So I went to a young adults group and saw the guy in the photograph and recognized him. The photo was taken 2 and a half years ago at a concert in Santa Barbara. I also found out that someone else I know was at the same concert. It is a small world after all.

Shots from behind the lens.

A few photos I shot while shooting video of my friend Art who is a talented BMX rider. Video to follow.

Here is the before and after of a portrait of my Aunt’s late (great) dog Tucker. The photo was taken at Christmas 3 years ago (3 sessions into my Brooks experience), it was seriously underexposed, and a JPG I might add, which is much harder to save than a RAW file. Any hoo, I did a bunch of fancy stuff, including putting 5 layers of the image [screened] on top of each other which lightened every thing up a ton, but then I had to brush some black over his fur to get rid of the awful greenish noise. Many, many steps were involved, but it was so worth it for such a cute picture and lovely lovely dog.

Part of my job at the Oxnard Union High School District is to provide photos for the district and school websites. I was asked to photograph ACHSand these are the photos that I came up with. All but the very last one are currently viewable on the site at www.camarillohigh.us. One thing I have been struggling with is how to balance my current style, which is dramatic light and abstract imagery (at least that’s what I’m attempting) with the glossy, stock-photo look you’d expect to see on a public school’s website.