mildly professional

2008-10-04T15:12:00.000-07:00

2008-09-27T01:57:00.000-07:00

a cloudy day in the hills

2008-02-22T12:47:00.000-08:00

another day in the hills

2008-02-12T15:56:00.000-08:00

lake matthews

2008-02-12T15:53:00.000-08:00

a day near the lake

eerie lighting

2008-02-11T23:57:00.001-08:00

Candles on the fireplace at the Manson "family" house, Barker Ranch.

geocaching

2008-01-24T17:57:00.001-08:00

experiment

2008-01-24T15:05:00.000-08:00

bored in the desert with Matt, these turned out pretty sweet.

paz y amor

2008-01-15T15:00:00.001-08:00

From late night photo shoot with justin.

from beginning to end

2007-05-29T13:53:00.000-07:00

i went hiking on memorial day and got a lot of good pictures

happy birthday

2007-05-17T14:10:00.000-07:00

we went skating

2007-05-15T14:31:00.000-07:00

moved

2007-05-15T10:07:00.001-07:00

We've moved into our new apartment and the internet should be up by Thursday.

moving

2007-05-08T14:16:00.001-07:00

I'm in the process of moving to a new apartment and updates are going to be slow.

from another adventure

2007-05-03T14:04:00.000-07:00

we found him in a cave

2007-04-26T14:16:00.000-07:00

productivity

2007-04-26T14:01:00.000-07:00

we still went

2007-04-25T22:51:00.000-07:00

the view from the top

2007-04-23T21:23:00.000-07:00

i miss being a kid

2007-04-20T23:50:00.001-07:00

at night part II

2007-04-20T23:46:00.000-07:00

at night part I

2007-04-20T23:43:00.000-07:00

we were supposed to visit this abandoned house above trilogy, only to discover it had been torn down. we instead, visited this abandoned farm house.

bridge & tunnel

2007-04-20T23:29:00.000-07:00

we found this little gem near the golf course by my house

it was only the beginning

2007-04-20T23:21:00.000-07:00

abandoned

2007-04-20T23:06:00.000-07:00

i've been on a ton of adventures lately and i need to get the pictures up.

they didn't stand a chance

2007-04-11T22:51:00.000-07:00

what used to be

2007-04-09T00:30:00.000-07:00

echo park

2007-04-09T00:24:00.000-07:00

we hope you're back soon

2007-04-04T12:28:00.000-07:00

not even the fish were safe

2007-04-02T22:30:00.000-07:00

orion

2007-04-02T22:23:00.000-07:00

i went out with austin the other night and he thought he was orion.

a walk

2007-03-30T11:37:00.000-07:00

more vail lake

2007-03-30T11:28:00.000-07:00

rain

2007-03-28T12:43:00.000-07:00

the weather's been terrible

vail lake

2007-03-27T22:10:00.000-07:00

ghosts

2007-03-27T21:23:00.000-07:00

i'll be honest. some of my favorite pictures were taken on accident.

i'm done taking trips for a while and i'm still trying to catch up with the pictures that i do have. it's spring break this week so there should be a ton of updates.

lancaster

2007-03-21T11:53:00.000-07:00

has some interesting buildings

band gallery

2007-03-20T22:00:00.000-07:00

i've finally got the gallery up to showcase the band performances i've photographed. you can view the gallery at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/justnisdead

enjoy.

tuesday book post

2007-03-20T21:57:00.000-07:00

i did not get a whole lot done this week. it's finals week.

finished reading:
simple art of black and white photography by lee frost

in the middle of:
the problem of pain by c.s. lewis
the new manual of photography by john hedgecoe
dynasty of light by alan shijo mcmanus burner

day one

2007-03-19T13:14:00.000-07:00

it was a really, really fun trip.

san jose

2007-03-16T13:10:00.000-07:00

again, thought i'd have more time to update before i left. this weekend it's lancaster tonight and san jose tomorrow night. two unfun slide shows, and all sorts of other insanity. should be fun.

cox post friday

2007-03-16T13:07:00.000-07:00

i told cox i would do a post on him since he was such a character, and here it is. capable of many emotions and great feats of strength, michael cox is a character few would be wise to cross.

cat

2007-03-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

the cats of sacramento were wild and untamed.

road trip(s)

2007-03-13T15:03:00.000-07:00

the trip up north went well. photography wasn't allowed at the matt costa show (or so i was told) so i didn't bring my camera.

up this week? san jose and two un-fun slide shows that i know i'll be able to shoot.

