Unfamiliar Ground

First day of class for the semester!

Cow Pies

Getting this shot was fun, and I got to hear Ryan's crazy talented music skills.



Check out Ryan's EP here!

San Francisco - Take 2

I did my first shoot with a stranger from a far off city last week on Thursday. She had BLUE hair! The weather forecast said it would be overcast all day, so I thought it would be fine if we planned to shoot around noon. It turned out to be a very cloudless, sunny day however. The original spots we had planned to shoot were terrible because of the sun's location and the direction we -had- to face for the locations to be worthwhile. Since those didn't work out, we went to an abandoned greenhouse and shot some nice pictures.


We had very limited time to shoot there. Two days later, I went back with my friend Jordan. She had PURPLE hair! We added a bit more of a theme to the pictures, but took forever getting ready and driving out there, so we ran out of light much too soon.


Now I have a cold, and have almost no desire to edit any of the photos :( I somehow managed to do 3 yesterday before going to bed at 7pm.

Not Sure..

I'll think of a title and write something here tomorrow.

Momentum

I was one of four photo assistants for my friend Jon's photo project. For these photos, two of us were in a jeep rigged with a strobe while the rest of us were in a hatch-back with the camera set up on a tripod, controlled via live-view on a laptop, and shutter triggered by a pocket wizard. Here are a few of the unsuspecting motorists we encountered:

Ecclesiastes

Second to last class for the semester. Almost....

I took this picture during my friend Hannah's photoshoot. She did all the incredibly creative makeup and wardrobe.

A Flurry of Strings

I was planning to do a few shoots over this past 4 day weekend, but none of the personal ones seemed to have worked out. I did some assist-shooting for a friend, but that was more her project than mine. Since I've got class Wednesday nights and needed something to turn in this evening, I threw together a shoot last night. Luckily, my friend Erika helped me out by not only letting me use her Cello for the shoot, but modeling in it too!

I absolutely hate daylight savings because it gets dark before I leave work now. Since I have to either shoot with artificial lighting (or very little available light), I decided to play around with mixing strobe colors. It turned out to be pretty fun and interesting.

Drifting Through a Sea of Change

Life will throw some unexpected jabs at us every once in a while. It is our job not to fall; to stay standing through it all. My grandpa used to say "Just roll with the punches", so I do.

Prison of Wires

I had an amazing experience in San Francisco last weekend. Words can't express how free I felt; not having to drive anywhere really takes the edge off. Plus there's nothing like exploring small shops and dark alleys. It's unfortunate that these feelings have faded so quickly, but at least I have some pictures to remember the trip by:

Never Clean

Watch as the world slowly crumbles around us..

Clear Your Mind, and Focus

Worry Not, Citizens..

Pictures to be used in the "Photo booth slides" to border the main photo (which won't be posted until the calendar's release) for the Good Juju charity calendar.

Not There

I really want to be around creative, productive people. Where are they all hiding?

Loose Looks

Finished doing headshots for my friend Evan. I always avoid using natural light because there are never clouds in Simi and the light is -always- too harsh. If you can find the right natural lighting, it can out perform artificial light ten fold. Today was an average, overly bright day... but thank goodness for building shadows!

Summ-er..

My beloved friend Daryl is leaving to Germany for over a month! It's not -that- long... but it sure seems like it will be considering she's my creative soul mate. The other side of the world is a long ways away. Did another Pin-up calendar shoot tonight with Erin. We were going for one or two good shots, so it was pretty quick (Unless you were standing on a chair the whole time). Mad props to Ken for being such a wonderful "Slasher".