Jake Stangel Blog

I have a new location for my blog and I'd like you to make note of it

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Blogger, you and I were reasonably happy. But I've decided to switch to Wordpress. Sorry.

Please make note, I'll be redirecting this thing soon.

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happy passover

Anahita Avalos

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Slammin, slammin interview in the rotating gallery on too much chocolate this week. I'm so happy with the quality of the interviews lately, and the fact that it's getting photographers all over the world talking about their work, their ideology, their influences, their environment. It's starting to resemble the concept I had in my mind when I started the site.

The two photos below are by this week's interviewee, Anahita Avalos, and I'm in love with them. Anahita wrote me and asked if it's ok if the person she interviews next week doesn't speak English, I said yes as long as it's translated. I'm excited. Not that I'm alluding to some Senior Frog's-like American sentiment that a non-English-speaker will automatically make for an exotic and thus great interview, I'm just jazzed to see where else this thing goes geographically.

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aaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmaaaaaazzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnng

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Florida, New Year's Day 2008. mmmm sun. That building does bow out to the left a bit in real life.

To do this week
- Pick up milk
- Switch over to wordpress once I find a cool theme.

Bigger.

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Zombie - The Cranberries

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Summertime= potato salad

most minor site updates everrrrr

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But check it out if you're so inclined. I mostly changed the front page, 2 shots to 'pacific', and added a photo to my bio. I'm the dude on the right, not the chick on the left.

Summers are for this

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Seriously, Whole Foods?

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More hard drive browsing as I get some snowboard stuff ready... this is my first ever 8x10" large format shot, all artsy yehhhh

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Josh Dirksen can turn a snowboard real good.

p.s. it seems blogger had reallllllly brought down their image quality when you click on fullsize shots, so I might be leaving for wordpress soon, which I've been planning on doing anyway. I just suck at the plugin stuff, and dont want a normal template.

Here's a nicer big version of this shot.

going through hard drives is always fun

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Dad, Vermont, late 2008.

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Acid Tounge

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Beautiful song.

A girl I knew in college...

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... now works at a photo agency, and is kicking ass there, still shooting, and approaching the photo industry with fresh eyes. Her name is Jacqueline. She's really great and friendly. Key.

She put up a little blog post about my Legendary Banked Slalom project. Check it out here.

mobile photos

2009-03-30T19:33:00.000-07:00

Hope y'awl have been kind of enjoying the mobile photos, I've been busy doing things and don't really have much to say, just things to show from where I am at the moment. Hope it's aight. I was thinking about having a separate tumblr page like some people, but I'm trying to keep the number of pages you and I have to visit to a minimum. So this blog will contain everything.

Yours,
Jake

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Sick but staying stylish.

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Headin home

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VT to NYC

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The shoot is done, en route to NYC for some meetings, then DC, then
Philly, then home to Portland.

Qatar

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Apparently this is how they roll in Qatar. Venetian canals in their mall.

Image courtesty of Tamara Abdul Hadi

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Seashell lamp. Off to cross country ski now.

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I just learned how to mobile-post photos I took with my iphone to this blog. Yay technology!

Flying to Vermont

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This was my layover in Chi-town.

Kanye Chedda

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Thanks, Adam Golfer.

Surf Central

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Oregon coast, last weekend. You should probably live here.

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Some fri-ends came to visit. Maybe some shots to come. Vermont on Friday. NYC later. DC later. Philly latest.

Anthony and the Johnsons

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You need to watch this:

You help me help you to help me help others...

2009-03-02T13:35:00.000-08:00

Hi readers,

As you may or may not know, I'm biking across country for a third time this summer. I don't do these rides alone, I ride with a non-profit group called Bike & Build, an organization that raises money for affordable housing providers, such as Habitat for Humanity.

The structure of these trips is as follows: each of the 30 or so riders on the trip raise $4,000 to participate in the ride, the proceeds of which are given out (in grant form) towards local affordable housing groups along the route. Once on the road, we also volunteer roughly once a week on build sites throughout the trip, assisting in building affordable homes for deserving families who could otherwise not afford adequate, safe, comfortable housing. Naturally, the trips involve a great deal of community interaction (many of my portraits began as conversations with locals I met along the way); all-in-all, the structure of the trip is amazingly multifaceted and constructive.

As you can imagine, it's been difficult to raise money this year, in between the recession and having asked some my donors twice before for support. Furthermore, the businesses I've approached all seem to be counting their pennies.

