I read somewhere once that if you ever have the opportunity to take a portrait in front of a red wall, you should take it. I usually do, and when I do, it usually does end up looking better than a normal white wall or...
Morning Prey
posted by Derek
As I was getting out of my car at work today, I saw a hawk perched on the next level of the parking structure. I got my camera out to take a picture and zoomed in on him. Right as I was hitting the shutter, he flew off, but I managed to get this picture. If you can’t tell, he was holding...
Night Drive Timelapse
posted by Derek
This is a time-lapse from LA to the Nevada State line played in reverse. I wanted to get the entire time-lapse from LA to Vegas but the battery died on my GoPro Helmet Cam before we made it there. A friend and I were driving out there for CES so we left around 5:00 in...
Winged Statues of Hoover Dam
posted by Derek
Having extra time in Vegas, Pat and I drove out to the Hoover Dam to check it out for the first time. It was massive and quite impressive up close. Along the Nevada side of the river, there were two huge bronze statues that watched over the...
Faux-tobooth
posted by Derek
Pictures from our photobooth. Throw up a red curtain on a wall, download Pocketbooth from the app store, point and click. Just add...
iPhone 4 Camera Off Axis
posted by Derek
It seems like the hits keep coming for Apple’s latest product. Maybe this is an isolated incident, or maybe it’s been like this for all the previous models, but I’ve never noticed it on my prior iPhones. My iPhone 4′s camera appears to be off axis by 2.4 degrees. I laid...
Los Angeles Crime
posted by Derek
As I was driving down Sunset Blvd the other day, I saw this filming location sign hanging on a street light. It said “CRIME” and had an arrow pointing right. Maybe it was for CSI or maybe there’s a movie filming called “Crime”, but I thought about all the people...

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