The Black Friday special was such a success that I decided to extend it for the rest of the year!
Daily Photo – Electric LA at Night
I took this a few nights ago in Los Angeles. I’ve always wanted to get a good shot of the downtown action, and Stuck On Earth helped me get it.
Luckily, I saw a few hints of this kind of a shot from other photographers that had geotagged shots in the area. I went out there with Tom Anderson and we spent a few hours exploring the area. We got countless great shots and this was the first one I processed.
Just in! I took a quick photo here... it's still warm!
Running Out of Calendars
It looks like this will be sold out by the end of the year. I suppose that is good timing, since 2012 is pretty soon!
It’s a great gift for you, for your family, and for your friends. Our little team of elves is standing by to pack everything up for you!
$19.99 (U.S. and Canada)*
Stuck in Customs 2012 Wall Calendar
Full calendar with high-quality-saddle-stitched page
High-quality glossy one-hundred-pound cover with eighty-pound pages inside
12 beautiful images from around the world
Daily Photo – Ascending to the Temple at Night
There is a temple atop a huge hill in Lijiang that has several “staging areas” for rest along the way. This is one of them.
This is an area where I took a lot of photos of the old town below. That area is kind of behind me here in this photo, although that is hard to tell from this vantage. It is a good resting place to recharge your batteries before finishing the rest of the hike up the stairs to the top. There’s also a little shop here that sells snacks and drinks… To me, a true adventurer never passes up a good snack.
Time: Thursday 8 PM PT – Your World Time: http://goo.gl/IFwEf Topic: We’ll start with how we pack photo stuff, particularly what we’ll be bringing for the Yosemite Google+ PhotoWalk! And then… we’ll let the conversation meander in a hangout-kinda-way… Where?Watch my Google+ stream for the Live On Air YouTube player.
Camera City
And here is another crazy place from China! 🙂
Daily Photo – The Sound that of Clattering Wood in the Breeze
Upon entering the oldest part of this ancient town, I passed by these tiny shingles that hung in the air. They made a delightful sound as the wind went through them, and it kind of set the mood for the rest of the exploration.
This woman was holding an umbrella to shield the sun. It did get a little steamy from time to time… I wish I had one too!
Have you installed Google Currents on your Android device or your iPad? It’s pretty cool. If you add me in both places – both as a “Curator” and as in the Lifestyle category, then you can get my stuff ahead of time!
Daily Photo – Monkey Monkey
This might be the dumbest name for any photo ever, but all bets are off with these snow monkeys.
Did you know that Nolan Ryan from the Texas Rangers has a bunch of snow monkeys in South Texas? Oh yes, listen here. Really – listen! 🙂
Okay, this time I’ll give you guys a nearly impossible mystery. Who is this girl?
Here’s a bit of context. So, I stayed at Camp Walter at Burning Man with a nice group of people. One night, we all lit torches and went out with about 50 people as an Angry Mob. We walked up and down the streets and were angry about things. It was ridiculous and fun. This girl joined us, but she was not part of Camp Walter. She rode a bike and waved the torch in the air. I grabbed then when she sped by me.
It’s so expensive to rent a car in one city and drop off in another… In fact, it’s so darn high that I would not be surprised if there was some sort of a cabal going on… I end up doing this quite a bit because I like to fly to one place, explore, drive a long way, explore, and then fly out of a different airport. Of course, that’s not an issue in Iceland (today’s) photo. There’s only one international airport there!
Daily Photo – Lighthouse in Iceland
The northwest fjords in Iceland have quickly become one of my favorite areas of the country.
People ask me all the time, “I’m going to XXXX country, where should I go?” That is one of the reasons I created the new Stuck On Earth — for just that purpose. Now, when you zoom into Iceland, you’ll see a big collection of images up in this area. Whenever you see clusters of pins in one area versus another, you’ll get the general idea that one area has more photo hotspots than another.
New Video – First Live On Air Hangout
So, *this was just a test…not a real show*… but there was a little bit of photography talk mixed in there for sure. We had people from Australia, Sweden, Canada, Greece, New Zealand and the US in there!
Here’s a few highlights… We happen to have Helen Sotiriadis in there who was one of the finalists for the TWIT Photo contest. I talk about experiences of being a judge… and how it can suck more than you think.
Then I do a one-man intervention on the avatar of Billy Wilson.
We talk a bit with the three peeps from Google that joined: Colleen Kelly, Henry, Erica Joy and Ricardo Lagos.
And then all other kinds of conversations with Doug Kaye, Giuseppe Basile, Maximilian Majewski, Lisa Ng, Jim Davis and the great Karen Hutton where you’ll see a few behind-the-scenes things… and then a surprise appearance by Tom Anderson
[UPDATE – Sold Out] – Speaking of today’s photo… I should let you know there are only a few Prints left for this Limited Annum series 2011. There are 12 days remaining!
Daily Photo – Zuck In Customs
I was able to have a bit of personal time with Mark Zuckerberg, who turns out to be a fan! I could not believe it when I saw a kind email from him… I had to look a few different times to see if one of my friends was playing a practical joke on me… Anyway, we meet this week here in California at the FB HQ and had a bit of personal time. I won’t go into the nature of the conversation because it was, well, personal — but I really had a nice time.
Obviously, I’m a fan of Facebook too, and these things tend to be a digital manifestation of somebody’s spirit. So, from that aspect before we met, I had attempted to reverse-engineer the man behind the product as sort of a mental exercise. And then when I met him, it was interesting to see all the various aspects of a person and how they differ from their magnum opus.
Here is Mark holding his rare print…
As for this photo below, I grabbed it when we left his office to go down to join in the fun of the Hackathon.
I’m out in California this week for a series of meetings and other fun activities. One of them was guest-hosting TWIT Photo! This was a special and fun thing, so I wanted to share it with y’all!
Besides me, this one has Leo Laporte, Catherine Hall, and Dave Cross.
This is a little presentation I did at the Apple store here in Austin.
Now, many of you have heard different flavors of this talk before. But, there is some new stuff in here (at 22:08) , particularly about workflow and how I keep track of my digital assets. I also have a more thorough Digital Workflow eBook that even comes with a video.
Want to see a full timecode / description? Visit this one on my YouTube page.
Daily Photo – Glacier in the Fog
Yesterday’s photo was of Glacier National Park, and today we have another glacier – but this one is from Argentina.
The glaciers in Glacier National Park are really quite boring. I’m sure that’s not a nice thing to say, but it’s true. The only ones I saw were quite far away and not very epic-looking. Maybe I was in the wrong place, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong! 🙂
So, whenever I post a photo of Montana, I always know it will make Gail happy. So I like to see not only her comments, but all the other regulars… I also like how you all are getting to know one another. If you are on Google+ or Facebook, feel free to share your info so people can friend you in these other mediums as well!
Today’s photo has a bit of a German theme, so I know someone will be extra-happy… .or maybe William Beem because it’s from Disneyworld!
Daily Photo – Late Night in Germanville
This area of Epcot is one of the best for night photography. There was a little bit of light in the sky, so I had to make this shot as quickly as possible. I didn’t really have time to do a proper scouting, but this was such a nice situation, I made it happen as quickly as I could. I think my full-tripod-setup is under 25 seconds in these emergency situations.
Normally, I like to zen out and take my time. Others, like this, are the result of sheer, bloody panic.
