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…
Monthly Archives: November 2008
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.
We all know it’s going to happen, yet every year it seems to take us by surprise. Maybe we are in denial. The frenetic pace of Summer spills over as we transition into Fall. We cherish those remaining sunny weekends and then Halloween hits. This marks the beginning of the rainy season in the Pacific…
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Thanks for the heads up on this book! I just bought it for my husband. Twice a year he rants and raves about changing the clocks – maybe this will help him with the transition this year
Angela
Angela,
I hope he enjoys it! Let me know what you think. I am finding it fascinating indeed!
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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