Big Deal …

March 25, 2015     art gallery, band, bands, bar, black and white, Black Flag, Blasters, blues, building, Captain Sensible, crowd, D7000, Dave Alvin, descendents, downtown, downtown la, family, filmage, fisheye, FLAG, flash, flowers, Foo Fighters, friends, gallery, graffiti, haze, hollywood, iggy, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, in-store, long beach, los angeles, low light, m43, micro 4/3, music, night, Nikon, olympus, omd, Phil Alvin, phonography, photo pass, photography, portrait, punk, punk rock, Rock and Roll, rock show, roots, soul, The Damned, true crime, venue     4

While I am merely an unpaid hired gun set photographer, I feel very attached to Death or Glory. Recently, I assisted in putting on an event at Angel City Brewery called “Steal Music Buy Art” or SMBA for short. SMBA was created to debut 4 episodes of Death or Glory but became so much more….

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ambulance chasers, vultures and scumbags …

June 4, 2013     architecture, asbestos abatement, building, fire, fire damage, m43, micro 4/3, smoke damage, tustin, Uncategorized, water     1

This will be my first blog post here that is not photography related. While it will include photographs that I shot, I am really feeling the need to vent and warn people about what happened after our office building caught fire. On May 12, 2013 the office building that houses our office (along with 19…

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hard one to write …

August 23, 2012     architecture, building, downtown la, los angeles, low light, photography, sign, street, street light, street photography     0

I took another street photography workshop recently. I really enjoy taking workshops. Workshops are such a great way to learn … Its very interesting to walk the streets with other street photographers and instructors and try to see what they see. I like that the instructors see things in a different way than I do,…

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hard one to write …

August 23, 2012     architecture, building, downtown la, los angeles, low light, photography, sign, street, street light, street photography     0

I took another street photography workshop recently. I really enjoy taking workshops. Workshops are such a great way to learn … Its very interesting to walk the streets with other street photographers and instructors and try to see what they see. I like that the instructors see things in a different way than I do,…

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i really hate bourbon street, but i love NOLA!

May 30, 2012     architecture, bar, building, crowd, erin rose, iphone, photography, school, street photography     0

we just got back from a super fun trip to new orleans, la (NOLA). i’d been there 3 times prior and knew what to expect with bourbon street (for those who have not been to NOLA but have been to Tijuana – picture a cross between Revolucion in Tijuana with down town Las Vegas –…

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another drive by shooting in chicago.

May 11, 2012     architecture, building, caught my eye, chicago, low light, photography, shooting out the window, stairs, street photography, subway stop     0

well, not actually a drive by shooting … but i did shoot out the “L” (subway) window while heading to the billy goat tavern (under michigan locale). we were at the damen stop on the blue line and i saw this guy sitting on the bench looking dejected. something about his posture really caught my…

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