FML Series

Whats up guys. Sorry for the lack of post lately, I have been incredibly busy. Anyway, I'm starting this new " weekly series" called FML. its based of the website Fmylife.com which is a site where people share real life stories that have happened to them. It's a very funny website, and makes you feel a lot better about yourself. Haha just kidding. The basis of the series is to take an written narration of a piece on Fmylife.com, and turn it into a visual piece. The photo below is the first shoot I did in the series, come back next week for another image. Enjoy!!




"Today, I came home to find a sock I previously used to whack off on my bed with googly eyes and a mouth drawn on it with a note that read "because you can't find a real girl I made your current one prettier, Love Mom." FML

P.S in order to understand the photo you must read the FML quote that goes along with it. And, yes I realized this is a self portrait.

Old photos

Friends smoking hookah. I decided to grab the camera and set up the lights and take some photos. Heres what I got. Enjoy!!

Stage 7- Amgen tour of California

What's up guys?! This weekend was a lot of fun, I shot the 2009 Tour of California! It was real cool seeing the legend himself, Lance Armstrong, ride right past me with a camera in my hand. It was nice to see how much publicity that was behind him, And how much support their was. This particular year I was going for the more scenic shots, although I understood the risk of having only ten seconds or so to try and capture a nice frame. I drove 2/3 of the entire route to find a scenic spot with some good action. I found an amazing spot where if I looked one way I got the scene of the event, in which the riders would ride around a loop and then come past me for the tight action shots that I captured from above.Literally there was only about 20 seconds of shooting. Next year I have hopes of getting on a media motorcycle to cover the event throughout the week. I will have more opportunities and more time to get great photos. Well it's late and I am tired, enjoy!

To see more of my shots from the event CLICK HERE!!!!
For last years photos click here!!



21 February 2009: Team Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light during stage 7 of the Amgen Tour Of California in Santa Clarita,CA.


21 February 2009: The riders come ridding throught state 7 of the Amgen Tour of California in Santa Clarita, CA.


21 February 2009: Lance Armstrong, front, (USA, Team Astina) riding through stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California in Santa Clarita, CA.



21 February 2009: The riders come ridding through stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California in Santa Clarita, CA.

Thank you Megan for helping me edit. (2x) 

Pepperdine-vs- Loyola Marymount

Hey guys, Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I'm working on 2 upcoming projects that are going be awesome. Can't wait to show you. Anyway, last week I shoot a pepperdine/ Loyola game. It was alright, the lighting was pretty bad and it was hard to find a spot with clean backgrounds. Other then that it was fun. Here are a couple photos from the game.

7 February 2009: Pepperdine University-vs-Loyola Marymount University, Jarred DuBois (0) of LMU dribbles and passes the ball to teammate. Pepperdine University defeated Loyola Marymount University 58-43 at Gersten Pavilion at Loyola Marymount University stadium in Los Angeles, CA

7 February 2009: Pepperdine University-vs-Loyola Marymount University, Tom Ashbury headcoach of Pepperdine talks to his team during a timeout . Pepperdine University defeated Loyola Marymount University, 58-43 at Gersten Pavilion at Loyola Marymount University stadium in Los Angeles, CA

7 February 2009: Pepperdine University-vs-Loyola Marymount University, Kevin Young(40) of LMU guards opposing team player. Pepperdine University defeated Loyola Marymount University, 58-43 at Gersten Pavilion at Loyola Marymount University stadium in Los Angeles, CA

found a cool shot

I was going through my drive today, and completley forgot about this shot I took of my Documentary partner. We Where supposed to be shooting headshots for her. Instead I snuck this photo in while she was checking if her hair was nice and purrrttyy. Just a fun little shot, no biggy.

Enjoy!!

First Gallery Opening

A couple weeks ago. I had my first showing at a gallery in Hollywood, CA. It was about the protest on Prob 8. The gallery was completely dedicated to 'no on prob 8'. There were many protest going on in California after the law was rejected against gay marriage. So Christina (my documentary partner) Megan, Matt and I grabbed our cameras and started to shoot. Christina shoots video, while I shoot stills. Anyway we made a multimedia piece out of it. (I'll try to get that up later). The multimedia piece was playing at the gallery, then I had 2 of my shots hanging in the gallery. It was a lot of fun and a great turnout. I shot pictures at the gallery of everything going on, but unfortunately i misplaced the CF card so I just posted the photos that where hung up. Enjoy!!!

CIty of Angels (Puerto Vallarta style)

I just got home from PV tonight, I can't sleep, so I decided to edit some of the photos from my shoot there. Last year, my friend Matt and I went to PV and discovered some pretty cool spots and came up with some cool ideas for the next year. This is one of the ideas we came up with. We wanted a girl with angel wings to be sitting on the edge of a building looking out at all of PV and being the "gaurdian angel" of PV. This year I happen to have gone with my girlfriend Megan, it worked out great. we brought the lights, some angel wings and a camera. Im happy with the turnout. Happy NEW YEAR!!!!!!