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PERSONAL ESSAYS

“Present at the Re-creation: Memories of Loma Prieta” – on the World Series Earthquake.
Published in The Berkeley Daily Planet, October 15, 2009
Print: http://zarchy.com/present.htm
Online: http://www.berkeleydaily.org/issue/2009-10-15/article/33928?headline=First-Person-Present-at-the-Re-Creation-Memories-of-Loma-Prieta

"Paris When It Sizzles” – on reconnecting after the kids are gone.
Published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Empty Nesters anthology, October 2008
Read it here: http://zarchy.com/sizzle.htm

More about the Chicken Soup series: http://www.chickensoupforthesoul.com/
More about this book: http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Soup-Soul-Surviving-Thriving/dp/1935096222/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228015506&sr=8-1

“Confessions of a Bicoastal Baseball Fan” – on rooting for two teams.
Published in Contra Costa Times, May 21, 2005
http://zarchy.com/bicoastal.htm

"Googling David” – on friendship, mortality, and reconnecting with the past.
Published in Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, January/February 2005
http://zarchy.com/googlingdavidDAM.htm
Original-length version: http://zarchy.com/googlingdavid.htm

“Barry and the Rally Nuts” – the night Mr. Bonds hit his 600th homer.
Published in Contra Costa Times, May 17, 2003
http://zarchy.com/barry.htm

 

TECHNICAL ARTICLES

“Shooting Into the Void” – PBS Science Series Closer to Truth
Published in American Cinematographer Magazine, journal of the American Society of Cinematographers, December 2008
Read it here: http://zarchy.com/closertruth.htm
More about American Cinematographer Magazine: http://ascmag.com/
More about the TV series: http://www.closertotruth.com/

“Polishing the Talking Head: The West Wing Documentary Special”
Published by American Cinematographer Online, journal of the American Society of Cinematographers, March 2003
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/mar03/westwing/index.html

“Shooting from the Hip ... and the Shoulder: Operating Handheld Film and Video Cameras”
Published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine, January 2008
http://zarchy.com/handheld.htm

“Living in Oblivion: On Creating, Then Destroying Your Original Video Media”
Published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine, February 2008
Read it here: http://zarchy.com/oblivion.htm
Or here: http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/news/printer_1711.shtml

“Shooting Abroad: Paperwork, Passports, X-rays, and Excess Baggage”
Published in Release Print Magazine, August 2003
http://zarchy.com/abroad1.htm

“Here Comes the Sun: Using sunPATH Software”
Published in PHOTO Techniques Magazine, July/August 2004
http://zarchy.com/sunpath.htm

“You Say Filming, I Say Image Capture: A Journey Into HD”
Published in Film/Tape World, November 2004
http://zarchy.com/HDjourney.htm

“French Fries and Film: Powering Production with Veggie Oil”
Published in Film/Tape World, August 2004

http://zarchy.com/veggieoil.htm

“The DI Revolution” – on Digital Intermediates for Timing Feature Films
Published in Film/Tape World, May 2004
http://zarchy.com/DI.htm
“New Media: For Sun Seekers Only”
Published in Emmy Magazine, journal of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, October 2003
http://zarchy.com/emmysun.htm

 

TALES FROM THE ROAD

“21st-Century Village: Telemedical Kiosks in Remote India”
Published in Kyoto Journal #68, November 2007
Read it here: http://www.zarchy.com/village.htm
More about Kyoto Journal: http://www.kyotojournal.org/kjback/kjback68.html

“Showdown at Shinagawa: Bowling for Budget in Tokyo”
Published in Kyoto Journal #66, May 2007
Read it here: http://www.zarchy.com/shinagawa.htm
More about Kyoto Journal: http://www.kyotojournal.org/kjback/kjback66.html

“Chartres: Ecstasy at the Altar”
Published in San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Travel section, January 22, 2006

http://zarchy.com/chartres.htm
OR http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/22/TRG0CGP9D21.DTL

"Ecstasy" also appears in humor anthology What Color is Your Jockstrap?
edited by Jennifer L. Leo, published by Travelers’ Tales
www.whatcolorisyourjockstrap.com

“Starstruck at Cannes”
Published in Film/Tape World, August 2005
http://zarchy.com/cannes.htm

“New Zealand: Living a Lie at Mrs. O'Brien's”
Published in Film/Tape World, October 2004
http://zarchy.com/NZ.htm
“Wrecks and Pissers: The Bombay-Pune Road”
Published in Gobshite Quarterly, August 2004
http://zarchy.com/wrecks.htm
ALSO selected as Editor’s Choice Story, Travelerstales.com, March 2003
http://travelerstales.com/carpet/000087.shtml
“Singapore: No Worry, Chicken Curry”
Published in Film/Tape World, January 2004
http://zarchy.com/curry.htm
“Tokyo: The Tale of the 33rd Floor”
Published in Film/Tape World, October 2003
http://zarchy.com/tokyo33.htm
“Taiwan: Mr. Wong and the Universal Language”
Published in Film/Tape World, July 2003
http://zarchy.com/wong.htm

 

AWARDS
Third Annual Solas Awards for Travel Writing, February 2009, sponsored by Travelers' Tales
Silver Certificate in Family Travel Category for my story “Paris When it Sizzles”
Bronze Certificate in Doing Good or the Kindness of Strangers Category for my story “Unpunished”
Honorable Mention for my story “Googling David”
http://www.besttravelwriting.com/award-winners-2009/
Second Annual Solas Awards for Travel Writing, February 2008, sponsored by Travelers' Tales
Honorable Mention for my stories "Googling David," "Showdown at Shinagawa: Bowling for Budget in Tokyo," "India: It Takes a Village," and "Wrecks & Pissers: The Bombay-Pune Road"
http://www.besttravelwriting.com/award-winners-2008/
First Solas Awards for Travel Writing, March 2007, sponsored by Travelers' Tales
Silver Certificate in Bad Trip Category for my story “Eiffel: What Goes Up”
Bronze Certificate in Funny Travel Category for my story “Chartres: Ecstasy at the Altar”
Honorable Mention for my story “Summer Paramour”
http://www.besttravelwriting.com/award-winners/