Film's at the lab

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

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.

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Kinda sorta.

have you seen me

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

Renae

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

5d, not backin it.

Hear me out

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!!