Posted in Beer, Places on Sep 30th, 2008 9 Comments »
Los Angeles, California. There was some nice light and bokeh behind my glass of Sierra at the Getty Restaurant so the camera had to come out. While I enjoy the ambiance in that restaurant I got the sense that it’s not doing all that well; unlike other dinner’s we’ve had there, the room was far [...]
Posted in Architecture, Art and Design, Places on Sep 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
Los Angeles, California. My mother is into Baroque period art so we went up to the Getty to see a show of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s work. Frankly, baroque doesn’t do it for me but Bernini’s drawings are spectacular and worth seeing if you’re in the area. The main entrance to the Getty galleries is a [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Video on Sep 30th, 2008 No Comments »
This is a wonderful short documentary about John Chiara’s process for making large images. [via Steve Splonskowski]
Posted in Flowers, Places on Sep 30th, 2008 6 Comments »
Los Angeles, California. There are many things in bloom Inside the labyrinth that is Robert Irwin’s Central Garden at The Getty Center. I shot this plant hoping that the colorful blur behind it might be as or more interesting than the plant. For those of you who are interested in such things, note that this [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Music, Video on Sep 30th, 2008 6 Comments »
Brilliant. [via Bill Lynn]
Posted in Ideas, People, Tech Stuff on Sep 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
Buffett Buys Stake in Chinese Battery Manufacturer Damn, I wish I owned a few shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Buffett is one smart dude.
Posted in Ideas, People, Photo Sites, Social Software on Sep 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Nasty as they wanna be? Policing Flickr.com A nice piece on Heather Champ, manager of the flickr online community. [via Derek Powazek]
Posted in Adventure, Ideas, People, Places on Sep 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
For Rock-Climbing Guru, the Sky Is His Roof He was known as the king of the Yosemite lifers, that proud band of rock climbers, tightrope walkers and seekers who made camp on the margins of the law, sleeping under the black oaks and sequoias and California stars. Oh my, where to start. I don’t know [...]
Posted in Ideas, Travel on Sep 29th, 2008 2 Comments »
World’s largest cruise ship sets sail My word, I don’t know what to say. Vegas at sea. [via Digg]
Posted in Art and Design, My mother on Sep 27th, 2008 11 Comments »
Los Angeles, California. It just so happened that I flew to California to visit my 93 year old mother the day before the first Presidential debate, so we got to watch the debate together. My mother is nervous, she thinks McCain did better than she’d hoped but I reassured her by switching channels from PBS [...]
Posted in Ideas, Social Software, Tech Stuff on Sep 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
Google Reveals Wireless Vision – Open Networks “Google’s vision of tomorrow’s wireless network is in stark contrast to how wireless operators do business today, setting the two sides on a possible collision course. Earlier this week, the search giant filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent Office describing its vision of an open wireless [...]
W. Wow, Oliver Stone’s not wasting any time. I just wish it were only a movie instead of a movie about reality. [via Daring Fireball]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Resources, Places, Video on Sep 26th, 2008 7 Comments »
Hovis Bread TV Commercial This video has been making the rounds and for good reason, it’s great. And, there’s lots to be learned even for us still photographers in the ad. Each scene is beautifully set up and choreographed, keeping the focus on the boy and the bread but showing the context, less to show [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Resources on Sep 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Cross-industry body publishes metadata guidelines Photokina 2008: The Metadata Working Group, an alliance between Adobe, Apple, Canon, Microsoft, Nokia and Sony has published its first guidelines on the use of image metadata. The guidelines suggest methods to increase interoperability and storage of shooting settings and other associated data in digital images. It aims at standardizing [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear, Tech Stuff on Sep 24th, 2008 4 Comments »
Has the digital era killed Kodachrome? Yes. [via Gary Sharp]
Posted in Opinion, Social Software, Tech Stuff on Sep 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Walt Mossberg gives us Google’s G1: First Impressions. Google’s new G1 phone announced today is the first real competitor to the iPhone. Like Apple’s product, it’s a serious handheld computer with a powerful new operating system (called Android) and a clever touch-based user interface. Like the iPhone, it’s likely to be a major new platform [...]
Posted in Macro, Photo Sites on Sep 23rd, 2008 8 Comments »
25 Beautiful Macro Photography Shots [via Coudal Partners Blended Feed]
Posted in Places on Sep 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
The Big Picture has a fantastic collection of Scenes from India. Timely given my recent post: It really is a small world.
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Travel on Sep 22nd, 2008 9 Comments »
Vincent Laforet shows us how to do Equipment Packing – Olympic Style. Now that’s some serious gear.
Posted in People, Places, Stories, Travel on Sep 22nd, 2008 26 Comments »
The Jai Vakeel School Backstory In 1999 I went to India to do a series of lectures and some consulting on the use of technology in classrooms to help students with learning difficulties. I made this trip with a good friend and colleague Bart Pisha who is also an expert on the use of technology [...]
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