Misc.
I missed pretty much the whole Day of the Dead parade this year. Long story. But sad because if there is one night to walk around Missoula with a camera, that’s it. I did get downtown beforehand though for about 10 minutes to take some photos of the lead-up to the parade. Here are …
I’ve always appreciated Day of the Dead. Partly because I’m a sucker for the Mexican romance and drama and chiles aesthetic and partly because I actually love the idea of focusing on the dead. Not so much for their benefit of course as for ours. The idea of my life’s sand slipping through the hourglass …
The combination of being alive and healthy along with beautiful weather have kept me from posting to my blog for a while. The last few months have been spent collecting final images for a film about the Bahamas, shooting a series of shows about bears for National Geographic and trying to tame a big backyard …
Back in Montana and high on life and some of the country’s most liberal medical marijuana laws. In the few weeks that I’ve been back I’ve driven many hundreds of miles across the state performing with the band I play in and working with a documentary crew out of L.A. What an amazing state – …
So there is no “Rum Diary, Part I” but I do mention Hunter Thompson’s Rum Diary in another post and I’m in a similar sort of mood so… close enough. In fact, I’m still making my way through that book over a month later. Finishing it is taking a long time, as do most things …
Oh, it’s hard. Filmmaking is a big pain in the ass. All these exciting technological advances beckoning to us to come create things never before possible. With just a laptop, a camera and a little know-how we can render our wildest imaginings in digital perfection and tell audio-visual tales with tools that just recently belonged only to the biggest Hollywood studios! Sort of.
I just put together some night diving footage to help the local dive shop on Staniel Cay promote their night dives. It’s so great to be able to share video clips through youtube like this. It’s hard, however, to not be able to moderate the viewers experience. I know you’re probably not going to turn …
