New Time Lapse @ 6 FPS – T & J Playing Games

I’m not sure what this game is called, but Jim & his family call this game Lagger’s. It was introduced to the family by a man named Bill, and he thinks he is way pro at this game. Jim & I school this guy everytime we play him. Not to gloat, but yeah we whip his ass and it pisses him off.

The Notorious TDPT & J

Best if viewed at the original site:
Vimeo in HD

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Salton Sea Photo’s

Salton Sea was once a fun little touristy town where people would vacation and swim, camp and boat…But that was in the 50’s and 60’s. Today it’s like a Mad Max all over the place.

A vast wasteland of abandoned homes with boarded up windows and a stench in the air that will make your eyes melt. I wish I could say that it was frozen in time, but it looks more like time melted the whole area. Strangely odd and beautiful at the same time.

Abandoned Hotel:

Rotted Camper:

House that once was:

Playground Equipment that is now underground:

Half Buried Bus lighted up with Flashlights:

And finally, Sunset:

Again, desaturated beyond what the original raw file looked like.

From what I could gather from info after the trip, the Imperial County board of Governors want the Salton Sea to be restored back to it’s original glory by the time 2035 hits. Good luck!

Now, who needs a drink?

Filed under: California, Fun List, Introduction, Nikon D80, Orange County, Photography, Uncategorized , Adobe Lightroom, California, Fun, Nature, Nikon D80, Photo, Photography, Photoshop, Salton Sea, Sigma 10-22 Wide Angle, Sunset

Wal*Mart is Still the Devil

I read recently that Wal*Mart lost a case in which a blogger used the yellow smiley face in a ad parody. All I can say is Ha HA!!

Halloween is in 2 weeks, and that means Christmas will seem like it will be the following weekend because stores are gonna rush out their Christmas decorations.

Do me a favor. Don’t buy me a Christmas gift. Also, do me an even bigger favor. Don’t shop at Wal*Mart this holiday season.

If you go to Youtube and search for Wal Mart Black Friday, you’ll see a 100 videos of people fighting for a cheap cheap gift that by now is probably either broke or sold twice over in a garage sale. Materialism is what people think makes them happy, and I know I’m guilty like everyone else, but truth be told, it’s the time we share with our friends and family that make Christmas special.

Sounds hokie doesn’t it.
So boycott Wal-Mart this holiday season. Sleep in. I know we can do it!!
Now that’s change we can believe in.

Filed under: Fun List, Introduction, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized , Black Friday, Boycott, Christmas, Holiday, Money, Season, Shopping, Wal-Mart

Target Parking Lot: Updated

I took this picture a while back and decided to update it with a new one with a higher F-Stop.

Chad told me that if you shoot closer to F22 that it makes the street lights have that Star effect, while 50 told me go ahead switch the style up, and if they hate then let ‘em hate and watch the money pile up. That might be a little over your head, but don’t worry you can catch on later.

Here is the update at an F16 stop:

See, all the street lights look like stars. Not the one’s in Hollywood, but the ones we used to draw in art class in the 3rd grade. The things that I keep learning about photography just keep amazing me.

Also, Steve & his wife Jen told me that this old picture I took of the EMB in S.F. looked a little fake, or at least it look like I saturated the sky a little. I took it as a compliment actually. Thank you Grambau’s!

That’s 100% untouched.

Also, I’m way overdosed on Vimeo & LCD Sound System right now. I love everything about that site and the Sound of Silver album.

Bye for now.

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Sight for sore eyes…

I’ve neglected you WordPress…I’ll be seeing you very soon.

Current List Of Things To Do:
1. Finish Website of The Freeks
2. Finish Current Stop Motion (Very Excited)
3. Hang With Friends ( Steve & Chad )

Currently Listening To:
David Sedaris – Me Talk Pretty One Day (Book on Tape)
Bright Eyes – Letting Off The Happiness
A Tribe Called Quest – Low End Theory
Rilo Kiley – I Love L.A. from PBS Austin City Limits

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This is Chad

Chad is an aspiring world traveler and professional Photographer. He also takes his clothes off a lot.

There’s going to be a movie made about Chad someday, but it will be rated X because he’s always naked.

There’s a puzzle in my tags, can you solve it?

I’m going to post more later.

Filed under: Introduction, Photography, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized , A, Chad, Cheverier, Cold, County, Day, Friend, Margaret, Naked, On, Orange, Photo, Photographer, Thatcher, Traveler, World

So this is me…

This is my wife & I on the Bart train in SF. Actually I think when I took this picture we were actually traveling through Oakland. I just propped my camera on the bench in front of us and took the picture. We’ve been married just over 5 years, and S.F. is one spot we hit up quite frequently as well as San Diego. We currently live in Orange County with our 4 offspring, 2 cars and no pets.

I have the summer off from school and have a few goals this summer.

1. Finish the time lapse
2. Get my personal web site up
3. Take more pictures.

Currently listening to:

Too Short as well as Elliott Smith Live @ The Black Cat in D.C.

Currently Watching:

The Daily Show and Family Guy reruns…typical white person shows.

Filed under: Introduction, Uncategorized , Introduction Picture Elliott Smith Too Short Bart Train, The Notorious TDP Orange County, Typical White Guy Stuff