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Few will care

In Art, Photos on 30 November 2009 tagged B&W, blackandwhite, Koreatown, Los Angeles, street photography with 1 comment

While walking across the street from the Wiltern to the Wilshire/Western subway, this man walked between the cars asking for money. The print is pretty much how I envisioned it.

Unfortunately, I’m still trying to get more detail between the man’s head and the trees in the distance. This is probably my 8th print attempt. I’m scared that no amount of dodging will bring it out.

I would scan the negative, but I don’t have a film scanner. I’m not sure if I should save money towards buying a Canon CanoScan 8800F.

Like before, I tried to get this scanned print as close to the real thing as possible. I cropped out the white borders since they weren’t clean.

Contrast filter: #2
Aperture: f/5.6
Time: 17 seconds

Film: Arista.EDU Ultra B&W 100 35mm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XS
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Paper: Arista.EDU Ultra VC RC Glossy 8×10
Scanner: HP ScanJet 7400C @ 300 DPI

Chin down, eye on the ball

In Art, Photos on 25 November 2009 tagged B&W, blackandwhite, Los Angeles, street photography with 2 comments

An open letter to friends and readers of this humble [photo] blog:

Since the two weddings I photographed this past October, the busyness hasn’t stopped.

couple Halloween parties (denoted with a portrait of James)
band rehearsals
busted Flickr meetup at Salton Sea (photos still in queue)
paid photo project of a friend’s father’s home renovations
the already mentioned Rx Bandits/Glassjaw concert
another failed photo excursion to a specific location at Mt. Baldy
flu¹
The Scarlet Paradigm show
going-away party for my friend, Philip

Interspersed between those bullet points is my regular work week, which includes my Managerial Accounting (102) class² and basic [film] photography class. I can’t forget the bouts of photo processing from Ginger and Joe’s wedding, in addition to recording songs for our EP.

I have one more wedding to process, and there’s two weeks until finals³. I would say normalcy would return at that point, but what does that even look like?

While working on these wedding photos have been a good experience, I miss processing and posting other photos.

I know I should schedule time to post here once or twice a week. It would separate me from inconsistent bloggers. I’ll make a plan.

I can’t wait for free time to hang out, take more photos, and play some shows.

Until then, you can follow my random shenanigans on Twitter and Flickr. If you aren’t subscribed to my RSS feed here and you’re not sure how, watch “RSS in Plain English.”

Have a great Thanksgiving!

I was knocked out of commission from October 16-20. ↩
I’m getting a solid C, and I could finish with a B — provided I do well on these last two quizzes and non-cumulative final. ↩
The week of December 14th. ↩

Rx Bandits at the El Rey Theatre

In Concerts, Photos on 20 September 2009 tagged California, El Rey Theatre, live music, Los Angeles, Rx Bandits with 1 comment

August 30th, 2009 — A photo I took of the Rx Bandits rocking out at the El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles, CA).

This is just a teaser. I’m working on ‘em.

Thanks to Cathy and Chase from Sargent House for the photo pass!

Vintage art by Melissa at LMU

In Art, Photography on 13 September 2009 tagged gallery, Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University with 1 comment

If you’re a lover of Polaroid and similarly vintage photography, head to the Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. Student Art Gallery at Loyola Marymount University.

Melissa’s gallery has been open since September 9th, 2009, and will continue be on display until this Friday, September 18th, 2009.

In case the doors aren’t open, Melissa suggests that you email her (msweet3 [at] lion.lmu.edu) if you’d like to visit.

Fantastic work, Melissa!

I’ll update this post when I get more concrete details.

Update: Gallery is called “A Retrospective on Retrospect.” The hours are from 8:00am to 7:00pm. To be safe, email Melissa to schedule a time and she’ll make sure it’s open. You can find more of her work at Flickr.