Nothing is more frustrating to me when someone takes 15 minutes to explain something that could be done in 1 minute. Recently, I was making some animated GIFs and looked up tutorials online that were very slow, the most-viewed one on YouTube takes over 6 minutes to explain! So I decided to make one of [...]
I recently made the trip from Vancouver to San Francisco and I stopped at two flying sites to hang glide, Dog Mountain and Mattole. Both were incredible. Check out the video above to see what these sites look like. I finally bought a GoPro and am very happy with how convenient it is and all [...]
Well, I finally did it – I bought a GoPro! Because of my hang gliding videos many people assume I’ve always had one, but not until this week! So far I’m enjoying it. It’s definitely convenient and compact. I bought the extra LCD screen for the back too and I’m glad I did! It allows [...]
Here are some of the images I took from my two hour flight today at Mount Woodside. It was a great little flight. Mainly ridge soaring. The highlights were playing in the clouds, watching a family of eagles fly around, flying around with them, seeing two eagles grab their talons and tumble together, and meeting [...]
[facebook] [retweet] Let me start this blog post by saying you can pick up a beauty dish from Amazon for $89 by clicking here. But if you’re a savy DIY-er you may want to try your hand and making one on your own. My original idea was to make a video tutorial on how I [...]
[facebook] This last Saturday I visited the infamous Keeneland race track and it lived up to it’s reputation. It was like being implanted into a movie scene. Thanks to a friend, I was in the clubhouse and so every guy wearing a sport jacket added to the stately manner of the day’s events. I highly [...]
Today I visited two old buildings downtown. One has a beautiful 3rd floor that used to be a ballroom with massive windows that overlook the fountain square of downtown. It has been vacant for probably over 25 years. The second is the oldest building in downtown, constructed around 1836. It is currently being renovated, which [...]
[facebook] [retweet] [box]This month is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and for the last month I have been busy taking photographs of the bras that local individuals and businesses decorated that will be auctioned off tomorrow at Olde Stone. In addition to the auctioned bras, these photographs will be for sale at the event to [...]
I recently shot my first wedding in Florida and had a blast and came away with some photos I was proud to take with a couple that was very easy going and fun to be around, it also doesn’t hurt they are good friends of mine. But this post is dedicated to those of you [...]
This past weekend I recently had the pleasure of photographing a great friend of mine’s wedding on Captiva Island in Florida. It was a beautiful beach wedding with wonderful weather and this incredible couple. They were so photogenic! Fresh off of my first filming of a wedding this was my first photographing of one. I [...]
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