So, I'm writing to you, and you, and you, here, today, through the power of the Internet, to ask you to help me to help you and to help me help others. What? How, you ask?!? Well... have a look at my diagram:

- You help me: Please consider donating to my trip this upcoming summer.
- Me help you: If you make a tax-deductible contribution $75 or more, I will send you an 8x10" print of your choice- select any image off my website. If you donate $150 or more, I will send you an 11x14" print. If you donate $250 or more, I will send you 2 11x14" prints.
- You help me help others: Your donations directly enable me to go out this summer, help build beautiful, affordable houses for those in need over 16 days, connect with a spectrum of hundreds of Americans (whose stories I'll bring to you this summer via my blog) and catalyze positive change across the country (yes we can).

I kindly appreciate any donation; this is a great opportunity and a great cause. If you wish to (tax-deductible-y) contribute, please do so online by visiting this page. If you've donated enough for a print, shoot me an email with your order and your address.

Thanks so much for your consideration, and please pass this letter on to any friends/photo community blogs that might have interest in this cause.

Yours,
Jake

Harry Mitchell interview on Too Much Chocolate

2009-02-28T20:40:00.000-08:00

I got to interview Harry Mitchell for the rotating gallery section of Too Much Chocolate. He's a well-spoken guy, an amazing photographer, and he's 19. You know what you should do? Go read it here.

These are Harry's images:

new tree

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Fairgrounds- Portland, OR

Scott

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Scott- Portland, OR 2008

Has it come to this

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33rd Ave NE and Sandy- Portland, OR. January 2008. Click to view LARGE.

A reference to The Streets.

This actually happened, I didn't set it up. I was worried the guy would leave if he knew what I was doing, so I set up my camera with my back facing him, pre-metered, swung it around, quick focus, waited for no traffic, popped in the holder, and shot it.

For Cindy, forever ago

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A good friend from high school. We shot this my senior year, I'd just bought my hasselblad. I got the shot I had in mind, but was never able to get it tonally right, because her skin was too pale for the darkness of the grass (probably a 4 stop difference, no joke). This was before I knew anything about scrims, flags, lights, diffusion, etc. Just me and the camera. Still is really, now that I think about it.

I was rummaging through my hard drive and found this shot, and now, thanks to the miracles of photoshop, it can be saved. Working with this photo brought me back to the joyful innocence of high school. My life consisted of hanging out with friends, laying on the grass, picnic lunches, AP English, and photography.

Milwaukie Teriyaki- Portland, OR

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I'd say it was a good week.

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Two killer interviews this week on my 'other' site, too much chocolate.

There's a pretty inspiring and fascinating interview between Joel Meyerowitz and one of the TMC members, John Saponara; there's also a great interview with another a guy whose work I love, a guy that shoots for Nike and Oakley at the age of 22, Cole Barash. Check it out, and post some damn comments too.

The Legendary Banked Slalom project is up

2009-02-16T13:13:00.000-08:00

The Mt. Baker project is up, check it out here. I know reading is not very 'in' these days, but for the love of god, read the intro.

Nich Hance + Keith Davis Young= killin' it.

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But they don't have websites! Click on their names to see more work.

Nich Hance

Keith Davis Young

Film's at the lab

2009-02-11T14:47:00.000-08:00

I'm back. Mt. Baker was killllller. I got all the shots I'd hoped for. If you aren't into snowboarding, you won't get the next couple sentences. My idea was to basically a look at the legends (past present and future) behind the legendary banked slalom- I took 4x5 b/w portraits of everyone from Natasza Zurek to David Carrier Porcheron, Maelle Ricker, Lucas Debari, Jake Blauvelt, Billy Anderson, Victoria Jealouse, Scotty Wittlake, Curtis Ciszek, Wille Yli Luoma, Tom Burt, and Temple Cummins, and did action shots & audio interviews to match, about each rider's history with the LBS and what they think the event symbolizes for snowboarding. I get the film back on Friday, and will turn it back onto my website asap.

Rob Haggart interview

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I interviewed Rob Haggart on my other site, Too Much Chocolate. Click on 'interviews' and you'll be there.

Also, I'm heading off to Mt. Baker, WA for some shooting for the next 4-5 days, so you may or may not hear from me for a bit. It's gonna be a good time.

