Nardcore

Less is more? Didn't I type that somewhere pertaining to this blog? I did, I know I did, but I shot 157 pictures over the weekend and am having trouble narrowing them down ... I'm not saying they are all "show-worthy" but I like them and I like where they were taken, so ...  I guess I'm posting them. Hope you like or at least look at them.



Wagon Wheel Bowling



The Back of the Wagon Wheel Inn

 The bowling sign and the broken down motel have so much potential. I feel like I could have spent an entire day there. I'll be back ...

Culver City

Culver City is a cool area - I could shoot there for days ... Thanks Weave!



Dry Cleaners Wall



Drainage Ditch near ThinkSpace



These 2 images are of the coolest planter I've ever seen. It is at a place called Superfad ...  It looks like a tv studio of some kind, yeah, yeah, I could look it up, but this blog is supposed to be getting LESS wordy.  OK I looked it up here. Anyway - these pictures are of cactus planters. 36 pots, 36 cacti, elevated about 36 feet off the ground. I was really tempted to call Superfad and ask whoever answered the phone "What's that planter thing you guys have in your parking lot? It's so cool!" The one on the right has Sarah in the picture so you can get an idea of the size of it.

Self-Deprecating Photography

I ate at Bruxie in Orange with some friends today. The parking sucked, the line was long and the food was totally worth it. I don't think I can afford to become a regular there as the fried-chicken-waffle sandwich would put me in the running to be the fattest man alive ... and makes me want to nap now that I am back at the office.

I was stoked to learn that the guys I ate with actually read this blog. They pointed out that I say that I'm not happy with my pictures that I post here ... And the whole point of this blog is for me to have a place to post pictures. Well, the fact is that I am happy with about half of the pictures I post here. At the risk of sounding too groovy, I am still learning what I want to do with this blog ... eventually I think I'll need to type less and post fewer pictures. I guess less is more. The original idea for this blog was very similar to a new blog a friend told me about called Deux Photographies. They post pictures and titles (or state the subject) that's it. Check it out, great stuff there. Maybe that's the goal. We shall see.

Here are some pictures from lunch, I want to say "not great, but here they are anyway" but I'm trying not to re-title my blog: Self-Deprecating Photography.

Improv(e)

Here are a few more examples of me thinking something looks cool and that I see a picture in it somewhere and don't find it ... I really love the child's shoes on the phone wire. I stare at those shoes whenever I walk Otis by there. But I just cannot find the right angle, or maybe it really isn't that cool and I'm trying too hard to catch an image that's not really there at all ... I don't know, but I'm glad I'm shooting more and getting a little frustrated with my results right now is good. It means that I want to improve.

Neutra

Feb 25 - Today I went to go see a Richard Neutra exhibit. 20 photographs of things he'd worked on or been involved with in Orange County. It was being held a the Old Court House in Santa Ana (where a few friends have been married). The Old Court House's website said the exhibit was running through 2/25/11 and the blurb I read in LA Magazine said 2/28/11. Either way I was safe ... WRONG. After wading through a few weddings and trying to find an exhibit room or info or anything, I stumbled upon someone in an office, in a uniform, watching a video on her computer ... Where's the Neutra exhibit, I asked? Oh, that's been taken down, you missed it. What the fuck? At least I got to go to El Toro on First and Bristol and get some tacos ...

I took a couple pix at the courthouse though, honestly, if I had the balls to be a "Johnny on the spot" photographer, the photos are of the people in the surrounding area ... Awesome people walking, waiting for buses, sleeping under trees ... Seriously ... I need to go back and shoot the natural wildlife ...

Stair rails



Stairs at Old Court House




Stairs at Old Court House



Neutra exhibit .. Not really

I think I am using my fisheye too much. I love that lens but I need to concetrate on getting a good image and not depending on the fisheye. Some pictures just scream for a fisheye though ... Some.

its been emotional part 2

Some photos from Saturday night ... The Stimy memorial at the Ken.

its been emotional ...

Its been an emotional last few days.


fluf

 Wednesday Night was the Stimy memorial/benefit at the Casbah with Skydiver, Congress of the Cow, Fluf, Creedle, Inch, Sub Society ... It was like a high school reunion even though I didn't go to high school in San Diego. Tons of old friends, great bands all gathered to say goodbye to a great friend. In trying to keep myself from crying through the entire show (and the one on Saturday too) I shot some pictures. My live band photography has always frustrated me. I'm just not very good at it. I feel like I should be, I've been to enough shows in my live, but for some reason, I suck. I am still trying to learn the proper setting for my flash and for shooting bands ... here are a few from Wednesday night that I feel are OK, but not great. (see next blog for Saturday)


fluf






Sub Society w/Matt



Sub Society w/Matt





Sub Society w/Matt