Camping is so fun!

We went camping for a week in the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. It was one of the best times of my life. 

Here are some highlights from the trip.

I collected some drift wood to make into jewelry so hopefully I will have some pictures up soon.

I love my cacti

Some new scans of old photos.

The rooftop of my Korea Town apartment in Los Angeles


Army of puffy white Soldiers


The house my father grew up in


Brian and Erik 2000

I need a list

I am starting a goals list for things I really want to save up to get.

Zero 2000 Pinhole Camera Delux Edition!
The delux has a cable release and a level!

Top Ten plus 2

If I had to choose 10 pictures that would represent my photography right now I'd have to add two more.

Top ten and two more of my (state of mind) flickr photos:

10.

Bette has Circus skills


9. 

Sisters from another father and mother.
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8.

A mother of millions


7.

Tea Cups


6.

Worn love


5.

Brian's split personality
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4.

Biting the hand that feeds
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3.

Human beauty


2.

Pure emotion


1.

Ohio


+1.

Angel


+2.

Comrads

Favorites on Flickr

These here are my recent favorites from flickr.

I'm amazed that they all kind of have a theme and go together so well.

I definately have inspiration for some things!

I have started an Etsy site!

I need to find a better way to spend my time making money so I'm not slowly go mad working in a non creavie environment.

My new etsy site is called ThreeLittleOwls and hopefully soon I will have product up there to sell.

I'm planning on sellling photo prints, paintings, wood burned items, jewelry, functional art pieces, trinkets and whatever else I can get my mind to make.

I need to make:

1. business logo banner
   
2. business cards and tags
   mailers
   
3. paypal business account
4. yahoo small business website
   
5. business bank account seperate from my regular account
6. Make product too duh!
   
   My current job is hopefully going to let me work from home 2 days a week so I can still do my job and maybe get some creative time in to get this store launched and working. Hopefully someday I can ween myself away from working for someone else and completely work from home.
   
   That is my goal!
   
   So, any suggestions?

Smoke and mirrors but no smoke

So the art show was a success.

The smoke machine didn't work though. Hence the tittle but it was still awesome.

There was a huge turnout, we even had the token wino passed out on the sidewalk in front of the gallery, and the person that i wanted to come most of all (Byron) came, everyone else I invited either didn't show witch is cool (I know people are scarred to drive to downtown) or did show but only hung out for a little bit because the Alcohol ran out (priorities.) Best thing about that was someone went out and bought a bunch more.

But anyway, the art show created hype (we all got really great feedback,) brought people together, and gave us all a great sense of accomplishment. Nick and Erik did a great job putting it together and Kendall is a Saint for letting us invade his art gallery.

Molly From Vivi Dot also made us some kick ass pins to hand out at the show. I will take pictures and post some of those soon too.

Hopefully I will have some pictures to post soon. I took some with my Holga and new Holga flash!
This should become an annual thing though I expect that this has lit a spark of creativity between all of us and I presume that we will be putting other gallery shows together, this time with more art and more more more.

Bette also took some pictures on her Blog. I would check them out if you want to see some pictures of the art on the walls and such.

Here are two pictures I showed since I don't have pictures of the gallery opening to show right now.

Holga

Finally got a flash and 5 rolls of velvia slide film for my Holga.

I also found a place about 20+ miles away that will cross process my slide film. Amazing! You think that living in LA I would find something closer.

It pisses me off a little. I try not to be too mad these days. I want to let things go or I'll end up having terrible health problems forever.

I hate that I go to a small 1 hour photo and they tell me that i should go digital. "You can do so many different things and it's so much easier!"

When did I ever say I wanted it to be easy. If it was easy I'd stop. As soon as the challenge is gone I get disinterested. I don't want perfect lighting and unlimited ISO. I want to work with what i have and If only one picture comes out amazing then It's one amazing picture and not 200 pictures of boring!

I have regressed (as so many would call it) to film because I want ritual, I want interaction, tangibility, process and the inevitability of excitement!

They say it's inevitable that film will be obsolete, I say, If film ever becomes obsolete that's like saying paint will become obsolete to digital media!

I do not want to be part of that. I refuse.

MRA Art Show

So I have been painting some things for the art show, and I am really pleased with what I have been able to make. For some reason I have been into painting still life. A pickle, dohnut, cheese wedge, mushroom, artichoke, and a pear. I also painted a street light, and I am turning two paintings I made for cameron into one with a lazy susan behind it so you can turn it around and change the perspective. I am also planning on taking some pictures this weekend with the Holga Matt gave me, and some polaroids as well. Hopefully these wont turn out blurry like the other ones I've taken.

I will take some pictures and post them up soon.

Check out my livejournal for my inner thoughts

I think i'm going to stop writing lengthy things in this blog. I want to keep it simple and uncomplicated but I still like to write every now and then, so if you want to read you can checkout my Livejoural for all my silly rants.


Here's Cameron working his magic. This was taken with the Leica that Bette let me try out.

I am also working on camerons Blog and websites.

He made a pipe for Prince's manager. I'll upload pics to his blog and then put a link on here you can check it out.

Friends

What is life without good friends to hang out with?

Rough Spots

life is not all bitterness.

Current State of Mind

I am tired. I am tired I am tired. I am tired. I am tired.

Timmy!

My best friend is back home!

Leica and zippers

Very nice camera.
Thanks for letting me borrow it Bette

Holga

My dear friend Matt Carr gave me a Holga about a month ago. I finally finished a roll of film. Today I will go to the Lab and get it developed and see if any of my shots came out. I am very excited at the prospect of having medium format images. I can't wait to scan them and show them to you when I get them. How fun. I really like not knowing how they are going to come out. I forgot what it was like to have to wonder about my pictures. I've been shooting with digital for so long that I forgot that bit of anxiety I used to get when I took my film to get printed!

Sorry

Not like anyone ever looks at this blog, but I'm sorry for not posting anything. I haven't been feeling very creative lately.
I feel like the world is sucking all the life out of me.
I am an empty shell.
I'm sure all of you around me can tell that I am not all there. I swear it's not drugs. It's everything going on around me. I feel numb.
I can't react to anything with the appropriate emotion or enthusiasm.
It's mostly enthusiasm.

I feel like everything is slipping away.

Yesterday it was beautiful then I examined the sky and it was gloomy, but not a normal gloom. It looked produced. The matter in the sky was not normal overcast. I am breathing this stuff into my lungs and it's affecting me.

I think I might be going mad, and so are all the people close to me that I can identify with. I don't try to read to much into it, but this world is on the brink of some sort of untimely disaster.

Someday

Wrap me in your marrow
Stuff me in your bones
Sing a mending moan
A song to bring you home

Slide film

I love cross processed slide it has a wonderful effect!

A long time ago we had no consequence and responsibility.

No bills, no worry, no credit, no rents.

Pills, booze, psychedelics and friends.

Life altering experiences bonded us for life.

Now we are inundated with all these life realities, and we are miserable, but we still have one another. We can escape within our friendships, and it's truly liberating.