Further experiments into the realm of film. Shot this on the Diana F+ and I’m loving the colors that came out in the cross processing.

I don’t always play live music any more, but when I do… I’ll be performing my original chiptune pop music on stage at this weekend’s Rockage Festival in San Jose. I’ll be performing a mix of my iPhone songs from Beeps and Smudges as well as some totally new Nanoloop for Game Boy Advance tracks. I’ll ALSO be djing a dance set afterwards AND be on a panel about chip music. Totally-Neat-Sauce! Read the fantastic Silicon Valley feature article on the event here.

#rockage sched SATURDAY:
Noon – 2:00 DJ Badcat / #OpeningPanel
2:00 – 2:30 Matthew Joseph Payne
2:30 – 3:00 #TheMADEPanel
3:10 – 3:50 secret act!
4:00 – 4:30 #ChiptunePanel
4:40 – 5:10 Gnarboots
5:30 – 6:10 Doctor Popular
6:20 – 7:50 DJ Doctor Popular / #MidnightMoviePanel
7:50 – 8:30 Young Science
8:30 – 8:50 #StarSlay3rProGamingPanel
9:00 – 9:40 The Glowing Stars
10:00 – Tera Melos

#rockage sched SUNDAY:
Noon – 2:00 DJ Coco
2:00 – 2:30 Stunt Monkey
2:40 – 3:10 #RockagePanel
3:20 – 4:10 Vic Ruggerio
4:10 – 4:50 Kepi Ghoulie
5:00 – 6:30 DJ Jimmy Hits / #DragonFantasyPanel
6:30 – 7:10 A_Rival
7:20 – 7:30 #CameraCinemasPanel
7:30 – 8:20 Good Hustle
8:40 – 9:30 crashfaster
9:50 – secret act!

It’s been a month since I posted my first experiments in the world of film and I wanted to follow up with some newer pictures. I’m starting to get the hang of my Diana F+ and I’m getting happier and happier with each new roll I get back from Photoworks.

All these shots were from a roll of Kodak 120 from the Walgreenshole, with some light post processing in various iPhone apps.

My newest mobile phone photography tips video for Postagram is up now. It features one of my favorite new apps, AntiCrop, which allows users to extend their image beyond it’s original framing. I recently posted a process breakdown of a recent AntiCrop inspired appsperiment. Here are some other AntiCrop inspired images I’ve made recently.

Due to a recent butt injury, I had to leave work a little early today. As I was heading home, I kept stopping to photograph the sunset, Sutro Tower, and Buddy the skateboarding dog.

Mark, the doggies owner, says he hasn’t tried to train Buddy to skate or anything. It’s just something he enjoys doing. Radical!

Been doing a bit of dating lately and getting my hearthole beat up a little in the process. So Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” has been stuck in my headhole for a bit. I love this Gabriel-esque video too.

Speaking of videos, I originally heard “Somebody…” via this fantastic video by Walk Off The Earth, which is everybit as good (if not better) than the original.

“Political opposition forces are using new technologies to carry out public events – using toys with placards at mini-protests,” Andrei Mulintsev, the city’s deputy police chief, said at a press conference this week, according to local media. “In our opinion, this is still an unsanctioned public event.”

My Lego diarama and doll protestors projects from November were probably some of my favorite projects that I did last year. There’s something incredibly satisfying about leaving these random acts of protest scattered throughout everyday situations, rather than concentrated in one specific area. It’s unlikely these guys saw my newsbin projects, but I still feel a kindred spirit between our projects. Budem zdorovy!

This is totally last minute, but I’m in Park City, UT because… well, just read about the trip here. Anyways, I thought it would be fun to do a mobile photo walk through the heart of Sundance, so we’ll be meeting today (Saturday) at noon in front of the Egyptian Theater. Anyone is welcome to join us, but we are encouraging folks to try posting to Twitter and/or Instagram with the #instawalksundance tag as we are out walking. Fun, right? More details, including info on a daily photo contest sponsored by Postagram/Bing here.

I love playing around with gifs! Lately I’ve been creating cinemagraphs, still images with just a tiny bit of movement, with the Kinotopic app and posting them to the Objective Scenes bloghole.

Let me tell you about my love/hate relationship with the Valencia Street Swing. I love how elegant it is, and hate that I didn’t think of it first. A few weeks ago, some folks hung this swing from a tree branch across the street from Summit Cafe and it somehow managed to survive until late this afternoon.

I always seemed to see folks enjoying the swing, and was often happy to make eye contact or share a smile with them. Sometimes people would even ask for a push. It was awesome. When walking, I’d often go a block or two out of my way just to see folks on it. As a matter of fact, I even spent my New Years morning hanging by the swing taking pictures and chatting with strangers, it was great.

I’m bummed to see it go, but wanted to share some of my favorite iPhone shots of the swing. I also wanted to remind folks that art doesn’t have to be complicated to connect with people. Thanks to the artists who put this swing up and hopefully you’ve inspired other acts of guerrilla goodness!