Michael Parks

Photo Explorers Western National Parks with Michael Reichmann DVD
$19.99
Explore historic national parks with Luminous Landscapes Michael Reichmann! Almost four hours of photo expeditions with landscape photographer Michael Reichmann. Watch how he plans, captures and discusses his stunning images. The segments include moonrise at sunset in Death Valley, scenes from rafting trip in the Grand Canyon, strange mineral deposits at Mono Lake, bizarre landscapes of the ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, an autumn trip through Yellowstone and Grand Teton, the spectacular views near Moab, and a winter wonderland in Yellowstone National Park. Chapters 01 I Death Valley 02 I Grand Canyon 03 I Mono Lake 04 I Bristlecone Pine Forest 05 I Antelope Canyon 06 I Canyon De Chelly National Monument 07 I Moab, Utah Area Parks 08 I Lake Powell & Southern Utah Parks 09 I Yellowstone & Grand Teton 10 I Yellowstone in Winter Michael Reichmann is the publisher and primary author of Luminous Landscape. He created the website as a forum for the display and discussion of landscape photography, digital imaging techniques and related topics. He devotes all his time and energy to landscape photography, photographic journalism, print collecting and teaching. (C) MMVIII Calumet Photographic Inc. All rights reserved. No unauthorized reproduction. Running time approximately 184 minutes.

Michael S. Wolfson Park in Palm Springs, California - 16"x20" - Fine-Art Gicl���e Photographic Print by Carol M. Highsmith
$39.95
Photographs America presents thousands of stunning, keepsake, and whimsical photographic prints by noted American photographer Carol M. Highsmith and landscape photographer Brendan Reals, as well as thousands more custom-corrected prints of vintage photographs from the Library of Congress collection. The images depict every region and every state: scenic landscapes, city skylines, aerial and small-town scenes, rustic rural views, Civil War sites, classic American landmarks, majestic national and state parks, intricate architectural details, fine art, animals, humorous situations, historic color and B&W photographs and engravings, vintage circus posters, World War I and II posters, and W.P.A. posters. Most photographs enlarge beautifully into the dimensions ordered. Square and other irregular-size photographs will be printed at the maximum size that best maintains their visual quality; these prints may be somewhat larger or smaller than the dimensions ordered.

Coolin' Soup
$16.99
I found the CD quite interesting . His voice has changed over the years. I would rate the CD about 2 stars.

The Listening
$9.99
The other four 5-star reviews derive from the personal political views of the reviewers: three of them are concerned about NSA's capabilities of spying on citizens, while the fourth is happy that Big Brother is listening us all, so we should not be afraid of terrorists. (We take notice: three pinkos and one neoCon. Interesting, but hardly cinematographic.)
The film has good photography (it doesn't take much to get breathtaking panoramas from snowy peaks, anyway) and the idea is intriguing, but characters display a less than average intelligence. For example, the Italian lady gets a "stop listening, we are about to burn you" warning from a reliable source, but she just stays there listening so, lo and behold, she and the equipment are espectacularly fried. (By the way: is it possible to transmit so much power over the air? Hmmm)
Next, against Parks character's advice, the Iranian bearded fellow transmits their position to the enemy, so the bad guys come to kill them all. Now, Parks has to give his life to cover the escape of the other three. While escaping, they don't carefully step over each other's footsteps but go side by side, thus leaving three nice rows of footsteps, thereby indicating their number and improving the target area for the pursuing snipers.
But don't worry: The snipers also seem to be of the retarded persuasion, as they are fooled by false foot tracks make by Parks with a pair of makeshift wooden legs. (Did you ever tried that and managed to leave anything remotely ressembling real feet? And; how and when did Parks build them?)
The Iranian guy betrayed their position on the grounds that, since their equipment was destroyed, "we are not going anywhere unless they come for us". However, in a hurry and under much worse conditions, later three of them do escape by foot, anyway.
And to mention intelligent but "enfant terriblish" Tarantino: Michael Parks might be the best living actor, provided you get rid of Brannagh, De Niro, Pacino, Hoffman, Harris, Norton, Caine, Downey Jr, Penn, etc, and if and only he takes quite a few classes of English diction, so we could understand him.