Write Your Obit Before Darting Across Beverly

August 8, 2014     band, bands, bar, black and white, D7000, downtown, downtown la, food, friends, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, night, Nikon, obits, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, roots, san diego, street     0

I had never been to the Bootleg Theater before seeing The Obits there a few weeks ago. It’s an interesting venue. There are 2 rooms. You enter into a room with a big stage, a bar, some tables and stools. This is the smaller of the 2 rooms. The one thing that annoyed me about…

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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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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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walk … smile … breathe … relax … take your time … have fun … SHOOT!

February 8, 2013     black and white, downtown la, los angeles, photography, street, street photography     5

I learned a lot last weekend. A LOT. I did a one-on-one workshop with Rinzi Ruiz. I met Rinzi when he was assisting Eric Kim at a workshop held at Think Tank Gallery in Oct 2011. Then in 2012 I attended a workshop that Rinzi hosted along with Bellamy Hunt. I really have great feelings…

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