Who I'm Surfing...

Every so often I will post a few artists and sites I think are interesting or thought provoking... some you might already know... some you won't. So if you get bored at work, take a second to click on the images below and check em' out.

Posted by - Christopher at 12:19 PM | read on

Japantown Los Angeles

So last weekend I ran over to Japantown with a friend to do a few errands...
...needless to say we failed miserably but had some tasty food and walked a lot.

Here's a few snapshots from that trip. Check out the weird paralax on the tower that makes it seem like some kind of giant lumbering monster. Speaking of Japanese... I'm trying to find more songs by a band called The Beat Crusaders. If you have their albums... let me know.



Posted by - Christopher at 5:13 PM | read on

Hanging at the Nucleus Gallery again...

Last weekend I stopped by the Nucleus Gallery again to see a new show called Power in Numbers 3. The idea of the show is to get a ton of artists to all create 5" by 7" works that sell for $100 a piece then donate 20% to the Make a Wish Foundation. Very cool stuff. This was also the first time I was able to make it out to see an event since they've moved locations (just down the street but the space was brand new). In general I liked the new space. The old space was more of a store with a gallery and this was more of a gallery with a store. Here's a few snapshots I took with my panoramic camera again... just for fun.

Check it out...

































Posted by - Christopher at 3:08 PM | read on

Santa Monica Pier

I've been doing a lot of panoramic photography lately.
I guess being a filmmaker I find the widescreen format pretty attractive. I've been experimenting with photostiching... however this shot was taken with a true panoramic camera that has a rotating lens and takes the image over multiple exposures on 35mm film. It's the only way to capture all the action of the rollercoaster and the Scrambler at full speed. If I had tried to take this with multiple exposures it would have been a lot more abstract... but I don't know what that would be saying. One of the things I like about this image is that there is a ton of interesting detail for you eye to explore... that combined with the ocean fog and ambient occlusion of no harsh shadows really punches it up.





Posted by - Christopher at 12:02 AM | read on

Jurassic Art

Yes... yes... I know technically this is Cretaceous Art...
I saw this big guy while I was waiting around for the Car Wash.
Pretty cool and a steal at only $10,000. If anyone wants to buy
him for me... he's at the corner of Lincoln and Venice Blvd.
I think he would look great in my living room.




Posted by - Christopher at 1:07 PM | read on