daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
I went for a short ride to test out a new camera angle for my Insta360 camera. I was so excited to try it, but unfortunately the angle was not so great and the selfie stick was kind of bobbing up and down too much. Back to the drawing board! 😀
I did, however, get some nice POV footage from my helmet chin-mounted GoPro and will post a video in the future.
The straps for the chin mount that I got for the GoPro have been slipping pretty much ever since I got them, so I haven’t used it on my helmet too much. But I recently just kind of folded the strap over itself so that the thickness is doubled and now the clamps are holding the mount very securely. Can’t wait to go for a ride and get some POV footage!
I went for a ride with Kiki to downtown Austin. It was a perfect day! Please enjoy the video!
Today was the first day of the year where the temperatures have dropped below the freezing mark. I have this silly tradition in which I hop on my motorbike and go for a ride when that happens. I was gonna skip it this year, but the decided, what the hell, let’s do it. So I bundled up with my wind-proof jacket, neck gaiter, winter gloves, and Uniqlo heatech base layers and went for a ride around the neightborhood. It was fun but I quickly learned where the cold parts of my clothing were. Basically, my face and my fingers. I have heated grips on my motorcycle and they keep my palms warm, but the outside of my fingers were frozen! Ack!
After I came home, had some lunch and warmed up, I put on my non-motorcycle warm clothes (first pic) and went for a ride to the park. As expected, the trail was pretty much empty, so it was a very pleasant ride.
The photo below is of a little mouse in my motorcycle tank bag. We have this yucky cat toy that had been going back between my wife and myself, hidden in places like under her pillow, in my sock drawer, etc. Then one day I found it here in the tank bag, and decided that that is where it would stay. 😀
I went for a quick ride around the neighborhood to test out a new camera angle using the Insta360 X3 camera. I really like the angle, but it’s a bit in-the-way for the POV view. Still, I don’t mind it too much. Please enjoy the video!
