Tag: Palos Verdes Estates California

Quick Trip to West Hollywood!

This weekend we made a quick overnight trip to LA to meet up with friends, who also flew into the city of angels, to see a play. The trip, though short, was special. Seeing my dear friend, Mark, was wonderful. We haven’t seen each other in years, and he’s had a very difficult year but looks none the worse for… Continue reading

Mother Visits California

Well, it’s unbelievable, I know, but mother spent most of the month of August visiting here in California!  And, much to my shock, I think she really enjoyed her visit!  She took hundreds of pictures and even shot some videos (some by accident). I flew to Pensacola at the beginning of the month to pick her up as she doesn’t… Continue reading

iOS Compatible 360º Panorama

This is the second panorama I shot on Monday at Malaga Cove.  I’m still about 20 feet above the beach as this location is about two-thirds of the way down the trail to the Pacific Ocean and almost directly below the spot, up above, where I shoot the time lapse images of Malaga Cove.  In fact, I marked it in… Continue reading

The Pinkerton Took a Stroll

Today The Pinkerton decided to go for a walk along the Pacific Ocean.  In fact, he went walking at Malaga Cove, but not at the top of the cove, where you usually find me.  He wanted to go walking down along the extremely rocky coastline right by the ocean.  The walk was exhausting with the rugged rocks constantly shifting under… Continue reading

The Cove: Cool Cloud Action, Beautiful Sunset

Yes, Malaga Cove is one of my favorite places near where I live.  Shooting time lapse there is easy as I’m involved in a writing project.  I just set up the camera, let it click away, and write.  It’s an inspirational place to accomplish a writing task! For the technically inclined: Yes, lots of flicker since I used FCP.  I… Continue reading

A Moment of Zen from the Pacific Ocean

On Sunday I shot a time lapse of the dramatic arrival of a storm front from the Pacific Ocean. Yesterday I shot a sunset at the same location, one of my favorites, Malaga Cove. Standing at maybe about 1,000 feet above the ocean, you can watch small puffs of clouds flow in and up the walls of the cove. As… Continue reading

The Earth… Shook… Under My Feet

Well, we had a little earthquake last night: magnitude 2.4. I find them to have personalities. This one shook the house in what felt like a north/south direction and actually originated just a few miles south of the house, out in the bay itself.  (Click to enlarge.) Related articles @ tt.us My Malaga Cove Time Lapse 1 My Malaga Cove… Continue reading

Improved Time Lapse Process

This is as much to help me remember this as it is to share the info with all humanoids oninterwebs… This is the post production process I used when creating the Malaga Cove time lapse shorts.  After importing the footage from the camera into the computer: QuickTime Pro 7 ›› File ›› Open Image Sequence… Make sure images are in… Continue reading

Malaga Cove Time Lapse (Noon)

This is the second time lapse I shot at Malaga Cover yesterday.  This one was shot at ISO 100 with a 5 second interval and includes a bit of panning.  As you can see from the comment at the other Malaga Cove time lapse, I met lots of interesting people yesterday morning. So, here is the noon time lapse of… Continue reading