I shot a couple of exposures on TMAX100 film using the Mamiya the day we took photos of Mikala last week. I knew they’d turn out pretty blurry because there was a very limited amount of light we could count on and I was working with a film with abysmally-low ISO. There wasn’t a whole…
When we spend an entire day in the fucking sun shooting sports photos of 200+ grade schoolers, we come out ready to devour enough calories to make the late Elvis Presley wondering why we eat like we have free American health care. Bonus points for bringing a walking health code violation with us in for…
Today’s office: Golden West High School with my homies Andy Gonzilla and James Delaney for our yearly little league team portraits.
Today’s office: Woodville Park in Downtown Visalia capturing portraits of my friend Mikala—a first-timer. I’ve always found her ridiculously attractive and, when we talk I’ve always tried to talk her into a portrait shoot. As it turns out, it’s something she’s always wanted to do, but never found the point in it because she’s never…
Today’s office: Skyline Trail for Middlestate shooting content for Tulare County Federal Credit Union.
I got hit up for a gig in Bakersfield by my homie Ed for Canvas, so we bounced this afternoon, checked into the campus at Ridgeview HS and then headed to Moo Creamery. This bahn mi torta was like a party in mouth that everyone came to.
Today’s office: Ridgeview High School in Bakersfield, CA for CanvasCon 2022.
I’ve been having the shittiest fucking week since my uncle passed away and I’m still ridiculously angry that I was never given enough time to plan a trip to go see him, much less got to say goodbye. There are a lot of tangents that stem from this that I’ve been dealing with and I’m…
Descansa en paz, Tío. Guadalupe Carbajal May 10, 1950 – September 6, 2022 I’m still irrationally angry that I didn’t get to say goodbye. 😭
Tonight I made some cedar-planked salmon and saffron quinoa with a pinot grigio caper cream sauce topped with rosemary compound butter. I think the homie Z approves.