Manistique Harbor Light
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The Manistique Harbor Light in Manistique, Michigan
Huntington Beach, California
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Interesting Places, Nature, Tim Frakes Productions
Took a drive on the Pacific Coast Highway and stopped to take these shots of the surf, just north of Huntington Beach, California. The off-shore oil platform in one shot makes me think about the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Micro Enterprise and Silk Production in Bangladesh
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Asia, Culture, Education, Interesting Places, Nature, Peace and Justice, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Have you ever wondered how silk is made? Outside Saidpur, Bangladesh I toured a silk production facility. The small factory is a non-profit operation (RDRS) that provides jobs and economic opportunity for women in this poor nation.
The silkworm is the caterpillar of Bombyx mori, the domesticated silk moth. The silk moth is entirely dependent on humans for its reproduction and no longer occurs naturally in the wild.
At the factory, the women, dressed in colorful saris, collect and sort huge piles of golden silkworm cocoons. Once sorted, the cocoons are immersed large into vats of boiling hot water.
This is bad news for the silkworms inside the cocoons! The hot water sparks a chemical reaction that allows the spun cocoon to unravel. Silkworm cocoons are natural bobbins made of one continuous strand of silk thread. After boiling, the cocoons are cooled and taken to a loom and unraveled.
The raw silk thread is then wound onto a spindle, dried and shipped to a textile factory.
Tags: Bangladesh, Production, RDRS, Silk
“I must be in the front row…”
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Interesting Places, Sports, Tim Frakes Productions
So, my daughter, Emily gets Connor and I $20 Bulls tickets in the nose bleeds. At half time, a guy with a walkie-talkie taps me on the shoulder and asks if we want to sit courtside? "Sure!" So, off we go to watch Bulls get pounded in seats with a ticket price of $950 each! "I must be in the front row!"
So, my daughter, Emily gets Connor and I $20 Bulls tickets in the nose bleeds. At half time, a guy with a walkie-talkie taps me on the shoulder and asks if we want to sit courtside? “Sure!” So, off we go to watch Bulls get pounded in seats with a ticket price of $950 each! “I must be in the front row!”
Tags: Chicago, Illinois, Tim Frakes Productions
Eskimo Testimonies
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, Spiritual Journey, Travel
Every now and then, I think back on a visit Jim Quattrocki, Bob Elliott and I made to Alaska’s Seward Peninsula in September, 1994. Eskimo Testimonies is a 7-minute video we produced for Mosaic, the video magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
We spent 12 days touring Eskimo villages like Brevig Mission, Wales and Shishmaref, meeting its people and recording their stories.
Tags: Alaska, Education, ELCA, Eskimo, Seward Peninsula, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Brookfield Zoo, Holiday Magic
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Culture, Education, Interesting Places, Nature, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Each December, the Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois hosts Holiday Magic, a festival of lights, ice and animals.
Tags: Brookfield Zoo, Holiday Magic, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Ancient Byblos
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Culture, Education, History, Interesting Places, Middle East, Travel
While in Lebanon, we visited Byblos, an ancient city just north of Beirut. It is believed by many to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It is was also a great place for the IVAP team to get a sense of the historical depth that is woven into the fabric of the Middle East.
Tags: Byblos, History, Lebanon, Middle East, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
The Isle of Arran in HD 720 24p
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Education, Europe, Interesting Places, Nature, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
open source video, online video platform, video solution This is an image essay recorded on the Isle of Arran, Western Scotland, July 8-9, 2009. Locations include the ferry crossing from Ardrossan, Blackwaterfoot, King’s Cave and Lochranza. The Isle of Arran is known as “Scotland in miniature.”
Tags: Arran, Europe, Isle, Kings Cave, Lochranza, Scotland, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Lilacia Park, Lombard, Illinois
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Lilacia Park is the jewel of Lombard, Illinois. Every May this beautiful 8.5 acre park comes to life as its signature Lilacs bloom.
Tags: Lilacia, Lilacs, Lombard, Nature, park, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Introducing Jesus of Nazareth
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Award winning video, Education, Faith Based Production, History, Interesting Places, Middle East, Travel
It is Holy Week and a good time to reflect on the life of Jesus. This production aired on ABC Television in December 2006. I produced it for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with my good friend Peter Marty as host. Jim Quattrocki directed the on-camera sequences. Jim Parks did the editing.
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Tags: Bible, Gospel, Holyland, Jerusalem, Jesus, New Testament, Peter Marty