Blog | Cool Stuff #22
Love ski films. Like climbing films they get my palms sweating and make me want to get outside. It's cool to see a little bts on a warren miller shoot: Another ski one, with a speed wing, just awesome. I freaking know this guy! I've flown hang gliders with him several...
Blog | Day After LASIK
When I woke up today I felt like a super hero. Like Peter Parker waking up from getting the spider bite from the first Spiderman movie. I laughed! I could see and I didn't have to do anything for it. I didn't have to stumble around for my glasses,...
How to | DIY Speedlight Beauty Dish
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...
Video | Bluebird Wine Behind the Scenes
You may remember the Miracle One Wine videos I produced? Well, this same group has come out with another great wine in a ridiculously cool packaging, Bluebird Wine. They asked me to make an introductory video which you can watch below. They...
Blog | Cool Stuff #21
Soundscapes by Ace Norton It gets going about a minute into this, worth a watch/listen - takes ham boning to a new level Okay, now here's some ham boning . . . Most overused line in Cinema: "You look like shit" Good advice: I love hang gliding - if you press play it...
Blog | 1 yr Anniversary Stats
I'm always curious what kind of traffic websites get beyond the ubiquitous digital counter at the bottom of web pages. After I began using Google Analytics (it's free!) I realized how much statistics are available for websites. Most of them are useless to me beyond...
Blog | Moving to Vancouver
What is a blog if you don't share part of your personal life on it? Primarily, this site has been about showing the work I do, not necessarily talking about personal stuff. Now, nearing the one year anniversary of having lucasridley.com I thought I'd venture into the...
Blog | Cool Stuff #20
If only we could do barrel roles in our hang gliders . . . This video is pretty awesome, I was curious to see how he landed this thing . . . Just a great compilation of some cool stuff being done. This is for real you guys. Watch this and you will not be able to tell...
Photography | Keeneland Racing
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...
Photography | Ole Downtown
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,...
Photography | Bustin Out for Breast Cancer Bra Decorations
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...
Blog | Cool Stuff #19
The 19th installment! Woohoo! It's been a while since I posted one so I wanted to get back on this horse with some cool videos, enjoy! I will do this some day! Okay, maybe not exactly what this guy does, but I definitely want to log into THIS website and...