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Gary and Margaret have been together since February of 1986. They have put together this web site so you can have the opportunity to get to know a little about them. Gary was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. His parents: Don and Reta Caton. They separated when he was very young and for the most part he was raised by his Mother. His Father has since passed away, but his mother is still alive and well. She remarried several times and had two other children, Gary's Sister Kay, and his Brother Tim. Today his mother is happily married to a wonderful man and living a good life. As a result of the multiple marriages she went through in her earlier life, Gary's childhood was filled with travel. He finally settled down when he moved away from home to live in California. When Gary first moved to California he found work in the Entertainment Industry. Shortly after he arrived there he got a job as a motion picture laboratory technician. His first position was at Cine-Craft Laboratories in Beverly Hills. While there, he worked as a motion picture developer. After a period of time he moved to on to American Color Film Labs and became a member of the IATSE union Local 683. After that, he worked for most of the major motion picture studio labs in the Los Angeles area as his career in that field grew: Consolidated Film Industries, Technicolor, Pathe', Deluxe, and MGM. He worked as a motion picture technician for over thirteen years years. Picture of Gary
from 2002 After that Gary moved his career into the video side of the motion picture industry and became a Telecine Colorist and Video Editor. This required him to become a member of IATSE Local 695. He continued in that arena for over 20 years, working for nearly all of the major post production houses in the Hollywood and San Fernando Valley areas: DiscoVision, Editele, US Video, Deluxe Video, Command Video, Bluth Video, Modern Video, Foto-Tronics, Blue Water Video, and AME. In 1992, AME, the post-production house he was working for at that time, went bankrupt. Many Colorists and Editors were looking for work during that period, so he decided to start his own business, as well as work freelance as a Colorist and Editor. During all of that time of his career, Gary had developed his hobbies involving home entertainment systems. It had started with stereo systems and expanded into multi-channel sound systems: quad, surround sound, etc. Eventually that expanded into video hardware and Home Theater Systems. His first home theater started with an Advent front screen video projector (he went through several of those) with a seven foot curved screen. That grew to an Infinity Studio Reference Projector, to what he has today. Today their home theater has evolved to several front screen video projectors to help him demonstrate the services included in his business. They aren't only used only for his familiy and friends for personal entertainment, but also used in conjunction with his business; they allow him to demonstrate to his clients the various technologies involved in home entertainment systems of today. Those projectors include both High Definition and Standard Definition video projectors. There are two high definition DLP projectors: a Runco Home Theater projector, and an Optoma data grade projector. There is also one standard defintion projector: an Ampro Digital Projector. They are all being projected on one Stewart 10" retractable screen. There is also a mini-home theater in their master bedroom that has a 62" Toshiba rear screen projector. He uses that one to demonstrate what rear screen projectors are capable of. Bedroom Toshiba DLP Rear Screen Projector
Their Home Theater Equipment DLP Hi-Def Front Screen Projectors
Standard Def Digital Projector
Audio equipment: Top of equipment rack Bottom of equipment rack
Video equipment:
Click on pictures of audio equipment to enlarge The audio system supporting the main theater is his own custom built AC-3 and Dolby Digital 5.1 dual system,. There are actually two seperate audio systems in the home theater room; one conventional home theater system (for movies), and one sophisticated high end system tri-amped (for music reproduction). This dual system is contained in a custom rack he built himself. it stands floor to ceiling, and is eight feet wide. It is filled with components such as: an Integra home theater receiver, and several surround sound processors. Other components included in the system are: DBX noise reduction units, companders, expanders, three way electronic crossovers, stereo pre-amplifiers, quad pre-amplifiers, stereo amplifiers, quad amplifiers, a Laser Disk player, a DVD player, a cassette recorder, a record player, audio scopes and analyzers, noise generators, graphics equalizers, and more. Striving to achieve the ultimate in music reproduction, he built his own speakers for his tri-amped music system. Tri-amping those speakers removed most of the flaws found in conventional acoustical