Austin Meets LA

Austin and I rode our bikes down to Seven Grand -- I had left my credit card at the bar the night before with my tab open.  Of course because the tab was still open, I ended up leaving a hefty tip against my will.  Anyway, Austin snagged these fotos in Echo Park near my house.

Ghetto Vons

Smashed Lemon

Siiiiiiiick Son!

Wall Ride + Sequence

When Austin was up here, all he did was shoot with his camera. And me being the only person around, he took most of his pictures of me. That's just to say that now I have over a thousand fotos of myself, and posting blogs for the next little while may begin to seem rather self-gratifying, and that's fine. I'm really just showing off my brother's keen eye for taking a sweet picture, which may lead to a lack of intellectual content.

All that said, here's more shots by Mr. Curtis, of Mr. Curtis -- that's "the Curtis way"

Late Night Gems + Fotos

Austin was in LA for the past three days, and I think we took more photos than we had planned/ever taken before. Skating, product, and random night life were the subjects. For foto nerds out there, Austin brought the Mark 1DS with a 100mm Macro, a 13mm fisheye, and an EF telephoto (100mm-250mm I think). I shoot a 20D with an 18mm-55mm lens. It was a blast shooting something other than a piece of crap stock lens. I took the long lens out in echo park on saturday night and ran into Colin and Cameron. That was sweet. I guess there was a Cool Kids show at the Echoplex. This one of the guy and girl trying to start their little moped is my favorite. Click on it for a larger view - she was pissed. Anyway, here are some of the gems from that night. Enjoy.

Back Tail + Sequence

Fotos by Austin Curtis from Curtishots. It's embarrassing that this is the first time I have EVER landed this trick - but also goes to show that we are all still learning. Keep your head up.

Night Walk + Fotos

It was a warm night last Saturday, and before Sterling, Jeremy, and I went our separate ways for the evening, we hung out at the house and took a couple fotos before Sterling and I made our way out for a midnight stroll - at which time it became what we call "freezing cold" as usual.

Trying out the new, small, girly, white, circa-1970's-pimp, leather jacket.

"Go-dreeee-las?!"

Sterling and I went to the local liquor store to get some delicious delectables. We grabbed a few snaps on the way.

Shredding the gnar down Lake Shore. Never scared of going too fast - once clocked him at over 30 mph easily from my car knowing I'd seen him go faster nights before.

Catching some reflections here and there - he shortly thereafter phoned home.

This guy had an old-ass pair of Etnies on with no laces --

"What kind of shoes are those?" "Just bum shoes. What's in the case?"

CVS -- My landlord works here - figure that one out.

Crap - missed call from ******.

Hero shot.

Somehow the best skate shoe?

Boodaly-yay-yay-yo...

"You mean to tell me that you don't sell individual glasses of carrot juice?" --

"Sir, I wouldn't have even parked here.."

I've seen this guy over a million times. He crosses the street every time the light is green obsessively.

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.