This is what happens when a fiddler and drummer fall in love

A couple of Mudbugs are gonna get married from Jaime Oppenheimer on Vimeo.

Travis and Fernando, thanks for capturing this moment.

I go through a lot of coffee and coffee makers

My Cuisinart coffee maker died recently after a mere 15 months of service. Here's a video we made when we first brought her home. 

Here's the Cuisinart's predecessor, Mr. Coffee. He gave me a decade of fantastic service at half the price of the fancier Cusinart. I think I am going back to him.

366 images

Here's a video with all of the images I shot last year for my other blog, 366 images. I'm glad I did this project, which is why I am going to do it again in '09. It's been a fun way to share images. This blog also forced me to shoot many things I probably wouldn't have in the past. I also like the daily challenge (most days).

I took these photos with many types of cameras, using everything from the pro Canon Mark II to my camera phone, which isn't so fancy. The camera I used the most was the Canon G9 (thanks, Honey, for the fantastic birthday gift). It's a very fancy point and shoot that gives me manual control without the bulk of the Canon Mark II - I take it everywhere.

After looking at all 366 photographs, I realized that there are a lot of photographs of Lexi, Carter and alcoholic beverages (Carter was often sipping said drinks, but Lexi never was).

366 Images from Jaime Oppenheimer on Vimeo.

Christmas home movies

Attack of the Clone from Jaime Oppenheimer on Vimeo.

Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra from Jaime Oppenheimer on Vimeo.

A Cajun Christmas

We Bugs have just uploaded our Christmas tune.  It included shout-outs to all of our loved ones (mine is to dancing Lexi Lou).

Merry Cajun Christmas!

Gobble

Gobble from Jaime Oppenheimer on Vimeo.

I'm in Carthage, Missouri gorging on lots of food and here's the footage to prove it. I shot 1,000 still images to make this gem. 

A bride. A groom. Handcuffs

I recently went to Connecticut to hang with my girl Carla, wedding photojournalist extraordinaire. I tagged along to a wedding she and Mike shot. The groom is a police officer and thought it would be fun to do some portraits with handcuffs. He was right.

A Bride. A Groom. Handcuffs. from Jaime Oppenheimer on Vimeo.

I've been tagged

Travis tagged me in a viral blog game to share random fun facts with friends. I have added some multimedia components so I can keep true to the mission statement (well, title) of this blog.

Here are the rules:
Link to the person who tagged you. (Travis)
Post the rules on your blog. (That's what you're reading.)
Write 6 random things about yourself. (Below)
Tag 6-ish people at the end of your post. (Everyone I know has been tagged and those who haven't would kick my a-double-s for suggesting they do this.)
Let each person know he/she has been tagged. (I'm opting out of this one.)
Let the tagger know when your entry is up. (Will do.)

Random things about moi:

1. I come from musical stock. My dad was a singer, played the saxophone, clarinet and drums professionally. My father's 95-year-old uncle still plays ever summer in the Catskill Mountains (think "Dirty Dancing")

2. I've been pen pals with Wendy "The Snapple Lady" Kaufman since 1994. She sent me the bobblehead in '94 after I wrote her to tell her how much I loved her and Snapple. I wrote her again in 2006 to tell her I was glad she was back in the commercials. I also included a self-portrait with my bobblehead and she rewarded me with a gigantic box of Snapple goodies. She sent Snapple towels, a Snapple golf umbrella, Snapple flip-flops, Snapple pens, Snapple pencils, Snapple T-shirts, and a bunch of Snapple coupons. I love Wendy!


3. I fainted the first time I met Carter. (This picture is not from that evening, but I do have video from that night somewhere.)


4. I love playing basketball. I set a record in high school by scoring 32 points in one game. The record will never be broken since it was still intact when the school closed a few years ago. Yes, that is an Olan Mills photo.


5. I've been on the Today show four times. Well, I've stood outside the window four times and acted a fool. I always get my mug on the air for a few seconds. This video is from May 2002. I was there later that same year with Denise and we saw JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE perform!!! (Believe me, that deserves three exclamation marks.)

6. "Coming to America" is one of my favorite movies, followed by anything with Goldie Hawn.

Obama wins!

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Classic rock for today's youth

You must check out Micah White (Kentucky White's offspring) totally rocking some Weezer at the Wichita Collegiate School's eighth-grade talent show. It's brilliant.