I kinda feel like the hardest part about working for the GoPro marketing department would be choosing WHICH amazing videos of the thousands uploaded they should share with their Twitter followers.
We Went To Costa Rica
Heather and I went to Costa Rica for my 30th birthday last week. Here are some photos:
I used my GoPro camera (more here and here) for the first shot, but the rest were all taken on my iPhone 4s, using either the regular camera, Instagram, Camera+ or Diptic to put the images together.
It was a pretty sweet trip.
-Parker
Fueling Puerto Rican Perfection
This post doesn't really have much to do with technology, video games social media or whatever it is that BlogCampaigning is about these days.
I just wanted to share some sweet photos that I took on my vacation to Puerto Rico last week. It was 8 days of epic waves during the day and reading the Game of Thrones series of books at night.
While I used my BlackBerry Torch and a Sony point and shoot for most of the photos, I used a GoPro Surf Hero camera to get those in-wave shots.
I was able to buy the GoPro Camera thanks to DDB Fuel, a program offered by the company I work for, DDB Canada. DDB Fuel gives employees money to put towards something that will fuel their creativity. I've done a bit of photo and video editing before, but using the GoPro camera has given me a chance learn more about how to actually use a camera (accounting for the glare of the sun, different settings, etc).
Puerto Rico is a really amazing place, and I would definitely go back. The water was warm, the people were friendly and the weather was absolutely beautiful.
I didn't just surf, though. I also visited the Arecibo Observatory, the world's largest radio telescope.
If you want to book a trip like this, I highly recommend going through Surfer Living, a surf-specific travel agency. They made some great recommendations about where I could score good waves, where to stay and had great customer service overall. If you end up going to Puerto Rico, hit up the Desecheo Surf Shop.
-Parker