Posts Tagged ‘musings’
Moto Euro 2012
I spent last October zipping around Europe with my significantly lovely other on a pair of motorcycles. We did the Europe sampler: Germany, Switzerland, a corner of France, Northern Italy, and Austria. It was my first time in Europe and I was thrilled to do it on two wheels. I wanted to create something different with this video (in addition to not spending too much time shooting on vacation). My goal was to combine the inherent nostalgia of photographs with the storytelling power of motion and sound. The result is a unique look at our trip that might induce seizures. UPDATE: Technical details are boring. Nevertheless, this video is a little unique ...
December 11th, 2012 | 5 Comments | Trackback | Tags: gopro, iPhone, musings, stuff I use, video
Month on a Moto
It's Sunday night and I'm leaving in the morning for a month-long trek on my motorcycle. The plan is to roll back to Minnesota (from California) with my dad for his 50th high school reunion, then split off and solo up through the Canadian Rockies and back down the west coast. The thought of a month on a moto gets me a wee apprehensive until I remind myself that I'll never be more than a few hundred miles away from a Starbucks or a Walmart (shudder). No, this is not a gear sponsored trip. Nope, not planning on timelapsing all 5000+ miles. Not even sure I'm going to take a camera ...
August 28th, 2011 | 8 Comments | Trackback | Tags: musings, news
Tone Mapping Video
Let's talk about HDR. If you don't know what HDR is, congratulations. Clearly you live in the real world and don't spend much time online. Bring yourself up to speed by doing a quick search for the tag "HDR" on Flickr; you'll find thousands of examples. Some of them are good, a lot of them are not so good. HDR is like the Sarah Palin of photo techniques, you either love it, or you hate it. Either way, it's possible that your passion is misplaced. You see, HDR is not the culprit, it's what you do with the HDR that creates the love-it-hate-it images. First let's define some terms. HDR means "high ...
Fitter Happier Voicemail
While playing around with Mac's Universal Access settings, I came up with a new voicemail. [Sigh] Ok Computer. Best. Album. Evar! ...
August 30th, 2010 | 2 Comments | Trackback | Tags: musings
Skate ‘N Strobe
Here are a few spur-of-the-moment shots from the local skating rink. We threw this shoot together very last minute with the help of a Facebook casting call (don't forget to follow via Facebook and Twitter!) I first tried setting up the light on a stand and had the skaters roll by as I shot. This yielded horrible results. I quickly realized that I needed to get the camera and light rolling along with the skaters, at a consistent distance, to get consistent focus and exposure. Well, it just so happens that I spent a good portion of the '90s roller skating on a weekly basis. Yes, I was THAT kid. I skated in ...
October 18th, 2009 | Comment | Trackback | Tags: MKII, musings, photography
New and Improved!
It's been a long time a-comin' but the the new site is finally up and running. Big props to The Mike for all his stellar design work. Is there anything this guy can not do? I submit that there is not. He took Wordpress and bent it to his will like Moses parting the Red Sea. Or like that little kid in the Matrix that bent the spoon (there is no spoon). The design is not quite finished so stay tuned for a homepage and some additional refining. I debated for awhile on how to break up the content of this site into categories. The challenge is that I ...
July 28th, 2009 | 2 Comments | Trackback | Tags: creativity, musings
Stay Connected
Follow me on Twitter
Become a friend on Facebook
Subscribe via RSS