Jake Stangel Blog: Your Source For High Class, High Intellect, Photo-Related News and Information

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Kinda sorta.

have you seen me

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This photo has been circling around the internet and I thought I'd help out.

Renae

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Renae 1/24/09, her house

I've been shooting with a new rangefinder I picked up on ebay, a Fuji GA645zi. I like the compactness, I'm not liking how I can't tell if it blows focus until I get the film back (see her right eye?).

So I think I'm going to flip it and get a Mamiya M645 1000s, a supercompact, battery-less MF SLR. My internet friend (I have many) Nich Hance does some incredible work on his. The camera reminds me of my hasselblad from back in the day, 'cept it shoots 645 and is blissfully cheap. Lenses are like $100-$150 bucks! Crazy.

runners on mac trail- portland, or

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5d, not backin it.

Hear me out

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OK, a couple of things:

1. This song has captured my heart.
2. I really like the music video and think the lighting is on point.
3. Beyonce's dancing is on point.
4. Pop culture is disseminated in amazing ways nowadays.
5. YouTube, show the people how it works:

get it boy get it!!

Would you like to buy my wares

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From the dates of 1/22- 2/18, I will be offering 11x14" prints of any image from my site for $50 + a $5 flat rate shipping/handling fee, no matter the quantity you buy. Get in touch with me via email.

First 5 buyers get free shipping and handling!

Last one to the car is a rotten egg!

Oh, America, when will you learn?

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7-Eleven, somewhere in Florida

Hope to god this starts happening

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film to digital to film

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Bethesda, MD

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Hilton Pool- Burlington, VT

Feature Shoot

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Hey, I have an interview with Alison Zavos of the lovely, lovely site 'Feature Shoot' today. Check it out, y'allllz.

whole night through

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I am on a huge M. Ward kick. All occasions, at all times. Retouching to snowboarding to showering. TMI? no.

My scattered recent work will be posted here as it comes along... I wish computer screens were at 300 dpi sometimes... I'd even take 150. 72 doesn't do it justice.

"Eight Hundred", Cocoa Beach, FL

new work

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Two great ads

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Another way to waste your time...

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...look at a bunch of design blogs. Not so sure this is a time waster though, since it has exposed me to all sorts of amazing and engaging visual ideas. Watching this on youtube is a waste of time. Entertaining though.

BOOOOOOOOM
ffffound

Also, definitelydefinatelydefinitely check out this typography site that houses all sorts of badass typefaces, free for the taking. Some are kind of crazy, but they'll get your brain working. Most important.

New work

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These are by no means finished, but I have a compulsive need to share.

Sized big, for the homies.

Collin LaFleche

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Everyone should head over to my friend Collin LaFleche's site to check out "Right After", a project that chronicles a group of New York City teens during their final years of high school. It's a beautiful project, one that looks at the accelerated aging, intricate relationships, and hardened realities that come with growing up in the city. It's profound to see how these kids have one foot in the door of teenagedom, and another in complex adulthood.

All images that follow are courtesy and copright Collin LaFleche.

New work on the way

2009-01-16T09:10:00.000-08:00

I'm shooting 4x5 again which is the best thing I've done in months, and I just picked up this and this, which will be used to start a new spring project on churches. Holler.

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New issue of Polliwog magazine

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blowin up!!

I'm in the new issue of Polliwog magazine. Link is above. I won't tell you the pages I'm in because you should thumb through the entire magazine, it's beautiful. I don't think full bleed double spreads will ever get old for me.

Between this and the interview on thechrisproject, I think I'm tapped out of words for a bit. Maybe.

point : counterpoint

2009-01-12T17:57:00.000-08:00

To go against what I said about the Times, from the Atlantic.

If you’re hearing few howls and seeing little rending of garments over the impending death of institutional, high-quality journalism, it’s because the public at large has been trained to undervalue journalists and journalism. The Internet has done much to encourage lazy news consumption, while virtually eradicating the meaningful distinctions among newspaper brands. The story from Beijing that pops up in my Google alert could have come from anywhere. As news resources are stretched and shared, it can often appear anywhere as well: a Los Angeles Times piece will show up in TheWashington Post, or vice versa.

You should really read it.

interview hurr

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I have a little interview up with Chris Norris of thechrisproject. And by little, I mean large. Thanks Chris.

