var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6108290-4"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} —— Filmmaker | Photographer —— See my other work at lucasridley.com —— I created this blog separate from my website because I wanted to take and post a picture a day for a year in a separate venue so I created this Photoblog, enjoy! If you would like to contact me: http://lucasridley.com/about/contact-me/Tumblr (3.0; @lucasridley)http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WPHZJyP9c7k?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>batwing exit</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/50843047845http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/50843047845Sun, 19 May 2013 14:31:51 -0500skydivebatwingexitcessnaskydiveskydiving<a href="http://lucasridley.com/2013/05/09/how-running-saved-my-life/">How Running Saved My Life</a>: <p><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote">I have cancer. Specifically, I have diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I discovered I have cancer through running. Running My relationship with running began because I thought it would gi…</blockquote></p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/50021869683http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/50021869683Thu, 09 May 2013 12:22:29 -0500American Cancer Societycancerrunning<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ed72d736156218d12b55eaffbab74f47/tumblr_mlm3diCmG31qaxi6ho1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>On a scale from 1-10, this is what I give the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007OZNZG0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007OZNZG0&linkCode=as2&tag=lucasridleyco-20" target="_blank">Kindle</a>. Read the full review <a href="http://lucasridley.com/2013/04/21/kindle-paperwhite-review/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/48529956118http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/48529956118Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:36:53 -0500unicorn GIFanimated gifkindle paperwhitereview<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/594b90bb83c085beba03e0e5a58e17e5/tumblr_mkapgrw4iV1qaxi6ho1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Marriage equality animated GIF</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/46384761103http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/46384761103Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:29:00 -0500animated gifmarriage equalityLGBTQ<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/61164608" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://diy.tumblr.com/post/44797161615/diy-stories-are-here-meet-the-makers-weve-all" target="_blank">diy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1><strong><a href="https://diy.org/stories" target="_blank">DIY Stories are here. Meet the Makers.</a></strong></h1> <p>We’ve all seen makers on DIY that make us happy. Their homemade vacuum cleaners and stop-motion special effects leave grins on our face all day. We’ve often wondered to ourselves what these kids would be like if we could go hang out with them. What is DIY like from their kids-eye-view? How would they talk about it? How do they think about it? What are their lives like?<br/><br/>So we sent two filmmakers out across the country to meet a few of these makers – to see their bedroom workshops and backyard labs. As a surprise, I sent some one-off prototypes of our embroidered Skill patches as a special Christmas gift (they are coming soon for everyone else).<br/><br/>The footage that came back was astonishing. Most of the makers could recount the entire history of DIY’s development during the past year, feature by feature. “Then they introduced Skills… then they allowed comments… then they added following… then they changed the Portfolio.” We were also shocked to see that sometimes only a small percentage of their projects had made it onto DIY. It was a kick in the pants when I saw <a href="http://diy.org/gabrielino" target="_blank">Gabrielino</a> sift through his physical portfolio of hand-drawn house plans – hundreds of them – that hadn’t made it onto DIY because we hadn’t yet released the Architect Skill.<br/><br/>Above all else, these investigations showed us that the social encouragement and peer-to-peer (kid-to-kid) learning that Makers find on DIY is truly unique and that it keeps them pumped to continue creating. It’s that feeling they have that keeps us pumped to continue creating DIY too.<strong><br/><br/></strong><strong>- Isaiah</strong></p> </blockquote>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/44798433377http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/44798433377Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:32:24 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6cf8031def3c4b4f94037b54f82481cf/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> William Joyce <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b118ac1c2f7e08cd3ebd8a905ffd98eb/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo2_500.jpg"/><br/> William Joyce<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c79039c977c4a76cc398a1f5721d765f/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Joe Bluhm, Artist<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d3c866b8abab95d7bc2eeccd44e87090/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Adam Volker, Creative Director - Moonbot Interactive<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1cac165c0f21fe5b5348b2077784e7d6/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Kenny Callicutt, Artist<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/35fddf52fa74e3d9ef27c83979c5fe74/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo6_500.jpg"/><br/> Kenny Callicutt, Artist<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2584912f3a9f62aedf2eb23d7f721c74/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo7_500.jpg"/><br/> William Joyce<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8921bb45191f4faff59735622a84a34/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo8_500.jpg"/><br/> William Joyce<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e0923e93ab34717c8b69ecc8342bb3e8/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo9_500.jpg"/><br/> Kenny Callicutt, Artist<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1272b653d019a5d59211c7690cacf8b1/tumblr_mi4kg2YXGz1qgukcdo10_500.jpg"/><br/> Tyler Schatz, Artist<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://moonbotstudios.tumblr.com/post/42944461855/the-bots-are-excited-about-our-kickstarter" target="_blank">moonbotstudios</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The bots are excited about our Kickstarter campaign to bring our video game, The Golem, to life. For this week’s #SketchTuesday, here’s all new concept art that we haven’t released before. <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1320581435/moonbot-studios-next-game-the-golem" target="_blank">Help us out by backing our project on Kickstarter</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/42951446573http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/42951446573Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:23:13 -0600<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pzoxKFXB1fw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I won <a href="http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/december12" target="_blank">last month’s 11 Second Club</a>, and did an interview at AnimSchool <a href="http://www.animschoolblog.com/2013/01/animschool-student-spotlight-lucas.