So one of my Vimeo contacts made this totally cool video from taking photographs. Below he describes it. I’m completely and totally excited about this, and I’m going to give it a try ASAP!
“A photograph taken at every ten paces as an experiment to see how a technique closer to stop-motion with composed images and control over random factors (especially joggers) compares to standard video time-lapse.”
RiverWalking from adam deeves on Vimeo.
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So, heading into my weekend, this past week, I wanted to head out hiking with the family again. When I was young, I hiked a lot. In my young adult years, I hiked a lot too. Wanting to pass this on to my own kids, I’ve recently decided that we’re going to get out in the real outdoors at least once a month. Plus, hiking is good exercise for this fat guy.
I hit the internets looking for some pointers, cause most of the local good spots are a bit tired.
While drilling down from “ventura county day hikes”, I found a cool park in Simi Valley, CA. It’s called Corriganville Park. What makes it cool is its history. Corriganville Park used to be Corriganville Ranch, which used to be a prime location for Hollywood to head to the hills for some good old fashioned western films. It seems that Ray Corrigan bought the property back in 1937 for $11,354. Corrigan built up the property over the course of years for a variety of films like,
There’s quite a bit of history packed into that nice corner of Ventura County. If you’ve never seen it, I recommend you take an afternoon or morning and wander around a little bit. You won’t be sorry.
Dotted around the trails, which run all over the place, you’ll find signs detailing where once stood the structures used for these many films.
Our kids had a great time climbing all over the few pieces left from what was clearly once a great location for filming. Head over and check out my photoset from that day.
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You know, our local library opened its doors in a brand new facility this past year. Actually I think it opened several months ago. Anyway, we hadn’t taken the opportunity to go check it out and though we should.
Since we homeschool, using the local library really should be an important tool for the kids to learn and understand. Also, it’s only 3 blocks from our house. I know, I know, how easy could it be?
We decided yesterday that we would walk the whole family over there and check it out. So that’s just what we did. It’s safe because we don’t have to walk along any major street or cross any either. We put the Joker in his stroller and the other three walked just fine. Enjoy a few photos from the trip…
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So, the October Challenge is over. How did you do?
Back at the end of September, I started writing a post telling you all that I wanted to shoot more black & white photography. While writing that post, it evolved into a project and a challenge for you all. If you remember back, I committed to shoot in only B&W for the whole month of October. And that is exactly what I did.
I must say that I really feel like I’ve unlocked some of my own creative potential through doing this personal project. I have found, especially in recent days, that as I’m shooting and conceiving a shot, I see the potential impact of the composition in black & white. Exciting!
Well, thanks for following along. Here’s the link to my photoset at Zooomr, of all my October Challenge photos. You know, one of the most exciting thing for me, in my photoblogging, was when Brian Auer, of Epic Edits, carried the torch of my October Challenge and passed it along to his significantly larger readership. As it turns out, a few others joined me in my October Challenge, so here’s all of their images too. Oh yeah, can’t forget about Flickr too!
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This one is more of a personal photoblog, it’s called CamarilloWalk.com
I’m planning to get out and walk around my city, taking pictures. I’ll post the best one’s at CamarilloWalk.com
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I must say, we had one heck of a turnout. Over 20 people showed up, and we photowalked for over 5 hours.
Read the recaps:
Also, see this photo Thomas took of me. He, he.
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We’re photowalking right now! I’m on the beach w/ my powerbook, bluetooth to blackberry to ‘net. Uploading first image to Zooomr right now.
More to come later…
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So, the other day, Deanna has this great idea. “Let’s go for a hike,” she says. Sure, no problem. I’ll take my fatness on a hike. That’s just great.
Well, we did it anyway. And I had a great time, just like everyone else. I couldn’t believe it, The Padawan and The Wookie were pretending to be soldiers, marching strong. The Princess was great. She had an awesome attitude the whole time. And Deanna carried The Baby in a Baby Bjorn. In the words of Posh Beckham, “It was Major!”
So, the photo set is up at Zooomr, here.
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Thomas Hawk is coming!
Santa Monica pier!
Afternoon/Evening event!
Check out the details!
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Want to start a local photowalking group, but not sure how?
Recently I’ve had some discussions with photographers who would love to have a local group of friends with whom they meet with regularly to go out photowalking. However, many don’t even know where to start. If you don’t already have photography obsessed friends, then it’s a little daunting to think you could get a group started… read more
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It’s been a while since I announced my Personal History Photo Journal. I won’t explain it here. Just go read the first post if you want more information. This is a continuation of that post. I have added another set of photos to my Zooomr account tagged with “phpj”. You can see those, here. Recently I visited a dying icon in Ventura County, The Wagon Wheel restaurant and motel. I wanted to make sure that I photographed it before it is torn down. So, here’s a nice one.
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I also visited my original hood, Oxnard. I spent my early years running the streets of the ‘Nard, so I thought I’d document it too.
Oxnard Hosted on Zooomr
And last but not least, I visited my parents’ original hood, Port Hueneme. You can’t miss beautiful little Hueneme.
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I must say that since I got my dSLR, I’ve spent more time with the family, out experiencing life, than before. The drive to shoot a lot has driven me and the wife to take the kids out and do more stuff. What a great side effect!
Last week, once Deanna had gotten better from being sick, we took advantage of great weather and hit a park that my dad had stumbled upon. This post has just three of the shots I took that day. You can go to my Zooomr page to see the whole feed.
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************************************ Attention football fans! If you attended the Ventura County Badgers football game in San Bernardino, on May 3rd, head to my special photo gallery to view and purchase the photos from the event. ************************************
A product of Oxnard, CA.
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