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News & Observer Since January, I’ve had the pleasure of serving on the N&O Community Panel. It’s been enlightening, exciting and occasionally maddening.

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We had the pleasure last week of shooting Summer and Fall collections for menswear designer McKenzie Tribe.

The collections included jackets, jeans and shirts for men that transition from work to play. We shot at North Hills in Raleigh as our location.

Credits:

  • Photographer - Hal Goodtree
  • Stylist - Leslie Huffman
  • Models - Todd & Thomas

Special thanks to North Hills.

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WUNC, North Carolina’s public radio station, has always been new media savvy. From creating podcasts to developing a Flickr channel for “The State of Things,” Frank Stasio’s daily radio program, the station is always trying to figure out new ways to connect with its audience in a new media landscape.

I’m proud to be represented once again (the first time was in August 07) by my photograph “Dump Trucks at Davis & High House” as the SOT Picture of the Week.

Dump Trucks at Davis & High House  l  Cary

I suppose this photo is newsworthy due to the pitched battle that was fought over the development of this land.

A grass roots public advocacy group, DavisAndHighHouse.org, formed to fight additional development at this corner in Cary. It proved a lightening rod for public dissatisfaction with development in general, tipping the balance in municpal elections. One term mayor Ernie McAlister was upset and slow-growth candidate Harold Weinbrecht took over in North Carolina’s sixth largest city (News & Observer, 10/9/07).

Slow growth may be in, but too late to roll back the tide at the corner of Davis & High House.

Special thanks to SmartGrowthGirl.com and to Dave DeWitt and Katy Barron at WUNC.

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We just wrapped a new episode of StreetStyleTV. It’s a follow-up to our earlier show about “The World’s Coolest Sunglasses.”

The gang at Vision Park in Raleigh invited us to an eye wear trunk show. We saw the latest trends from OGI and JeeVice. We even had cupcakes with lemonade icing.

Special thanks to Elizabeth from Vision Park and Michele from the blog One Chic Mama.

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We’ve finished our new spot for J. Alane’s Fine Lingerie.

The commercial was shot entirely on mini DV and edited in Final Cut Express.

Credits:

Director & Editor: Hal Goodtree
Media: Leslie Huffman
Music: Fool With Time

Thanks to:

Julie Hendricks
Mary Beth
Ashley
Dana
Emily

The spot is now running on What Not to Wear and elsewhere on Time Warner Cable in the Raleigh area.

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Getting Hal in a skirt was easier than you might think.  Skirt Magazine is a local tabloid for women and features interesting local women in business, community, and the arts.  Once a month they do a story featuring an interesting chap and put him in a skirt.

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Thanks to North Hills Buzz for featuring our video with Fiquet of Luxe on the latest edition of their home page. Where do they get this stuff? I guess that’s why it’s called Buzz.

Thanks also to our friends at North Hills and, of course, to Fiquet of Luxe Apothecary.

We’ll post our own story about the video shortly: How to make quality TV with a home video camcorder and a mic from yoor band.

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Make-Up Video: Stills

Just a few stills from a new video for make-up maven Fiquet of Luxe Apothecary. This girl is gonna be a star, people!

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N&O Community Panel

N&O Community Panel meeting, Jan 28, 2009
Yesterday was my first meeting as part of the News & Observer Community Panel for 2009.

A diverse group from around the Triangle gathered from out of the rain early in the morning. Ted Vaden (Public Editor) and Dan Barkin (Senior Editor/Online) led the discussion.

Senior Editor/Online Dan Barkin
We all weighed in a bit on stories, reporting and coverage. Sometimes Dan & Ted explained why the N&O had made a certain decision. Other times, they wrote in their notebooks and laughed. In a good way, I think.

The panel members had some interesting questions:

  • Too much focus on Wake County news?
  • What happened to MEAC coverage in the Sports Section?
  • Does slang-y language diminish the newspaper?
  • Does picture choice inherently express bias in telling some stories?

Fascinating stuff. Of course, I just wanted to talk about the online component, but I’m a goat flying with swans so I mostly kept my mouth shut.

Best line - Barkin, commenting about why the paper doesn’t cover certain stuff:

“That’s not the straw that stirs the drink.”

I gotta use that.

If any of y’all have questions for the editors of the N&O, email me or send me a tweet.

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Julie - Alternate Take

In the Window, originally uploaded by hal990.

We used a different shot for the website, but this is my favorite from the shoot at Uniquities Mix.

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Main Street Economy

Taken at Mast General Store, Asheville, NC.
Main Street Economy, originally uploaded by hal990.

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