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Reggae Motion with Mayaztek, Litmore and Dread Daze at the Good Hurt (July 3, 2010)
If you haven’t been to the Good Hurt in Mar Vista, I definitely recommend checking it out—it’s been my regular hangout for the last couple months now. They showcase a lot of local talent and the occasional touring act as well. These photos are from July 3, 2010. Headlining was Reggae Motion an L.A. based band that’s [...]
JRevolution Prototype Showroom / Downtown L.A. Art Walk (June 6, 2010)
Near the center of the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk (2nd Thursday of every month) is the JRevolution showroom. You can find it easily by the loud Reggae music emanating from within—from either a great local DJ or band. The clothing is hip, urban attire with obvious Reggae and Caribbean influences.
In honor of the 2010 Winter Olympics, summer in Vancouver
As I’m sitting here, watching the drama of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vacouver, British Columbia, Canada unfold on television and on the internet, I’m reminded of what an amazing city Vancouver is. My first trip there was during a summer in the late 90s. My girlfriend at the time (now my wife) and I [...]
Sights from the 1st Annual L.A. Street Food Festival
Food trucks, mobile kitchens or roach coaches, whatever you call them, they have become quite a phenomenon. Long lines often form at the most popular trucks late into the night outside of bars and clubs. One day some enterprising folks must have wondered, ”what if we brought all these food vendors together in one place at [...]
DIY Orbis™ bracket project
If you’re not familiar with the orbis ringflash adapter, take a look at this video. Basically the orbis slips over the head of your flash. It takes the light coming up and into the ringflash redirects it around the ring and shoots it out the front toward your subject. The most common way to use [...]
How-to set up Facebook chat with any instant messenger
Ok, so this post isn’t photo related, but if you use Facebook for your photo business, this may be of interest to you. You can now chat with any of your Facebook friends using any instant messenger that supports the Jabber/XMPP protocol such as AOL-AIM, iChat and my personal choice Pidgin. Getting started is easy. [...]
Take a Photo Everyday
I got an iPhone this Christmas so I figured I would try a photo-a-day project for this year. You can view it on my facebook page. Most of the photos are taken with my phone. Some of the photo apps that I use are Best Camera, TiltShiftGen, CameraBag, and PS Mobile. The main purpose [...]
Mosaic’d Panoramas
On February 21, I attended a huge event sponsored by the Los Angeles Group admins on flickr. Typically these “flickr-walks” bring out about 10-20 folks. This one had to have had over 100. The official thread for the event is archived here. For this day I decided to try a technique where you tile list [...]
Meet the Leonards
February 20, 2009 My (wife’s) cousin came by with the newest Leonard, Emma. Also pictured, Emma’s grandma and great grandma. More photos after the jump.
Party at Typhoon Restaurant
February 18, 2009 Who would have guessed that one of the best restaurants (IMHO) in Los Angeles would be nestled in the terminal at Santa Monica airport? Typhoon serves an amazing panoply of Asian cuisine. If you’re ever in the neighborhood, I would definitely recommend giving it a try. My favorite dishes: the Filipino style [...]