As far as road trips go, I figure this is one of the best in the world. Highway 1 hugs the coast for hundreds of miles and there are not any bad photos, anywhere! In fact, there are so many great places to pull over and take photos, it can be a little overwhelming. I took this one with the quadcopter… just getting up in the air a few hundred feet gives yet another great view.

Along Highway 1 in California

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• Date Taken2016-12-17 15:34:47
• CameraFC6310
• Camera MakeDJI
• Exposure Time1/320
• Aperture5.6
• ISO100
• Focal Length8.8 mm
• FlashNo flash function
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

One day while we were staying at one of my art collector’s homes in Beverly Hills, we had the team from Plotagraph over, Troy and Sascha. We were having a little catch-up session on Plotagraph, and my friend Tom Anderson was there too (you know, MySpace Tom!). Anyway, we were both ready to take some photos, and since Sascha is a model, she offered to slink around the pool a bit. Troy was really funny – he’s a Photographer as well – but he knows how to talk to models… so he was yelling out this and that and cracking me and Tom up… I’ll get a recording next time!

Pool Time in Beverly Hills!

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• Date Taken2017-03-13 06:12:39
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/3200
• Aperture5
• ISO100
• Focal Length31.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-1

I took this on New Year’s Morning, several years ago when we had a fun photo walk in Yosemite. You all know I hate waking up early, but I was more than happy to arrive at this beautiful spot. All in all, I still recommend Yellowstone over Yosemite, but there are a few amazing spots in Yosemite you gotta hit! 🙂

Yosemite in the Morning

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• Date Taken2012-01-01 10:01:04
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1.5
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length28.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+1

Check out this photo! It was very difficult to make. Oh, this is over the Headquarters of Facebook south of San Francisco, where the entire roof is an enormous garden.

First, we had to get permission to even fly the drone here. That wasn’t easy. Luckily there is a good “celebrity management” team there at FB that was able to help out. (Note I don’t really think of myself as a celeb). Anyway, once I finally got up, I did a vertirama. This was stitched together out of 5 different vertically-oriented shots.

I’m Over Facebook

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• Date Taken2016-12-20 16:44:49
• CameraFC6310
• Camera MakeDJI
• Exposure Time1/40
• Aperture3.2
• ISO100
• Focal Length8.8 mm
• FlashNo flash function
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

I had really bad luck weather the whole time I was here at Half Moon Bay. On the final morning before the family flew to Denver, there was finally a good sunrise. I had been planning to get out there with my quadcopter to get this kind of a shot. It was very windy, but it was able to hold steady enough to get a few good shots! By the way, this is the beautiful Ritz-Carlton there. The night before, the bagpipe player came out at sunset while we all at smores over the firepit. How awesome!

Sunrise in Half Moon Bay

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• Date Taken2016-12-11 07:33:33
• CameraFC6310
• Camera MakeDJI
• Exposure Time1/200
• Aperture5
• ISO100
• Focal Length8.8 mm
• FlashNo flash function
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

I’d like to sincerely thank my good friend Caleb for taking me behind the Hollywood sign one evening for a beautiful photo session. The only thing missing was some of his yoga instruction! It’s really hard (as in pretty much IMPOSSIBLE) to get into this position. He told me the incredible and unbelievable story about how he got access. Just amazing. This place has so much security… we’re talking Dept. of Homeland Security level activity. We got waved through so many guards to get back here… I’ll never forget it!

Hollywood Hollywood!

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• Date Taken2015-08-24 00:50:04
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time13
• Aperture4
• ISO160
• Focal Length15.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-0.3

I really like it when Japanese girls dress up in crazy ways. It just makes me smile for some reason. In fact, I don’t know why Japanese girls don’t wear something like cat ears or rabbit ears all the time just to keep people around them more happy.

Japanese Beach Dress-up Party

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• Date Taken2015-08-23 11:12:23
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/40
• Aperture
• ISO5000
• Focal Length
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias-1.3

I’ll be forever grateful to my friend Caleb for getting me back here! Actually we didn’t sneak in, as he has some insane level of connections… I was so impressed how he got us in here — really remarkable. And then being here was like a waking dream. I can’t tell you how those LA lights sparkled like jewels under the sea…

And it was Really Steep and Dangerous too. I had no idea. Just trying to move around to get different angles was a trial in itself! But boy, it sure was fun… I’ll never forget it!

Sneaking Back Behind the Hollywood Sign

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• Date Taken2015-08-24 00:00:03
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time6
• Aperture4
• ISO250
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-0.3