Sunset

iPad

It's here. I don't think Apple will ever make anything that I wouldn't buy. Best believe when it comes out late March, I'll be buying this. The iPad is the perfect size to take with me everywhere I go. Might even be able to get it in the compartment on my bike. I love my laptop but I hate having to open and close the lid every time I use it.

Thanks Apple. You've extended the life of the hinges on my laptop.

_Vince

6th Street Bridge

I wish the fence wasn't in the way but that's how it looks. What I should do is get a really tall latter or rent a box truck to get a high viewpoint shot. Oh well, I'm a realist and that is what it really looks like from that angle.

Click on the picture for a bigger view.

_Vince

Making Friends

This past Sunday was fun. Shot pictures downtown in the Arts District with my brother. We took a break at a coffee shop and ran into 3 interesting people. One is the brother posing with my brother above. That is Drevon Cooks for those of you not knowing. He is an up and coming actor/comedian who stars in several online mini horror clips called Blood Zoo. He was totally cool! He even did part of his comedy act for us. I think he's going to be big because he's funny and he can act. Definitely going to keep in touch with him.

The next guy we ran into was Crazy Gideon. Click here to see his videos. He yells loud during his commercials and throws TV's around. I remember watching him when I was a kid staying up late nights. Looks like he's done selling electronics. Good for him. He made it from nothing 35 years ago to now being a successful business man. He is very interesting and a lot of fun to talk to.

The last person we ran into was Luther Gerlach. He is a photographer who shoots a camera that he hand made. Instead of film he uses glass plates which are 20" x 30" in dimension. Before he actually shoots the glass plates, he coats them with different chemicals and then sets the glass in the camera and takes a picture. Its a very intricate process and takes a lot of mental thought and experience to get the shot right. Below is what the picture looks like on the glass. Amazing look. I love it.

Here's a picture of his camera.

It was really cool meeting all three of them on Sunday. They spent time telling us about their lives and what they do and they asked the same of Dave and I. Hopefully I can meet more interesting people like this in the future because it made my day.

_Vince

I wanna talk!

Just a quick post from my iPhone this afternoon while out shooting with my brother Dave. This is what we are shooting today. Two Hasselblad 500's. We figured out our exposure with a Sekonic light meter. These cameras don't shoot in automatic, don't have batteries and they use larger film than 35mm.

_Vince

City View

Here is the shot from this morning at 6am. I was at the top of Signal Hill looking down at Long Beach and San Pedro. I really didn't want to show this image because Google's blogging software degrades the quality of the picture so that the page loads quicker. This doesn't help me show off the high resolution file. This shot was created from 8 shots merged into one.

Should look great when I print it.


_Vince

Insomnia

It's 3:40am and I can't sleep. I'm off to shoot a sunrise somewhere.

_Vince

Fabian Breuvart

For those of you who don't understand the French language like I do, I will explain. This escapade was lead by photographer Fabian Breuvart at the 2009 International Art show in Paris. As art collectors waited to enter the gallery, a group of pranksters dumped out thousands of antique photos on the floor free for the taking. Onlookers were allowed to take any of the photos that may have been of interests to them. The same people that were willing to pay thousands of dollars for the photos in the gallery were now on the floor sifting through free photos.

This was such a cool idea and it worked. Merci Bien Fabien.

_Vince

Happy New Year_2010

Happy New Year everyone! I'm not one to use the new year to better myself or come up with resolutions. I heard if you don't have resolutions there's no chance of failure! ;) That sounds good to me. Although it is a good time to set some goals and plan out a few projects. I've been off for the last week and a half and its given me plenty of time to make some notes and get organized. Definitely excited to get back to work next week.

I shot several rolls of film over the past few days which I'm excited to see. I usually just drop them off at Walgreens to get them developed. If I want more DPI, I can scan them myself. I'll post the shots later.

Ok big news here. I have purchased my plane ticket to China! I am finally going on a vacation! I'm going to visit a couple of friends I met at the Miami Art show in 2007. I'm really excited because I'm not going with a tourist group. I'm going to get off the plane and walk around. I want to meet strangers, try to speak a little Chinese and eat a lot of food. To be honest, I've been doing research on Beijing and the surrounding cities. I will have some sort of plan by the time I get there but nothing will be set in stone. The only thing I want to bring back from there are some great photos and the memories of meeting new people.

_Vince