Got another B&A Wednesday! Here are some images from the most recent RPTE to Thailand and Cambodia :)

Sidenote: The next RPTE to Thailand and Cambodia for this January sold out the day I announced it on the blog. So be sure to email me at info@bobbyearle.com with the subject “NEXT RPTE” if you want to get a jump on the next one when I announce it!

All images are edited exclusively in LR with VSCO Film. Since I bought the VSCO pro pack, I haven’t opened photoshop almost ever. This is an AMAZING time saver! There have been so many processing companies out there — some horrible, some decent, some really good — and VSCO Film is the first one I’ve ever used that is truly excellent. Over the last 6 months that I’ve been using it, I’ve been constantly blown away at what VSCO is doing. They recently came out with an iPhone app called VSCO Cam (which has also been blowing my socks off) that I reviewed here. You can see my favorite VSCO Cam images here at our personal blog :)

The images below are the final, processed images. Roll your mouse over any of the images to see the unprocessed original…

5D Mark II + 24 tilt at 1/1000th, ISO100 , and f3/5 – Riding elephants in Kanchanaburi, Thailand // kodak portra 800+

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5D Mark II + 24 tilt at 1/1000th, ISO100 , and f3/5 – Kanchanaburi, Thailand // kodak portra 800+

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5D Mark II + 24 tilt at 1/100th, ISO400, and f/3.5 – Ta Prohm, Cambodia // kodak portra 800+

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5D Mark II + 24 tilt at 1/250th, ISO1000, and f/3.5 – Erawan Falls, Thailand // Kodak T-MAX 3200 converted to color (press V)

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5D Mark II + 24 tilt 24 tilt at 1/125th, ISO800, and f/3.5 – the South Gate in Siem Reap, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L at 3.2 seconds, ISO500, and f/2.8 – South Gate in Siem Reap, Cambodia (and it was handheld :) // Kodak T-MAX 3200 converted to color (press V)

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/2500th, ISO160, and f/1.2 – Ta Prohm, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/5000th, ISO200, and f/1.6 – monkeys in Cambodia :) // Kodak T-MAX 3200

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/3200th, ISO200, and f/1.6 – Siem Reap, Cambodia. // Kodak T-MAX 3200+

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/800th, ISO200, and f/1.6 – Hank and his new baby in Siem Reap, Cambodia // Kodak T-MAX 3200+

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/320th, ISO200, and f/3.5 – Thom Bayon, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/500th, ISO400, and f/1.2 – Angkor Wat, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/3200th, ISO200, and f/1.2 – Angkor Wat, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/500th, ISO400, and f/2 – Beng Melea, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/4000th, ISO100, and f/1.2 – Tonle Sap, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/5000th, ISO100, and f/2 – Tonle Sap, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + 24 tilt at 1/800th, ISO100, f/3.5 – Tonle Sap, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + Canon 50mm f/1.2 at 1/4000th, ISO100, f/1.6 – Tonle Sap, Cambodia // Fuji 160C

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5D Mark II + 24L at 1/3200th, ISO100, f/1.6 – Tonle Sap, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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5D Mark II + 24L at 1/400th, ISO100, and f/1.6 – Mangrove forest in Tonle Sap, Cambodia // TRI-X 400++

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5D Mark II + 24L at 1/3200th, ISO100, and f/1.6 – Tonle Sap, Cambodia // Fuji 800+

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I paid for my VSCO presets out of my pocket and LOVE them. No joke, I’d have gladly paid $500 for them (again, not at all kidding).

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Spring is in full effect in Southern California. We’re so fortunate to live in a place where Clive only has to be bundled up a tiny portion of the year. Haven’t posted Clive photos in a bit, so here are some from a few weeks ago…

The little guy is OBSESSED with the swing right now. First thing he says when he wakes up is “wing???” — which means “swing” :)

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Dennis and Adam did a show last night at Spreckels in downtown San Diego. What does their show consist of? An atheist (Adam) and a practicing Jew (Dennis) sit back with a beer and cigars and chew the fat. And I couldn’t imagine a more entertaining and insightful duo.

Real fast, thank so much to RJ Moeller for coming up with this idea! And if you’d like to go see them on their upcoming tour, click here for more info. If you’re a fan of either, it’s so worth it.

