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    Monday, February 23, 2009

    Midnight Rush @ Abyss 2.20.2009

    What a crackin ass night at abyss!!!! Everyone who missed out....REALLY MISSED OUT!!! We had a special lady who decided that clothing was OPTIONAL!!! too bad no one got the goooooood stuff on camera. Anyways.....ENJOY!! :D

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    My boy Alcy.....WORKIN!!! HAHAHAHA



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    AND HERES OUR SPECIAL LADY OF THE NIGHT!!! lol (no one caught her with her shit off on camera though...owell)

    Night Time in SF

    The last few weeks I've been pretty busy with school making sure that I will pass all my classes with flying colors so that I can transfer to UC Davis in the fall. Having a photo class this semester gives me all the more reason to go out and shoot random things at random times. So what I'm fairly accustomed to now is carrying both the 30D and the Elan7. That way I can have the digital equivalent to all the film images I produce.

    Speaking of film, I (tried to) develop my first roll of B&W film last Thursday. Talk about FAIL. I induced the "fixer" before the "developer" therefore ruining the whole roll and losing all my precious images. I swear if I do that again Im'ma have to slap myself friggin' silly!!!! Owell, live and learn. At any rate here are some of the images I shot on film and lost due to my idiotic mistake...


    Thursday, February 19, 2009

    Spellbound 2.6.2009

    Thanks to everyone who came out to palace for Spellbound!! sorry about the delay on posting the pix. ENJOY!!!!

    Tuesday, February 17, 2009

    XT testing for Jake

    So to be quick and to the point, here is as close of a "macro" shot you can get with the Canon Rebel xt. Keep in mind that all these photos are straight out of their respective cameras. The rose shot being from the XT and the others from the 30d. Well Jake, I hope you findthis useful dude even if you dont buy the XT from me!!!! :P

    Exif Data for the rose:

    Model: Canon EOS Rebel XT
    Exposure Program: "close up mode"
    Shutter Speed: 1/60
    F/stop: 5.6
    ISO: 400
    Focal Length: 55mm (35mm equivalent: 90mm)


    Here is a shot of the camera. I did use the flash and diffuser that are mounted on it. but you could achieve the same softness using a "puffer" diffuser and the pop up flash on the camera. So the camera minus the flash and lightsphere there is what I would be offering you.

    Exif data for camera studio shot:

    Model: Canon EOS 30D
    Exposure Program: "Aperture Priority Mode"
    Shutter Speed: 1/60
    F/stop: 5.6
    ISO: 640
    Focal Length: 24mm (35mm equivalent: 38mm)




    And hers a little tid bit of info. i did not use ANY flash for this shot of the camera!!! and here's a little bit of how I lit the camera for the shot.

    1 desk lamp
    1 pillow case taped up
    1 reflector (20 bucks at calumet) .......a sheet of white paper or foil can do the same thing ;)

    Today 2.17.2009

    Lately, as everyone knows the weather here in SF has been exceptionally crappy. The rain has be going non-stop for what feels like months and has made for some pretty amazing sky photos but trudging through the water all day every day is getting to be a bit tedious. Honda has been super slow especially since we hired 2 new guys, the work has been getting dispersed even more. Today I had my first midterm for human bio which wasn't as bad as I had predicted but we'll see how it plays out. Other than that here's a couple shots of my Itouch. Its super sad because now i feel somewhat dependent upon it to get me through the school day without being completely bored everyday..... :-\

    Monday, February 9, 2009

    Terrified on US Hwy 50

    Well, this last weekend was supposed to be a nice relaxing snowboarding trip with the DNC/Impulse staff. It did turn out to be a fun a$$ trip however the drive to and from the South Lake Tahoe area was the most terrifying experience of my life. I reserve the right as of right now to call my self a completely insane moron. I say this because who the F*$% takes a 2 wheel drive civic with no limited slip/posi/locking differential and drives through a 2 way traffic mountain pass? Well, I'm dumb enough to do it, and it was NOT fun nor was it a walk in the park. I swear there was no scarier feeling on earth, having only one wheel spinning to eat through the snow to grab what little traction was available. There on the rout up to Tahoe it wasn't so bad i fishtailed once or twice but quickly counter steered and regained control. However on the trip back home it was an entirely different situation.

    The snow and fog made it tremendously difficult to see even 10 ft. in front of my car and the snow and ice was building up on my windshield and wipers, thus making it even harder to see. This was the least of my problems and didn't scare me even 1/10 as much as everything else did. I HAD NO TRACTION AT ALL and I was scared for my life along with my passengers lives during the whole mountain pass. Every banked turn we would come across my rear tires would slid out and i would have to counter steer and pray that i didn't hit the side of the mountain. There were two times where I wasn't able to regain control. Once I was thrown into a full 360 where there was a bank of icy snow in the middle section of a tight turn and once when I was crossing an iced over bridge. THANK GOD no one behind me hit me and I managed to keep myself out of the guard rails and rock slide area.

    There are moments in situations like these that make you realize what and who matters in your life. As these things happen it's the only thing that flashes in front of your eyes besides turmoil. There were 3 situations that I remember in particular. On the last few hills of chain control the roads hadn't been plowed in hours and the snow became so thick that I could barely move the car. I was just inching in all directions. I had no steering and the car was drifting left and right faster and more unpredictable than ever and is i inced up the hill I passed a KO'ed 2wd vehicle on my right. At that point in time I knew there was no turning back but I seriously thought that my car was gonna be in the same situation stuck on the road stuck in the storm. Earlier in the drive I hit a patch of ice crossing an icy bridge and as I spun to a stop some jerk off tries passing me and comes within inches of rear ending me and sending me into a vicious spin. I almost pissed my pants when that happen.

    However, nothing came even close to the horror I experienced when there was a line of 6 oncoming cars 20 ft in front of me. At that moment my rear wheels lost traction and I started to slide in nose first into the oncoming cars. As I approached the other vehicles I was at an angle of 45 or 60 degrees or more. I immediately counter steered and tried to hit anything other than a car coming at me. The last car past by me and I missed clipping his bumper by inches. Finally a second later after the last car traction caught and the rear snapped back and fishtailed a few times but control was regained. The horrible feelings that went through my body at that moment are indescribable. The feeling of being almost sure you are going to be T-boned and then miraculously by the luck of God you aren't is the most stressful and wildly terrifying event I've ever experienced.

    I am not a huge practitioner of religion, but someone up there was really watching out for me and my passengers. Thank you God, Nana, Papa, Noni, Grandpa Carlo, Uncle Mike and all others watching over us all, including the 2 other vehicles I was caravaning with that night.

    Here are a few snapshots I had Sanny take with my camera as we were engulfed by the treacherousness of this storm....


    Monday, February 2, 2009

    Session @ The Palace 1.30.2009

    Heres the photos from last Friday's event. Enjoy....

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