Author: Dell Deaton

VIPS introduction to Saline Area Chamber of Commerce

Saline Michigan Police Chief Jerrod Hart made an extended presentation on newly-formed “Volunteers in Public Safety” (“VIPS”) initiative to monthly breakfast meeting of Saline Area Chamber of Commerce.

My wife and I accompanied him as representative volunteers with the program.

“hyperfocal distance”

  • the distance between a camera lens and the closest object which is in focus when the lens is focused at infinity.

— Oxford Dictionary of English

“hyperlocal”

  • relating to or focusing on matters concerning a small community or geographical area:
    an app which provides hyperlocal weather forecasts;
    Chicago’s leading hyperlocal news source;
    consumers demand content that is highly personalized and hyperlocal.

— Oxford Dictionary of English

Automotive News World Expo ’84

Late-August 1984, one of the earliest forays into photojournalism via wire services under the D² Enterprises moniker came through our coverage of the Automotive News World Expo. My partner and I had filed business papers almost exactly one year prior when we were granted press credentials to cover this exhibition.

Like too much of the history of our nascent efforts, most of the photography that we produced was sent off as undeveloped film still in the canisters, as quickly as practical. At base I should suppose that rather intuitive, insofar as “news” rapidly having become less so as the passage of time increased. Just as importantly, we recognized even in those days that repeat business became more likely as our reputation for “fast” took root.

It also meant that we received payment for those jobs sooner.

Earlier today I revisited Automotive News Expo ’84 in Saline Journal through a feature article titled, “Saline Has Been Providing Auto Show Content for Decades” under my own byline.

Quoting Vince Lombardi, on action

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer — the achiever the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.

Job 36:17, on justice

… you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.

Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.

New Living Translation

“troglodyte”

: (especially in prehistoric times) a person who lived in a cave.

  • a hermit.
  • a person who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned

— Oxford Dictionary of English

Cadillac and LaSalle Museum construction documentary

Through D² Enterprises brand “d2 Originals,” I scripted, filmed, and produced a documentary on the Cadillac-LaSalle Club Museum and Research Center construction: From September 2013 groundbreaking through completion twelve months later.

On September 24, mLive used this production as part of its own coverage focused on the opening at Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, just outside of Kalamazoo. The video produced by my wife and me also features on the Museum website as part of its “Building History” page.

Quoting “Star Trek: Generations,” on risk

Captain James T Kirk (William Shatner):

Risk is part of the game. You want to sit in that chair?

— Rick Berman

Isaiah 1:12-13, on meaningless ceremony

When you came to worship me, who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?

… I want no more of your pious meetings.

— New Living Translation