- (inhaling deeply) (exhaling quickly)
I need that.
Welcome to California.
Check out my fun room.
TV console.
Suitcase area.
Bed, nightstand number one.
Desk.
Uploading today's video.
Chair lounging area.
Hole to the bathroom.
Look, there's a hole in the wall.
Ooh.
Bathroom.
That's me right there.
Hey guys.
That looks to be a yo-yo.
Gasp.
What?
Never have I been into a hotel that had a yo-yo.
Also I'm wearing my hat forwards for this trip today,
because the last two times I've been outside,
I've got quite the sunburn and I didn't bring any sunscreen.
I haven't bought any yet.
Alright let's see if I still got this.
(grunts) Oh no.
Clearly I don't.
Let's see if this is any good.
Ugh.
Alright, sleep.
Oh yeah that's not bad.
That's pretty good.
Look at that.
This sleeps pretty well.
Whew, whew.
Little around the world action.
Or walk the dog.
Ugh.
Did my best.
Are these juggling?
What is this place?
Alright I haven't juggled in so long.
Oh yeah, no problems at all.
Underhand juggling like this.
And then you got overhand.
Oh!
And then it just gets out of control.
Underhand, over,
wait, wait.
Underhand, overhand.
(laughing)
I'm just gonna stay in here all day
and play with these fun toys.
We the proper P M two are as per tradition as per usual
on this channel let's B roll like 10 seconds
maybe like 15, 20, 20 max.
Check out this room.
(heavy bass music)
That's it.
That's about good enough for the room.
As far as B-Roll goes, I'm all B-Rolled out of this place.
I am however super hungry.
I haven't eaten anything today.
I mean I had some fruit on the airplane
and like some orange juice, one coffee,
that needs to be fixed.
But other than that lets get this vlog going.
Welcome to episode seven.
Alright.
Oh I should also mention,
one, I forgot my sunglasses again.
I have so many pairs of sunglasses
because everywhere I go I forget them.
And California is most definitely the wrong place
to forget your sunglasses.
And number two, I just now uploaded after effects basics.
So it's a tutorial I been working on.
I been getting requested this for so long now.
It's just a really scary program.
It takes a long time to teach.
But I did just drop the very first video.
So if you're interested in doing special effects
and just cool edits and kind of making your videos
a little bit, a little bit more, check out that video.
Or pop the little "I" tag up here (pop)
there it is.
Alright.
Moving on.
(heavy bass music)
Hi, before we even get into today's vlog
I just wanna point out it's very difficult to vlog
in a, what time is it, it's 3:51.
The sun, I feel like it's right here.
So if this is very bright
and you feel like I'm squinting a lot
it's because I am and it is.
Welcome to Los Angeles.
Just a little context,
I am on a rooftop right now downtown L.A.
I don't know what rooftop it is.
I don't know how we got up here.
We took like five elevators and 16 stairwells.
I'm with my friend Ryan and Daniel.
More on them in a minute.
But this is pretty cool!
L.A. is very beige.
It's like a big pair of khaki pants.
(laughing)
It's also, oh I just like, I don't like heights.
I just, I don't know.
Rooftopping, those types of Instagram photos,
they look dope, super cool, not for me folks, not for me.
How bout a little tour if you will?
I'm not even from here
but I believe this building at my 11:00
is the Walt Disney Concert Center.
I think that's what that is.
That's some kind of art gallery.
Those are two friends.
It's gonna be a good day.
We're gonna do some sunset photos.
We're gonna talk about how to get great sunset photos.
Actually, I think with this sunlight
it'd almost be interesting of how I get footage shooting
in bright light like this.
Here's another little pro tip.
For those people that know I'm a little obsessed
with ND filters and variable ND filters.
If I was to unscrew this right now,
I want you to see how bright it actually is.
That's what it looks like without my ND
if I wanna shoot wide open.
God it's so bright and so hot man.
I chose the wrong outfit for this.
Picked a wrong day to wear black.
Thinking I wear black like everyday.
(heavy bass music)
Look at that.
Ooh, first of all look at that sun-flare.
Where is it?
Wait, come back.
Oh it's gone.
That's the building.
That's where we were, that roof.
That's pretty cool.
(heavy bass music)
(car horns honking)
It's nice here.
- China Town (shrugging)
- Yeah
(car horns honking)
- Not bad.
- Yeah.
- Finished.
- Seriously man.
(car horns honking) - Alright uh.
- You're done collabing.
- Yeah dude.
It was great.
It was legit.
Yeah see ya later.
- See ya.
(car horn honking)
(ice rattling in cup)
- Here's the plan, we're headed to Laguna Beach.
Where's that?
How far is that?
- It's like an hour away.
- It's like an hour away and since we're in L.A.,
that means it's like four hours away.
- Yeah.
- It's super hot.
He doesn't have AC in his car.
- None.
- His car has nothing.
The back of my shirt is soaked.
- Yeah it's wet.
- We're about to walk in a dark tunnel here.
But that's the plan.
Banger sunset shots, in Laguna Beach.
Just had an iced coffee, feeling good.
Let's do this.
Cody, that was for you.
(techno music)
Alright, here we are.
About to get in this oven.
