Archive for July, 2008



Autumn Garage Skateboards


July 28th, 2008

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

Autumn Garage Skateboads
Autumn Garage Skateboads
Autumn Garage Skateboads

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Capitol Hill Block Party


July 27th, 2008

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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Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capital Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party

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Moon Overlay


July 18th, 2008

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.

moon trail

moon

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Poster + Depeche Mode + Cepia


July 16th, 2008

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

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Cepia – Ithaca

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D.Nine Poster Series Teaser
D.Nine Poster Series Teaser
D.Nine Poster Series Teaser

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Woodland Park Zoo


July 14th, 2008

Yesterday I went to the Woodland Park Zoo. I arrived there late so I didn’t have that much time to walk around, not to mention the animals were in a “dead” mood. See the pictures to see what I mean.

I added the blog to Technorati so hopefully it should be seeing more traffic here soon, hopefully. It would be great to get some incoming links and more support on here. If you like the blog and want to link in, make sure to send me an email or comment telling me that you’ve linked.

woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo
woodland park zoo

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Elliott Bay Pano


July 12th, 2008

Beacon Bay Pano

There is nothing better than starting off a post with a great panorama. This was shot down at Elliott Bay about 15 feet from Anthony’s Diner. Here is a photo from just three days before the I shot the pano.

Beacon Bay by shelbytwhite, on wanken

See the water level in the second vs. the first? I’m not sure quite what was going on except that it may have been drained for the Cruise ship docked on the same pier. Moving on to the tech-side of this post…

Who would’ve thought that audio could be used on a Digital SLR camera? The EOS-1d Mark II has a built in voice recorder. This could come in handy when needing to remember names or locations of people or photos and also for blogging how well it works.

canon 1d mark II

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Photographs: We Can Dance If We Want To


July 5th, 2008

Went down to Lake Union last night to see the fireworks. It wasn’t a bad show but definitely was further away than I expected (I was on the south side of the Lake rather than planting myself amongst thousands of other people at Gasworks Park). After the show, a couple was dancing down the dock to a live band.

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Logo Evolution


July 5th, 2008

Since I shoot photos, and I blog them frequently, I’ll post a little bit about one of my favorite brands–Kwanon. Wait a minute…Kwanon?

In 1933, Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory (Canon) was established and Kwanon was the name given to Canon’s earliest cameras. Their first logo during the prototype stage, was a horrid beautiful rendition of what looks like Buddhist deity.

Canon has since then undergone some serious changes that have given us a much more welcoming logo. Here are some of the stages they’ve gone through to get that logo that we’ve all come to love:

canon logos

Another logo change that is questionable is Walmart’s. In my opinion, all they really need is the updated color change and that will be enough for them.

walmart logo

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Park Portraits


July 3rd, 2008

Today is my last day here in Idaho. It will be nice to be back in Seattle and finishing up work.
In the few days that I’ve been in Idaho, I have…

-Been a guest at a delicious barbecue
-Gone swimming
-Skateboarded
-Shot Photos (no brainer)
-Had a pistol fired repeatedly toward me by drunk rednecks
-Rode with a friend when they were pulled over by a police officer for speeding

Some of those things are far from thrilling, but it has been a fun-short visit.

wanken
wanken
wanken

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EOS-1d Mark II


July 2nd, 2008

Anyone want to put a guess to how many posts I’ll do about the 1dmkII?

Just wanted to post a few pictures.

photos

photos

photos

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