ERIC McFARLAND Design and Photography

suspension bridge part 2.

2009-08-13T23:16:00.000-07:00

before and after of my most recent edit. Blogger messed up the "before" picture by smashing it all together... oh well. I think i might have worked too hard on this edit. But I liked how it turned out. First time making edits like this... I'm satisfied.

choppin' pictures

2009-08-12T15:08:00.000-07:00

this is just a random edit I did to a shot of the suspension bridge here at Forest Home. Didn't really like how the original picture turned out, so I took it to photoshop and chopped it up. I have another one that I did that I will post tomorrow. This is my first time doin an edit like this... and I kinda like it.

once again... josh.

2009-08-11T09:25:00.000-07:00

Im pretty good at takin blownout background pictures of Josh. They work I suppose. This picture was taken on Enoch's Nikon D700 with my 24/70 2.8 lens. This was creeksides highlander games, where they dress up in Scottish garb and do camp games that have a hint of Braveheart in them. I shot the whole event with the 700. It was my first time shooting a whole event in full frame. Its amazing... some day... I'll have a full frame camera...

new posting way...

2009-08-10T10:37:00.000-07:00

So this is the new way I am going to do my posts. For now at least. This way you have to anticipate the picture... Till you click on the picture and open the blog... like you just did. So tell me what you think... good idea? bad idea? Its good cuz it requires you to actually click on an entry and look/read... but bad because it looks kinda funny. But a small preview on a picture is somewhat popular with sites... so maybe it will work. give me feedback.

this a awesome little preschooler kid in the kiddie pool. He is pretty intense... well... not "intense"... but more of "in pool" get it? get it? like in tents? oooh man. I definitely have my Dad's sence of humor... good stuff!

what happens when people mess with me...

2009-08-07T10:53:00.000-07:00

I think this is a funny shot that my friend Kyle took this past week. Yeah it was totally set up... but still it cool ha ha. I was told that if you add a little blueish tent to my skin and add some fangs i could resemble an orc. This is what happens when I find random bull horns on the ground. (edits made by Enoch Kim )

Kolin

2009-08-04T11:42:00.001-07:00

Augie's acoustic backroom. July 2009

Josh from Creekside

2009-08-03T17:01:00.000-07:00

Josh from Creekside. He is pretty legit.

FoHo

2009-07-31T11:44:00.000-07:00

Here are 2 random shots of a high school dean from Forest Home so far this summer. I think they are pretty fun shots. I cant believe I have 2 weeks left here. I'm ready for school to start, but I've had a good time building my portfolio. Good stuff.

-Eric

new layout... finally

2009-07-30T19:16:00.000-07:00

Got on a mission today and decided to revamp my whole blog... so I did. I like how it turned out... Eventually ill get the Ericmcfarland.com url and link it here... So once i get thins rollin' this blog will be pretty sweet. I'm still tinkering with the html on the page... so not everything is done, but everything major is pretty much finished... enjoy!

And since this is a photoblog (incase you didnt already know) here is a picture i took a while back of my old roomate kyle who for Man Week at CBU grew out a pretty rockin' stache'. Is that how you would spell stache'? Like moustache.. only more slangy. Oh well, works for me.

-Eric

Kids and cell phones...

2009-06-30T15:02:00.000-07:00

So this week I am shooting the Family Camp up here at Forest Home and just yesterday I was able to follow around the 5th and 6th grade kids and shoot them. (oh photography puns) I was walking with Tiger (one of the counselors) and a 6th grader at one point and the 6th grader was goin on about how he had already gotten 2 girls numbers yesterday which he added to his contact on his phone and about how he uses AXE body spray as cloonge... which the girls love. (according to him) After he finished all that it processed through my head and a red flag went up. "You have a cell phone?" I asked. "Of course i have a cell phone...I'm twelve!" he answered.

When my kids are that age they are not gettin a cell phone.. and if by chance they do they are gettin the ones that I can program so that it can only receive and dial out numbers certain numbers. I got my first phone in the middle of high school.

crazy kids these days....

lackin on the updates....

2009-06-24T09:11:00.000-07:00

Sorry i haven't really given an up to date update from my Russia trip, I've been super busy with my job up here at Forest Home. But here is a good article written about us from the Ministry's website... check it out!

http://sunergosinternational.org/2009teams_CBU.aspx

update from Russia

2009-05-23T07:46:00.000-07:00

So things have been awesome in Russia so far. We have been here a week and a lot has happened. I only have less than 7 minutes to write everything so I'll do my best. I'm currently writing this from the Hermitage museum on Saturday. The kids that we work with are absolutely amazing and they are connected with us in amazing ways. One boy who is about 17 told me that I was his best friend, that he thought I was cool and that he will always remember me. He came to Russia from the Afghanistan area where his family has absolutely no money for food for him so his time at the halfway home is good for him and he really likes it. He thinks its nice to have food everyday, clean clothes and things like that. He came to Russia to find work but was picked up by the police here and brought to the halfway home. He leaves to go back on Monday.
There are many other kids that I can write pages about but i don't have enough time to type about them. I have about 3 minutes which is not nearly enough time.
Everything else has been awesome too. I was almost pick pocketed in the metro the first day we got here, but i noticed it and was able to save my wallet and money haha. Also I'm bummed that i forget to get everyone's addresses so i cant send out any postcards :( this also will be the only time i will be able to go online for the entire trip. so hopefully you guys will keep praying for my team for that we work though God and do his will. Thanks !!!

-Eric

Russia.

