What a beautiful day.
Photography
Sunset Panorama in Humboldt Park
I took this last night in Humboldt Park while playing kickball with friends. What a beautiful sky we've been having lately.
My First Hyperlapse Experiment
Instagram released an interesting new app the other day called Hyperlapse. It's a clean app, with only one button to record. I hooked up my Joby Gorillapod for iPhone to my Surly's handlebars and hoped for the best after hitting play. While the ride was very bumpy, Hyperlapse performed admirably. I chose to have it play back the video at 10x normal play speed to compress the nearly 30 minutes of video into approximately two minutes. Check out the video below and let me know what you think.
You can also get a great overview of Hyperlapse from Instagram's blog here.
Kicking 2014's Ass All Night Long
Happy New Year!
Dan by the Fire
Time Lapse Experiments in Chicago
I rode out to the lakefront with my buddy Jeff on Monday, June 17, 2013 and we hung out to watch the weird weather. We encountered a lot of awesome sights that day, rolling lightning clouds, rains surrounding us to the north and south but just missing us, huge waves of sand being blown in the wind and most impressively, a double rainbow. I had my iPhone 5 with me and experimented with some time lapse video using my GorillaPod, Glif+ and an app called iLapse. I also had a lot of photos taken. Check it out below.
A Beautiful Sunset
Shot and edited on an iPhone 5 using Camera and Camera+.
Once in a blue moon...
August 31, 2012
Chicago Gay Pride Parade 2012
Chicago Skyline from Olive Park
This photo was taken on my iPhone and edited on my iPad in Snapseed (which is currently on sale for free in the App Store). It was shot from Olive Park just north of Navy Pier. Did you know Olive Park is named after Pfc. Milton L. Olive, III, the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War? According to Wikipedia: "At the age of 18, Olive sacrificed his life to save others by smothering a live grenade." Terrifying.
Dog Portrait
April 7, 2012.
Lena Haiduk
Lena on my porch.
April 8, 2012.
Boat Details in Marseilles, France
Barge Fire
A barge exploded on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, sending huge plumes of black smoke over I-55.
January 19, 2005.
Isaac
Isaac in a suit.
September 23, 2005.
Tokyo Big Sight Landscape
The Tokyo International Exhibition Center (popularly called Tokyo Big Sight) is an awesome structure of four inverted pyramids raised up above Odaiba in Tokyo Bay. Really quite the structure. It towers above everything around it.
August 6, 2007.
Bret in Tokyo Bay
Bret stands on the rocks at the shore of Tokyo Bay in Japan.
August 6, 2007.
Janine in Green
August 20, 2008.
Daikanransha Ferris Wheel
The Daikanransha ferris wheel in the Odaiba district in Tokyo, Japan. This colorful wheel is 377 feet tall! When it opened in 1999, it was the world's tallest ferris wheel.
August 6, 1007.