summer so far...

Some candids of some of my closest friends and some other shots for what the summer has been so far. There's still so much to happen, I can feel it...


This was actually before the summer, when Amy, Karen, and I went to San Francisco to see Friendly Fires.


dinner at the Guad


John


Karen at the Grizzly Bear album listening party at R5 Records


In Santa Cruz with John, Lucy, and Amy. It was almost 90 degress in Sacramento so we thought it'd be a good day to take a trip to the beach, but when we got to Santa Cruz it was about 60 degrees. But we went in the water anyway.


Also Santa Cruz

First published shots...

A little over a month ago I was asked to shoot the show that Vivian Girls headlined here in Sacramento! I shot them for Submerge Magazine, a local free publication and it was the first time my work has been published. Local bands Agent Ribbons and Dog Party, along with Abe Vigoda from L.A. opened. Here's some photos that I took that didn't end up in the article, along with a link to the article at the bottom:

Dog Party


Agent Ribbons



Abe Vigoda


Vivian Girls

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click the thumbnail to read the article:

Photograph in the Field

This semester I was in a class that consisted of shooting at an assigned location (and one independent assignment) for 6 hours every other Saturday.

Here are some of my favorites:

Sacramento: This guy was working at the True Love Coffeehouse, my favorite place in Sacramento. He was really chill and gave me a discount on my coffee since they only took cash and I didn't have enough.

Santa Cruz: This was one of the hardest places to shoot, believe it or not. As one of my classmates put it: "There's a lot to photograph, but none of it is interesting."

Rio Vista Bass Festival: We were supposed to be photographing the Bass Festival, but none of us could figure out where exactly the bass fishing was taking place, so nobody shot it.

Discovery Park: We were supposed to go to the Consumes River Preserve, but I got sick that day, so I went to the Discovery Park in Sacramento instead. I rode my bike 14 miles that day and I never want to do it again.

San Francisco: SF was our last assigned location and I couldn't have loved it better. The day was foggy and misty like a typical San Francisco day and it was perfect. Out of my group I think I was the only one who thoroughly enjoyed myself while there.

Cedar City, UT: Our last assignment was a self-assignment. I chose to shoot in Cedar City, UT while visiting my parents over Thanksgiving break. I definitely feel like a struck up something good with this shoot and I'm going to shoot more of it while I'm here for winter break.

School work!

I took three portfolio classes this semester. So much work, but it's all done now!

Let's start with Alternative Photo Processes. My idea for my series was that a photograph made of one single frame cannot fully capture a moment as we remember it. Our minds remember bits and pieces from moments in our life, so I wanted my images to reflect that.






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Shots from the last show of the semester:

Los Lonely Boys with opener Raul Midon



Los Lonely Boys was an interesting show to shoot, definitely not the kind of show I'm used to shooting. The opener, Raul Midon, was awesome and I actually enjoyed him more than Los Lonely Boys. While I was getting ready to shoot the LLB set a woman tapped me on the shoulder and said "Hey! Redheads in the back!" I thought she was joking, I laughed, but she was totally serious.

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