By Anonymous — Wednesday, July 11th, 2018
![]() On Tuesday, July 3rd around 7am on Highway 23 between Fillmore and Moorpark the road was closed for several hours due to an overturned truck filled with bell peppers. There were no injuries reported and CHP was able to open the roads after 11am later that day. Photos courtesy CHP. Enlarge Photo |
![]() (above) The 2018 CIF Baseball Champions smile for a photo holding their banner and plaque. Fillmore High School held their Parade of Champions on Friday, July 6th at 6pm in downtown Fillmore to celebrate the CIF championships won by the baseball team and swimmer Katrionna Furness. People were able to hear the players and coaches speak, meet the team, and celebrate our champions. The players autographed complimentary 8x10 photos for the children. They had food trucks, vendors and entertainment for everyone to enjoy. Food Vendors: Fernandos Churros, Amecis Pizza, Central Station Street Tacos, Raspado House, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Oh my gosh hot dogs. Parade line up: Police Chief Eric Tennessen, Cross Country, Heritage Valley Blazers, Fillmore Raiders, Girls Softball, Little League, Voltage Cheer, AYSO, Fillmore Bears, Girls Soccer CIF Champions, Kat Furness Swim CIF Champion, 1988 Baseball CIF Champions, and the 2018 Boys Baseball CIF Champions.Entertainment: Fillmore High School Ballet Folklorico, DJ Danny Ibarra. Photos courtesy Bob Crum. Enlarge Photo By Anonymous — Wednesday, July 11th, 2018
![]() The baseball team and Katrionna signing autographs for the line of people waiting to meet and take photos. Enlarge Photo |
![]() Photo of the Week "Gorgeous Chevy. If only it were for sale. If only I had sufficient money!" By Bob Crum. Photo data: Canon 7DMKII camera, ISO 400, Tamron 16-400mm lens @16mm with polarizing filter, aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/320 second. Enlarge Photo By Bob Crum — Wednesday, July 11th, 2018
Remember DeSoto?
The Fillmore classic car show downtown on July 4th was awesome. Gorgeous cars all. Did you go? If not fret not, I'll take you there vicariously along with a trip down memory lane. In 1956, my Uncle Willie bought a high-performance DeSoto Adventurer. The DeSoto was powered by a hemi-sized 341 cubic inch, 320 horsepower motor. Standard equipment included push button control Powerflite automatic transmission, power steering, power seat, power windows, power brakes, windshield washers and electric clock. All for only $3,678. One day Uncle Willie took ill. Before leaving for the hospital he tossed me the DeSoto keys. “Be careful”, he said, “it's fast!”. A teenage daredevil, imagine my excitement. I practiced driving the car on the farm before the open road. That car was soooo long that when going around a sweeping curve, I couldn't see the back end in the rear-view mirror. With pedal to the metal it was so fast that it took a few seconds for the back half to catch up. Having saved money from years of farm work, I purchased my first new car – a gold-colored Plymouth Fury – as a high school graduation present to myself. Powerful engine and push-button tranny like the DeSoto. While my friends laughed about the rear fender “fins”, I took revenge (and delight) by beating (humiliating) their Chevys and Fords in every drag race. But as fast as my Fury was off the line, was as fast as I lost those friends. But they eventually got over it and we were soon all friends again. Photographing classic cars at a show is, politely speaking, a pain in the buttocks. Certainly taxes the patience quotient. No sir, no problem at all just go right ahead and step right in front of my camera. Everybody does it! (grumble grumble) The flip side of the patience of Job: Deference. It's about the 'event' not the cars! Point well taken I said to myself (I can't be the only one who talks to himself). Result: Lots of photos of gawkers full of gawkiness gawking at classic cars. C'est la vie. From having photographed previous car shows, I noticed that car colors were often not as punchy in the digital images as I saw with my eyes. Not an insignificant factor considering that I could take five cruises with the money that some of the cars’ paint jobs alone cost. Must do something in an attempt to do justice to those luscious paint colors. So this year I decided to shoot the show with a polarizing filter on my lens to enunciate the colors. Given the advantages of a polarizing filter, it was nevertheless a gamble. Remember, a polarizing filter's effects are most effective when shooting at a 90° angle with respect to the sun. Otherwise, it's as if it doesn't exist so no effect. Upon viewing the photos made, it was effective most times. At least the blacks are blacker! Such are the creative challenges that make photography addictive and so delightfully rewarding. Equally significant, the creative aspects of photography tickle the soul. Well, at least mine. Hark... a contest! Not counting fireworks photos, guess the number of photos I shot of the car show and chili contest. Email me your guess. Deadline: 6 p.m. Monday July 16. The closest guess wins one scoop of Baskins-Robbins ice cream. In case of a tie, the earliest entry wins. One entry per reader. Photo of the week: Gorgeous Chevy. More firework photos next week. Happy photoing! Send comments, suggestions, questions & contest entry to: photography@earthlink.net |
