Land surfing

This last camping trip saw many afternoons killed by skating. The onshores would blow out the surf, so as soon as midday rolled around we would spend a lot of time cruising and carving what we could. We came back with a few wounds that'll for sure leave scars, but that's what it's all about, right?

Update on life

So I’ve been MIA lately. Here’s the latest scoop:

This past week I spent camping and surfing my brains out with two of my best friends down at Trails. Photos coming soon from that. I need to develop the film and scan it first. The trip was epic. We video taped damn near everything. I’ve got nearly 4 hours of video from the trip. Everything from the random BS in the campsite, hiking into canyons, cruising around on skateboards, even shower time was caught on tape (no homo). I’m going to get to editing that all this week (for real this time guys haha). Hopefully have some short little clips soon from that. But now it’s back to my regular work week schedule. On the plus side I’ve been playing a grip of shows lately, and it’s looking like I’ve got a drummer lined up for a show saturday night. It’ll be cool to play with a drummer for once. So for now it’s back to the grind for me. But there should be some good photos on the way. Until then, here’s a shot of my Almond Lumberjack in action.

I love this place

I really do. This table in particular has many, many memories. Nights alone, nights with friends, seeing amazing bands play, hearing poets share their art. I’ve spent many nights in that red booth loving life.

Open your eyes

I’m normally not one for flower shots. You see them everywhere, all the time. Look in any card shop and I promise you 75% of the cards have some generic shot of flowers on them. I’m not saying that this is not a generic flower shot, it may be for all I care, but the point of this was something entirely different from just shooting a flower because it exists and it’s pretty. There’s an area behind my house up in the hills that is like a refuge for me. It’s beautiful. It’s empty. It’s quiet. And it’s enough to remind me that as California gets crammed to the brim of people everyday, there’s still hideaways to be found in your own backyard. This is one of those hideaways.

I'm a junkie

Along with color I’m addicted to contrast. Here’s a pretty good example of my addiction in action. I’ve come to terms with it, and I don’t want help.

Newport Light Love

There’s so much you can do with a camera and a cell phone. This particular night I was sitting in my Jeep in Newport and decided to get creative. I've been loving Kodak 400vc. soooo smooth.