2010: A Year in Review

12.30.2010

This is my last blog post for 2010 and it's a blog post without a photo in it. The video below is a video representation of this year... The year 2010.

2010 was amazing and it was full of travel and new friendships, but more importantly 2010 was spent reinforcing relationships with people I love. Do I regret things I did or didn't do in 2010? Yes I do... But those regrets are dwarfed by all the amazing experiences I had this this year and 2011 is already looking very promising.

Thank you for checking out my blog. It's always nice to hear positive feedback on things I post on here.

Enough with the words already!! Here's the video... Spero che vi piaccia.

Happy New Year!!!



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Yin and Yang

12.23.2010

The storm finally stopped...
Here are the before and after pictures. Guess which one i like better...



and finally my directorial debut. I shot and directed the music video for EYES LIPS EYES' song Bear Trap last week. It stars Matt Heder and Tejah Signori. These two were great to work with and very patient with me on my first ever music video shoot. Thanks to Melanie Warner, Catherine Card, and Haylie Hoopes for helping me out last minute. Also Will Kindrick was helpful, even with his busy schedule, doing some special effects. and lastly i would like to thank EYES LIPS EYES for giving me this opportunity to shoot this video. i hop you enjoy it!



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The {Week} END

12.20.2010

The weekend is typically a span of time when you can relax and get things done that you didn't have time to do during the week. My weekend started January 8, 2010 and it's still going... but that's a complicated blog post for another day.
Back to the subject at hand... the weekend. yeah... this weekend was slightly busy.
On Friday I went to a holiday party at church, a birthday party at a karaoke bar.
Most of Saturday was spent sitting at home watching anything remotely interesting on HBO and The Sundance Channel. These Southern California rain storms are making it difficult to mobilize and get stuff done. I guess I'll let it slide since this is probably the only rain we'll get in a long time.
This photo sums up the weekend...


Saturday night I headed over to Art Center's Grad Show to support my friend Derek Wong. Derek just completed his schooling in Graphic Design and is heading over to New York before the year's end to start a new gig... so I needed to catch him before he left.
Derek's twin brother Kyle Wong, who is also moving to New York, is a photographer. Kyle's photography is amazing. His photography always has some meaning behind it... sometimes i don't know what that meaning is, but i know his photos aren't just superficial. Wanna enrich your lives for a bit? Go over to Derek and Kyle's blog for a bit and see what i'm talking about.
Kyle and Derek.



Best of luck guys!
Sunday I went to church then immediately after made a b-line to Mummy Space Island Productions Headquarters, aka Will Kindrick's house, to get help on some special effects for a music video i shot and directed last week for Eyes lips Eyes.
Will's been busy working on a webisode called "Dead Grandma, which is a throw back to 1950’s-60’s sitcoms about a grandma who comes back from the dead to haunt her grandson Andy, played by Matt Heder, with unwanted love and life advice. I've seen a couple episodes and they are hilarious. Bookmark Will's blog or "Like" the Dead Grandma Facebook page for further updates on this project.
here's a look at Mummy Space Island Productions HQ


I don't want to reveal what we're doing to my music video... but here is what i can show you... HA!



Safe to say that this weekend was great. i'm blessed to be surrounded by many talented people... you know who you are.

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Sunday Lazy Sunday

12.16.2010

Sundays are always good to me. I usually make the trek from Covina to Glendale to attend choych with good people. The commute is roughly 40 minutes, which is spend listening to The Moth Hour.
This past sunday was spent going to church then heading down to DTLA to meet up with my buddy Douglas and Evan to check out a vinyl swap meet. I got to DTLA a little early and discovered that The Renegade Craft Fair was going on so i stopped by to check it out.
The Renegade Craft Fair

Crafty crafts


Beat Swapmeet












The Beat Swap Meet had a good vibe. DJ's spinning. People dancing. but more importantly spending money on music they love... something we don't do often.

enjoy!
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READY... SET... STOP!

