This is the photo boof section of the party. It was a lot of fun just chillin w/ the homies and feeling old; thinking about the kids that were forced to hang out at the party w/ their parents then reminiscing about how it was when my parents did the same to me. ;)



Still, damn good times and hope to see you all again soon! (Better quality vid on my Facebook.)

Oh, and I'm thinking of putting the final pic up for online print sales or something. I.e. Smugmug or some shit. Nothing outrageously priced, but I think it'll be a start, you know? Thoughts?

P.S.
No-homo for the GaGa-ness of it. :p

Impromptu MTB

Here's teh homie Eric.

1) What started out as a Navy uniform shoot ended up as a play mtn bike shoot since he took forever to get to my house. By the time we'd make it out to the location we'd lose all the light soooo, next best thing...MOUNTAIN BIKES!



2) Since my bike hasn't been seeing much use due to my wrist injury, I figured I'd let him have some fun on it. It's good he knew how to bunnyhop.

I wanted to play w/ split toning on this one. Meh.



3) This one was the last of the set. It was funny. The PP work is based off a Jon Stars joint w/ techniques we learned from our teacher Peter Chilton at Hallmark, but I couldn't find the image to link to. His turned out way better but I just had fun w/ this one anyway.



All in all a successful shoot imo. I was bored over the weekend and wanted to keep fresh and this was the result. I'll get better.

Props to my other buddies Del and Eric for helpin' me out on the shoot. We got L&L afterwards and it was delicious!

*on a side note, I hate how these images upload to the net. :\

Super Kid!

Today I was shooting groups (and kicking @$$ at it I must say) and this kid comes up wearing a cape. At first I laughed to myself (out loud) but realized how much awesome there was in this situation so I busted out my iPhone and asked to take a couple snaps.




I guess they get it when they prove themselves in class...like correctly answering what what 4+4 equals. Nonetheless, still fun.

The Bird Is The Word

I just wanted to share an image of an interesting lady I saw walking down the street while I was at work. I was getting ready to shoot some group shots and kinda saw her out of my peripheral walking around w/ a branch. At first, I thought she was just strange...until I actually peeked over to see what she was holding. Turns out she was "walking" her bird lol.

I forget her name, but she was real nice and sounded like Bobby's mom from the show Bobby's World. I shoulda had her say, "Doncha' know," or "Oh yah," like the people from the movie Fargo.

Here's her bird, Sweetness.



*pics taken w/ my iPhone.

Gerardy Photo - Day 1 @ La Costa Canyon HS

So yup, a quick glimpse of what I get paid to do. ;)

Just a fun lil' "outtake" when it got slow.

First Day of Work

So some of you may know...most of you may not know but I started working for a high-volume portrait studio called Classic School Portraits as an individual photographer and as their group photographer. While it's not where I saw myself being right outta school, it's definitely a start and I'll for sure learn how to deal w/ 200 kids/day (on a light day) and groups of them lil' buggers. If I can do that much, then yeah, I'll be able to control anybody during my shoots in the future.

I've been going through training the past couple weeks with a couple practice runs, (one in-house and one school for the less fortunate called the Monarch School) but this week is where we actually do a real school.

I also was able to bond w/ the first set of "newbies" and we'll be tackling most schools together. I'm looking forward to working with my co-worker Missy Islas after the season so we can work on our portfolios. She's pursuing her beauty school degree and is currently learning how get people's hair did.

It'll be interesting season. And who knows? Maybe they'll call me back to work for them in the spring where they tend to do more creative stuffs...I.e. I'll be able to work my Hallmark muscle!

Prospect St, 1st floor + owner

Almost forgot to post this lol.

Lou is in the middle...chillest landlord ever.

Out w/ Jude

So we went shooting today...sorta. We went for our "Fabblesnopff" idea but i ended up wanting to do an HDR. Handheld, 9 shots.

Canon 10-22 winnage.

Now for the real reason we went out:

Mike's Maze

Corning was fun! Mike's Maze in Sunderland.



Here's the rest of the fun:

















These three taken by Jason:




This was a BBQ place near the area. Bob's or something. Not too shabby...