Echo Park - Rain

It's been raining for three days straight now, which is a blessing considering that when it rains, the neighbors who live not five feet from my window stop working on the new addition to the garage/house/livingroom/garage. I usually wake up to the sound of nail guns, and the puzzled expressions of old Mexican men/boys looking at me while I slumber. It's weird to know that these people have seen me naked more than girls I've dated, but that's life. I'm pretty well used to it by now, and was pleasantly surprised to find out they don't work on rainy days or sundays. Today was a rainy sunday, so... Wait a second; by the nature of the well-respected double-negative, doesn't that necessitate working? Anyway, everything, including my laundry, my dog, and my neglected skateboard is wet these days, and it's great. Murph got a haircut and a bath, and I went out to scour some photos with the handy use of Jeremy's huge umbrella. Enjoy.

Conehead - Stephen Tamiesie

One of my best friends - Stephen Tamiesie - is a great photographer, and recently took a trip to LA, where we proceeded to illegally park numerous times downtown. In the daytime, there is literally nowhere to park without having to return to your vehicle momentarily out of paranoia. The city makes so much bank off of parking tickets, and it's been one of my downfalls. Anyway, I got my last parking ticket ever last week. It was Jeremy and my resolution to never get another parking ticket. So, back to our trip to downtown. We were shooting random stuff, and Stephen mentioned that he had just been taking tons of shots of cones. Street cones are great. They are triangular, bright, and everywhere.

I can't wait to see the shots he got that day, as he was shooting on a medium format Hasselblad camera, and I was shooting on my digital. All this to say that I was downtown the other day and shot this cone because whenever I see one, I have to shoot it. Just to laugh and show Stevezie. Anyway, it's obviously nothing special, but here it is:




Here are some of the other photos we took the day he was in town:

Bike-By Shooting

Riding my bike with my camera didn't seem like a very good idea, but I just couldn't help myself. Catching a reflection here and there, and people going about their daily business. My bike is a converted 10-speed road bike graciously donated by Mr. Dave Wheaton. He has taken it up to over 50 mph, and I don't doubt it could still pull that easily. I took a ride to the local fixey shop to get myself a bike lock and found some interesting photo opportunities on the way.

Accidental Firing

Jeremy (my homemate) was trying to find me the other night, and was gonna pick me up. I was flashing the flash on my camera as a homing beacon so that he could find me, and accidentally took this photo when I finally got a little closer... You can kinda see him in there.  I think it's around a 3 second exposure with the flash.  

Late Night Foto Hunt

It's raining right now, and I can't wait to get out there and shoot more. It just sucks getting my gear all wet. Here are some that I shot last night. I enjoy shooting for hours at night. It lets me see things that I normally drive by and ignore. Yadda yadda. Enjoy.

Lets Hope Not

 

I have been taking a lot of photos lately of reflected glass and water. I know there is no way that this is just for no reason because my brother, has posted several things about this look on his blog recently as well. I hope this idea is manifested into some kind of film project soon. You hear me Austin!? Come to LA for a day, and lets shoot photos! That goes for anyone who loves photography and wants to spend the day shooting with me. Come on down.

This photo was taken while I was B-CAM operator for a short film called Essential Life. I thought it was pretty interesting to shoot a photo of myself reflected in a hearse. But let's hope not eh?