Venice is a great place to continue the Protrait Project

April 18, 2013     black and white, downtown, los angeles, m43, micro 4/3, olympus, photography, portrait, portrait project, street, street photography, street portrait, venice     3

Portraits 19 – 23 were done in Venice, CA last weekend. These portraits are very different than all of the others, which is good, I like them. Portrait Project – Portrait #19 – Venice, CA (this is the first portrait of a couple, first full-length shot, and honestly, the first shot in the portrait project that…

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Surprise show at Bar Pink

April 4, 2013     band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, color, crowd, D7000, Easter, fisheye, flash, friends, m43, micro 4/3, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, shadow     7

As some of you know, Rocket From The Crypt (RFTC) waited until 5:30pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013 (Easter) to announce a show at Bar Pink at 6:30pm the same night. Some of my friends, knowing my history with the band, assumed I knew earlier and even accused me of withholding information. I swear I…

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Surprise show at Bar Pink

April 4, 2013     band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, color, crowd, D7000, Easter, fisheye, flash, friends, m43, micro 4/3, Nikon, olympus, omd, photography, punk, punk rock, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, shadow     7

As some of you know, Rocket From The Crypt (RFTC) waited until 5:30pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013 (Easter) to announce a show at Bar Pink at 6:30pm the same night. Some of my friends, knowing my history with the band, assumed I knew earlier and even accused me of withholding information. I swear I…

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Holy (Holi) Festival of Colors (Batman)

March 19, 2013     color, crowd, festival, festival of colors, hare krishna, high school, Hindu, holi, India, m43, micro 4/3, music, Norwalk, olympus, omd, photography, portrait, primary colors, shadow, yoga     0

On Saturday, March 16, 2013 I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I met some friends at the Holi Festival of Colors. I had seen something similar on a tv show hosted by Ricky Gervais where he makes his friend do uncomfortable things in unfamiliar lands. I caught the show channel surfing…

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Portrait Project: Portraits 11 – 14

February 25, 2013     black and white, downtown, long beach, photography, portrait, portrait project, street photography, street portrait     7

The “portrait project” is explained at the bottom of this post: Portrait Project Portrait Project – Portrait #11 – Long Beach, CA Portrait Project – Portrait #12 – Long Beach, CA Portrait Project – Portrait #13 – Long Beach, CA Portrait Project – Portrait #14 – Long Beach, CA

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Portrait Project – Portraits 6 – 10

February 21, 2013     arizona, black and white, downtown, jerome, photography, portrait, portrait project, scottsdale, street, street photography, street portrait     2

The “protrait project” is explained at the bottom of this post: Portrait Project Portrait Project #6 – Scottsdale, AZ Portrait Project #7 – Jerome, AZ Portrait Project #8 – Jerome, AZ Portrait Project #9 – Jerome, AZ Portrait Project #10 – Jerome, AZ

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Portrait project has begun! Portraits 1-3

February 11, 2013     downtown, long beach, photography, portrait, portrait project, street, street photography     0

In my last blog entry I committed to doing a portrait project. (here’s a link Portrait Project) Maybe “committed” is not the right word … I was challenged by Rinzi to do a portrait project. To take 50 portraits of people on the street and ASK PERMISSION from every one of them. I started, and…

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