Chris Orwig - Flipside

lynda

lynda weinman (above) is someone i greatly admire. in fact one of my life’s greatest privileges is creating training for her and her husband’s company lynda.com. today i was finishing up some new lightroom 3 beta training and  lynda stopped by to say hello. i seized the moment and snapped a few pics.

if you’re not familiar with lynda.com be sure to click here to check it out

on another note, last night at dinner lynda was showing deke (another author) and myself that the entire lynda.com training library can be accessed and viewed on the iphone – yeeehoo!

interview

i recently had the privilege of talking with frederick van about photography, education and my most recent book. frederick is a great guy and he posted our conversation on his site.

>> to listen to the interview click here

fire

while going through my film archives today and was stopped in my tracks and saddened by the two scans above. these are two images taken at my friends house who lost everything in a fire last year (click on the image for a larger view). whenever we are faced with loss we remember to be grateful for what we have.

featured on jack johnson’s blog

jack featured one of my pics above on his blog – epic!  click here to view the entire entry.

mark richards

yesterday i had the privilege of meeting and photographing one of surfing’s greatest legends – mark richards (click on the photo above for a larger view). mark is a super cool, approachable and down-to-earth guy. if you’re not familiar with mark click here to learn more. mr is the man!

jack johnson

as many of you know jack johnson is one of my all time favorite artists and people. last night at the arlington (pic of the crowd below) was the world premiere of the movie titled “jack johnson en concert.”

the movie was epic. as a surprise jack introduced the film and then afterwards played for about 45min. it was an unreal acoustic show! for more info about the film click here.

scott soens

i came across this pic i took a while back and was reminded of how much scott’s work inspires. plus he is a super cool and down to earth guy. he does a ton surf/skate related stuff. if you’re not familiar with it check it out: soensphoto.com

beach hut

birds

my favorite bird is the pelican.

within the frame

this last week i had the privilege of spending some time with acclaimed humanitarian photographer  david duchemin. above is a pic of david from when we went shooting in the neon graveyard.  if you aren’t familiar with him or his work – it’s inspiring! click here to check it out.

his most recent book is titled within the frame (shown below) and it is one of my all time favorites – great images, strong words and inspiring ideas. after hanging out with david this week i’ve decided that when i’m back home i’m going to read it again.

graveyard angels

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