By Anonymous — Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
Moody's Investors Service has assigned an issuer rating of A1 to the City of RATINGS RATIONALE RATING OUTLOOK FACTORS THAT COULD LEAD TO AN UPGRADE FACTORS THAT COULD LEAD TO A DOWNGRADE LEGAL SECURITY PROFILE METHODOLOGY REGULATORY DISCLOSURES Regulatory disclosures contained in this press release apply to the credit rating and, if applicable, the related rating outlook or rating review. Please see www.moodys.com for any updates on changes to the lead rating analyst and to the Moody's legal entity that has issued the rating. Please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating. |
By Ventura County Sheriff Department — Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
Earlier this month, Sheriff's detectives obtained information indicating illegal fireworks were being sold by (S) Ricardo Nuno from his residence at 900 block of Ortega Street, Fillmore. Detectives conducted an investigation and believed Nuno was in possession of a large quantity of fireworks that are illegal in California. On June 28th, detectives served a search warrant at the location and seized approximately 800 pounds of illegal fireworks. These fireworks were found throughout the residence, including the garage and a bedroom shared with two minor children, and posed a significant threat of injury and fire, not only to the suspect's family, but to the public, as well. It was also determined that Nuno was manufacturing his own explosive devices, which posed a significant threat of injury or death to Nuno and/or his family. (S) Nuno, who was not present at the time of the service of the search warrant, but was located at his work and arrested. He was booked into the Pre-Trial Detention Facility on the following charges: Nuno’s bail was set at $100,000 and his next court date is July 2nd, 2018. 'Safe and Sane' fireworks, bearing the seal of the State Fire Marshal, can be legally sold, possessed, and enjoyed in the city of Fillmore between 12:00 PM, June 28th, and 12:00 PM, July 5th. All other fireworks, including altered 'Safe and Sane' fireworks and fireworks that explode and/or launch into the air, are illegal in Fillmore and throughout the state. Violators may be cited for violating the city municipal code and subject to a $1,000.00 fine, or they may be arrested for more serious crimes. If you witness any illegal activity, please call the Fillmore Police Department at 805-524-2233 or, if there's an immediate threat to life or property, 9-1-1. Below are several safety tips to ensure you and your family enjoy a safe Independence Day celebration: Prepared by: Sergeant Mike Harris |
By Anonymous — Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
![]() A dual cab pickup truck crashed into the utility pole in front of Taco Bell, 800 block SR 126, at 2:54 p.m., Monday. The toppled concrete pole narrowly missed the entrance of the fast-food restaurant. Traffic was backed-up to the west for about a half-hour. An ambulance was on scene and the single-car crash is under investigation. Enlarge Photo |
By Anonymous — Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
![]() Last week the Fillmore Police and Fire Crews responded to calls about a man on a roof top at the corner of Clay and Ventura Street. No injuries were reported and crews were able to get the man down safely. Photo courtesy Fillmore Fire Department. Enlarge Photo |
By Anonymous — Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
![]() On Thursday, June 28th at 3:15pm Fillmore Fire and Police Departments responded to reports of a 2-car collision at the corner of Santa Clara and B Street. A black Jeep Grand Cherokee and a tan vehicle collided. No injuries were reported at the time of the accident. Cause of the accident is still under investigation. Enlarge Photo |
![]() Photo of the Week "...a rare Fillmore F on the hill... gloriously lit" By Bob Crum. Photo data: Handheld Canon 7DMKII, ISO 16000, Tamron 16-300mm lens @300mm, aperture f/6.3, shutter speed 1/1000 of a second. Enlarge Photo By Bob Crum — Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
Phonetographers reprieved
