While digging through some old stuff I found this shot of a guy I caught staring at me on the Tram ride up to the Getty Center. Something tells me he wasn't a fan of me or my camera. ;-)

I can't figure out why I like this picture? It's actually pretty crappy, but there's something that draws me to it. Maybe it's the plaid, too much plaid can definitely cloud one's judgement.

Ominous signs from Poseidon. I recommend we stay ashore tonight matey's!

Excuse me, I need to take this call... til next time. ;-)

"Sharpness is a concept of the bourgeois..."

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Una Bicicleta, chillin' outside Duke's down by the beach at Seaward Ave. in Ventura, California.

Once again, purchaser of the aforementioned light capturing tool.

Phil showing me his "smug" face after acquiring a sweet, square frame, medium format rangefinder.

An old navy photographer friend of mine picked this little beauty up just the other day. This is a folding Mamiya 6 rangefinder. It shoots 6x6 frames on 120 format film, sports an Olympus Zuiko lens attached via bellows and features a focusing mechanism that moves the film plane instead of the lens... wow! Ain't technology grand?. All I can say is that 6cm X 6cm squares of actual film=mmm, mmm, good!

These remains are from an ancient people known as the Mocha. This particular artifact originated from the Iced tribe of Mochamen who inhabited the Seaward Avenue area of Pierpont around 10, 000 seconds ago. It's truly a fascinating find!

Mmm... Beer, if you chill it, they will come...

This poor fellow was forgotten during a Cinco de Mayo celebration. He was filled with booze and layed in wait to surprise the unsuspecting party goers with his generous, thirst quenching beverages. But, since he did not bring his watch into the closet, he lay in wait for the right moment to spring forth with tidings of Tequila and Triple sec for too long and emerged late the next afternoon. His dreams shattered, he now sits, an unbroken pinata, under a window in a sad lonely place known as the dining room. Sorrowfully, he wonders if he'll ever have the opportunity to be broken so that he may reach his destiny of spreading joy to those in need of a brew. Perhaps, someday he will find peace in the form of a blindfolded lush, brandishing a wiffle ball bat... Perhaps, someday...

I've finally given in and sacrificed my sweet studio apartment to move closer to school. With gas prices pushing towards $4.00 a gallon, I just couldn't justify driving back and forth between Ventura and Santa Barbara 2 or 3 times a week. So, now that I'm somewhat settled into my new place, I'll start posting again. I'll begin with one of my finals from last session. I created this digital composite from 5 seperate images for one of two final projects. Unfortunately, I didn't feel like the "creative juices" were flowing very much last session. So, I'm not incredibly impressed with my work from the last two months. I'm not necessarily disappointed with the quality of my work, just with my lack of inspired ideas. All is not lost though; I did manage to scan quite a few slides and touch up on my printing skills while I was in creative hibernation. Hopefully, now that spring is in full force and summer is right around the corner, I can tackle the next two months with a newly rejuvenated sense of creativity.