Well, it’s actually a 6 day trip, if you include the travel days. I’m writing this from the bar at the hotel I’m staying in… this is the only place that they have an internet connection, so I’ve been stuck drinking beer and surfing the net.

I was recently invited to show my photos at a diner in Santa Monica. There are 8 black and white photos of various city scenes being displayed from January 7th through February 7th. If you have time and are in the neighborhood, head on down to Joe’s Diner. They display local artists’ work and change [...]

Interestingness on Flickr is a mystery. The formula/recipe/algorythm is held in super tight secrecy. Fellow flickr’er Thomas Hawk has a handy 10 item list on how to gain interestingness for your photos. From Thomas: At present I’ve had my Flickrstream viewed more than 400,000 times. While I’d like to think that it has something to [...]

Through the pier Photo originally uploaded by dextr. Took this after my session… Getting better with the new camera. This is from the north side of the pier, looking through to the south side. I surfed northside, which was nice and clean, glassy surface. No crowd until about 6:45, and then it still wasn’t that [...]