and in case anyone didn't know, most of the pictures look much better in higher resolution. so make sure you click on the pictures to see them in all of their high-res glory.

book post tuesday

2007-03-13T14:59:00.000-07:00

finished reading:
mere christianity by c.s. lewis
design basics by david a. lauer and stephen pentak

in the middle of:
simple art of black and white photography by lee frost
the problem of pain by c.s. lewis
the new manual of photography by john hedgecoe

pollen

2007-03-13T13:37:00.000-07:00

and a lot of bees.

lights and sounds

2007-03-13T13:19:00.000-07:00

santa barbara welcomed us

2007-03-13T13:11:00.000-07:00

these are people that i know.

why not

2007-03-12T12:33:00.000-07:00

city on the beach

2007-03-12T12:31:00.000-07:00

first set of pictures from my trip. i found this on the beach in santa barbara.

road trip

2007-03-09T02:56:00.000-08:00

i meant to do an update before i left this weekend, but of course didn't get it done. expect a ton of updates early next week, both of the road trip, and the matt costa performance.

books

2007-03-06T23:05:00.000-08:00

book post tuesday?

finished reading:
congo by michael crichton
the curious incident of the dog in the night time by mark haddon
the naked brain by richard restak

in the middle of:
mere christianity by c.s. lewis
design basics by david a. lauer and stephen pentak
simple art of black and white photography by lee frost

moonlit

2007-03-06T22:55:00.000-08:00

corona del mar at about 12:50AM. it was really the only one that came out well.

fender

2007-03-06T22:42:00.000-08:00

courtesy of layne higgins.

santa rosa

2007-03-06T22:38:00.000-08:00

secret beach

2007-03-02T14:03:00.001-08:00

i took these a couple months back at a beach near laguna. i know sunsets are way overdone, but i love the color from the film i was using.

the weeks to come

2007-03-01T12:04:00.000-08:00

so i lied about HDR. maybe this week. but probably not. what is there to look forward to? i'm taking two road trips this month to sacramento / bay area. let the insanity ensue.

vista

2007-03-01T00:03:00.000-08:00

took these with the fisheye last week when me and matt went skating / hiking. the "vista" was very weak.

bridge

2007-02-27T11:22:00.000-08:00

Some more pictures from my beach adventure. A lot of the pictures were looking surreal that day, so I ran with it.

bathroom shoot

2007-02-27T11:12:00.000-08:00

This was just a funny picture I took while doing the photoshoot with Austin. Good times.

the royal we

2007-02-27T10:43:00.000-08:00

I went down last week and saw my cousin's boyfriend's band play. You should check out their Myspace.

night time

2007-02-25T19:45:00.000-08:00

self portrait

the valley

2007-02-25T19:42:00.000-08:00

From an adventure we went on earlier today.

Failure

2007-02-19T23:43:00.000-08:00

I never thought I would post without pictures but here it is. Everything I had been working over the weekend was lost when my computer crashed Monday night. So there's that.

Also, I think I'll try out HDR this week.

lomo

2007-02-15T11:35:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to post some of the older stuff I had done with a lomo-type effect:

matt

2007-02-15T11:11:00.000-08:00

I did these the other night with Matt, and of course didn't pay attention to the light settings until after it was over. Either way, I still think they came out pretty decent. I have more and you'll probably see them later.

newport pier

2007-02-15T07:53:00.000-08:00

Pretty much the only thing I got done yesterday. The photography contest I was interested in participating in required all the prints to be in 11 x 14 format, which irritated me to no end. I spent almost the entire day trying to find a picture that would crop like I wanted it, and ended up with nothing. Bummer. I did dig up this picture though. Newport Beach, taken at about 10PM.

28mm, 20secs @ f5.6 ISO 400

Macro

2007-02-12T18:21:00.000-08:00

I actually have a macro lens, and I don't use it enough.

i love lamp.

2007-02-12T17:53:00.000-08:00

So today inbetween studying I decided to exploit Allion's lamp. Good times were had by all.

Austin

2007-02-09T00:13:00.000-08:00

This thing finally decided to work. Anyway tonight I really wanted to try some portrait stuff and Austin volunteered. I posted them in the order than I did them, and you'll probably see some more pop up later because I took an assload of pictures.

Austin's Fave:

My Fave:

san diego part one

2007-02-07T00:21:00.000-08:00

I went cruising around in San Diego on Monday and these were the first two pictures I got to mess with. I used a lomo-type effect on the boat picture, and just cleaned up the other. You'll probably see more San Diego in the next couple days.

converse

2007-02-01T09:13:00.001-08:00

i love black and white.