Tried out some new lighting this weekend and really liked the effect of adding a gel to a grid spot for accent – this is Jen Lauer:
Venice
So I was in LA this past week and spent some time down on Abbot Kinney where I am often found when I’m down there. This time I checked out a few bars when I had a chance and it was holidays too so the lights were up and it was this bizarre kind of festive Christmas feel, but eighty degrees too.
Slide
An evening that ended up at Slide after a few drinks at Jade…
Thanksgiving at SFO
SFO, Thanksgiving night
SAF
I saw this comic strip and it made me laugh since it reminds me of some of the travails my sisters has gone though. It was cited in part of an article in the Chronicle about Asian men which also piqued my interest although I didn’t read through the whole thing…
Wind up Bird
So this past weekend I actually didn’t have to shoot on Saturday so I went by my friends’ trunk show at the Craft Gym. I ended up buying myself a t-shirt from my windup bird, the name which I like of course as a reference to Haruki Murakami, my favorite novelist. This is the design on the shirt I ended up getting. I like that it’s from a photo of a real Japanese girl on a bike too…
Sambo Candy?
So when I got to Barcelona in September I was in the train station looking for some nice cold fluids and some foreign candy and I peered into the vending machine at the train station and saw this looking back at me.
Having grown up in the South I was familiar with the Sambo character and blackface and that’s what I was initially reminded of.
So of course I had to pick up a bag of conguitos to see what the candy actually looked like. They’re basically like peanut M&Ms but without the colors – they are all just dark brown.
Miami Vices
So this past weekend was spent in Miami covering the 2006 NPC Nationals and it was quite a long, packed weekend. I’m still catching up on sleep and haven’t fully recovered I don’t feel like. At least the weather was nice and warm although a bit muggy, especially when shooting all day long.
On Saturday night against my better judgement I did go out and Hans snapped this pic at the club with Kris Murrell (who I shot on Sunday afternoon) and IFBB Pro Carla Salotti.
Lindsey Cope
Another weekend shooting with the Sacramento Pro/Am show on Saturday. I met up with Lindsey Cope who came in to check out the show. I had met her originally at the Olympia and we set up this shoot a while back. I think she’s got a good future in the industry and she’ll be doing a show in June of ’07.
on deck… Janelle Miller
This is a shot from my current piece that I’m working on. I’ve been flown out to work on something that’ll introduce someone new with a more documentary perspective to it. This is a torso shot of Janelle Miller from earlier this week. Look for a full piece soon.