A reader and accomplished photographer recently sent me very interesting email. Thanks Phil. One topic was phonetography! Hold on! My reaction was not what you might expect. Truth be told, his message caused me to pause. Actually made me stop and give phonetography more consideration then previous short shrift. Recapitulation is stimulating. Sometimes. “I have some opinions about the whole smartphone debate you are writing about but that's an in-depth discussion for later,” Phil wrote. Uh Oh! “I think your basic premise is correct,” he continued. “But I have run into some notable exceptions. I have made 17 x 22 pigment based archival prints of images shot by an art director. He has a great eye, but he also must have had special filters for his iPhone, because the quality was incredible.” He added that “they both knew how to shoot correctly with the iPhone so what I got from them were full resolution files that didn't need upscaling. These were jpegs, BTW, not camera RAW. However, I did take all the images into Photoshop for retouching and color/contrast adjustments for prints.” Jpegs? Shocking! Let's again briefly review RAW vs jpegs and why I've been advocating RAW image capture. RAW is image data directly from the sensor without camera processing. Jpegs are images processed in camera (compressed) and the photo parameters baked in. Of course, jpeg images can be edited afterward but except for Photoshop 'smart objects' editing modifies image pixels and can't be undone. This is destructive editing. Post processing RAW images is non-destructive editing because editing does not modify pixels directly... editing is just modifying the image data instructions. The original remains unaffected. Make an editing mistake or don't like how the editing is proceeding press the reset button. Poof! All better. Begin anew. Phil continued: “I believe there are now smartphones that have camera RAW. That might be a waste for a lot of iPhoneographers, but for some people, it's a great tool. I believe smartphones can actually increase creativity for some people. It really depends on what kind of photography one wants to do.” An astute observation. I acknowledge that many phonetographers have no desire or need to post process their jpeg snapshots and that's fine. I don't. Shoot, email it, or post on social media and done. More importantly, however, even phonetography can be 'creative'. (hint) To that end, Alex Tsepko, CEO of Skylum Software recently penned: “The power of photography (and phonetography) as art is that it serves to enhance the way we see the world. Try taking a photo of the same object every day. What you’ll find is, by spending time studying this object — a person, or a building, or a budding tree — you’ll find new looks, styles, and angles that accentuate it in different, more interesting ways. This kind of practice has a way of activating your brain and stimulating your inner creativity that makes life more interesting. Another thing you’ll learn by familiarizing yourself with photography as art is that it’s not about what you capture in an image, so much as what sort of emotion your images reveal and evoke.” Snapshots work because sometimes there's only time to record a moment. However, for creative photography, pause a second and ask yourself what are you attempting to capture to share. Will the photo tell a story? More about a photographers eye another time. Photo of the week is the infamous “F” up on the hill...in bright lights! Awesome! Have you noticed? Happy photoing. Send your comments, questions and/or suggestions to photography@earthlink.net |
By Ventura County Sheriff Department — Monday, July 2nd, 2018
As people throughout the county celebrate the Independence Day holiday in the coming week, the sheriff’s office would like to remind residents and visitors to the area that all fireworks are illegal to possess or use throughout Ventura County. The exception is in the city of Fillmore, which allows only designated “Safe and Sane” fireworks to be purchased and used within the city limits. With the dry conditions and recent impacts from wildfires, the use of fireworks poses an extreme fire danger in our communities. Deputies will be actively enforcing laws pertaining to the possession or use of illegal fireworks. Depending on the type or amount of fireworks, violators could be subject to citation or arrest. Another problem that occurs on Independence Day is the use of firearms for celebratory purposes. The discharge of any firearm or BB device in a grossly negligent manner is a misdemeanor in the state of California and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year. Residents can report firework violations in sheriff’s jurisdictions by calling our communications center at (805) 654-9511, or 9-1-1 in an emergency situation. Prepared by: Sgt. Eric Buschow |