DJ Montalbano

Devoted husband and father, fighting to keep improving on our home! Proud @SyracuseU and @iSchoolSU alum. FHNSAB 🙏

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@strategywoman Push on, Yara! 💪

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@farman4x 98 but took a bit longer

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@linnathren @CorpsScores Agreed. It's been a rock solid design from the start... Similar to last season. I'm really happy for them... But I must say -- this season is one of the really great ones. SO many really great shows and the talent is mind boggling. 😎

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@Heather_Poole Wallet in front pocket. 😎

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@Heather_Poole Not planning to do that, so instead I just buy some shares. 🤣

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@Heather_Poole I definitely like my job better! Lol 🤣

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@Heather_Poole 😂😂

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@Heather_Poole Congratulations! 🎉🎉 What an amazing milestone! You're a true professional!

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@TimelessTrvlr Who knew this area of the world was so beautiful!? Stunning views!

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@OptionsSean @Super70sSports The nostalgia is really flowing now... Next, someone is going to post an Expos logo! 😎

IYKYK...

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[Erik Kuna 🚀 @erikkuna]

This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet.

The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation
with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy.

There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one.

That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure.

📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

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@rawsalerts Who said it? Do we know?

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@IslesGirl3 It's ok. Not everything goes our way. Take a look at the standings--that helps me feel happy. 😀👌

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Nobody succeeds alone. 👇

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[𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 🇺🇸 @creation247]

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@IslesGirl3 It's really pretty insane.

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@IslesGirl3 This was epic. Simply awesome.

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@Polymarket @xdrewmiko @FoodBank4NYC Awesome! But, on a somewhat unrelated note, I'm #686,010 on the wait-list. 🤦🏽

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@strategywoman 🙏🙏🙏

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@IslesGirl3 That was quite a final 3 minutes... Reminded me of 1983, TBH... 😎

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@strategywoman Well said, Yara! Love what you share here! 🙏