I borrowed a Mavic Pro 2 to potentially use for future One Charge Trips episodes. First I needed to practice so I made a small video of my first flight. Of course… I also crashed.

I‘ve done Inktober before and never finished the month. I‘m going to go for it again but this time not on paper. Linea, my favorite app for sketching on iPad, has released a new set of templates to use in the app specifically tailored for Inktober—complete with all the prompts.

Another episode of One Charge Trips was a visit to Hillsborough, NC to see the historic Occoneechee Speedway. It was a really hot day and we walked a lot! Really fascinating to see a place reclaimed by nature.

We continued our weekend One Charge Trips this weekend and went to the Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh. The performances by Phantogram and Chvrches were great. We found some good seats without people in front of us or behind us, so we could sit or stand when we wanted. It also gave me the opportunity to be cooler than my daughter who just went to a Jonas Bros concert this week.

I bought a new camera today and I’m super excited to go take some photos with it. It’s a Sony a6400.

Watching the US Open—and really all tennis—is fun but I can’t get over the odd behaviors they direct the cameras to take. They’ll have shots shaming fans who move during a point to ultra zooms into a player’s arms or legs. I’m just imagining the director saying “now zoom into the clock and slowly rack focus”.

I shared some photos earlier, but we released our first video for One Charge Trips this week. Check it out and subscribe!