As is tradition, thirteen things that are going well or otherwise represent good fortune that I'm thankful for, this Friday the 13th. What's going well for you?

1. The Seattle Cinerama is starting their Big Screen 70mm Festival. Lawrence of Arabia in glorious 70mm on Saturday!
2. It's Dad's birthday today.
3. I have a 2-day Video Bootcamp for Photographers ( Read more... )

I have a rather left-field theory about the identity of Benedict Cumberbatch's character in the upcoming Star Trek movie. I'd originally mentioned this - in jest - in a comment on a friend's Facebook post when the first trailer came out. But now that we have the extended trailer from some Hobbit screenings and a newly-started backstory comic, I ( Read more... )

As is tradition, thirteen things that are going well or otherwise represent good fortune that I'm thankful for, this Friday the 13th. What's going well for you?

1. Between SIB and Wine Rocks, it's been a good couple weeks for sampling good alcohol.
2. SIFF screened Robocop last night as a shoot-a-long, complete with free cap guns at the door. (They're ( Read more... )

I had a chance to see several of this year's SIFF films at SXSW. I'm happy to report that none of the films I thought were true dogs at SXSW made the jump, but here are some quick notes on what I thought of them for folks who are making their schedules. (I haven't generally included plot summaries because their SIFF pages are decent, just my ( Read more... )

As is tradition, thirteen things that are going well or otherwise represent good fortune that I'm thankful for, this Friday the 13th. What's going well for you?

1. "Hack Day" skunkworks competition at work, Monday and Tuesday
2. I'm in the midst of a (literally) rockin' collaboration with local band Naomi Punk on a photo essay leading up to their ( Read more... )

It's Friday the 13th, which means it's time for another list of thirteen things that are fun, going well or are otherwise good fortune. What are thirteen things going well for you right now?

1. First and foremost, my Dad is doing very well after heart surgery over the holidays.
2. We are now only one week away from National Penguin Awareness Day. How ( Read more... )

Name thirteen things that are going WELL for you this Friday the 13th:

1. A very fun and productive course on live concert photography (with field trips, of course) through the Photo Center.
2. May seems to be bringing bona fide spring weather. Finally.
3. I've acquired the right film for a test drive of a Century Graphic that came back with me from my last ( Read more... )

SIFF has a bunch of "unusual" classics in December:

• They're starting off with The Wizard of Oz the weekend of Dec. 3-5. However for the 9:30 shows on the 3rd and 4th, they're replacing the regular soundtrack with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon to create the much-fabled Dark Side of Oz! For the record, I'm in the camp that believe "the ( Read more... )

1. My photo show this month at the UW Medical Center
   
2. My team has had an influx of new staff. We've had an influx of new work, too, but getting actual people rather than just hypothetical "headcount" has been great.
   
3. Rodrigo y Gabriela tonight at Marymoor
   
4. ...followed closely by the Mountain Music Festival (Robert Randolph, Jakob Dylan, The BoDeans, ( Read more... )

I saw Inception at the PacSci IMAX last night, and people have asked what I thought. Highly recommended, if it's the sort of thing that looks even slightly tempting to you. That said, by the numbers (all in terms of 0-5 star scales):

Visuals: **** 1/2 - several sequences are nothing short of incredible - and surprisingly, you won't have seen ( Read more... )