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Cinema4D UV Mapping Sometimes I even amaze myself! ;)
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Category Archives: Bay Area
Shrove Tuesday
You never know what you’ll find at Andrew and Jeri’s. On the menu this Shrove Tuesday were tasty crepes and creepy bugs. The crepes were delicious of course, but the bug turned out to be the coolest thing when we saw what it looks like under under black light. Evidently, all scorpions do this. Who knew? Bug Lady did! Move your mouse over the image below to see her pet scorpion, Antares, in his tricked-out terrarium.
Posted in Bay Area, Old Friends
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Our New Favorite Shot of Bandit
We look forward to the summer when he’s shed all of his winter coat and the trails have dried up so we can get an even better shot of horse and rider, but we both like this one a lot!
This image also marks the first time I used a new GPS device form BlueSLR. This small device connects to my Camera and adds GPS info to my photos in a very clever way. Instead of incorporating its own GPS chip, the BlueSLR gets this geolocation information via a Bluetooth connection to my iPhone! This results in much faster and more accurate GPS location info than other GPS devices for digital SLR’s, and presumably consumes less of the camera’s precious power. The BlueSLR iPhone/iTouch/iPad app also allows me to make several camera adjustments and trigger the shutter from up to 300 feet away. Very cool!
Posted in Bay Area, Family, New Friends
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Jim and Jerry
One of these dudes is not the leader of the world’s eighth largest economy.
Spotted at Mua a couple nights ago.
Warmest Day of the Year
Jim Rowe’s visit is coinciding with some spectacular Bay Area weather. The high temperature in Oakland was only in the upper 50′s, but in the warm sun it felt like 75. Perfect weather for oysters on the pier at the Lake Chalet.
Later, we went up to Skyline Ranch to visit with Kelly and Bandit.
Posted in Bay Area, Family, Old Friends
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Wrong Place, Right Time
This rainbow peaked while I was on the Embarcadero in the city on my way to the top floor of the Transamerica Pyramid. The shot might have been better from almost any other vantage point – assuming that a rainbow was actually visible from any other vantage point. This beauty lasted all of two minutes.
Interesting how the rainbow is in front of the bridge.
Posted in Bay Area, Just Blogging, Panoramic
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Introducing Bandit
Kelly’s childhood dream finally comes true!
Accompanied by their official photographer, Kelly and Bandit took a short ride on this sunny, 70 degree day. Looks like Bandit and Kelly are getting along splendidly.
Many thanks to the great folks at Xenophon Therapeutic Riding for all of the support. Without your help, this would not have been possible. Also, I’d like give a HUGE thanks to our friends Hannah and Pooh, who have been amazingly helpful.
Posted in Bay Area, Family, New Friends
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Finally – a Decent Campaign Ad
In light of all the mud-slinging and negative ads we’ve endured in the past couple of months, this is just wonderful.
The only thing that could’ve made the ad better is if they’d have hired Will Lyman to do the voice-over.
Posted in Bay Area, Just Blogging
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Light Painting
I was motivated to take a few shots during a 6 – 1/2 hour power outage last night. I figured the unusual lighting might produce some interesting results. I brought along a flashlight so I could see where I was walking, and figured it might be fun to try and do add drama to my time-exposures by painting in a some light.
Posted in Bay Area, Loft Life, Within Walking Distance
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Fleet Week
A three block long line at the ferry was giving us second thoughts about our plan to go to the city to see the Blue Angels. We were about to pack it in when Kelly suggested we try to get on the sold-out Potomac for what we heard is absolute best view of the show. As luck would have it, there were two cancellations, and we were aboard for a spectacular afternoon on the San Francisco Bay!
We’ve seen these pilots perform several times, but the show still gives us goose bumps. The sound, the power and the ridiculously precise formations are awe-inspiring.
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New Job, New Commute
The first thing you’ll notice is that it covers a lot more ground than my previous commute. And a bridge. Compressed to 38 seconds, this works out to about 1,700 miles per hour. If only it were possible to get to the office this fast!
I love my new job! The commute? Not so much.
Click to view a neat high definition version. (48 MB)
Here’s a shot of the high-tech rig I used to shoot this. One frame every two seconds. I would have liked to shoot one frame per second, but the camera’s intervalometer maxes out at 1,000 frames, and I can not possibly make this drive in under 1,000 seconds. The trip took 1904 seconds this Sunday morning.
Posted in Bay Area, Time-Lapse, Video, Work
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4∞ and Fabulous!
It’s been far too long since we spent quality time with Andrew, Jeri and the kids. What a wonderful evening. Thank you so much for the great food and fun. Happy birthday sweetie!
Posted in Bay Area, Holidays, Old Friends
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