speakers. Conventional acoustic speakers use passive crossovers which introduce all sorts of reproduction problems. Tri-amped speakers use active electronic crossovers which send the divided signals for the high, mid, and low frequencies to individual amplifiers and speakers for each range of frequencies. This eliminates those problems caused by passive crossovers. His custom built tri-amped speaker system, comes close to the quality of electrostatic speakers in sound reproduction. Gary loves the sound of electrostatic speakers, but does not like their restrictions: space requirements, and focused/limited listening area. The evaluation that the tri-amped speakers sound very similar to electrostatics comes from close friends who are audiophiles and own electrostatics. Equipment while operating
Click on picture to enlarge Since movie theaters have different sound needs because of equalization characteristics, he decided to have separate speakers for the Theater sound. DCM speakers provide the sound for the main Theater system. Gary and his wife both love movies and music. He has a collected over 2,000 Laser Disks and DVDs, and has a equally large collection of record albums. As his hobbies grew they expanded to computers. When home computers were first introduced, many years ago, he got deeply involved with them. Along with this, he held a strong interest in art. Drawing and painting is a talent he has nourished since his early youth. He combined all of these interests into one huge hobby. His first home computer was a Bally Arcade, his second - a Video Brain. After that he bought an Apple II and eventually turned it into a graphics workstation. Soon he upgraded it to an Apple II Plus, then an Apple III, and finally an Apple III Plus. From there, his involvement with computers grew substantially. Not only did he work with Apple computers, but grew into the PC domain as well. Eventually he moved entirely over to the PC environment and had that platform for the basis of the graphics workstations he built. The graphics workstations he built with them, were primarily for broadcast video. Soon after that he started working on non-linear editing systems based on Targa 2000 products. It was not long before he was using the skills he gained from these endeavors professionally. Gary purchased all sorts of graphics hardware and software. With these products he started doing computer graphics and animations for broadcast video. He interfaced his work stations to video hardware such as editors, AV mixers, distribution devices, and printers. Soon he had a full five camera production studio. He entered national graphics design contest and got national recognition. He won second runner up in a contest put on by A/V Magazine, competing against thousands of entries. His prize package was worth over $10,000.00. A/V Magazine Contest Winner
Click on picture to see full image This work was done in addition to his career in the entertainment industry as a Telecine Colorist and Video Editor. Along with his work as a colorist and editor, he also worked part time in the entertainment systems industry. He worked as a systems consultant, salesperson, designer, and installer for people such as Jonas Miller, of Jonas Miller Stereo (audiophile systems), Jim Kampschorer, of Image Works (computer imaging systems), Noel Howard, of Electronic Systems Design (home entertainment systems), and Jeff Janning, an entertainment systems engineer, as well as for himself and V & G (his own company). Gary - early in his
career as a Colorist After the bankruptcy of AME, he decided to start V & G - The Video and Graphics Connection; his own business. As a result of his involvement with computers and home entertainment systems, he decided that was the best direction to go in. He had already done some professional graphics for the video industry, and had helped many friends by building custom computers and home entertainment systems for them. Beta testing for many hardware and software companies also enhanced the decision to start his own business. Everything was right for turning these activities into a business; so he created V & G - The Video and Graphics Connection. Actually, most of it was already built as a result of his hobbies. He just turned his hobby into a five camera video production and post-production studio. Gary's studio in 2001
