Serendipity: noun; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. When I saw this “ad” it immediately reminded me of “Biutiful” the film by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, shot by Rodrigo Prieto, and starring Javier Bardem. The movie’s title refers to the orthographical spelling in Spanish of the English word beautiful as it would sound to native […]
Serendipity: noun; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Both images were taken the same night, and at the same Brooklyn restaurant, Char #4. The place is nice, the service was good, and the food was decent, but the restaurant is definitively overpriced and overhyped. This was […]
Serendipity: noun; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. The Flatiron Building was designed by Chicago’s Daniel Burnham as a steel-frame skyscraper in white terracotta, and intended as the headquarters of the Fuller Construction Company. The building was soon dubbed “Flatiron” after its unusual shape, caused by […]
Serendipity: noun; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. The Radio City Music Hall, designed by architect Edward Durell Stone, and interior designer Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style, opened to the public on December 27, 1932. Some people say that with a stage almost 150 feet wide, and 5,933 seats, it is […]
Serendipity: noun; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. “Chinatown at Dusk” is the second picture on our “Visual Serendipity” weekly series. The goal is to post a new cell phone image every week (click here to see last week’s pic). For years I’ve been fascinated with […]
Serendipity: noun; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Starting today, I’ll do my best to post one new picture every week. The rule (there’s always a rule) is that it has to be taken with my trusty, yet dying, HTC Incredible cell phone. This photograph was […]
The “Montana Visuals Workshops” will take place August 4th to 8th, 2014. At the northeast end of Flathead Lake, surrounded by incredible landscapes and perfect weather, with access to a game farm that specializes in wildlife photo/cinematography, a pontoon boat and ghost towns, plus amazing food by the Hilton’s chef. More details and registration form […]
“Best of the Bronx” is a series of 1-minute video vignettes to help promote New York City’s northernmost borough. The Bronx is well known for landmarks like the Yankee Stadium, the New York Botanical Garden or the Zoo, but the project’s goal was to highlight lesser-known gems. The first video on the series profiled […]
We have been trying innovative ways to make our content more visually appealing. Here are some of the most recent features that you might not know. • The Tag Cloud is great. The more we write about a topic the bigger it gets in the “cloud.” Simply click on one word to access the […]
UPDATED 20141027: Dropbox fights back. Starting now, Dropbox has considerably dropped the monthly price, effectively matching the best offer in town, Google. Now both services cost only $10/month for 1TB (1,000GB). wow…. Why is Google Drive so cool, you […]
Welcome to Episode 4 of our “Conversations with Friends” series, today with professional film editor Christopher Pecoraro. Ruled based art, Alfred Hitchcock, and filmmaking techniques are among the interesting topics we discussed. Our wine was the Indian Creek Pinot Blanc 2009. It was fairly balanced and refreshing, with lemongrass and pomegranate notes on the […]
We are pausing our around-the-world trip for a few days in order to present several live workshops at NAB in Las Vegas.
This week we are celebrating our first 100 days traveling around the world. Here are the 10 most valuable lessons for anyone considering long-term trips.
Here’s my current “Batch Renaming & Importing Workflow” hoping it will benefit photographers, filmmakers and digital nomads spending several weeks or months on the road.
This is my last post about my Lenovo Tablet nightmare experience. Six months ago (check the original post here) I made a wish list of all the wonderful things I wanted to get done with my brand new Tablet. Here’s the update: What did I plan to achieve with my new toy? 1. Read more eBooks without burning my legs […]
“What do you do for a living?” I never know how to answer this seemingly simple question. I consider myself a visual storyteller, but I also invest a big chunk of my time producing filmmaking workshops around the world, and working as a technology consultant. I love wearing many hats, facing new challenges, and developing new […]