12.08.2010

Today I make my directorial debut. My friends in Eyes Lips Eyes have trusted me with the responsibility of making a music video for their song Bear Trap that was released last tuesday. The offer came while we were on tour and Tony Hello was stoked on me doing a stop action video for them. I'm pretty excited and also nervous to take on this task head on (cliche' alert).

So while i get this work underway, here's some stop action i've done that you can chew on until i release the Bear Trap video later this month.
ENJOY!

p.s. i still have to show you part 3 of Cell Out. so look out for that in the comings days.















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CELL OUT Part 2

12.03.2010

Part Deux of Trois...
There's always a demand for the "old school" whenever anything "new school" is introduced. There's always those people that like doing things the way they used to be done. The iPhone has a great app that has taken the concept of taking digital pictures and transforming them into Holga-esque type prints. It's definitely has a perfect blend of new and old school technology. Below I will showcase my favorite Hipstamatic Prints from 2010.
Enjoy!


(L to R) Lamp, Echo Park, LAX

Manhattan, Sheep's Meadow, Manhattan

Brooklyn, NY.

Queens, Duchess the Cat, NYC Subway Map

Griffith Observatory, Fox Theatre Pomona, Los Angeles LDS Temple

Dodgers Stadium

Devener, CO., LA, Downtown Denver

SLC, Denver, Usana Amp

LA, Williamsburg, BK, Washington Square Park

Cruz, LA, Cruz and Family

Manhattan, Flight to Denver, Jamaica Queens

Layton, UT.

Washington, DC.

Washington, DC.

New Bedford, MA., Silverlake Lounge, LA., Somewhere in Connecticut

SoHo, NY., Chicago, IL, DTLA, CA.

Toy Bombs Merch, Arcade Fire at the Shrine, LA.

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CELL OUT Part 1

12.02.2010

With cellphone technology advancing and developers given the tools to make different photo applications, the point and shoot camera has almost been replaced by iPhones, Blackberrys, and Androids. Although these cellphone produced images look great on small screens, the quality is sub par if you decide to print them out. As one who loves photography and taking photos, it bothers me that people are aren't using higher resolution cameras to capture these important moments. This bothered me so much I had a venting session with a friend talking about this very subject... then later that day i hooked my iphone up to my computer and saw this...

8GBs of PHOTOS?!? I felt like an idiot. Here i was on my high horse and in the end i was guilty of taking too many photos on my cellphone. but it goes without saying that cellphones has made it easier to communicate with everyone else and they have made it easier for people to share photos and videos. And with social media penetrating our everyday life style, the cellphone makes it easy for us to share with large group of people with minimal effort.

So now that everyone knows i have 8GBs worth of cellphone photos, i wanted to showcase some of these to you all in 3 parts starting with all my favorite panoramic shots of 2010.

enjoy!


Guerin, Ryan, Christine, and Evan at Barcade - Williamsburg, BK.

Brooklyn Bridge - Brooklyn, NY.

Leica Gallery - Manhattan, NY.

Roosevelt Park - Manhattan, NY.

The ballroom in the Alexandria Hotel in DTLA.

On a walkabout with SA Martinez and Troy in Ojai.

Bike Ride at Bonelli Park in San Dimas. (SAN DIMAS HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!)

Red Rocks Amphitheater - Morrisson, CO.

Dodgers Stadium - Los Angeles, CA.

Brown Night - Glendale, CA.

DTLA (Downtown LA)

Manhattan from East River State Park - Brooklyn, NY.

Time Square - Manhattan, NY.

Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge - from Brooklyn, NY.

National Mall - Washington, D.C.

Chicago, IL.

Lincoln Memorial - Washington, D.C.

Knoxville, TN.

Yee-Haw Industries - Knoxville, TN.

Knoxville, TN.

The HIVE - Los Angeles, CA.

Rio Tinto home of Real Salt Lake - Sandy, UT.

Hello Kitty "Small Gift" - Santa Monica, CA.

Garcia Trail - Azusa, CA.
Next post will feature my favorite hipstamatic prints...

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