The Last Month
It’s been a few weeks since my last post, not for a lack shooting though. In fact, I’ve been shooting so much that I really can’t keep up on the computer end. Been shooting mostly film, strictly with a 35mm lens for my personal stuff. Also been hard at work updating the blog, which is [...]
Call to action!
Call it lack of vision or just plain laziness, I hadn’t dedicated a day for shooting in about month! Like many others, I to can get lost hanging out on the computer, endlessly editing, updating the blog, learning the latest photoshop technique, all the time forgetting why I started photographing in the first place. Granted [...]
Wandering in LA 2.0
The Black Boots Ink crew is probably downloading the pictures from their days shoot in Guadalajara Mexico as I write this post, I’m sure they captured some amazing stuff. This is their final stop in a tri-city collaborative effort which included San Francisco, CA (December) and Los Angeles (January). Returning to the streets: Images wheat-pasted [...]
Charles E. Wright
Recently heard somebody talk about photography in terms of Spirituality. They likened the click of the shutter to that of a prayer, and the viewing of the photograph to meditation. If this is the case, these images are my offering to those who were fortunate enough to have known Charles “Chuck” Wright. May he rest [...]
Home Sweet Home
Have been doing my best to keep up with the 365 project. I’ll admit it hasn’t been easy, however, after reviewing the fruits of my labor, am seeing some positive results. One of the threads I have noticed is a tendency to shoot closer to home. A number of images have just come as a [...]
Wandering In LA
Want to thank the Black Boots Ink crew, Emilio Banuelos, Elena Carrosco and Ibarionex Perello for there hard work and dedication. Am astounded at the amount of growth that I have seen in my approach to taking photographs in such a short amount of time. Click on the slideshow link to see more images from [...]
Walking Forward
Ventured out of my comfort zone last weekend, hitting the streets of downtown LA in prep for an upcoming workshop hosted by Black Boots Ink, as part of there (traveling) Urban portrait series. I have heard so much good stuff about this workshop in the past few months. Of course I was a little hesitant [...]
Change
Producing an image a day continues to be an eye opener for me. Have had to find new and creative ways to incorporate the camera into my daily life. While some days an iphone capture is about all I have time for, I have bee increasingly finding time to really go out and explore. This [...]
Yogurt and Discipline
Went to get some frozen yogurt yesterday, was trying to visualize a shot inside the store, but was uninspired. Got into the car with melting yogurt and saw this scene! Normally I would not get out of the car and take the image, but this damn 365 project is forcing me to discipline myself into [...]
One day at a time!
I have survived the first week of this 365 project, just posted Day 8. I can’t tell you how hard it has been to stay creative when life is in session. There have been moments where the last thing I wanted to do was create, edit and download an image… but I did anyway. Don’t [...]
What The??
I really don’t know what I am getting myself into, but I am challenging myself to produce an image a day for year, yes that means 365 photos in 2010! I know it sounds cliche’, but I am going to have to take this one “One Day At A TIme.” Thank god I am not [...]
Gratitude
Came across this book publishing site recently by the name of Blurb, a really cool site with neat applications to build your own books. They have a feature where you can build a book from your blog posts, so I thought it would be a cool idea to make a book of my blog posts [...]
Taking a break
Sometimes I get so caught up in the action that I forget to stop and look at the landscape, then proceed to get frustrated that I can’t seem to get the images that I am looking for. Was out shooting some friends at the skatepark this morning when I realized that I was just getting [...]
Reflections
I find myself shooting so much lately, that I can’t keep up to date. I start editing one roll/import – then before I am able to finish I shoot something else – edit again – and forget about the one that I was just working on – a vicious cycle no doubt! On the other [...]
Quote
“I find that the great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Homecoming
I get a call early one cold Saturday morning… it is my old college football coach. He calls to inform me that the NCAA has determined that I still have another year of eligibility, and that he has a spot for me on his roster… As I begin to say yes… beap beap beap beap… [...]
Analog
Have really been enjoying the photographic process of late, been slowing things down a little, substituting memory cards with good old fashion film…something I never thought I would do.
Eagle Rock Music Festival
Never a dull moment at the annual Eagle Rock Music Festival, this year was no different, in fact, the event seems to grow exponentially each year. This was actually the first year that I brought my camera along for the experience, one of my motivations was to go check out a friend’s band, The STEPHAN [...]
Urban Artist "Live" @ Yogurt Haven
Yogurt Haven hosted the first – preTrend presents: Urban Artist “Live” (featuring Daniel Guatimea). Among the returning customers were 12 first-time patrons, including two significant community leaders watching Daniel bring to life a pastel portrait of a young female eating yogurt. Daniel says: “It was a good experience. I felt really comfortable doing a hometown event. [...]
MOMA
walkmoma, originally uploaded by stokethegnar. Have not posted in a while, been busy making a book of my trip to Japan and working on the apartment, hopefully I can get some more stuff up soon… in the meantime, this is from a recent visit to San Franciso, these were taken in and outside of MOMA, [...]
Broken Camera
My Fiance and I recently went down to tokyo town for some Frozen yogurt on what was a 90 degree plus day. After cooling down we just took a stroll through the streets of downtown LA with my 99 cent toy camera. We came across a displaced gentleman with a harmonica. After talking for a [...]
Ford Tough
I had a fascination with this 1979 Ford F-350 Ranger Camper Special long before I ever laid eyes on it. I didn’t really understand why until Grandpa Chuck asked if I wanted to take a ride in it. From the moment the engine turned over all Chuck could talk about was his truck, from his [...]
DESTINATION JAPAN
All Aboard, originally uploaded by stokethegnar. Last month I was fortunate enough to have traveled abroad for the first time, what an amazing experience. While the trip itself was all too short, it will always have a special place in my heart, for it was the place I proposed to my now Fiance. Feel free [...]