Showing my Holgas

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The show is in Burbank,CA. Up for a month, and the reception is Saturday. Come on by!

Wine & Guitars

I have never been much of a fan of people photography. Yet early this year, I was asked to document a wine-tasting event in Pasadena, and I agreed. It was so informal for me--no demands,just a few requests to make sure certain booths were included--that I enjoyed it much more than expected. And I personally ended up finding a niche I like in shooting people: the unaware moment. So interesting to observe others who aren't observing you, and capturing that blank or lost in thought stare that flashes only for a moment. I found that throughout the night I would first try to take a photo in this style before my presence was felt, and I had to make the obligatory shot complete with a pose or unnatural smile.

I actually find the last shot here, with the mix of aware/unaware parties, hilarious.



On a more recent note, the guitar in the first set of pictures was about to be put up on Ebay. I wanted to shoot it before it was gone forever, for purely aesthetic purposes.











The last guitar just happened to be in the same studio, so we played around with that one for some variety.

Big Bear Lake,CA

A morning after Oktoberfest in Big Bear Lake.

Davenport, CA

Davenport, CA was the chosen getaway this year for Labor Day weekend. Stayed at a house right across from the beach, got chased off some 'private' property, and had my major Hike of the Week at Big Basin Redwood Park in Pescadero (about 20 minutes north of Davenport).

35mm: Thai New Year

35mm: Central Park

Holga Update, Part II: New York

Just a few Holgas that I liked from New York so far...Love the gritty look from the Rockefeller Center one, and how the mountain goat one from the Natural History Museum almost turned into a painting.
However,I can't wait to see how the roll of slides I shot came out. Stay tuned...