Thursday, March 8, 2012

MASTER SERIES: Matthew Jordan Smith diagrams lighting for Tyra Banks photo shoot

MASTER SERIES: Matthew Jordan Smith diagrams lighting for Tyra Banks photo shoot
See more at www.profoto.com Learn the story behind how internationally-renowned photographer Matthew Jordan Smith created his iconic image with superstar Tyra Banks. Biography Matthew Jordan Smith is a world-renowned professional photographer specializing in celebrity, beauty and portraiture. His iconic approach is simple: Take the time to personally connect with every subject, make them feel brilliant and beautiful, and the photos infinitely sparkle. It's why his loyal clients of 20+ years keep asking for the Matthew Jordan Smith Experience. It's magic captured in every assignment. Matthew's A-list celebrity clientele light up the red carpet and his camera: Oprah, Vanessa Williams, Jennifer Connelly, Halle Berry, Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, Jamie Foxx and other stars shine brighter with MJS. Make-up leaders Pantene, L'Oreal, Revlon, and Olay regularly call on Matthew to showcase their latest products and models. MatthewJordanSmith.com





Desperate Housewives Season 1 Episode 2 - Pilot

Desperate Housewives Season 1 Episode 2 - Pilot
www.desperatehousewiveshere.com One day, in the loveliest of suburbs, housewife and mother Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) decides to take her own life. Now, from her elevated state of POV, Mary Alice introduces us to the lives of her friends, neighbors and family members living in the idyllic Wisteria Lane, a street where the lawns are green, the houses are pretty, the people are nice and the secrets are deadly.''''Her circle of girlfriends, who are taken by surprise by her mysterious suicide, includes: Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), a known klutz and hopeless romantic who's gone through a bitter divorce, and is now playing the part of single mom to her precocious daughter Julie (Andrea Bowen) and also happens to be looking for love, finding it in the heart of the hunky new plumber neighbor, Mike Delfino (James Denton) - but in order to win him over, she'll have to rival the street's notorious slut, Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan); Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), form! erly a successful businesswoman in the marketing world, now a stay-at-home mom taking care of four rebellious kids, while her husband, Tom (Doug Savant), is out working all the time; Bree Van de Kamp, often deemed "Martha Stewart-on-steroids", a perfectionist home fairy whose immaculate lifestyle drives her children Andrew (Shawn Pyfrom) and Danielle (Joy Lauren) to treat her with disdain, and her husband Rex (Steven Culp) to want a divorce; and Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria), a former top model turned ...





Duane Dunwoodie 12-1-11

Duane Dunwoodie 12-1-11
Duane E. Dunwoodie Resident of Palo Alto Duane Dunwoodie passed away peacefully on December 1, 2011, in Palo Alto, surrounded by his loving family. He will be remembered as a gentle, kind man with a great wit and sense of humor. Duane was born in Kansas City, KS, on November 2, 1930, the older of two sons of James "Russell" and Ruth (Sharp) Dunwoodie. He grew up in KC, at- tending Wyandotte High School. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1952 under the ROTC program and subsequently served as an officer in the US Navy for 3 years. In 1955, he was recruited by Hewlett-Packard where he co-designed the first very-low-frequency oscilloscope. He earned a Master's degree in electrical engineering in 1958 and degree of engineer (EE) in 1960, both from Stanford University. In 1960, he co-founded (with Bill Jarvis & Dr. Peter Lacy) Wiltron Company, an instru- mentation firm. Unfazed by international industry giants, the company grew to an $82 million-a-year enterprise with ! 800 employees. Duane was responsible for the creation of test and measurement equipment needed for a number of high-tech fields including radar, telephony and computer applications, and he obtained many patents to his name in the process. In the early 80's, the three founders moved their company from Palo Alto and developed the Morgan Hill Business Park. He was proud to employ three of his children and two daughters-in-law. In 1990, they sold their privately owned company to Japan-based An- ritsu where ...