Destination Hong Kong

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Dogs and Witches

Bella




Keiko (Gandalf)




Two of the most notorious dogs in Montclair. Both guilty of pouncing up on me, licking my face, and being super cute the second I step foot into Katrina's house.







Keeper




Best damn sandwich




This is Burton's massive flagship store on Melrose consisting skating goods, surfboards, and of course: snowboarding gear. Needless to say, the store is sick. I couldn't take pictures inside, but let's just say the entire store is "skateable." The reason why I went here (besides just checking it out) is because Friday at midnight I will be leaving on an airplane to Beijing. After hearing so much about its frigid weather, I decided to get a jacket to prevent me from all sorts of bad news. I decided to go with this, part of the Shaun White collection. It'll go nicely with my 08' Forum Grudge board.






Oh yeah, and at night Katrina and I went over to Hollywood and Vine to catch this sorta famous show. We arrived there at 7:50pm and the show started promptly at 8:00pm. Valet parking was the only option.

Stephanie + Jeff | Connection

Today I had the absolute pleasure of working with multi-millionaire and five time Beirut champion, Jeff Sanchez and his girlfriend the devil. The shoot was going fine until she started growing tentacles and nearly strangled me to death. I don't usually retaliate with violence, especially with clients and friends but I had to whip out the 580EX flash to give her a lesson. Needless to say she quickly melted and was taken care of, what a pity. Jeff, if you're reading this I'm sorry. But don't worry, I'll find you a new one.

Experimental "Jesh de Rox" Photography

As a photographer I am against photo manipulation to the point where the image can almost be labeled surreal. Such techniques such as HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography, especially for the use of portraits are accused of that in my book. Check out the work of Dave Hill for some of the "better" examples.

About a few months ago I stumbled across man by the name of Jesh de Rox. Let's just say he's a little bit of a legend in the wedding photography world. In addition to capturing great images he really has a talent in photoshop. His images are "surreal," but in every good way imaginable. Today I tried to take a stab at his post processing technique with some "never before seen" pictures from Alicia and John's wedding. Here were the results.

Viva La Vida

What an incredible experience this was. Security was a little tighter at the Honda Center than I would have liked and that led to some inhospitable decisions from their staff which I will not delve into. Despite missing the first of the two opening acts and losing a lens cap I came out a happy man. I deeply wish I could have watched the entire show.

The Flesh of my City

Went up in flames last weekend. I took a few snapshots near my house when it was most heavily near my area. I had heard friends who were packing but really It touched base when I heard of a close by neighborhood that was evacuated. I am glad none of my friends or family was hurt. My condolences go out to everyone who lost their homes, there is nothing more precious to lose especially in such hard times like these.







My restroom has an orange lamp which really serves no purpose to me. I thought I had saw it lit and attempted to turn it off. Turns out it was the orange hue coming from the outside.

American Seige Tour

I had the pleasure of shooting one of my favorite bands, Saosin perform with Underoath on their American Seige Tour at the UCI Bren Events Center the other night. This was my second time watching Saosin and you can certainly say that I was singing along with them throughout their show. The is a certain balance of energy of peace that I find within the lead singer's voice (at least on the CD) that cannot be matched with any other band.

Underoath on the other hand is pure evil, despite their Christian background. Their set opened with a increasingly loud static track coupled with a grainy short video with showing a man in a gas mask with the words "I am the messenger" written on his hand. As the static grew out of nowhere the drummer came on stage and killed it. What ensued was beyond words.