Friends of Father

I can’t call it the highlight of the trip. I think I’d like to. Crater Lake was jaw-dropping. I’m not exaggerating when I say that. The first thing we collectively said when it came in to view was, “Whoa.” That was it. I felt like I’d been flicked deep into some Tolkein-imagined setting. It doesn’t [...]

Our second stop: Humboldt. Arcata, CA to be exact. The home of Humoldt State University. It’s some beautiful country. A magic wonderland. Not sure what I’d do to make money, but I could live there. Make it work. The drive in was pretty unreal. Avenue of the Giants makes your mouth drop. Definitely a must [...]

The first stop on our west coast road trip: San Francisco. We arrived at our old friend Tyler’s around 10pm, four hours later than expected. Our first rental SUV had died about ten minutes after setting off towards the 5. That’s right, we didn’t even make it onto the highway. A two hour layover followed [...]

We’re hitting the road. Los Angeles to San Francisco. San Francisco to Humboldt. Humboldt to Crater Lake. Crater Lake to Astoria. Astoria to Seattle. Here’s to an adventure along the west coast.

I’d left Atlanta at 8:30am, landed in Los Angeles at 12:30pm, and arrived at the Tanner’s by 2:30pm for Todd’s bomb ribs. The BBQ turned into a ShakeItPhoto party. I don’t have an iPhone, so I watched. Lots of laughs and full stomachs. I was delirious when we left: sleep deprived and full of meat [...]

I’m ready for a return trip to the city up north. I think I lived in San Francisco in a past life or perhaps had some life altering moment happen there. I’ve never felt so connected to a place, like when you drive past the first home you can remember as a kid. A flood [...]

Two days before my trip home I picked up a Flip UltraHD camera. After sifting through the 90-plus minutes of video captured, the above is the result. It likes a lot of light. Low light shots were usable with a little color tweaking in After Effects. Happy about the purchase. Go Flip. High five.

It’s been a fantastic week. LA to Dallas to Atlanta to Greenville, SC back to Atlanta back to Dallas back to LA to Anaheim back to LA. I saw my cousin, more like a sister, married to a really good man. I saw mothers, brothers, aunts, uncles, grandmothers, grandfathers, and friends. It was much-needed. It [...]

I just found this photo while organizing one of my drives. I’m trying to archive old stuff on hard drives I’ll store in a cabinet. When I need something off one of them I’ll slide it in the computer, remove the files and replace it in the cabinet. The photo reminded me of my trip [...]

I’ve been walking a lot. During the day when I grow anxious, I walk through my neighborhood. And I think. I began writing a series of shorts, so during these walks I imagine characters. What they do. Where they’ve been. I decided to do character studies as graphical explorations. A way to have fun and [...]