21/10/2008
d and i went to the self-realization fellowship gardens on saturday. as many times as i’ve driven past it, i’ve never actually been in there. i had no idea there was a meditation/garden area. it was gorgeous in there… except for all the big crazy ass spiders. them bitches was scary. here are some shots:

garden

looking over the cliff

random red flower thing. what are these called?

love the light from the sunset on the treebark

sunset.

mamas
looks like my word blog is slowly becoming another photo blog. eh, it’s not like y’all like to read anyway.
20/10/2008
trying out the nikon speedlight on my canon.
straight outta the camera, son:
17/10/2008


sorry, tina.
i broke my vornado fan into pieces. i was holding it up to my hair, and i kinda just let go. fan pieces – everywhere. as is the price for art, right? lol sigh.
10/10/2008
Why is it the best day ever, you ask? Two reasons:
1. Best sister ever got me a ticket to see Maxwell. I’ve literally been waiting to see Maxwell live since I was 14. Literally, seriously, in every way possible. He’s one of the few people left on my list of artists to see before I (or they) die. The only people still on the list: Aretha, Stevie, Sade and Bjork. I should probably get pushin’ on Aretha… she’s one deep-fried ham and cheese sandwich away from the inevitable.
2. I sold my old Sigma 70-300mm f4.8 lens and got a new Canon 50mm f1.8.
Here’s one of the first shots out of my new lens:

See all that bokeh? Usually that’s stuff I have to photoshop, but now I have a decent lens that actually DOES that. Oh f1.8/50mm lens, where have you been all my life.
29/09/2008
it all started because chantal was hell bent on stealing my glasses – all day long. turns out, she stole ‘em at night too. so i made everyone steal them.

top to bottom: shanti, chanti, jason, j.young, d, h2, noogs, ryan, nate
29/09/2008
i’ve dropped the “ghetto” from the studio4. here’s what you missed Friday: