On Location: Halloween Wine and Cheese

Halloween, the one year when you can be anything you want. I always appreciated girls who slut it up. When good girls can be sexy something, cop, nurse, whatever. They're not sluts on a daily, but they want to say 'I can be slutty' which is awesome. Good for them.

I can be something I always wanted to be. It took a while until people caught on, but I was getting a fever...a Beiber Fever that is!!! Hahaa. Nothing too crazy, dressing up in costumes, acting a fool, drinking, staying classy. Mando and Mel were Ash and Misty from Pokemon which was very cute and done very proper. But in my honest opinion, the best costume was J's costume of being Weezy F Baby, Lil Wayne. It had the dreads cause long hair don't care. He was tat'd up from the blood tears on his cheek to "Blessed" tattoo on the neck, skinny jeans, wife beater, and most importantly the attitude. He stayed in character throughout the night. Hahaaa.

Hopefully you can enjoy the photos. It was a good time with good friends. Always a good time.

Camera Info: Canon 20D with Canon 50mm f/1.4 with Carbon Fiber lens hood along with the Canon 430ex. Most shots were shot at ISO400 with f/5 and a slow enough shutter so the flash can be synced. Longest shutter was 1/40 while the flash was pointing towards the ceiling. All edits done in Lightroom 3. Boosted saturation with a HEAVY vignetting to try to capture the Halloween feel.

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Happy Birthday El Cunado

Happy Birthday to my good friend Jive!! The revolution will always find a reason to drink, but tonight was a joyous occasion in celebrating Jive's Birthday! It's just the beginning too. It was day 1 of celebration. More picture's and entries will come. Pre-drink, sang happy birthday, Tavern and bowled and drank the night away. Friendly competition between friends and strangers. Todd in a chugging race!? These pictures do not do justice on how much fun we had. Or maybe it does because of lack of photos. I don't know. I was drinking, clapping, eating with friends. You can't be mad at that kind of combination.

Camera Info: Canon 20D with 50mm 1.4 with Canon 430ex with diffuser/bare. shooting in manual. Long shutter with f/5, rear sync curtain.

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Bates Nut Farm

I haven't posted in a while, long over due. But I think I have my new favorite model. Baby Joss!!! As I was listening to Rick Ross feat. Nicki Minaj-You the Boss!!! Joss is the BOSS!!!!

I come across a lot of interesting people, I guess a camera brings a lot of attention to yourself. I love talking anything photography, but I always have to stress the fact that I am not professional, strictly an enthusiast. People ask me, what would be my dream photography job. If I had a dream job, I'd want to be a traveling photographer and do National Geographic work or travel with a close family. The Galimbas is just a glimpse of that dream. I am following this little girl, Joss throughout her young life. When she grows up, if she picks a debut or a car, she shows off pictures of her childhood, I know my photos will be there. Capturing moments in a fraction of a second. That's real time traveling.

Funny story, when i say funny story, it usually means I was drinking. Anyways, a good friend, Jess was reminding how much of an honor it is to shoot Joss. I am one of the few lucky ones where I am able to photograph their pride and joy. Because Joss is an angel, adorable from head to toe. The Galimbas and future Galimba aka Jess were pumpkin searching. I came along to photograph Joss' first fall season. It sounds like fun in theory except EVERYONE decided to go to TODAY!!! I think it's because the Chargers are on their bye week. So it took us literally 2 hours to get there.

As soon as we arrived, we went straight to business. Enjoying the scenery. We just basically walked around the property and posing Joss. I had Jess be my assistant. She was holding it down. Handling the reflector like a pro, providing shade and a good fan for the model Joss. She made my job a whole lot easier for the given situation. It was not a cool day at the farm. But by the end of the day, I'm happy with my photos. I never appreciate the pictures til later. But I definitely had fun, from the car ride with Aldrich watching youtube videos, photographing the Galimbas, and ending the shoot with some shaved ice. Success!!! Joss is very fortunate to have great parents, awesome uncle and aunt, and a great photographer. Hahaaa.

Photograph Info: Canon 20D with Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens with Canon 430ex bare. Most photos shot at f/8 or f/11. All edits were in Lightroom except for the Trio picture, that was in CS3 (I know, OLD!!!).

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On Location: Foot Clan Debut

You'll find the Foot Clan every Saturday at Kit Carson's indoor soccer fields terrorizing teams. HaaHaaa! Nah. I'm gonna be real, it's more reminiscent of kids playing in a recreational league as their parents watch. That's what the environment was like. "Just do your best. You'll always be a winner in my heart." All that was missing were CapriSuns and orange slices. Hahaa. It was a good game for everyone. Danh was getting fired up and pushing on bitches. Omar was making girls eat shit, Tyler and Jive playing tough to the point of vomiting. Omar and Mando were leading the charge, but since there are rules, it limits guys only scoring 2 goals per games. Girls can score all day. Everyone played a huge roll on their first victory. Come by and experience the thrill of Indoor Soccer!!! I just realized this was one of the few events that didn't involve alcohol. Correction, we had a victory beer at BJs. Hahaa.

Thanks for checking out the photos.

Set up: Canon 20D with 50mm f/1.4 pre and post game photos, shot in aperture priority mode @ f/8. Canon 75-300mm f/3.5-5.6 for in game shots with mono-pod. Shot majority in shutter priority mode @ 1/500 with Ai Servo.

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.

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High School All Over Again

Happy Birthday to Jess!!! Enough said.

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.