Anyway, here are some photos from the evening. Lindsay and I took the night off while my parents watched Clive — and to say it was worth the trouble (the cost of the tickets, gas, driving, getting a sitter) is a major understatement. We had such an enjoyable evening :)

Adam answering some questions during Q&A.

I didn’t edit Adam out of that last one. He’s blocked by someone in line during the Q&A ;)

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I’ve been asked if some of these are DSLR photos loaded into VSCO Cam. EVERY one of these were taken on my iPhone 4s (or Lindsay’s).

VSCO Cam is out!!! I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for this! It’s 99 cents and I can tell you without even a hint of exaggeration that I would gladly pay $50 for it. Again, I’m not kidding. Some things I LOVE about it…

Again, it’s 99 cents. If you enjoy shooting with your iPhone, I cannot imagine how you wouldn’t absolutely love this app. VSCO does it again.

And if you want to keep up with us on Instagram, my screen name is bobbyearle and Lindsay’s is lindsayearle :)

Sometimes Clive likes it when I push him backwards :)

Saying goodbye before I leave the country for a few weeks. One of the only negatives about traveling a lot.

He’ll sit on Trouble like this all the time. Trouble loves it :)

Coronado bridge (flying into San Diego).

A baby rattler we caught last week in a populated hiking area. Took him to a safer place :)

Clive fell and smacked his head onto the washer :(

So go and download VSCO Cam for 99 cents already!

And if you want to keep up with us on Instagram, my screen name is bobbyearle and Lindsay’s is lindsayearle :)

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Over the last few years, I’ve sort of become Not For Sale’s official photographer. Given my love for abolishing slavery and my hatred for real evil, having the opportunity to give back as a photographer and shoot for them is a true joy of mine. Even though I play the smallest role imaginable in the larger NFS (Not For Sale) picture, it’s a role I am grateful to play. Here is last year’s Global Forum I shot for them and here is last year’s Montara Circle, if you’re interested.

Last weekend I flew up to San Francisco to shoot the 3rd Montara Circle for NFS. Despite popular opinion in the west, slavery didn’t end when the US freed black slaves. Slavery isn’t a thing of the past. In fact, I believe the number of slaves in the States during the civil war was something like 25,000 (going off memory here) and now there’s some 27 million slaves around the world. An anti-slavery like NFS movement has never been more necessary.

Montara Circles invite 50 of the greatest minds to tackle human traffiking. CEO’s, producers, directors, CMO’s, law firms, artists… The room is filled with some of the greatest minds on the planet and it is so fascinating being able to watch the project from the outside as I shoot it. These are busy, busy individuals and they put a stop to their schedule for a couple days to end slavery.

For two days, everyone comes together to create a new approach to combatting slavery. Last year, they came up with REBBL tea: premium tea sourced from communities vulnerable to human trafficking in Peru. REBBL tea helps lower the risk of human trafficking by offering opportunities for dignified employment and committing to reinvest a portion of profits back into those local communities.

Moniker did all the set up/design/branding, by the way. They always kill it!

The guy above in the middle is Dave Batstone. One of the founders of NOT FOR SALE. To the left of him is Matthew Mahan. Vice President of Social Impact for Facebook Causes.

Kindley Walsh Lawlor, VP at GAP for social and environmental responsibility.

Stanley Winokur, MD, played a key role last year in developing REBBL tea. Shown here is everyone tasting the new tea.

Talking about the Free To Work app. Download it now!

Greg Galle, Executive Producer and Co-founder or Future, explaining how the brainstorming process will begin.

Matthew Mahan, Vice President of Social Impact for Facebook Causes, setting up the REBBL tea Causes page with Dave Batstone.

Dave and Scotty O’Hara, CMO of AllSaints fashion.

Once each group pitched their ideas, everyone was given one hundred $1 bills ($5000 combined). Every person chose what ideas were worthy of their money. The idea with the most money would be the idea that NFS would commit to implementing.

A major apparel executive committing a percentage of sales to NFS. The reaction below illustrates the magnitude of the donation :)

If you’re looking for a non-profit organization to support, NFS is a great one. They are committed to ending slavery in our lifetime and they have real, solid solutions to make that happen :)

To all my friends at NFS. May God bless you for all that you are doing.

Bobby

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