more

More film. There are some of these I don't even remember taking.

thanks mom

I had about six rolls of various film that I needed to get developed and thanks to my mother's lovely valentines day gift I was able to get my colored film processed. Some of these are from my road trip still and when I first arrived in LA, and some are from January. It was so exciting to get this film back and find a few really lovely photos. There are still more to come!

smoke

Last night I saw The Artist and in one scene they were all sitting in the theater smoking with the projector back lighting them, which I really liked the look of and thought I'd try. However I used incense for the smoke.

black and white or color?

Photography has taken a major backseat in my current life. I have lots of rolls of film I can't afford to get processed and with a rather irregular work schedule it makes scheduling a shoot difficult. But occasionally on quiet nights I'll feel "inspired" or maybe just curious. But then I never decide what I want the final product to look like.

merry christmas

Every year since I was thirteen my dad has asked me to give him a self portrait for Christmas. Here's this years.

Merry Christmas.

better

I finally got around to hanging curtains in my apartment today and it instantly turned my windows into big softboxes and made the light so much better in my apartment. They're the same curtains that I had on my windows in Philly that contributed to the lighting for my entire these bones project.

one

I haven't photographed since I moved to LA, which I felt really bad about. But now that I have a place to live (with not good window lighting) and since it's pretty empty I thought I'd try photographing a little. I spent a long time photographing, trying new things and had what I thought were a bunch of interesting images until I got them on the computer and ended up with a singular image. Normally I would find it pretty easy to photograph on my own but not being surrounded by the constant creative presence of school, I find it taking a back burner to just trying to make a living. It might take a little while to find the balance of continually photographing and trying to make a living since for a while I dont think the two will be one in the same.

on the road-the end

So after having my computer stolen and my car totaled I am finally in sunny LA. Finally with a computer, maybe a car, job and apartment (still waiting on those). But things are looking up and I'm enjoying my new city. These are from the past few rolls of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. I had a wonderful trip but am glad to be on the verge of settling down and getting back to a relatively normal life and hopefully getting back to photographing and maybe even getting paid for it!

on the road- kentucky to colorado

Most of these are actually from Kansas which took me about two days to drive through and was one of the weirder places I've been. Giant open fields, lots of abandoned buildings and towns that look western movie sets.

These last two are from a tourist attraction, that from the road just said point of interest ahead. I pulled off out of curiosity and after going down several dirt roads I saw the "See 6 States" sign with a rickety tower off to one side and lots and lots and lots of junk out front. It was a dollar to go up the tower and check out the "museum" or piles of junk. Also the guy running the place was a funny old guy who kept asking all the visitors to guess what the different antiques were. But now more than half way there and looking forward to getting to see the Southwest which I've always wanted to see.