Cruisin' Grand

It's my first time this year visiting downtown during Cruisin' Grand. It was good to see so many people there along with some awesome classics. I don't know too much about classic American rides, but I certainly appreciate them and admire the work that goes into the cars. I walked around the event with my 20D and 100mm 2.8 macro. That's why all my shots are detailed close ups. Next time I'll bring my wide or even a standard lens. Check out some of the pictures in better detail here. Like always, thanks for stopping by. Stay Classy.

Cruisin' Grand 6/15/2012 from Ryan Florido on Vimeo.

On Location: Foot Clan needs Pizza Power

I think it's safe to call myself the official photographer of the Co-Ed Indoor Soccer Foot Clan team. Still tweaks to work on but it's not about winning, or is it? Well, it makes me want to run on the field and play instead of being stuck on side lines and taking pictures. I love photography, but I do enjoy sports and being active as well. ErRrRRr....I hate my sports photography. I NEED a new lens if I continue to do sports. My crappy 75-300 f/3.5-5.6 lens is not cool. I bump the ISO to the highest level, try to shoot wide open, those stupid lights are not bright enough for my camera. I can only shoot during the day, but then I have to work about stupid shadows. I want that 70-200 f/2.8 lens bad!!!! ohhhh well, I work with what I got.

Camera Info: Canon 20D shooting in aperture priority mode. Shooting wide open when I need to which was a lot. Edited in Lightroom and Photoshop CS3.

Thanks for cheering on The Foot Clan.

On Location: Grand Ave.

Ok, I admit, a good diet is everything! After watching "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" I have a whole new view on my body and how I treat it. It's like gas for your car, everyone wants to think they have a high performance car requiring only top fuel, 91 to get the proper performance but some people put 87 cause it's cheaper. NAH BRAH!! So Al and Jess bought this bomb ass juicer, so legit, fuck Jamba Juice, it's all about The Maxx!! So the engaged couple decides to hit up the local Farmer's Market on Grand on a warm Tuesday afternoon. Jess hustlin' these venders, bargaining, whatever. They left with a bunch of awesome fruits and vegetables like kale and oranges. Here are some of the photos from that evening. Ohhh yeah, we ran into the famous Tim as he was getting crickets for his dragon lizard. DRAGON!? I thought those were only in fairy tales and stuff!!! Hahaa.

And always, thanks for looking.

I Already Miss Paradox

I miss Paradox. For the people who do not know who Paradox is, he's one of the coolest cats you can meet. If you knew his situation, you'd feel for him and his family. But he's doing things for the future and sees the bigger picture. That is why everyone he knows is proud of him.

About two weeks ago, he threw a going away party at McLeod Park in Escondido. Family, Friends, Food...trifecta. Add alcohol to the mix, things are always poppin'. Check out some of photos. We started early at his Mom's place with her legendary french toast. Ok, alright, gotcha, this is what I've been hearing about since high school. Pete and Mando rave about her french toast since high school. They would tell stories on how they ditched school for her french toast. They risked their own necks to get this!? I would of taken more photos of it, but I was too busy enjoyin' the flavor in my mouth while gettin' drunk. Yeah, we were drinkin shots of Jack Daniels (Epic Meal Time voice). Then the drinking just continued to the park.

What!? No alcohol or dogs allowed in the park!? That didn't stop us!! Until the ranger told us we couldn't have our dogs, then Nina and Drama had to bounce. There we were, flying kites! What do you know about flying kites near a power lines!!!! Yeah...we lost the kite in the trees. Hahaaa. I believe everyone had a great time, drinking, hanging out, eating. I didn't take too many, cause I was just chillin' but the moments will be remember even without photos.

Thanks for checkin' them out.

Camera Info: Canon 20D with 50mm shot in Aperture Priority mode at f/2.8, ISO 200, and focus set to AI Servo. All photos edited in Lightroom 3.

Grand of a Time.

Late entry! So WHAT!? I was itchin' to go take a self portrait. Looking for inspiration from Flickr. Cait, a future model of mine decides to join the party. Mind you, it was already night and I had work the next day. So I wanted to stay local. One of my favorite places to shoot is Grand. No homeless people, nice lights, classic Escondido. So we searching around grand, seeing what kind of lights and subjects we can possible shoot, and we pass some bank with some cool semi-spiral stairs. We do a couple of shots, keep in mind that nothing was planned. I was teaching Cait how to use a DSLR, hopefully she'll get one soon. If not, she'll just steal her boyfriends. So we were just messin' around with some poses and some cool exposure shots.

Equipment: Canon 20D on a tripod with remote shutter, 17-85mm f/4-5.6, Bare Canon 430ex triggered by Radiopopper JrX (no stand or anything)

Our location on Grand and Maple (?)

Cait waitin' for her boyfriend's call.

5 separate exposures and super imposed into a single photo in Photoshop. Not bad for a single light source.
We're textin' each other. Hahaa.

Cait_DGAF.

Chillin' in my sweats.

For the given time and equipment, I'm pleased with these shots especially with the models so casual not "model ready". I'm sure I'll try this again and hopefully I'll be better prepared too.