road trip

I took a road trip this month with some of my closest friends down Route 66.

We went through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada in two weeks.

My film camera broke early on in New Mexico, but I got one BW role done before that tragedy.

visiting Westmont

John C. Page Hall - completely empty except for Shannon and Denz

wesley drove - in Carlitos

empty parking lot - first time ever

morro bay

Some friends and I went to Morro Bay a while back, I miss these days.

Leaving California

33 days and I start my five month adventure through Europe and Israel! Of those 33 days left, I'll be out of California for the vast majority of them.  My number of days left in PV are quickly dwindling down to single digits.

In the next six months I'll be traveling more than I have in my entire life: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Nevada... then Scotland, England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Italy, Greece, Israel and Palestine.

So long Palos Verdes,

Hello World.

stickers

The window of Pedone's, my favorite pizza spot in Redondo Beach

memorial day

Shots from Torrance/Redondo Beach on Memorial Day

pond exploring

My friend Natalie Pond and I went exploring around a cool church on the cliffs in PV while I was home last week.

old school feelings

I tried getting creative in my editing of some of the pictures I took of Theo's bus last week. For the interior shots, I decided to go old school and give it an almost antique feel.  I tried four different styles, just playing around with settings and presets in Adobe Lightroom. I'm happy about how they turned out, let me know what you think.

two rolls

I shot two rolls of film over spring break. One BW and one color. Comparison:

spring break friends

Spring break was partly about seeing as many people that were in town as possible, but also spending some good quality time with a few people that are my closest friends.  This break was by far the most enjoyable time I've spent back at home since I left for college.  I slept in almost everyday, usually until 2pm or later. Everyday I hung out with my core group of guys that are all still seniors (one junior) in high school, plus got to see tons of friends from my high school class that were also on their college spring breaks.

Theo and the VW Bus

It's been a while since my last update, but I've been shooting primarily film for the past two weeks.  When I get those developed this weekend prepare for many posts.  I shot with my digital camera for the first time in a while today.  My friend Theo has been begging me to do a photo shoot with his VW bus he got for his 16th birthday and it finally worked out today.

The bus is the definition of Theo in car form, it fits him perfectly.  We went down and took pictures in the parking lot right next to Torrance Beach.

It was a beautiful Southern California sunset, and Theo said this is "how he always watches the sunset or watches anything these days... on top of the bus!"

I miss this kid, and I was so pumped to hang out with him today.  Hopefully in the next few weeks Theo is going to make the drive up to Santa Barbara in the bus and we can go to the zoo (his favorite place).

I took some shots with both my film cameras too. I'll post those when I get them developed this weekend.

Little Rincon

I tried out a roll of Ektar 100 film in my Olympus this week.

This film works really well with blues and greens.  I got off the freeway this weekend on my way home at this small inn near the surf spot Little Rincon to take some pictures.

I love the way film looks as compared to digital.  I have shot digital for a while and I can get some amazing shots that way, but there's just something very unique about using a film camera. Even editing a digital image to make it look like film doesn't come close to it.

Redondo Beach

I may live in Palos Verdes, but I spend most of my time in Redondo Beach.

Pedones and Burnout. There isn't a day I'm home that I'm not there.

Pedones and Party House, multiple times a day.  I'm craving Pedones Pizza right now, I'll probably go there before I even go to my house.  I'll go at least once every day, more likely twice.  Two slices of pepperoni and a Dr. Pepper, they know my order.

It's a one minute walk from Pedones to Burnout Beach.  I'll be there: day or night, rain or shine.