Rocky Joins the Fun

So July 25th’s photo of the day was a combined shot of Roland and Shadow, but I left out Rocky! So on the 26th, I had to capture her through the fisheye lens of an Olloclip lens accessory for the iPhone. I don’t think she would like this shot of her very much! Thankfully she rarely browses Flickr and my vjl365 site.

A New View of Shadow & Roland

So…today I received a very cool device invented by folks from my home town of Huntington Beach, CA. It’s called an Olloclip. It’s a small lens that clips onto an iPhone and gives it either a macro, wide angle, or fish eye lens, depending on how you attach it. I had some fun with the fisheye, as you can see from today’s photos. Roland, the cat on the right, looks like one of those Hallmark characters with his legs so small. Something tells me I will have some fun with this device. I already found some cool things out with it – you can rotate it just a bit off the iPhone and use the iPhone’s flash to create some interesting flare effects. I’ll be posting my shots taken with the Olloclip on Flickr in this set.

Work Force or Bust

I forgot to upload this photo last night, but yeah, nothing too special. I’ve been spending all day and all night working, so I can make up for a week’s worth of lost business due to prepping and filming for the 48 Hour Film Project. I recently purchased [at a very, very low price!] this printer to replace my prior Epson, which was a freebie that came with the Mac mini, but it is too slow for the business’ needs, so an upgrade was in order. This also replaces a dead card reader and a USB modem that I no longer need since this printer can FAX [and my fax software won't run under Mac OS X Lion, when I eventually upgrade the mini to it]. It’s an Epson Workforce 635 and so far it works very, very well. If you find a good deal on this or the 630, buy it! I’ve never had any issues with Epson products [like Mazda and Canon, i tend to endorse everything they make since i've had such good experiences with their products].

Hot Day in Asheville

Spent the morning in Asheville, NC for some business. I couldn’t bring my camera with me, but I was able to snap a few shots off from a parking deck before leaving for the mountains. The electrical transformer area was what I was focused on, but I don’t dare use the zoom on my iPhone, as it is a digital zoom and doesn’t work well. But I post-processed this on the iPhone and kinda liked the yellow/hot look to it. Been working all day and will continue to do so all day Sunday. I need to catch up from taking time off for doing the 48 Hour Film Project!

Wet Keyboard?

A last minute iPhone photo taken with the app, MagicHour. No, the keyboard really isn’t wet – that’s a preset filter for the app, which I thought was kinda funny. I’ve been using that keyboard for over 16 hours today and I’m quite exhausted. Time for bed!

More Books!

As I finally catch up with my photo of the day [and sleep!] I sit here with over 300 books that need to be entered and listed for sale on my online bookstore. Looks like Friday is going to be a busy day of work for the book business!

Brew Tower

[as i write this, it is July 21st, but i did take photos each day for the last several days - am just now able to catch up and upload them!]

Standing outside the Asheville Pizza and Brewery in North Asheville, waiting for folks to show up to view the screening of our little 48 Hour Film Project film. The pizza place has great food [very slow service] and great beer. They make some of it themselves I think, and this is one of the towers they may do that it in. I’m not entirely certain they do that, but hopefully someone with more knowledge of the place can correct me!

August in July

[as i write this, it is July 21st, but i did take photos each day for the last several days - am just now able to catch up and upload them!]

Still recovering from sleep deprivation from the 48 Hour Film Project, Tuesday evening was all about a read-through for the Fall production at BRCC of August: Osage County. After more than 3 years of trying to get the rights to the play, Drama Department Director, Jennifer Treadway, finally was able to gain rights to perform the Pulitzer Prize winning play in November, 2011. Z. Joseph Guice will be directing the production.

Hitting the Wall

[as i write this, it is July 21st, but i did take photos each day for the last several days - am just now able to catch up and upload them!]

Come Monday, I had to return some equipment I rented, catch up on the weekend orders and drive around the WNC area for what felt like hours [and, actually, it was]. I was exhausted, and felt like I hit the wall. So what better photo for Monday’s photo of the day, but this one I took with my iPhone [really!] of an area near Asheville where I rented some camera gear. I was half asleep when I shot this, but obviously I need to go back and shoot this some more – I mean come on! Old brick building with worn parking spaces – just the stuff I love to shoot!

Wheels Up

[as i write this, it is July 21st, but i did take photos each day for the last several days - am just now able to catch up and upload them!]

Late in the evening, July 17th, a super quick shot was taken by me of my portable dolly. After having turned in the film with 10 minutes to spare [which is better than the 10...9....8...seconds to spare when the BRCC team I was part of turned in their 2008 film!], I was pretty exhausted. Realizing I hadn’t taken a photo yet, I took a few shots of these wheels, as the title of this image popped into my head [it's an aviation term for when the landing gear has been retracted]. Since our film had aviation in it [one of the main characters was a mechanic at a small airport], I thought it fit. It was a long 48 hours and we didn’t stop filming until 2:30am Sunday morning! That is beyond insane, as most folks tend to wrap by 9-10pm Saturday night. That made editing a bit tough since the person doing the filming [me] was also the editor so my hopeful 2-3 hours of sleep got delayed until I just couldn’t stay awake any longer. But the film got turned in! It’s not as tight as I was hoping, but that’s mainly due to editing. The story, acting, lights, sound, and most of the camera work were spot on. A lot of me wishes I had done more fancy camera work and smoothed out a few of the shots in editing that were a bit jagged, but for a first time 48 hour film, it’s not too shabby!