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Chris Orwig’s awesome TEDx talk on YouTube!
Chris Orwig did a great job talking about the poetry of pictures at the recent TEDx American Riviera just north of Santa Barbara recently. Check out the video of Chris in action:
PHPSlideshow now on GitHub!
PHPSlideshow is the easiest way to make an online slideshow and now it has been migrated to GitHub - the easiest way to share development. If you are a developer and looking to contribute to a cool project, check out a fork and get coding!
Hipstamatic 170 Press Release!
In just a few short hours (8 AM PST) the new Hipstamatic 170 iPhone app launches! The 170 is special because it is the first iPhone photo app to print and deliver fine art traditional silver prints to your doorstep right from within the app! It has been super cool...
Holy craaaaap!
I found this beautiful f/2.8 70-200mm Canon lens (including warranty card!) on my doorstep this morning with a note: "Anonymous gift for Lawler. Enjoy" Wow, I'm speechless! Thank you fairy godmother!
My little part of the delicious Hipstamatic pie!
This Friday my favorite iPhone app is receiving a shiny new update! The new version - the Hipstamatic 170 - adds the ability to order prints right from within the app! How cool is that! It gets better too 🙂 I teamed up with the lab doing the actual printing (Color...
Holga photo in The Daily book of Photography.
One of my 35mm Holga images of the Santa Barbara Mission appears in The Daily Book of Photography that was released this month. It is a cool hard cover book, I have enjoyed thumbing thru it the past few evenings...
Chris Orwig used my photos!
I am stoked and honored that inspiring photographer and speaker, Chris Orwig, interviewed me for his recently published book, Visual Poetry. In addition to the interview, he also included several photos of my beautiful kids that I have taken over the past couple of...
Pigeon fire on North San Marcos Rd.
Within minutes of arriving at the Birch's home after Claire's memorial service, a fire started which put a damper on the gathering... Two pigeons managed to arc two power lines in the valley below the house which resulted in a loud noise and a cloud of smoke and...
Claire’s memorial
A large group of friends and family gathered to celebrate our friend Claire and and mourn her passing. The service was awesome and Kelly rocked. Photos from the memorial here...
Painted Cave bee rescue
Piet was in town and we spent the morning extracting bees from a house up on Painted Cave Road. The honey was super dark, almost looks like avocado honey, yuummm! Thanks to Karen for the bees and for snapping most of the photos. The bees are happily buzzing around...
George Ayoub sunrise wedding
Our congratulations to George and Svetlana who tied the knot this weekend in Santa Barbara! Here are some photos from the beautiful ceremony at Butterfly Beach. thanks to Sean Tubbs for shooting with me 🙂
two different songs
I have been really digging these two songs recently! The first song is from The Innocence Mission's new "my room in the trees" album. Scroll to 2:12 to hear some real prettyness! [audio:http://www.zinkwazi.com/music/08 North American Field Song.mp3|artists=The...
Die Antwoord rocks LA!
I finally got a chance to catch a live show of one of my favorite bands at the (sold out) El Rey Theatre this weekend. The show was epic, super high energy! I was really surprised that most of the crowd were young Americans, I had assumed that it would be a soutmielie...
Setlist – Music Portraiture by Todd Roeth
Todd Roeth has an amazing photo show currently on display at the Ventura Beach Marriot's Visions gallery. In addition to the cool photos, Todd set up a mobile website which plays audio interviews with the artists featured in each photo - epic! Here are some photos...
Vuvuzela ringtone for your iPhone
Because you know you need it! Download the vuvuzela ringtone for iPhone here... and download the mp3 version of the vuvuzela here... The vuvuzela will always remind us of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in SA!...
bee vacuum success!
A couple of weeks ago I tried to coax a swarm into an empty hive about 20 feet up on the back side of a movie set facade in Ventura. The bees did not move into the hive but instead used the underside of the box as a nice extension to hang their comb on. Today I went...
The National rocks LA!
We got to see The National last night at the Wiltern. It was a great show, they are awesome live! Here are my two current favorite songs from their epic new album, High Violet: England: [audio:http://www.zinkwazi.com/music/10 England.mp3|artists=The...
The Lefort Report launches!
Finally one of the most hard core music fans I have ever met has a voice on the interwebs! Check it out at TheLefortReport.com! Keep your eye on the site for a steady stream of what's happening in music today... The blog debuts with a great review of the Yo La Tenga...
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission
I recently had the opportunity to attend an SBRM graduation and to meet with and interview all the grads. Attending their ceremony was amazingly moving and inspiring to me! Below is a short movie of those interviews:...
Model release app for iPhone
I just picked up a copy of Application Gap's new Easy Release app for the iPhone and it is awesome! Fortunately I happened to run into 2 of my heros, Nelson Mandela and Wikus van de Merwe while testing the app for the first time! Mr Mandela modeled and Wikus witnessed...
Snow trip up to Frazier Park
Macey and Livvy's brownie troop took a trip to Frazier Park today. Somehow we got separated from the pack but managed to have a blast in the snow nonetheless! Here are the photos and below is a video of Max getting some serious air on his sled - enjoy 🙂 ...
