Jeremy Waldorph

Jeremy was the photographer and one of the founders of Shelter.  He has some really interesting work and posts some stuff on myspace.  Check it out.  Jeremy

He's really not this sinister looking-he really gets into his work!

A Quick Stab at the Photo Shoot

One of my assignments last night was to photograph the photographer doing a live photo shoot as seen on the previous post.  Naturally, I had to take some shots of my own and give this expensive studio lighting a try.  (I was told I could photograph whatever I liked, with full copyright privileges, and no restrictions.)  This was fun.  

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Shelter

Last night was great!  These guys put on a well done event.  It was my first volunteer gig as a photography service.  Thanks to Tanya for helping out, we got some great shots.  She took this one of me taking pictures, of Jeremy Waldorph, taking pictures.  Besides being sick, it was a lot of fun.

Merry Christmas

Hope everyone has a great Christmas!  Here's something fun for the kids.  From Norad Tracks Santa.

Christmas Cookies Video

Here's a quick little video if any one wants to see Ava in action.  It's been a while since I shot some footage.  We caught Ava saying camera for the first time on this!

Christmas Cookies

Today Ava got to make her first batch of Christmas cookies, with a little help from Grandma of course!

Miniature Earth

Sitting here reviewing for my environmental studies final assessment, came across this video we watched (I wanted to post it earlier but I forgot),  and wanted to share.  Nothing disgusting like the one before.  This one is a perspective video.

Shelter

A good cause to help those fighting breast cancer. If you can, come on down. Full bar, country club, good people! What more could you ask for on a Saturday evening? Also, this is my first volunteer photo gig as the official photographer; let me know if you want to go.

ROCK BAND

An early family Christmas present. A big hit!

Factory Animal Farming

In my environmental studies class we just completed a section on nutrition.  A few of our presenters were big time vegans and animal rights activists.  By no means am I a vegan, but my eyes were opened up to what our system of factory farming has become.  Sue and I had some discussions about this and our overall diet.  For one thing, we now get all our vegetables from a local farm which are delivered on a weekly basis (Starting in December).  We are looking into other sources for meat from reputable, local farmers of whom are against factory farming.  There are countless issues involving the very things we put into our bodies that we as consumers just are not aware of.  There is no reason for an animal to be put in a cage (a cage it can't even turn its head in) its entire life except for reducing costs to allow us to get that $1 Big N' Tasty.  There currently are measures in place to stop this one example.  WARNING This video is not for the weak stomach, but then again, that's why you should watch it.  This video, and a few more like it did move me and I wanted to pass it along.  We all have the ability to make decisions in regards to where our food comes from and what we put in our and our children's bodies.  

I grabbed this one from the PETA website.  -No, not the People for Eating Tasty Animals-

Happy Thanksgiving

Wising you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving.

Another Look

One More For the Night

This one went through a little PS.

The Lighting of Pigeon Point Lighthouse

This evening I was able to head over to Pigeon Point Lighthouse to catch the annual lighting. What an opportunity! Here's my favorite shot thus far. This is not "Photoshopped" and is the actual image captured. It was a foggy, cold, miserable night on the coast. Very painful photography.

Next Scan

Pattern?

Ava

This is off that newly developed roll. I could not wait to get this on here. Scanning these negatives takes a long time! More to come if I like em. I love this one and I plan on making a great print of it very soon. Photographically speaking, it has, framing, great exposure, composition, and personality. Not to mention, the subject is really cute!

Who Needs the School Darkroom?

Honestly, I worked on my portrait project for so long that I fell behind in a depth of field assignment. There is a local darkroom that I was going to use to at least get my film developed, but you have to have all your own stuff regardless! Might as well get the film developed at home on my own time. Just wanted to share my endeavor that I have to say was successful! No comments about my shower, it's a rental.

Baby Isabelle

Last time we saw Marissa she was prego. She stopped by for dinner the other night, and I got to meet the new baby. Baby Isabelle. Here's a few shots of her.

Meerkat Needs a Smoke

Took Ava and Kiana over to Happy Hollow the other day with Sue, and I was having fun shooting these Meerkats. I swear, I didn't know what was going on until I looked at the pictures at home!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!

Fires

Good friend Brandon sent these over. I found them to be pretty powerful. It's hard to imagine what is going on in S. California so here's a visual.