's underground newspaper, The Rag, in the early 1970s. He writes clearly and simply.

Pet Sitting and Dog Walking, Wilmington, Delaware. Heather Walters has a good reputation in New Castle County.

Long Films

When you get the chance, rent the 1937 movie "The Edge of the World" about a Scottish fishing village on the edge of extinction. It is written and directed by Michael Powell, one of my favorite screenwriters.

A follow up is Powell's 1978 documentary "Return to the Edge of the World", which I have not seen. In it, he returns to the island of Fulla, in the Shetlands, where the 1937 movie was made. "A melencholy trip to a world that has vanished."

My favorite films by Powell were made with Emeric Pressburger, including the romantic "I Know Where I'm Going" (1945), also set in the isles of Scotland, and my very favorite, "A Canterbury Tale" about small town life near Canterbury, England during World War II.

Another film about primitive fishing villages worth watching is Robert J. Flaherty's 1934 documentary, "Man of Aran", about fisherfolk on the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. January 2010

Northern Delaware Computer Repair, Help, Training

• Computer Problems? David Byer in Ardentown, DE. 302 438-2607.
• Ben Rybinski at Delaware Computer Repair in Newark, DE: 302 690-8340.
• Lynda.com on-line software training by video classes. $25/month.

Healthy Planet

• Monterey Acquarium's Guide to Sustainable Seafood

Short Films and Videos

• Hans Rosling's 200 Countries over 200 Years in 4 minutes, a YouTube video from BBC. 12/6/2010
• How Not To Cut Down A Tree (starring me and Larry Walker) 8/17/2009
• Renegade Mini Coopers 8/17/2009
• My Name is Lisa 6/23/2009
• The Story of a Sign (Historia de un Letrero) 6/23/2009
• Sebastian's Voodoo 6/23/2009

Music

• Leo Kottke, Ice Fields. A bright, optimistic piece of music for solo acoustic guitar. You can listen to a free high-quality recording by guitarist Javier O'Keefe on on the Vectordisc Records website. August, 2007

Business

• Barn Yard Sheds, Christiana, PA. There are many Amish shed-builders in Lancaster County. This is the one I've been working with since May, 2008. They offer utility sheds, garden buildings, cabins, recreational park trailers, garages, play houses, pool houses, dog kennels, and run-in sheds for horses. They also offer temporary portable sheds if you are moving or remodeling. They are now manufacturing Fork Creek brand RV Park Trailers and Cabins. 7/3/2008
• Lionel Hampton, House Painting, Wilmington, DE. He painted our house in 2008. He then was hired by two neighbors. Excellent work. 7/3/2008
• Sing 'n' Speak Spanish Elementary Curriculum. Children learn a foreign language by singing. Wish I'd had a class like this for French! 7/3/2008

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