What a crazy week this has been! The biggest snow storm in 40 years! Over 14 inches of snow and ice in Vancouver, Washington alone and more forecast for this evening. The bright side is we get to enjoy a white Christmas, which rarely happens. All the girls are home and we are enjoying time…
Yearly Archives: 2008
A guilty pleasure I enjoy is hot sauce. Find the right hot sauce and it can make anything better. Everyone starts with the tried and true Tabasco. From there you can branch out and delve into the world of the insane. My local butcher has over 100 kinds of hot sauce. There’s even an annual…
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I am not a fan of the heat. However, I am a fan of flavor and this sauce has it! It’s hard for me to take the heat with the flavor but I do occasionally when I feel the need. A good find my dear!
I go through a bottle a week. Randy is right- it hurts so good. Luckily I enjoy it hot- and this stuff is hot. I’m sure if he sold a slightly less spicy version it would be an even bigger hit (but i don’t think Scot is about that- it is what it is). One of my favorite snacks is baby carrots with a line of Aardvarks along the top.
New Seasons in Portland carries it as well as his stir-fry sauce.
Cheers,
Rob
Where in Seattle, Tacoma, Auburn, Washington can I find Secret Aardvark Sauce ?
Thanks!
Philip
Philip,
There is a link in my post for the Secret Aardvark web site. On their site you’ll find a tab for retail locations. If there isn’t one near you, contact them. I’m sure they could ship it to you or even better, maybe you could get them to bring this amazing sauce to the Seattle area!
Let me know if you get some. I’d like to know what YOU think!
It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to our personal lives. Sharing the holidays with our families, taking much deserved time off from work. Our focus changes and this is a good thing. This has increasingly become a busy time for my business and I wanted to share a few updates with you….
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According to Ted, I look like a bartender at this Jazz club he frequents in downtown Portland. He showed her my picture, now I’m anxious to see hers…
The resemblance here is uncanny!
I am excited to see the changes coming to your website! You have so many amazing images to show off!
I think a lot of the engagement photos you took of Patrick look like Matt Damon…and I have gotten about half a dozen people saying that I look like Demi Moore in the engagement and wedding pics – but I am chalking all that up to a great photographer! Thanks!
i have heard i look like tina fey. i dont normally wear my glasses but hey i do a mean sarah palin impersonation:)
Great blog. I’m interested to return to see what you all learned about technology and what you have to share!
Benjamin
If you’ve listened to Portland, Oregon radio over the past 15 years, then chances are you’ve heard the unmistakable voice of Tim Taylor. Recently hired by The Fish, 104.1 FM, he needed publicity photos for their website and marketing. I was given a rare glimpse of the man behind the voice behind the microphone. Our…
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I think you captured Tim perfectly!
[...] If you’ve listened to Portland, Oregon radio over the past 15 years, then chances are you’ve heard the unmistakable voice of Tim Taylor. Recently hired by The Fish, 104.1 FM, he needed publicity photos for their website and marketing. I was given a rare glimpse of the man behind the voice behind the microphone. Our paths crossed nearly 5 years ago when Tim was filling in for a DJ at a wedding I was photographing. From the moment I met him, we were fast friends. Tim is a poster child for ADD ( Source: http://randykepple.com/photoblog/2008/11/the-man-behind-the-microphone/ [...]
It was a pleasure working with you Randy! You are a great person, a good friend and a wonderful photographer. See you soon!!! Tim
I love image 7. Nice composition and lighting.
Thanks Cory!
That image was not part of the original job. I didn’t bring studio lighting to pull it off, so this was being creative in the moment. One Canon Speedlite that was propped on a box to camera left. I was happy with the results. Simple and powerful.
He kind of looks like Brad Pitt … Is that your magic camera or is this true? I will have to check out the show 
This morning, as I lay in bed losing my fight to continue sleeping, I listened to the morning news. A recent report shows that over 60% of Americans are overweight. That’s a staggering number and a wake up call. Even more staggering is how fast this has happened. It’s shocking. Look at this animated map…
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Amen! One suggestion: Take Shape for Life
evidently i can’t spell today:)
Randy – I switched to all organic produce 3 years ago when I found out how few nutrients commercial stuff really has. I think it was a Harvard study that I saw a chart of how much nutrients, vitamins and minerals were in organic, vs. regular produce. I expected 2, maybe 3 times as much, but in some cases it was in the 1000′s! I’m so NOT kidding you. Iron content in spinach was trace in commercially grown stuff, and something like 10,000 times as great in organic.
I recently found out why. Yes our soils are depleted from overgrowing but there’s another factor. In the soil are microscopic bacteria that are necessary for breaking down the minerals in the soil to make them into “organic” matter from the inorganic mineral form they are in naturally. When we spray pesticides on the plants, not only do we kill the bugs that eat the plants – and put it on our foods – but we kill the bacteria in the soil too. SO, what that means is the plants cannot absorb the minerals – as inorganic matter cannot be used by a plant! Yes, that’s right.
To make it even worse – even organic food today has about 40 times LESS nutrients in it than foods of 50 years ago. So we are becoming increasingly obese but undernourished at the same time.
Scary huh? If you buy organic it may be what, 50% more expensive? What if you have to eat 50 bowls of spinach to even come close to what’s in the organic stuff? What if eating the non-organic isn’t much better than eating paper? It’s fiber, almost nothing else.
Sorry to be the bearer of such news – but switch to organic, you’ll actually eat way less food cause it has more in it and your grocery bill won’t be much higher. Honestly.
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What a beautiful family you’ve got Randy! Have a very merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas. Have a great 2009, too
Merry Christmas to all the Kepples! Beautiful family picture!
Bring on the brand spanking new website ….
Merry Christmas Randy! Check out the beautiful people; you have a lovely bunch. Great photo. I’ll look forward to seeing you next year. Cheers!
Truly a gorgeous family! I’m blessed to know you and Tammy!
Kate…thanks for that. You are a blessing to us as well and we appreciate your friendship.