Moab to Gateway and Back on the Dirt 2013

A short video of Jason and me riding over to Gateway on a Wednesday… perfect.

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company

We went to the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company a while back and I used the dual-camera setup I wrote about earlier. I shot a little video and some stills with the Ricoh GR. Editing this and adding in the stills was more difficult than I expected; I need to work on my video skills…

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New Sportster and a Biltwell Banana Seat

I never wanted a Harley Davidson but I always wanted a Sportster. I finally found one, in Flagstaff, Az, and drove across Monument Valley one afternoon to pick it up.

It’s a 1999 XLH1200S – meaning it’s the “S” model, with decent brakes and a little more horsepower. It did come with the classic duffer seat – and that wasn’t in the best condition.

I decided to order a replacement seat for the bike, but I wanted something affordable, somewhat comfortable, and easy to install. I found all those things in the Biltwell Banana Seat.

Looks a little better, right?

The seat shipped quick – I ordered it Monday night and it was here on Thursday afternoon. It was packaged well, and surprisingly lightweight.

It’s well-made with no visible flaws. It installed quickly – I had to drill one hole in the fender.

It’s comfortable and suits my purposes. I don’t know how it would hold up to a long day of riding, but give me a couple months and perhaps I’ll find out.

The ubiquitous half-helmet that came with the bike. I figured out why Harley guys wear these – it’s so you can hear and identify which crappy chrome accessory is going to rattle off your bike next… Of course it’s only good for the first few weeks. After that you’re too deaf to hear anything.

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Don’t forget to check out some of the fine art prints for sale in my Etsy shop.

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Shots of the Redwoods and Golden Gate Bridge. More from last week’s trip.

Testing Facebook Connection

Yesterday Evening at Arches…

Creepy Teddy Bear Junk Pile

Wandering around the desert the other day, I came across a great pile of junk. I like photographing the old junk people abandon in the desert – but this one was ripe with discarded and decaying teddy bears and stuffed animals. It was sad and creepy. Photos shot using a Ricoh GRD IV with a little post in Adobe Camera Raw. Enjoy.

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I’ve written and illustrated two children’s books that are now available in print and digital versions; Coyote Life, and The Cat’s Glasses. If you’ve got kids, check them out. If you enjoy them, please leave a review, tell your friends, etc. Thanks.

Don’t forget to check out some of the fine art prints for sale in my Etsy shop.

My wife Leah also makes and sells some pretty cool leather stuff like minimalist wallets and camera straps. Check out her Etsy store for some cool gear. 

Photography T Shirts and Stickers at Redbubble:

Update: My patience payment of $800.00 has been rewarded and I’ve received the new Ricoh GR digital camera! I’ve posted an unboxing video and some comparison shots with the Ricoh GRD IV HERE.

I’ve been waiting for the Ricoh GR (or the Ricoh GR “V”) for a while now. I’ve had the Ricoh GRDIV since it came out, and I was looking forward to this camera. Imaging Resource has a pretty in-depth hands-on video.

As my friends know, I’m interested in cameras to a certain degree. That degree being very high. I usually think about cameras all day. If I’m not thinking about cameras, I’m reading about them in the 60 or so RSS feeds I subscribe to that are photography related. If I’m really lucky, I’m actually taking photos. At any rate, I stayed up late last night and waited until the announcement was made. I usually sit up waiting for announcements a few times a year. Yeah – I lead an exciting life. Of course I ordered the stupid thing within minutes of it being available… I’ll do a super-exciting unboxing video when it gets here in late May.

DPReview has a good write-up here, and while they argue that the camera isn’t as good as it could be due to it’s aim at shooters who use raw, that’s fine with me. I really appreciate that Ricoh makes cameras that write raw files as .dng’s instead of some proprietary garbage.

The hard part now is waiting until May.

Thanks for reading.

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Don’t forget to check out some of the fine art prints for sale in my Etsy shop. I’ve also written and illustrated a children’s book for the Kindle Called Coyote Life. If you’ve got kids, check it out. If you enjoy it, please leave a review. Thanks.

My wife Leah makes and sells some pretty cool leather stuff like minimalist wallets and camera straps. Check out her Etsy store for some cool gear. 

Photography T Shirts and Stickers at Redbubble: