http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside see you on the flipside Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:09:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en above is an iphone pic (taken this morning) of the best house warming gift ever - a bee hive! my good friend greg lawler gave us this wonderful gift. and it gets even better... greg not only built the hive box, he custom-built the copper roof and he actually caught ... http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/27/the-best-house-warming-gift-ever/ http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/27/jumping-over-waves/ i came across this costa rican nature photographer in a rain forest. he was hand-holding a 600mm lens - that's my kind of shooting! http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/26/right-on/ http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/25/jump/ http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/24/la-roca-bruja/ http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/23/eye-contact/ http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/22/little-morning-wave/ Need another camera backpack? Here's the scoop - I just found out that my book titled Visual Poetry is currently being sold in Costco stores across the country. How crazy is that!? It's also featured in Costco's monthly magazine (see below). It's an interesting opportunity to reach a broader audience ... http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/19/win-a-lowepro-camera-backpack/ http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/17/my-cutie-4-year-old/ next wednesday i'm giving a free lecture on the new features in lightroom 3 and photoshop Cs5. if you're a photographer and want to sharpen your skills - don't miss out! location: brooks institute / jefferson campus - click here for directions date: wednesday july 21, 2010 time: 7:30pm --------------------------------------------------------- on another training note, in ... http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/16/lightroom-3-and-photoshop-cs5-lecture/ gucamaya, costa rica http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/16/portrait-del-agua/ http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/15/playa-grande-signs/ this was the last picture i took on the last day of our trip. san jose, costa rica. http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/14/untitled-2/ one sunny morning in arenal, we went on a family hike down to a raging jungle waterfall (shown above).... at night we would sit on the observatory deck and would listen to arenal volcano erupt and then watch as volcanic lava rocks would tumble down the mountain side. http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/14/arenal-hike/ martyn is like a brother to me. his son dylan has keen eyes, a sharp mind and a sensitive soul.  they truly are father and son. guancaste, costa rica. http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/13/martyn-and-dylan/ just got back from a trip to costa rica. lots of swimming, surfing, adventures, monkeys, sloths, butterflies, remote beaches and best of all visiting some of our best friends who now live there. above is a picture of my little fish swimming with her eyes wide open. more pics to ... http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/07/12/annika-in-costa-rica/ i took this photo 7 years ago. just found it today. any ideas for a good title or caption? http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/06/16/untitled/ i was down at the beach filming some movies for some upcoming photoshop cs5 and lightroom 3 courses for lynda.com. i brought my camera along a snapped a few frames. below is are a few pics of cameraman extraordinaire jacob cunningham. http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/05/25/filming/ shawn stussy recently launched a new project called s/double - click here to check it out! shawn and his designer valerie aroyan both have an amazing design aesthetic and sensibility. above are some screen grabs of the site and how they used a few of my photos (click on the images ... http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/05/23/sdouble/ ralph clevenger is an amazing photographer, person and creative thinker. he's in one of my colleagues at brooks institute, a mentor and good friend. recently he was interviewed by the digital trekker. click here to listen to the interview - enjoy! http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/05/19/ralph-clevenger-interview/ taken just a few minutes after the photo below.... annika and sophia at grandma's house. http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/05/15/annik-and-sophia/ last weekend we went up to northern california to visit family for mother's day. i brought along my old wooden large format camera and had set it up next to a window in the living room. while i was setting up, my oldest daughter annika asked if she could take ... http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/05/12/annika-self-portrait/ i was digging through the archives today and came across this photo from last year. a classic shot of surf board shaper al merrick and surfer/musician/all around cool guy rob machado in the shapping bay at channel islands surfboards. (click on the photo above for a larger view) http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/05/10/al-merrick-and-rob-machado/ above is a recent pic jeff johnson for the current issue of surfer magazine (pictured below). jeff is a climber, surfer, writer, photographer, deep thinker and all around super inspiring person. click here to read the beginning of the article. jeff is one of the main characters in the film titled, 180 ... http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/05/04/jeff-johnson-surfer-magazine/ today is the day that adobe announces the new cs5 creative suite. in conjunction with this announcement, i'm excited to let you know that lynda.com just launched a preview of my latest training course titled, "photoshop and bridge cs5 - new features". the preview contains 5 movies of free training content. ... http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/04/12/photoshop-cs5-new-features/