No not really, but wouldn’t that be cool? We didn’t have them both at the same time but rather a day apart. The first shot I’m posting, was shot over on Beacon Hill looking towards downtown Seattle. I shot it using a .9 (3 stop) GND (graduated neutral density) filter. The reason for using this type of filter is so I could properly expose the ground and still keep the sky from overexposing.

Last night, technically this morning, was the first time I’d actually seen lightning strikes this close to Seattle. The lightning was about 10 miles off at one point. The best of the show was at about 4AM, going till about 4:30AM.

I have posted some random photos below from the weekend as well. They are from the same night as the first sunset photo I posted up above.

There are music artists that you can listen to everyday, three times a day. Santogold is one of those artists that has such an awesome voice and puts out great tracks. One of my favorite songs of hers is L.E.S. Artistes.

I found the music video to the song on youtube and posted it below. The video is driven by one of her life experiences, giving it such a personal feel. I also have posted another song below to listen to when the video has finished.

Santogold - L.E.S Artistes

Santogold - Lights Out (From the Santogold Album)

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You tend to not realize how large a city is until you can’t find what you’re looking for. These past two weekends a friend and myself have been looking for some bmx trails/jumps that I was told were on Queen Anne. Well needless to say, we didn’t find the trails, but we did stumbled upon quite a few great locations to shoot photos and some interesting vantage points looking over Seattle as well as a more northern look towards the University of Washington.

This shot has nothing to do with the search except for the fact that you can see just how large Queen Anne is. Check out the Map print out below.

The darkened area is the area that we covered twice. The area where the lines are drawn is the area that we only passed through. If anyone knows the whereabouts of these so-called trails, please leave a comment or send me an email.

One of the best movies released this year has been Pixar’s Wall-E. Wall-E is about a robot, who spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. I don’t want to give too much of the story away because there is very little dialogue.

Check out these few clips. We all know the animation is amazing, but now they’re just showing off!

Yes, this video has made its rounds and yes it has bad language, but it is a must see for those who haven’t. I agree 100% with what Aaron is saying about design pollution. I’d suggest bookmarking his site for viewing later. The Draplin Project sounds like it could be interesting. They’ve already done some great work for Union Bindings, Coal Head Wear, Snowboard Magazine, Ride Snowboards and the list goes on.

Hi-Res Quicktime version of the video here.

Almost two months ago I was asked to do some designs for Autumn Garage out of Salt Lake City. I ended up doing a bunch of different designs as you can see below. The whole project was fun, the boards turned out great and I am definitely looking forward to working with AG in the future.

If you’d like to get one of these decks, give them an email.

There have been lots of large-scale events happening in Seattle this week. From the Torchlight Parade to the Capitol Hill Block Party. A quick rundown of what the Block Party is:

“The Capitol Hill Block Party is an annual music festival that draws upon and showcases the best indie and underground rock in the US, with a special focus on Northwest artists. Launched 11 years ago, the Block Party has evolved into one of Seattle’s most anticipated outdoor music festivals. With over 50 bands on 4 stages, great food, and plenty of cheap beer, this is one of the best parties of the summer.”-The Stranger

Here are some Girl Talk songs to listen to while reading the post:

Girl Talk - No Pause (Feed The Animals Album)

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Girl Talk - Play Your Part Pt. 1 (Feed The Animals Album)

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Girl talk was interesting to watch–way too many people on stage trying to dance and way too many people in the crowd trying to jump around.

Ian Wade with the tail.

Being that Sam is a Salt Lake City-er, he was trying to fit into Seattle’s Capital Hill scene.

Once again, Sam getting free…goodies.

The people who owned this robot didn’t actually want us to take a picture with it. Instead they tried to sell us merch and if we bought items, then we could take a picture…we didn’t buy their product.

Random Guy posing with his orange juice during Girl Talk’s performance. Check out the girl in the background trying to sneak in the photo.

The band is USE, pretty cool style check out that throwback outfit.

Thanks for coming out Ian, Helen and Sam. Had a fun time and thanks to Autumn Garage for hooking me up with product for my next blog post.

Just taking a look through an Aperture Library and I noticed quite a few photos that were collecting pixel dust.

Pixel Dust is dust that builds up from letting your digital images sit in your computer without being used for a long period of time. Ok so I made that up, but still…

This first image is from deep inside the Aperture shelves. Friend, Taylor is in the picture trying to avoid the picture. It was taken down at the Olympic Sculpture Park on the Seattle waterfront.

Whoa, its summer not winter. This picture was from winter 07/08 and was taken a few days before Christmas I believe. A little information about the picture; I shot it, I’m in it, I used a SunPak flash on stand to my left and I it was cold out.

Self portraits are fun and sometimes dangerous. I spent almost a full day building a shifty aluminum bracket out of a random piece of pipe and 1″ bmx stem and seat post clamp. As an avid reader of Chase Jarvis Blog, I wanted to try some POV (Point-of-View) Photographs. My bracket was feeble and had a problem of bobbing up and down while I rode. By this time I just wanted to get a shot that was somewhat in focus and I didn’t care that I was sweaty.

In the photo you can see that I’m going downhill. I shot the photo on a lower shutter speed to try to get some blur–also attached a flash to fire and freeze the image. There will be more attempts at POV photos in the future.

This particular photo was taken from 3rd & Blanchard on the 7th story of an older building. The sunset was just beautiful that night. The crane in the photo is actually still in the same location, building a new living structure.

The color orange occurs in the proportion of 75% Yellow and 25% magenta. It’s complementary color is Azure (greenish blue).

Depending on how you combine Yellow and magenta, it may come out lighter or darker.

Here is a compilation of photos overlaid one another to show the color change and movement of the moon. The reason for the moon appearing orange in color is caused by the scattering of light in the atmosphere. When the moon is near the horizon, the moonlight must pass through much more atmosphere than when the moon is directly overhead. Dust and other particles also have a role in changing the color of the moon for that small period of time.

Remember that D.Nine poster from a while back? I have decided to update it and give it much more. I’ve posted a few small teaser previews. Alongside that, there will be some other posters coming as well.

I spent most of my morning trying to listen to all of Depeche Mode’s songs. I came to the conclusion that I wasn’t going to be able to get through them all, so I gave up and chose one song from them and one song from the Ghostly Swim Album.

Depeche Mode - Agent Orange

Cepia - Ithaca