I didn't take this but I forget where I found it

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from the archives of my desktop

Cash NYtimes rules everything around me

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** Important note: All images in this post are screen grabs from the "One in 8 Million" site, and were shot by Todd Heisler. All images are property of Todd and are copyrighted by the New York Times.**

The New York Times has another excellent, excellent online multimedia piece called "One in 8 Million" on their site, which basically picks out one of the eight million people that swarm the city to tell their story. It's a terrific concept, and quite timely for me personally, as I just spent the last two days in the city talking to photo editors and some other key persons.

Revisiting the city, even for two short days, was a great reminder of the four years I spent living there while I went to college at NYU. I promptly moved out the day my last class ended senior year, this past May. It was a great experience, but I'm not cut out to live in New York City, especially without some dependable way to escape the city on the weekends (though I still usually managed to do it). I’m too outdoorsy, and badly needed more greenery, less noise, and more courteousness than the city could offer.

It was funny to come back to the city after an eight month hiatus; I noticed things for the first time I'd always taken with a grain of salt: the general feeling of being in an all-encompassing ratrace, people packing into already packed subway cars, the way many New Yorkers run-walk and weave along the sidewalks as if they'll explode if they move any slower, and the screeching wheels of the 6 train as it turns in union square station. All this aside, it’s a great place to go visit, and I cram in as many cultural experiences (read: food) as I can.

I digress. I came here to talk about that Times multimedia piece. It’s funny, I’ve been having a great many conversations about the Times online recently, many of which turn into discussions about the publishing industry, advertising, and the relationship photography has with both industries.

Michel Kramer-Metraux, director of men's formal wear at Sak's Fith Ave, above and below

It’s no secret that pretty much every magazine is getting increasingly thinner, ad sales are down across the board, and many people are opting out of their subscriptions of hard-cover magazines/newspapers in favor of reading articles online, for free. A whole grip of magazines, bleeding money, were astonishingly slow to develop their websites to accommodate, and take advantage of this new model of readership- an online venue filled with exciting, extremely potent multimedia possibilities.

Since there was no smooth mass transition from print media to online media (no magazines putting in inserts saying “hey, go visit our website for other cool features) there ended up being this mass of people who dropped their subscriptions to magazines, but had nowhere to go online. So they explored, and these bands of enormous groups of targeted online readers started roaming the web (everything from indie-rawk lovers to politics hounds) looking for some journalism that filled the void of their magazine.

Michel Kramer-Metraux, director of men's formal wear at Sak's Fith Ave

One interesting point is that all these people started off with no particular allegiance to any one site, we all kind of started on a blank slate, which is pretty powerful considering how much effort and money is put into brand loyalty (think America’s close relationship to Time magazine). So these millions of people were all extremely willing to go visit any site for the first time, and if the site has good free content, they’ll keep coming back, again and again. This quality, original content, especially in the form of diverse multimedia- big photos, interesting and quick-loading videos, well-written articles- make or break the site. If the site can stir the interest and trust of its readers again and again, and they can make it a ‘default visit’ many times a day, it’s the golden ticket.

The Times Online, I believe, has got this concept down so well, and saw it so far ahead of time that they should go treat themselves to a million ice cream cones. It is the web’s premier multimedia powerhouse (google and youtube, put your hands down) not only because of their excellent articles, but in large part because of their mind-blowing, progressive multimedia.

They were one of the first publishers to incorporate large, high-quality photographs onto the site (not just seconds from the print version of the paper). They’ve got kick-ass videos that add much heft to many stories, poignant audio slideshows all over the place, blogs, media/internet-focused articles (like Virginia Heffernan’s section on the Times Magazine), and they tremendously utilize most-emailed feature (which brilliantly drives up readership, and clearly shows the bulk of Times readers are parents who travel, like Maureen Dowd, and are agsty about getting their kids into the right ivy-league school).

I could go on. Before I stop rhapsodizing, I have two more points: The Times has done an excellent job of cross-referencing- mentioning the print paper online, and mentioning online in the hard-copy of the paper, so the stories and features seamlessly stack atop each other. Finally, they have given all this beautiful multimedia it’s own space, space it really deserves. Photos aren’t pushed off to the side, they’re given their own stage. Same goes for video, the blogs, etc. etc. "One in 8 Million" is a perfect example of this mixture of supremely quality content, engaging and unique storytelling, and a big, well-designed stage to present it on. God love Todd Heisler.

