Art in Public

A guy was playing the cello in the Powell Street MUNI station today, and completely transfixed a number of kids.

Photo processed to look like a painting

Picked up a new app for the iPhone that does a very nice job of processing photos to look like paintings....

It's called Artista Oil.

Worth checking out.

Wind-Generated Joke

Call me infantile, but I thought how the wind changed this sign is hilarious.

Reason to Celebrate!

A small crowd assembled outside the Federal building in San Francisco which houses the courtroom of Judge Vaughn Walker, who just handed down a ruling striking down California's Prop 8. Prop 8, passed by a narrow margin of voters last year, took away the rights of same-sex couples to marry.

Stop and Smell...

Or at least look at. I love the plants folks put out on the sidewalks in the City....

Photo from my iPhone with some processing in Photogene and TiltShift.

Press Mess

The TV News riser at yesterday's press conference in which the Governor of California announced his nominee for the next Chief Justice was pretty crowded.... Fortunately I'm talker than most videographers.

Today's Interesting Find in the Civic Center

Looking at the World Differently

What do you think this is? It's a photo I took on my iPhone.

Arty iPhone Photo

Well, not sure just how arty, but it's pretty!

Didn't know my buf was broken...

Who knew? Lots of World Cup fans in San Francisco!

Iron Giant -- Buddah?

I've been watching this sculpture going together for the past few days
in San Francisco's Civic Center, unsure of what it was to become.
Today the arms arrived, and now it's pretty clear what it will be.

I'll try to post a pic of the complete sculpture when it's done.

Ah, San Francisco!

Really?

San Francisco has a proud tradition of protests, but Cookies?

Really? Cookies....


-- Post From My iPhone

HDRI image from iPhone

In the wake of the iPad announcement, I thought I'd post a little
picture from my phone, made using an app that allows me to create high-
dynamic-range images (HDRI). If you can use the iPhone to post-
produce photos like this, to paint, to compose music, to edit video,
just imagine what you'll be able to do on the tablet.

Fun toys!