I was out last evening experimenting with some night photography, such as star trails and traffic trails. If anyone is familiar with the Santa Monica/West Los Angeles media district–or even if you aren’t–it’s full of older industrial factories from the turn of the last century. These are all converted now into production and post production companies, often rented cheaper and labeled as “creative space.” At any rate, it’s a great space to experiment with.
At around 8:30pm a police car drives slowly past me, and just past the intersection, they flipped around and pulled up the curb where I stood with my camera mounted on a tripod. I wasn’t sure what I had done wrong, but the enormous spotlight directed at me sure seemed unnecessary. The woman sidekick cop just kept saying “this doesn’t look good.” Thanks, how reassuring…
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Oct 13, 2008 in products
I would love a new MacBook Pro. Yeah, along with everyone else over here in the Los Angeles media industry, or anyone else that just wants to use a computer rather than spend 30% of your time maintaining it.
My 6-year old Dell laptop just doesn’t cut it anymore. It takes well over four minutes just to boot up, not to mention asking it to do anything more. Forget about Photoshop, let alone any editing. Since college, more and more of my co-workers and colleagues have been using Macs. The best part is that I’m already familiar with Mac OSX since I’ve been using it on and off for the past decade, mostly on Final Cut Pro.
It’s been awhile since the last MacBook update, and its initial product release back in November 2002. Reading articles like this Computerworld review speculates what the new product might feature, and it all sounds way better than my old Dell laptop. There’s even speculation of a new dock for Apple laptops that make it easy to quickly move between work and home, which is exactly what I’ll be needing.
So I’ll be watching the special event this Tuesday (10/14) to check it out and seriously consider buying one to go with a new job.
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Jul 20, 2008 in off-topic
I’m taking a much needed break from work in Los Angeles and escaping to Alaska for two weeks. It’s already been a few days (taking a pit stop at my parents in Sonoma first), and already I can feel a huge difference.
Not only am I allowing my mind to clear itself from the incessant office chatter of phones, conference calls, flood of email, etc., but I can actually breathe easier now that I’m outside of the heavy environment of smog. Yes, everyone is LA–take time to travel even for a weekend and you’ll feel much more rested.
I’ll update when I return, along with some photos of my adventures.
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Jul 22, 2007 in off-topic
I’ve now relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles, and the environmental change couldn’t have been more abrupt. It will sure take some getting used to, but now I’ll have much more opportunity with the film industry at my doorstep.
Now that a certain LA-based cable company has taken a full three weeks to install my Internet service, I’ll be back and ready to write for the Drowning Turtle. Cheers!
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Jun 15, 2007 in off-topic
I’m taking a brief break from writing in this blog so I can finish up classes, graduate college, and find a place to live closer to my work in LA. I’ll be back as soon as I can, because the world keeps moving by way too fast…
since I’ve been using it on and off for the past decade, mostly on Final Cut Pro.
