It was a whirlwind trip to NYC and I was trying to squeeze in as much street photography as possible. This was on our last day and I got up early to walk over and shoot the Apple store. On my way there I stopped to set up and shoot this Gucci store window.
THE GUCCI WINDOW NYC
May 16th, 2012, posted in 2012, HDR, New YorkDOWNTOWN DRIVE
May 15th, 2012, posted in UncategorizedWalking around Dallas with +James Brandon and +Scott Jarvie the other night was a ton of fun. I had never been to this sculpture in downtown before and it was quite impressive. There is a Dallas photowalk coming up on the 26th. It begins at the Dallas Farmers Market and goes all over the place, but I’m not sure what time. I’ll find out and let you guys know. Ya’ll can come out and take pictures with me and I’ll talk through a few setups if you’re interested. #Dallaspw
TEXAS EFFIGY – BURNING MAN 2011
May 14th, 2012, posted in UncategorizedI’m still without a Burning Man ticket. Hopefully once the physical tickets are sent out, some will become available.
This photo was taken during the regional effigy burns, where 12 sculptures were ignited at once. Of course my favorite was the Texas regional, so that is the one that +Trey Ratcliff and I set up for. Everything started off fine, then this sucker got burning and things got really hot really fast. We were on the front line and before you know it, I felt like the priest in Indiana Jones having his face melted off. The crowd started to move back and we grabbed our gear and backed up another 50 feet ourselves, but I’ll never forget how that moment felt.
THE TRAVELING MAN
May 8th, 2012, posted in 2012, HDR, Texas, TexturedThis is my last week in my 30′s. What a trip.
DEATH VALLEY SAVANNAH
May 8th, 2012, posted in 2012, California, HDRHere’s one from my trip to Death Valley last fall. By the name I assumed it would be uninhabitable desert, but there was tons of wildlife and vegetation everywhere.
CITY OF ART
May 4th, 2012, posted in 2012, California, HDRI’ve just been catching up after being away from home for so long. There were lots of Justin Boots waiting to be photographed when I got back.
When I was in California, I stayed with this cool cat named Sly Vegas and his lady +Charli Blake. I had met him in Death Valley and we hit it off bigtime. He’s a killer new photographer that I know will go far. Anyway, he took me around San Francisco to take photos and we came across this scene. It was the perfect situation to try out my new 16mm fisheye lens.
CANNERY DIVERS MEMORIAL
May 4th, 2012, posted in 2012, CaliforniaI shot this while on Trey Ratcliff’s (www.stuckincustoms.com) photowalk in Monterey, California. I buddied up with Karen Hutton during the walk and had a great time getting to know her. The walk ended at the Monterey Conference Center where Trey was speaking in a couple of days at the EG Conference. He got Karen and I passes which would normally cost $4000. Wow! I was supposed to head out right away to San Francisco to meet up with Sly Vegas, but had to put it off for another day to enjoy the conference more.
ELECTRIC BMW i8
April 25th, 2012, posted in UncategorizedOne of the coolest things at the New York International Auto Show was the amount of electric cars that were there. I’ve been a big fan of electric ever since I switched over to lipo batteries from nitro in my r/c cars. I know the kind of power electric can produce. In fact, the r/c industry has just about completely switched from fuel to electric in the last 10 years. Electric is so much cleaner and better for the environment. It doesn’t put off any nasty fumes.
I’m all about alternative energy sources. At the EG Conference, a scientist named Amory Lovins had a very encouraging presentation on getting off of oil and nuclear and on to alternative, cleaner sources such as wind and solar. It was really neat to run my little swamp cooler last year at Burning Man. I used solar to power the water pump and rechargable lipo batteries to power the fan. It worked like a champ and kept my tent about 20 degrees cooler. So keep looking for ways to power things up. It’s the wave of the future.
THE NEW YORKER
April 24th, 2012, posted in 2012, Blog, New YorkIt’s a little weird now being back home and not shooting all day out on the streets. I loved being in NYC. I wouldn’t want to live there, but it would be really cool to rent a room for a month there to really take it all in. I wonder which would be the best month to do that?
FORREST
April 23rd, 2012, posted in UncategorizedI use my blog as kind of a digital diary. I like to look back and remember key dates or events with it. Today the blog belongs to Forrest. She was the canine companion of my parents. She was the sweetest little dog with a huge heart. She re-emerged into pure positive energy as she made her transformation into non-physical this morning. I’m sure my parents and all that knew her will miss her funny sideways run and her soft tongue always looking to give kisses or snuggles. She may have been little, but she was not yappy. She’d only bark when she meant it.
Our pets do so much to fulfill our lives. They give us comfort and cuddles. They are happy to see us when no one else seems to care. They sense and protect us from danger. The keep our feet warm on cold winter nights. They make us laugh.
I’ve always been fond of the Rainbow Bridge poem. I’d like to think that all our pets are waiting for us on the other side… there to lick our faces when we inevitably go there ourselves. Their little lives are too short. Take lots of photos. Our lives are too short. Take lots of photos.
