The Enchantments

September 30th, 2009

I just got back from a three day backpacking trip in the Enchantments with my wife, Brooke, and buddy Andy.  The best part — not showering for three days and not caring about it.  The next best part though was the amazing scenery and jumping into a lake that’s so clear you can’t tell when [...]

The Photo Left Untaken

September 17th, 2009

Do you ever pass on an opportunity to shoot a photo and find yourself thinking about that moment over-and-over just wishing you’d made the time to stop and shoot it?  It happened to me about six months ago.  I drove by a fire station with all the doors rolled up and the trucks perfectly parked [...]

Hurley Pro Day One

September 14th, 2009

Yesterday was Day One of the Hurley Pro — event number six of ten on the ASP World Tour.  I say this like I’ll be sticking around for days two through seven, but I won’t.  In fact, I was really only there for a couple heats.   My wife and I were cruising back to L.A. [...]

Death Cab for Cutie

September 7th, 2009

After going through some photos of the Swollen Members I took yesterday, I remembered I still had some photos from a Death Cab show I never got around to looking through.  These were all taken with my G10 on ISO 1600 (except for the outside photo).  This show was the first time DCFC had played [...]

Swollen Members

September 6th, 2009

Lately, I’ve been trying to embrace the art of the imperfect photo.  Motion blur?  Noise?  Blown out highlights?  Yeah, all of the above.  There’s definitely the time and place for a more technically perfect photo — you know, perfect light, sharp edges, etc, etc — but I think sometimes certain imperfections can add to the [...]