Joel Karp, general manager and former owner of Columbia Drugstore, above and below

I’ll plow through to my next and final point, which wraps up this whole post in a neat little bow: All of this content is free, infinitely shareable, and completely archived. In one of those discussions I mentioned wayyyyyyy up at the top of this post, a lady I was talking to was like, “so isn’t the Times just losing money on providing these stories for free, especially because there are many people like me, who have dropped their subscriptions to read the paper online?” Yeah, they are losing money, but in the process, they have drawn this ennnnnnooooooormous readership base who frequent the site up to 10 times a day. And advertisers want to get in on that, especially its targeted media with better demographic profiling, so people see the right ads. Times readers themselves, as a whole, are a fairly targeted bunch (think about all those Apple ads that have been running there recently).

There’s no doubt that they’re is hurting, like everyone else, and there’s no doubt that advertisers are cutting back like woah, but I believe the Times is setting themselves up in a prime position for the next generation of publishing and journalism, where online readership dominates and site visitors can expect a range of tailored multimedia options to deliver the story. One thread will remain between successful journalism in the 20th and 21st century: original, quality content will always remain paramount, and it will always make or break the publication.

?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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This blog is my twitter

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New York is very crazy and I sometimes like it but I'm glad I don't live here.

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I forgot how nice it is to get offline and fully live a life surrounded by sunshine and friends for weeks on end. Bicycle riding and eating copious amounts of food really round the whole program out.

Happy 2009. Some pictures to come, in a bit.

p.s. I'm not lazy.

Not a fan

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Of digital. I just bought a canon g9. I think I'm gonna turn right back around and sell it. Then buy some 4x5 film and a flatbed scanner. Haters.

Flew East

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Flew to DC, VT today, FL in a week, NYC in two weeks.

If it's not good, make it big. And if it's not big, put a ridiculous flash on it.

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yeah!

An Update

2008-12-14T14:05:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates, I have my hand in about 8 different projects right now, all in preparation for 2009. They include, but are not limited to (take a deep breath and run through this): getting my editorial game off the ground, arranging meetings with photo editors, prepping my book for this, redoing my web portfolio, meeting with some select ad agencies, working with a legit and quality based stock agency out of Germany, making plans to meet up with some snowboard crews to shoot this winter, pitching ideas to various magazines on topics from sports to farming, working with a potential gallery in Portland on a "transamerica" show, starting to do writing and layout for a book I plan to self-publish, assisting, working on my new side project- too much chocolate, interviewing people for that, and participating in alot of potluck dinner with friends. Whew.

Things are going very well here. I couldn't be happier to have moved to Portland, it's pretty much the best city ever for me. I ride everywhere, touch my car maybe once every two weeks, have a great group of friends, and there's an awesome creative/visual scene here. I'm about to head back to the East coast for about a month this Wednesday. I fly back 'home' to DC, then jet straight to Vermont to ride, shoot a mini-story at Stowe Mountain, and I'll be meeting up with two internet friends who I've been hoping to meet in person for a while. Then, I drive back to DC and take off for Florida for a mini bicycle trip from Orlando to Florida for a week. After that, I drive back to DC and head back up on a bus to NYC to meet up with some aforementioned photo editors at some of my favorite magazines. I'm excited. Finally, I head back to DC, hang for a couple days, and fly back to Portland on January 12th.

On the photo front, I haven't been shooting too much. Well, I take it back. I have been "shooting", but haven't been shooting. In otherwords, I've been taking plenty of photos with my canon 5d, but honestly, I don't care for any of them really. Except for like 5. Out of... maybe 1,200 frames. I had this epiphany that I only seem to progress as a photographer when I'm shooting film, which seems odd and inexplicable, but honestly, I know alot of people that feel the same way. I'm not going to get into why, it just is what it is. You either get that feeling or you don't.

Anyway, the main reason I haven't shot 4x5 here in Portland is because film is totally dead. I'd have to send my film back to NYC, and I don't know of any places here where I have access to a drum scanner. I'm a little low on cash... actually not super low, just not at a point where I can spend a ton on film/processing/drum scanning. But I NEED to shoot 4x5. So here's my solution- I bought some b/w 4x5 film, and some chemicals/trays to do my own film processing in my basement bathroom. I'll then scan my 4x5 negs on a flatbed, which I've been told is good enough output for web. If the shots go well, I'll invest in drum scans.

