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El Capitan at Sunset in Yosemite.
Taken on September 5, 2011

Photography by Brian Petersen at http://www.brianapetersen.com

It was a joy to make videos like this with Ryan McDuff, John Rinehart, and the body of Grace EV Free. Thank you to everyone who gave food and served at our Grace Good Bank.

Narration by John Rinehart
Footage shot by Ryan McDuff
Edited and produced by Brian Petersen

Grace Thanksgiving: Food Bank on November 18 2011 from Grace EV Free on Vimeo.

Enjoy this recap video from our Food Bank at Grace EV Free, La Mirada.

I was able to get this great shot in June of 2011 in Western China.

I had a really fun time with Bryan Kuranaga and Kathryn Heberling during their engagement photo session at the Fullerton Arboretum. This was truly a beautiful day with a beautiful couple. Many blessings on their engagement and marriage.

I had such a wonderful time photographing the beautiful Johnson Wedding in Yorba Linda and Fullerton. Enjoy these pictures and rejoice with the happy couple.

I interviewed Eddie Kramer and recorded this video for Waves on the new Kramer Master Tape plug in from Waves. It is hot!
 

In this video, producer/engineer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones) provides an overview of the Kramer Master Tape and how it can help you warm up your mixes.

Developed in association with Eddie Kramer, the Kramer Master Tape plugin is modeled on a rare machine consisting of an Ampex 350 transport and 351 electronics. With adjustable tape speed, bias, flux, wow & flutter, and noise parameters, the Kramer Master Tape provides comprehensive control over the contours of your sound. And to top it off, we’ve added a flexible slap & feedback delay, ideal for rock, dance, dub, you name it. For recording, mixing, mastering, and more, bring the richness and warmth of real tape saturation to your DAW with the Kramer Master Tape plugin. It’s the reel deal.

The Kramer Master Tape Plugin Dream Team
Special thanks go out to Eric Schilling (Shakira, Gloria Estefan, Natalie Cole, Elton John) who provided us with the machine, Bob Olhsson (Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross) and especially John Haeny (Bonnie Raitt, Weather Report, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Jim Morrison, Tom Jones), who provided invaluable assistance in the development of the Kramer Master Tape plugin.

SPEED selects the simulated tape speed.
MONITOR selects the monitoring mode.
BIAS controls the level of the ultrasonic bias signal.
VU METER displays input or output level.
VU CALIBRATION controls the VU meter headroom calibration.
DELAY TIME controls the time of the tape delay effect, with settings for 7.5 ips (266 milliseconds) and 15 ips (133 ms).
DELAY TYPE toggles between delay modes.
FEEDBACK controls the amount of the delayed output signal.
LOWPASS controls the LP cutoff frequency on the delay path.
RECORD LEVEL controls the input level.
LINK I/O links Record and Playback Levels controls.
PLAYBACK LEVEL controls the total signal output level.
FLUX controls the level of simulated magnetic radiation emitted from the record head.
WOW & FLUTTER controls the speed and gain modulations and fluctuations.
NOISE controls the level of added modeled noise but not noise modulations and signal additive noise.

Grace EV Free Children with Hebrews 4:16 from Grace EV Free on Vimeo.

Tupac Shakur’s “Changes.” “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child. Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money Mo Problems.” “Where is the Love’” by Black Eyed Peas. These are just a few of the massive hits that have helped shape today’s R&B/Hip Hop sound. And all were mixed by Tony Maserati.

One of the most respected mixing engineers on today’s scene, Maserati has played a major role in defining current R&B and hip hop aesthetics, and has mixed over 250 releases for dozens of superstars ranging from Sting and David Bowie to Macy Gray and Alicia Keys. A two-time Grammy winner, Tony was recently nominated for his third, for his work on We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things by Jason Mraz.

After completing his studies at Berklee’s program for production and engineering, Maserati got his start the New York scene in the mid-’80s and before long Tony had hooked up with early rap legends like Heavy D and Brand Nubian. Perhaps best known for his work on such hits as Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs,” Mark Anthony’s “I Need To Know” and R. Kelly’s “I Wish,” most recently Maserati has been hard at work on new releases from John Legend as well as Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas.

Maserati says “I have been using Waves plugins from the beginning of my immersion in digital workstations. I’m looking at my computer screen and more than half of the tracks are Waves plugins. From dynamics and EQs to special effects, most of the tracks that recording engineers send me have Waves plugins on them, making it easy for me to save their work and edit or just start from one of my presets.”

Read more: http://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=5451#ixzz1QmqjYFqN