Rock 'n Roll Saturday Night

A couple weeks ago I had the privilege of going to buddy's concert in his basement. Basement concerts are a rite of passage of sorts for Portland bands. Artists like The Decemberists, The Helio Sequence, The Thermals, M. Ward, The Dandy Warhols and Elliot Smith made the rounds of playing the basements of PDX.

Here is a fun little video MTV did awhile back about it:

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - MTV Shows

Anyway, I fired off some shots at the concert which are below. You'll probably recognize of few of them from a shoot I did of them when I was just getting started with this whole photography thing. Check out Dave and Ryan's newest creation: Danger Death Ray. Enjoy!











PS Stay tuned for a wicked awesome shoot I did for their band in an old church downtown that I'll post within the week.

10 days of film

Day 10



(Probably best to not put your finger print on the negative before you scan it in :)

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My dear ole Dad's office:

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Day 2

10 days of film

The next 10 days will feature photos from the first roll of black and white film that I developed by hand and scanned in.

Day 1

Drew + Tiffany Vol. 3

Here is the final installment of our photo shoot. These were all taken with my film camera (Nikon F100), developed by hand and scanned in. There is something very satisfying about developing by hand and as I've said before, shooting film in general. These shots are straight out of the camera with no manipulation in photoshop. I also really like the imperfections of the film look and grain quality. Fun stuff!

Why I love Saturday mornings...

Drew + Tiffany Vol. 2

Drew + Tiffany! Vol. 1

To preface these photos I feel the need to echo the sediments of the great fashion model and philanthropist, Derek Zoolander: " I'm pretty sure there's more to life than being really, really ridiculously good looking". Indeed there is and to prove it I present for your enjoyment the photos of Drew and Tiffany. For not only are they indeed "ridiculously good looking" but also are the funnest and nicest people that you ever could meet.

For this shoot we went to an industrial section of SE Portland, Oregon. It's an area I drive by almost everyday and I was so excited that Drew and Tiffany were willing to do our shoot there.

I'll be rolling these all out in probably 3 different volumes because I shot some of them with film that I am developing by hand and then scanning in. (yay!)

Enjoy!

Drew + Tiffany sneak peak

Schwag!!

As requested, here are the items that I won for a photography competition by Joe McNally . Click on the photo to be taken to it's flickr page to see the tags for each of the items. Below is a link to an old blog entry explaining everything:

youlooknicetodayphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/im-winne...

Good times!

Film is not dead after all. Who knew?

After a little bit of drama that can be a part of ebay/craigslist transactions, I now have my first SLR camera (notice the missing D). A few of my favorite photographers in the world only shoot film so I decided to try my hand and picked up a Nikon F100. The first thing I noticed was how it totally has changed my approach to the process of taking photos. No longer do I fire off 10 pics in a row and choose the best one or not worry if a photo is a little over or under exposed. Instead, shooting film forces me to choose very carefully the photos I take with no instant gratification due to not having the LCD screen. Each shot also costs me money for film and developing. I have to say that there is a learning curve especially not having too much control over white balance and ISO on the fly. I also still find myself constantly checking the back of the camera after each shot out of habit. In all I'm very excited about the new venture and the different quality of photos that film offers. Below is the very first photo I've taken with my F100 with no editing other than desaturation. This could get seriously addicting. Dang you Leo and Jonathan! :)

My Sweetie

I met her in the periodicals section of the library over 6 years ago and my life ever since then is better 100 fold.

Plus, I mean seriously, who looks this good with no make up? :)

Happy V-Day everyone!

Mid-century shadows

Now booking for the upcoming wedding season!

Looking for fun, hip, modern wedding photography? Are you a cute couple with a wicked awesome sense of style and taste? Is this the one hundredth wedding photography website you've looked at and your starting to think "hey, most of these photographers kinda look the same"? Well look no more! You Look Nice Today Photography is currently booking for the upcoming wedding season.

Boom goes the dynamite! How's that for a pitch? :)

My BIG interview...

I was recently interviewed by a photographer by the name of Ivan Makarov. He is an incredible landscape photographer so if your ever in the market for something to hang in your home or office I highly recommend buying a print of his.

It was a lot of fun to put to words random thoughts I've been having about the craft and how I think. I'll let you be the judge if it's a worthwhile read. :)

Here is the link to my interview in it's entirety.

14 years old

Introducing the kids of the Sunday school class I teach! They are a fun bunch of rascals.



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Even more Amber

Like I've said before, there are a lot of photos from this shoot that I love. It would be unethical of me to keep them all to myself without sharing. :)

BUGS!!

Taken at Seaside, Oregon in a fun little toy shop.

Amber...again

Another older photo that I decided to go back and revamp. It was taken in a secret upper room at Skateworld (Hillsboro, Oregon) that has been frozen in time at about 1977. This was a nod to a personal favorite photographer of mine: Aaron Ruell.

If we let photographers take photos, the terrorists win!

I thought I'd pass along this little snippet because: 1. It's really funny 2. I've been harassed by police officers for taking photos of things that I was within my legal rights to take photos of. 3. It's Stephen T. Colbert.

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

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A day at the beach...

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