In Concerts, Music, Photography, Social Networking on
30 June 2009 tagged Hollywood, photo pass, The Knitting Factory, The Ready Set, Twitter with 2 comments
I’ll be at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood tonight to:
- take photos for The Ready Set, and
- hang out with Andrew Swanson (@itsswanny) at their merchandise table.
The kicker: I don’t know Andrew.
But, his dad is Jon Swanson (Levite Chronicles). We’ve been following each other on Twitter since I met Chris Marsden.
Jon told me that Andrew would be coming to my area, so I got in touch with him.
While I’m stoked to get a photo pass for the night, the main excitement is that I’m meeting Andrew through Twitter. And no, my goal isn’t to gain a million followers. Give value, or find a few nuggets of awesome and share.
I’ll do my best to write more on that (whatever that means) after the concert.
P.S. I’m 99% sure nobody reading this will coincidentally be going to the concert. But if you’re the 1%, tap me on the shoulder and say hi. 
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In Batteries, Gear, Photography on
24 June 2009 tagged BP-511A, Canon with no comments
In April 2008, I bought a Canon BP-511A 1390 mAh equivalent battery from SuperMart for $5.23 + $6 shipping (USD). It held a decent charge for a year before decreasing in charge capacity, with no damage to my camera.
Now, I’m going to try buying from SterlingTek. I would’ve gotten the two-pack, but I don’t need that many batteries yet. At the moment, their Canon BP-511A e2000 mAh equivalent battery is $11.99.
The difference is that SterlingTek has a 1-year warranty, a phone number and good feedback. SuperMart has a 6-month warranty and a PriceGrabber storefront.
Side note: If you’re interested in getting the most out of your batteries, head to Battery University.
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In Music on
23 June 2009 tagged recording with no comments
Bill — friend and guitarist of our band, The Scarlet Paradigm — wants to improve his recording skills. He sent this status update on Facebook a few days ago:
If you or your friends are musicians, spread the word that I will record one of their songs for [free]!
How good can it sound? Listen to some of our songs on Myspace.
Interested? Email him — bill [at] thescarletparadigm.com
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In Photos on
23 June 2009 tagged couple, kiss, people with no comments
I can’t deny that I’m into people photos, especially portraits. On Flickr alone, I have 908 and 1,571 tagged as portrait and people, respectively.
Last Monday, I was going to hang out with Silas for an impromptu photowalk. His girlfriend, Megan, came along, so I made the decision to hang out at the park.
Cute stuff, right?
View my five picks on Flickr
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In Internet, Photography, Social Networking, Society on
17 June 2009 with no comments
Bill Wadman (OnTakingPictures) is one of my photographer heroes. I sent him an email just to let him know that.
Bill mainly focuses on portrait photography. But, he separates himself with sick lighting, composition, and wicked post-processing.
Creative types occasionally get depressed. Small words of encouragement and support do help.
Money helps, too, but that’s a topic for another post.
Who are your favorite photographers, writers, painters, musicians? Send them an email or small note!
Do you have a blog or social network account? Express your appreciation for them and direct (read: link) your friends to their work.
Most importantly: Don’t expect anything in return.
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In Photos on
15 June 2009 tagged B&W, California, couple, female, kiss, male, man, portrait, Ventura, woman with no comments
While waiting two hours in line for The Mars Volta concert at the Ventura Theatre, I met Chaz and Danielle.
This cute couple drove from San Diego. That’s dedication!
Chaz and Danielle let me catch a few precious moments of them. Very cool.
I gave them my card in case they wanted me to send them prints.
You can see this and two more on Flickr.
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In Law, Photography, Photowalking, Rights on
7 June 2009 with no comments
Yesterday, a handful of photographers went to the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington (Long Beach) for some night photography. Of course, knowing that it’s a high-security area, we’d get harassed. That’s why we brought video cameras to document any encounters. (My friend, David Sommars, recently got harassed by LAPD. Unfortunately, we were across the street from where he was. So, we were in Long Beach jurisdiction. Oops!)
Along with some great photos, we got confronted three times: one bad, two good.
Today, the rally continues at Pershing Square at 11:30 am.
More details about this weekend’s rally at Discarted.
Sorry for the late notice. While I posted my interest and attendence to both days, I forgot to post here. Terrible.
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In Email, Thunderbird on
3 June 2009 with 1 comment
Automatically viewing images from specific people in your Thunderbird address book is fine.
But, don’t add your own email address(es) into your address book and check that box. If a spammer ever gets your email address, and you open that email, images displayed inside the email will verify you.
I lasted about a year in minimizing spam. It’s starting to trickle now, but I hope it doesn’t get any worse.
For further information, read “Privacy basics [for] Thunderbird” at mozillaZine.
I know about Gmail. They appear to have the best spam filters. If you’re not paranoid about Google seeing everything, they’re the way to go. Do you have your own domain but want Gmail hosting? Look at Google Apps.
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In Computers, Rant on
2 June 2009 tagged tech support with 6 comments
I spent one grueling hour as phone tech support for my mom’s “friend.” This is my story.
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In Life, Photography on
29 May 2009 tagged Citrus College, college, School, Trigonometry with no comments
I studied a solid 12 hours between Monday and Thursday morning. So, I felt really confident about my Trigonometry final yesterday. I really think I aced it. Out of 15 problems, I might’ve missed one or two, max.
Now that Trig is out of the way, I have three weeks without school.
Other than work, I need to take some photos whenever I can.
Do you want to be a part of that somehow? Let’s talk, brainstorm and create some wicked photos.
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