This oven of a vehicle.
What is it like 120 inside it right now?
Alright.
And we got an hour and a half drive in L.A. traffic?
Okay, and it's like a hundred degrees outside.
This should be fun.
(car doors closing)
Everyone tell Ryan he needs AC in the comments below.
Let's make this a fun one.
Okay, we're about 15 minutes out.
Well not out, we're about 15 minutes in,
and it's hot, very hot.
It's like we're like 30 minutes in now
and I'm actually melting.
I feel lighter.
I feel like there's less of me now.
It's just evaporated into the smog of L.A.
But I noticed something
that I thought some of you may have never seen before,
this is very interesting, a little lesson here,
this, this here is called a compact disc, a CD.
Music can go on these.
You know sometimes like 22 tracks or something.
This here is looks to be a mix tape of sorts.
You'd be able to you know, pick different songs,
and then you would "burn" them onto a blank disc
you could buy disc's at like a hundred spindles
and then you put them in this thing.
This is a CD player.
Right, so they come out like that
and then you would just slide it,
oh make sure it's clean.
And then you would just slide it in
and then your music would play from the CD player.
Like 22 songs.
Incredible, incredible technology.
It's a little lesson for you.
Alright, update we're driving by a garbage dump right now
and the breeze is bringing all the smell into the car
and the windows are open because there's no AC.
It's great.
What a beautiful, what a beautiful drive.
Okay, I'm trying to duck because it's so bright
cause the sun's setting,
this is the only spot of shade I could find.
We're finally out of that car and it feels so good to stand.
So now the mission is sunset Instagram mission.
We're gonna talk about a whole bunch of tips
to get banger sunset shots, shooting near the water.
This is gonna be fun.
I never get to shoot sunset like it just never happens.
And California sunsets, ooh the best.
Look at that light man.
Looks so good.
Look at that just pouring down the street.
Look how dirty my filter is too.
That's disgusting.
I should really clean that.
(laughing)
Nah, next day.
Ugh, yo why don't you use a camera bag?
- Because when you drive in a car with no AC
you can't afford any extra weight you know.
(laughing) You have to keep it light.
- What do you guys think, do I look beach ready?
(laughing)
I think so.
Alright sun's setting,
waiting for that nice tasty color to come in.
What's your favorite time for sunset?
- Probably a half hour before and half hour after,
where you get that really good light
that comes right before sunset and after.
- Half hour before, half hour after.
Then you get a little bit of a mixture,
a little pallet to work with.
Optimal, you always want as many options as you can.
I mean you get what you can
because sometimes the sun just sets and get it done,
but you know having options.
Whenever you're gonna go shoot sunsets somewhere,
give yourself time.
Being stressed trying to run to chase that light.
That's why it's a saying "Chase the light"
It's stressful, it's not fun.
For sure gonna get wet over here
when these waves roll in.
Do it fast!
I picked the wrong sneakers for this.
There it is.
There's some good light.
Alright.
Looks good right?
- Looks real good.
I really like to use a circular polarizer.
It kept the reflection off the water
and if there's a lot of mist,
it can actually cut that through
and it's something that it's kind of hard to tell exactly
what it'll do but it's been something that's helped me
get a lot of really good shots,
and it brings the colors out of the sky,
and you'd be surprised what colors are actually there
even if you're like naked eye can't see them,
when you really edit it and pull it out it's pretty rad.
- I agree with everything he just said.
The only downside is I don't have one with me.
(laughing)
Alright, sun looks good, gonna send the drone up,
get some aerial shots hopefully get it back.
Let's go.
(serene music)
Okay.
That pretty much concludes sunset.
I caught the last of it.
Pretty much with the drone up high.
I was gonna say one of the tips I would recommend to you
is don't always just shoot towards where the sun is setting
because a lot of times the background behind you,
the other direction where the sun is illuminating,
looks just as good or better.
So a lot of times don't forget to turn around
and that's kind of funny cause you see,
you get to a good spot, a bunch of people are set up
with tripods and you think
"Oh yeah this is the spot right here",
but turn around and look the other way
and sometimes that's even better.
So when I was flying my drone towards the sun,
it looked okay, and you can check that shot out here.
But then when I turned around and saw how nicely lit
that whole coast was with the green and the palm,
that looks way better.
So don't forget to do like a 360
and really look for the best angle.
I think the last tip would probably be like obvious.
I mean if you have a drone or access to a drone,
try to get it up in the air because aerials at sunset
top down of the water, it just looks so good.
It's a unique vantage point that you could only get
from the sky.
It's starting to get dark here and it's creeping me out.
I'm leaving.
(faint off camera male voice)
Yeah I'm so hungry right now I feel like I could die.
I would just eat my own foot right now I'm so hungry.
I'd probably be terrible but.
Hiking, I dressed for the part.
Skinny jeans always.
Dude why didn't we come this way at the beginning?
It's like a clear path instead of like scaling the rocks.
Oh yeah.
That's why we went the other way.
Down we go.
Alright I'm gonna pack my camera away so I don't fall.
This is gonna take extra concentration,
especially with the off white prestos I'm wearing right now.
Double the confidence.
(mild music)
(waves crashing)