So, I'll be taking my 4x5 with me all over the east coast, and plan to shoot a decent amount, about 1 shot per 2 days or so. I'm excited, and I've been thinking about how to progress, who I want to be, and what I want to show as a photographer. Speaking of that, one of my favorite photographers, Richard Renaldi, who I worked for in Spring 2008, just wrote a nice post about too much chocolate and my work on his blog. It was touching and I can't wait to build my porfolio of work in '09.

I think I've exhausted everything on my mind, so bye for now, and happy holidays.

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Complex(er) thoughts to come, but I'm throwing this photo up for now and am off to see the new James Bond flick with some friends. 1000 px wide, for your viewing enjoyment!

Fairgrounds

2008-12-01T22:10:00.000-08:00

Took a bike ride late this afternoon, started to rain about halfway out. Happened upon this empty fairground. Only had my phone to take pictures. I'm a step away from buying a canon g9, just to have in my bag, and also for the surf project. I think only 4x5 can do this place justice though. Too bad there's not a single (good) place in town to get film developed. Might shoot some b/w anyway, and find a darkroom to do it myself.

Proud to be an American

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Welcome to Portland, OR

2008-12-01T21:53:00.000-08:00

Taken at the grocery store, Saturday morning.

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T19:04:00.000-08:00

I spent Thanksgiving out on the Pacific Coast this year, at my friend Benna's house right on Cannon Beach. Her great grandmother (Benna is a 4th generation Portlander) started renting a house on the beach many, many years ago, then bought a plot of beachside land for $7,000 in the 1920s. The house is beautiful and full of light, filled with inspiring art and family treasures. We had an amazing thankgiving day- I wore my pajamas nearly all day, played speed scrabble, went for a walk on the beach, adventured over some rocky points, ran into massive flocks of seagulls, cooked, ate, drank, passed out.

surf's up (have I used that one before?)

2008-11-24T17:35:00.000-08:00

I'm a little behind.

2008-11-22T22:47:00.000-08:00

Here's some stuff from last weekend. I'm sitting on hella RAW files that need conversion, and I'm a man of quality. So sit tight.

Lauren. Love this shot alot. Near a new favorite hiking trail, under some railroad tracks.

Nighttime, quite obviously.

Snowboarding in the city

2008-11-22T21:58:00.000-08:00

There was a rail jam happening on the streets of downtown Portland today. I was moving a little slow today, and figured that by the noon-4pm event time, the first half would be practice and the second two hours would be the actual event. So I rolled up at 2:15 or so, only to find the event ended like 20 minutes later! Oh well. Got a couple shots.

p.s. I've got a major with a capital M internet portal project in the works... stay tuned...
p.p.s. Headin to the coast to shoot some more surfing tomorrow. Yuh.
p.p.p.s. Pray for snow.

The Art Intitute co-sposored the event, and I got funky with their goose (sculpture).

Right before the contest winners were announced, this guy in shorts and a fleece bed-sheet-cape came out and danced some robot-style moves. I don't think anybody knew who he was, or what he was doing there. But I enjoyed it.

Remember mogul ski pants?

Pretty boardslide.

More from the surf project

2008-11-21T09:22:00.000-08:00

I just started some new projects. I forget if I wrote about it. But here:

Newnews

2008-11-15T21:07:00.000-08:00

I've just begun a couple of new projects, and I'll be posting shots as they come in. One is about surfing, one is about hospitals, and one is about farming. This shot is from the surf project.

Peter- Indian Head, OR

Portland es mucho rain(o).

2008-11-15T20:40:00.000-08:00

The coast

2008-11-09T10:46:00.000-08:00

More posts, more photos coming soon. I'm stepping it up.

Taylor

Ocean

New website section up: Reportage.

2008-11-04T14:23:00.000-08:00

All the digital shots from my most recent cross country bike trip are here.

This is why facebook is worth $15 billion dollars:

2008-11-04T14:22:00.000-08:00

Happy Halllllloween

2008-11-02T19:04:00.000-08:00

Bowie was my favorite.

Less money less problems

2008-10-27T13:28:00.000-07:00

I have spent one and one half hours on the phone today dealing with health insurance and trying to fix my downed email account. Maybe I should sell everything and go live in the woods.

enohPi

2008-10-25T09:40:00.000-07:00

I just found my new favorite in-city ride

2008-10-22T21:41:00.000-07:00

23ish miles. Hella steep uphill section, wicked pissah downhill section. Can't wait to go again tomorrow. You must click the map. MUST>>>