V & G - The Video and Graphics Connection He built and integrated all of the systems needed for his studio. The hardware includes: a 3/4" and Super VHS video editing suite. It incorporates 1 - 3/4" video player, 2 - 3/4" video editing decks, several - 3/4" editing controllers (some computer controlled), 2 - S-VHS video editing decks, 1 - HI-8 video editing deck, 2 - digital A/V mixers, 1 S-input editing controller, a matrixed video router, special effects video generators, A/V switching devices, a video processing amplifier, eight channels of audio mixing, a couple non-linear editing workstations, four graphics workstations for broadcast video. In addition to that there are seven desktop workstations. All of this is on one side of a network server and multi-homed router which makes up a computer network for V & G. On the other side of the multi-home router are the desktop PC workstations he built for office network, and his wife. All of these computers combined make up the LAN network for V & G, which he designed, built, administers, and maintains. Supporting this network are several other pieces of hardware such as: scanners, video printers, a camera stand for image capture, several video cameras and camcorders, CD recorders, various types of backup devices, broadcast RGB video monitors, computer monitors, copy machines, keyboards, tracballs, mice, speakers, and printers. He integrated all of this into the combined system for V & G's studio. This studio facilitates many services: non-linear editing, computer graphics, computer animation (2D and 3D), image scanning and manipulation, graphics design and layout, computer training, systems consulting, design, and installation (Computers and Audio/Video systems). The studio has provided valuable experience and a great deal of pleasure. In addition to this, one the computers on the the network connects to an intelligent home interface. It is a SmartLinc system which gives Gary computerized control over his whole house. The SmartLinc interface talks to X-10 devices through the house wiring and through infrared devices to control lighting, appliances, air conditioning thermostat control, drapes and blinds, the Home theater, and other audio and video components. He uses Plato 2-Way Electronic Communication software to do this, expanding his abilities to understand intelligent home systems. His most recent endeavors have taken him through digital film and video restoration, and taking the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer training at EdNet Career Institute, a Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center. Today, he is considered an Electronic Systems Specialist. At the moment, he is working freelance for himself, his company, and the entertainment industry. Their home
in Winnetka He shares a large four bedroom multilevel home with his wife, in Winnetka, California. She is an executive assistant for the Carlo Corporation. They are a Real Estate development firm that builds and manages apartment and storage facilities. Margaret and Gary have been together now for over twenty one years. They have one pet: Coco: a chocolate colored Pomeranian. No children. Margaret - shortly after
they met Margaret is from Utah, daughter of Frank and Dorothy Shelton. They remained married their whole lives. They have both passed away in recent years. She has one brother: Rick. She was born in Ogden and came to California in 1974. Gary and Margaret met at a Halloween party in 1984. He took her phone number and told her he would give her a call some time. They both were not really looking to start a relationship at that time. As a result, he did not call her right away. In February of 1985 (four months later) he decided to give her a call. Even though some time had passed she remembered him from the Halloween party and they arranged to go out to dinner together. They continued to see other after that and then after a while decided to live together. They lived together for ten years as boyfriend and girlfriend. Then, on June 30, 1996, they got married and have been together ever since. When they first met Margaret was an Executive Assistant at Bullocks, and she taught tap dancing on the side. After they had been together for a year or so she left Bullocks and just taught dancing for a while. Then she became an Executive Assistant again, this time at Gordy Company, which evolved into Jobett Music. She continued on there until they had a major restructuring of the company. From there she move to the Runco Corporation. After six years there she moved on to where she is now working: the Carlo Corporation, where she is also an Executive Assistant. For recreation Margaret and Gary do many things. On occasion, when they can manage the time, they go for rides on his Yamaha 750 Maxium motorcycle. It is something they enjoy very much. They also have four other vehicles: her 1990 Buick Reatta convertible, his 1998 Oldsmobile Aurora (both of which are now considered classics), one Mitsubishi stake bed truck (which they use for a utility vehicle), and a 2004 Chrsyler Sebring convertible which is now Margaret's primary vehicle.. They enjoy friends, movies, music, plays, dancing, art, sculpture, good conversation, and other things as well. They are putting a lot of work into their house in Winnetka to make it their home, and that takes up a lot of their time. As most married couples they have their ups and downs, but they are building a very nice life together, generally speaking. It is their intention to stay in Winnetka for another few years and then see what direction they want to go in from there. EMAIL: Gary
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