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Fire Trucks come a calling…

Michelle Renée Dumont

Someone on the second floor in an apartment directly above me was cooking and decided to go out and have a smoke. Came back to discover her pan was on fire and instead of dousing the flames, set the pan in the hallway. Causing alarms to go off. Sadly, the alarms in this new construction building are short of alarming, as I was not aware of the commotion until I heard someone banging on a door upstairs. That was 20 minutes into the ordeal, when I opened my front door and was confronted with a wall of smoke. Luckily there … Continue reading Fire Trucks come a calling…

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Someone attempted to…

Michelle Renée Dumont

…steal my brand new Nikon D850 and Sigma 85mm f1.4 lens today. When confronted, they tossed it into some bushes, where it landed in two pieces on impact. The lens popped off the body, damaging the metal mounting ring. Luckily I have 3 other Nikon cameras, the oldest being a D7100 that just sits on the shelf gathering dust. Nikon has been using the F mount since the film era and all I had to do is switch out the mounting ring. There was no other visible damage, lucky me. This was done just outside of the downtown library. The … Continue reading Someone attempted to…

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Celebrity Memorabilia?

Michelle Renée Dumont

Are people stealing the celebrity hand print tiles from the outside walls of the now closed Planet Hollywood restaurant in Reno? Located in a corner of the now closed Harrah’s Casino, signs of the once popular restaurant are slowly disappearing. These are just a few of the remaining tiles with what appear to be hand prints left by celebrities and two plaques commemorating movies filmed locally. Continue reading Celebrity Memorabilia?

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Unintentional Selfie

Michelle Renée Dumont

I shoot strictly with Sigma lenses. The Art series lenses allows for fine tuning the focus points by accessing the firmware. I was noticing an issue with the focusing point on my 85mm recently, so I made an adjustment. While testing the adjustment in my well lit bathroom, I happened to notice, in processing the image, my reflection in the mirror, in a perfect bokeh blur…. btw, the adjustment was a success… Continue reading Unintentional Selfie

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City Workers were busy sprucing up the downtown area

Michelle Renée Dumont

City workers were busy pressure washing sidewalks and sculptures and laying down a protective concrete coating on the sidewalks and bridges today, hopefully in anticipation of things to come. Our usual downtown events and celebrations following a year of isolation Continue reading City Workers were busy sprucing up the downtown area

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A sold out Pioneer Center Event

Michelle Renée Dumont

The Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts https://pioneercenter.com/ hosted this years NPC Mother Lode Bodybuilding https://centerpodium.com/npcmotherlode/ competition. One of the first public events since theaters were closed down due to the pandemic. An event that was literally sold out. Which means I didn’t get in to cover the event. The event promoters setup vendor tents outside the venue on the plaza to sell T-shirts, Bathing Suits, and various sundry items. Continue reading A sold out Pioneer Center Event