Oh Yea I have a Blog

Wow, haven't posted anything in months. To be honest, I really thought I lost my passion for a while. My last shoot was July...I think? Since then, the camera has only collected dust. The D90 did come with me to NYC when I took Alyssa up for a visit. Only thing that came from that was figuring out my camera is broken. Great news I know. Put it back on the shelf to collect dust and haven't touched it since. Actually, its sitting in a box ready to be shipped out to Nikon, but just need to get around to shipping it.

December came and went. Figured since I was driving to Florida to see the family and girl for Christmas I'd want to bring my camera. Maybe, just maybe it was a fluke. Maybe it was just me. I forgot how to use my camera. Blew the dust off, put a battery in the grip, and threw a lens on. Took some shots and guess what? Same focusing issues. What the ****? There is no way I'm going to Florida without a camera. What do I do? Ship it out and MAYBE have it back in time for my trip? This drove me crazy, kept me up all night for days. Well I must still have that passion if I'm losing sleep over a broken camera. What do I do?

I go out and buy a new one. Brand new D90, I love you. Maybe a new lens and flash also? Sure. I was ready for my trip. Finally getting sleep again, I was ready to start shooting again.

Well anyway, I'm still in a creative block kinda. I have plenty of people who want to shoot, I just don't feel like I am ready. I know, shits weak. But here are some shots from my trip back to Florida. Didn't get to shoot as much as I hoped, but I did get to see most of my friends. That was priority number 1. Still going through and editing stuff some expect more soon.
















And a video from Yaya's with good friends and my love. No real point here.

More shots from working with Tina

No surprise that I haven't blogged in some time. This day job kills my time for my passion and love. Also gets in the way of editing. Finally finished the sets from shooting with Tina and Tina. Here are some...










And one of my favorite outtakes ever.

NEW: Random

Haven't posted in quite some time. Had a really bad sinus infection which took me out of commission for 2 weeks. Haven't touched my camera in forever and I'm behind on my editing. Did some shots for my friend Keith once again. He bought new rims for his Yaris which makes it look so much cooler now. My mind is a little empty right now for shoot ideas, I have some old ones which I'd like to do before summer is over and the light fades even quicker. Here are some of Keith's Yaris...






And an outtake from Jenny and Gia's shoot.

New: Tina

I have been working with this enthusiastic talented make artist Tina these last few days. It has been an awesome new experience for me. Shot for a few hours today and had a blast. Location was awesome, and even better with some furniture moving. Here is a preview of what I have coming. Confusingly enough, the model's name is also Tina...

Club Loose Presents East Coast Bash 3

Another month, another drift event, another day of fun and tire smoke. This bash was only 1 day, which was sad, but just as fun. Brought every piece of camera gear I had, including my Canon film SLR and Polaroid cameras. I never shot with my mom's old T50, but using the camera has been in the back of my mind for months. I went to this event with ideas for shots, and for the most part go to do most of them.

Shooting with film is so foreign. I took a few shots and looked at the back of the camera and told myself something is missing. Shooting with digital is so easy no wonder why everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. Got the roll back today and I'm please with my results. I still have to finish off the other roll, and that will be in another blog someday.

Film Shots-












Digital-

NEW: Laura

Laura has been bugging me and bugging me to do shots of her. Well with plenty of time of waiting around to start my job, we finally got to shoot. Didn't have any fresh ideas, so we went over to Core Creek. Can never go wrong with Core Creek. As I normally do, I let Laura do her own thing minus a few poses. My personal favorite of the set-


And the others...

Recent Photos

Sometime last week, I told myself I'm going to get off my ass and shoot more than 1 day out of the week. Well that idea is going steady so far. I shot with Kristi, Zack, Colleen, and I'm hopefully shooting with Snoozie tomorrow and I still have Friday open. Maybe James? Saturday is East Coast Bash 3, I can't wait. Last month's was a blast, and I expect the same out of this month's. Met with a new client today. Since I heard the idea from Chase Jarvis about going out and doing photos for someone for free/paid, I've been wanting to do it. Same day I get a message from a friend of a friend that asked me to do some commercial/portrait shots. Tina is going to be a blast to work with. She is a brand new business owner and I hope I can get her name out there with my photog skills. So far we think alike and have limitless imaginations. Totally looking forward to working with her.

Anyway, here are some of the shots from this week and last.