top ten of 2013

December 31, 2013     band, bands, bar, bar pink, black and white, Denver, downtown la, Easter, festival, festival of colors, fisheye, flash, Foo Fighters, Hindu, holi, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, ink n iron, jabez, lambretta, lensbaby, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, May Farms, micro 4/3, model, Moorpark, motion, music, Natural Light, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, photo pass, photography, Pizza, portrait, punk, punk rock, Queen Mary, Redballs, Riot Fest, Rock and Roll, rock show, Rocket From The Crypt, san diego, scooter, scooters, street photography, superchunk, vespa     0

I was reading a post by fellow photographer Michael Ares and he did a year end, “top ten” list of his favorite shots of 2013. After reading his post, I thought it was a great idea. A great way to look through your work throughout the year and see how your are improving or if…

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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 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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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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Beth Short aka The Black Dahlia

January 8, 2013     bbq, Black Dahlia, bus stop, downtown la, inglewood, iphone, photography, street photography, true crime     7

Last weekend I went on a bus tour tracing the final days of Elizabeth Short … as known as “The Black Dahlia.” If you have an interest in true crime in general, in the Black Dahlia case specifically or the unsavory history of downtown Los Angeles itself, I highly recommend this tour and its producers…

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