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/41212893040http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/41212893040Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:52:46 -0600animation11 second clubmalcolm riganimschool3d animation<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/lucasridley/35214185699/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_35214185699" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="225" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.diy.org/post/35212060724/animating-the-diy-anthem-six-weeks-into-creating" target="_blank">diy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2>Animating the DIY anthem</h2> <p>Six weeks into creating the <a href="http://www.diy.org/anthem" target="_blank">DIY anthem</a> – after we had drawn <a href="http://blog.diy.org/post/33897060393/two-weeks-before-starting-to-animate-the-diy" target="_blank">storyboards</a>, made <a href="http://blog.diy.org/post/34356789917/for-the-epic-treehouse-scene-in-the-diy-anthem-i" target="_blank">concept art</a>, and built our <a href="http://blog.diy.org/post/35063963995/some-of-the-character-models-for-the-diy-anthem" target="_blank">characters</a> – <a href="http://lucasridley.com/" target="_blank">Lucas Ridley</a> arrived and began animating and breathing life into our animal kids!</p> <p>Lucas now works at <a href="http://www.moonbotstudios.com/" target="_blank">Moonbot Studios</a> – the Pixar of app developers. Can’t wait to see what he does there!</p> <p>-Daren</p> </blockquote>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/35214185699http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/35214185699Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:26:59 -0600animation3d animationbehind the scenesdiy<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/51529828" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I’m responsible for all the animation in this video. On my blog too: <a href="http://lucasridley.com/2012/10/16/build-make-hack-grow/" target="_blank"><a href="http://lucasridley.com/2012/10/16/build-make-hack-grow/" target="_blank">http://lucasridley.com/2012/10/16/build-make-hack-grow/</a></a></p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/33716393320http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/33716393320Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:56:43 -0500DIY3d animationiphone appmakermakehackbuild<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/I2lv1yLDhF0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Read more about it on my blog <a href="http://wp.me/p22B0y-Lw" target="_blank"><a href="http://wp.me/p22B0y-Lw" target="_blank">http://wp.me/p22B0y-Lw</a></a></p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/27979654790http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/27979654790Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:24:33 -0500recyclecardboardfurnituredesignresusebookshelfrepurpose<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k5JXaGKdSbM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Short animation I did for a class at AnimSchool</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/25826390730http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/25826390730Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:47:00 -0500animschool<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/44224632" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Hang Gliding in Yosemite National Park</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/25749023183http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/25749023183Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:53:41 -0500hang glidingyosemite<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5fi2lbIEb1qaxi6ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Yosemite sunrise - hang gliding video soon to follow</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/24853531341http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/24853531341Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:13:33 -0500yosemitesunrisehalf dome<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5b8muNnQy1qaxi6ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>from the sky diving center in Lodi, CA</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/24689337506http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/24689337506Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:59:17 -0500supermantelephone boothsky diving<a href="http://blog.diy.org/post/24473507901/open-call-for-diy-kids-choir">DIY: Open Call for DIY Kids Choir</a>: <p>[<a href="http://blog.diy.org/post/24473507901/open-call-for-diy-k" target="_blank">Click here to link to the photos</a>]</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.diy.org/post/24473507901/open-call-for-diy-kids-choir" target="_blank">diy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><strong><span>We’re making an animation to introduce DIY to kids and newcomers, working alongside expert CG artist </span><a href="http://www.arsvenefica.com/" target="_blank"><span>David Chontos</span></a><span> and animator </span><a href="http://lucasridley.com/" target="_blank"><span>Lucas Ridley</span></a><span>. It’s an epic ode to making things and earning skills. Now we need some music for our movie.</span></strong></strong></p> <div> <p><span>We looking for volunteers, boys and girls between…</span></p> </div> </blockquote>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/24479510459http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/24479510459Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:41:00 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/41900806" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I learned to sky dive yesterday, here are my jumps, got 8 in one day</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/22830542520http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/22830542520Fri, 11 May 2012 01:33:29 -0500sky divesky diving<p><img height="340" src="http://lucasridley.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/smallLicking.gif" width="640"/></p> <p>Learn how to make this <a href="http://lucasridley.com/2012/05/02/how-to-animated-gif/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/22278230323http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/22278230323Wed, 02 May 2012 17:06:31 -0500doglickinglickdogsanimated gifgifphotoshoptutorial<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XBD8TGC8e8U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>How to make an animated GIF in less than two minutes.</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/22277493355http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/22277493355Wed, 02 May 2012 16:56:04 -0500animated GIFtutorialhow todiygifphotoshop<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3dybq4CcE1qaxi6ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/22246723383http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/22246723383Wed, 02 May 2012 03:02:14 -0500elephantNatural HistorymuseumWashington D.C.taxidermy<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/38482052" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>my latest hang gliding film</p> <p>EDIT: This was filmed where I took the photograph that is featured on <a href="http://freecabinporn.com/post/20965437310/homestead-on-the-lost-coast-california" target="_blank">Cabin Porn</a> today!</p>http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/19442105064http://lucasridley.tumblr.com/post/19442105064Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500hang glidehang glidingaerobaticsacrobaticsloopflipextremelost coastdog mountainmattoleflyingsoaringspinspinningmanuevers