I’ve been a bit radio-silent these past two weeks. I’ve been running audio for the 2026 Warrior Games broadcasts in San Antonio, Texas. It’s some of the most complex live broadcast audio I’ve ever managed, but it’s a fun challenge and I’m learning new things every day. You can see the games at https://youtube.com/@warriorgameslive, as well as ESPN+. I’ve trained one of our NCOs, SSgt Ruben Garibay (second photo), to run audio for the evening shift, and he’s doing a great job all things considered. Tomorrow, we’re going to try and manage two concurrent games for a little while. That’s only about 25 channels of audio going to two main mixes and eight sub-mixes… Wish us luck!

Yes! I think I can officially say I’m responsible for a new Photoshop feature. It’s small, but for those of us who like anamorphic lenses, this is huge. There is now an anamorphic desqueeze option right inside Adobe Camera Raw! It’s on the crop page. I asked @kjraimondi and Paul Cress at Adobe for this a few weeks back and it’s already there! Dope.

I got a bunch of patches for my hat. This one just makes me smile ^_^

Aaaand the big reveal! Happy pride month everyone! Indigo highlights by Amber Lee Bridenstine

So… this was my evening. I’ll post the final result tomorrow 😁

I played around filming the Dragon Dads with an anamorphic lens a few weeks ago. I didn’t have any specific product in mind, just having fun. I think this came out pretty epic though.

Went out Friday night (really, Saturday morning) to photograph a cool abandoned building Tom Sorensen found just south of where that monstrous data center in Box Elder is supposed to go in. Tom, Benjamin Sant, and I all went out there. I threw some Aputure MC light pucks on stands to light the interior (it was creepy as hell in there, especially with rodents I could hear but not see scurrying about), and grabbed a shot with moonlight to light the exterior. The foreground is 18 x 30-second exposures, and the sky is 78 x 30-second exposures. All at f/2.8, ISO 1600, using a Sony A7 IV camera and Sony 14mm f/1.8 GM lens. The second image adds two more sky exposures where we had either extremely bright or extremely long meteor show up. I’m still debating which I like more. The third image is a screen shot of a deep sky target i started imaging the same night, and the fourth is BTS, shot on my Sony A6700 camera and Sigma 17-40mm f/1.8 lens.

Just had a great haircut by Amber Lee Bridenstine. She showed me how to do a down/curly look. I might mix it up and do that once in a while, but I’ll probably still tie it back most of the time. Still, if you’re in the Ogden area, and looking for an LGBT-affirming hair stylist (she does coloring and other stuff too), she’s good peeps. Still debating if I want to do something adventurous for pride month this year, like rainbow tips…

I just saw an ad for a Samsung T7 SSD pop up on my feed and just for giggles I decided to see what price they’re going for right now. Holy crap. I spent less than $300 for one of these drives a year and a half ago and now they’re selling for over $1K. Between the Strait of Hormuz putting a strain on oil and AI putting a strain on electronics, this is ridiculous.