2009-05-12T22:00:00.000-07:00

I leave for Russia in less than 24 hours. Im pretty excited/nervous about it since its my first time out of North America. Its going to be amazing though, and i know God is going to work though my team in amazing ways. I know I'm gonna learn a lot from this trip, life is going to be a lot different on the other side of the world. Culture, food, activities, not to mention that Russia get about 3-4 hours or darkness each day this time of year. That will be fun getting used to. This summer should be interesting since I get back form Russia on June 2nd and my photography job up at Forest Home starts a few days after that. I hear jet lag is for pansies anyway, so I'll be good.... I hope.

Anyways this is the blog that I will be updating while I am in Russia,given that we find a internet cafe, that I will try and update at least once a week. So check back often, ill try to write as much as I can with as much detail as I can so you guys can get a good idea of what its like over there. However if by chance I cant get internet access at all while I'm there my team will have updates on this site http://www.calbaptist.edu/spiritual-life/international-service-projects/default2.aspx?id=7372 which will tell you about what all we've done so far. So thanks for reading, please pray for my team as we head into Russia to show people Gods love though our actions.

-Eric

realization...

2009-04-26T23:32:00.000-07:00

so i decided to make a new banner for this little blog and realised that i title my blag as a "photoblog" when i havent put any of my pictures up in ages.... so ill get back on that...

also recently ive been reminded on how faithful God is. Ive been stressed with fundraising for my Russia trip in my few weeks so ive been praying about it. Then recently I got enough donations to pay for more than 2/3rds of my trip when like a week ago i had way less than half of it. God has blessed me so much through this and hopefully because of it my team can be a blessing for the people we meet throughout Russia... just as they will be a blessing for us. I am still taking donations though, since i havent raised all of the money yet... so if you or anyone you know would be interesting in donating, let me know.
Hopefully I will have internet acess while im in Russia so I can update my blog from there. Thank you guys so mmuch for your prayers for my team this summer, please continue to pray for us while we are in russia so we can handel the culture shock and do Gods work. Thanks guys.

Angelos Blog Assignment #3

2009-04-22T13:00:00.000-07:00

It was three years ago this May that I met the most interesting person. It wasn’t really a formal meeting, more of a familiar feeling during a brief moment that this person and me passed me on the street.
I was in a hurry on my way to work at Jerry’s Antique Store when I felt a cool breeze on my face and decided to slow down, relax, and walk for a bit. I decided to sit on a rusty green bench along the sidewalk to people watch for a bit. I wasn’t too fond of my current job, and they haven’t paid me in a few weeks because not too many people want antiques anymore, so it was okay if I was a few minutes late. The few minutes that where spent here many people of all different backgrounds passed me. People watching is something that I love to do in my free time, during this I was able to eves drop on several conversations and heard about a girls new puppy, who she named Hurley, that she had gotten for her birthday a few days ago, then I heard a man briefly speak about his job and how it would help for him to get rich quick. I chuckled to myself when I saw a small lady running after her snow white German Sheppard who had gotten off its leash. Smells from the nearby doughnut factory filled my nose and made my stomach rumble, I decided that on the way to work I would stop by for some freshly baked maple bars.
This day seemed pretty normal for me. The sun was shining through a near clear sky, the breeze was gently brushing across my face the birds where chirping and the bees where buzzin. Could life get better? I think not!
That’s when this peculiar individual walked past my bench. He was middle aged, a little heavy set and had a small dog on a leash walking next to him. At first glance it seemed normal- just a person walking their dog. But then as this individual got closer, I could see that he was talking… but no one was with him… just his dog. It seemed as if he was talking in first and second person- as if there was another person walking with him engaging in a conversation. As soon as I heard this sentence come out of this stranger’s mouth I knew he was a wacko. “Who the heck are you going to listen to- the voices in you head or your best friend?”

I thought this was funny.

2009-03-04T15:23:00.000-08:00

25 things I hate about facebook
^^linkage

Angelos Blog Assignment #2

2009-03-02T13:44:00.001-08:00

How to get a tattoo, starting from step one.
Step 1- Think of the tattoo you want then ask yourself questions about the tattoo like- “what does this tattoo represent?”, “will I like this tattoo when I’m 85?” “is this something I want everyone to see daily?” and “does this tattoo stand for what I believe in?” Many times, people choose tattoos from a quick random impulse and get to live with that super cute dolphin on their neck for the rest of their lives. Don’t be that mistake, don’t be the person that has to wear long sleeves in the summer heat to cover a tattoo you got on a whim when you turned 18. It seems that lots of people tend to forget that tattoos really do last a lifetime. So with that in mind- choose wisely.

Step 2- Find a legit shop. Tattoos aren’t really the kind of thing you want to find a deal on. Chances are, the cheaper the tattoo, the higher you medical bills will be later on in life From what I hear, blood diseases certainly aren’t a walk in the park. So when you hear of free tattoos or hear of someone who will tattoo you out of his RV chances are that it’s a bad idea. Look around the Internet for shop if you have no friends that have tattoos. Once you find one online, look at all the artist’s work and decide if its quality or not. There are a lot of people who can grab a tattoo gun and call themselves tattoo artists, but there are even less who can actually do quality work. No one wants an ugly tattoo for the rest of their lives. Once you find the perfect shop, make sure they use sterile needles for every tattoo. Most shops will have an autoclave, which is a machine that will clean the needles perfectly for every use. Look into this for each shop so you don’t get more than a tattoo that lasts a lifetime.

Step 3. Save money and call ahead to get an appointment. If you find a good artist chances are they can fit you in the day you call. So find a date later in the week/month that will work for you and your artist. Bring enough money for the tattoo AND a tip. Tipping is important so that the artist will be happy working with you and will want to work with you again… and if you are lucky, the artist will see that you tip and may want to give you a discount on another tattoo sometime later.

Once you’ve completed these steps, you should have a rockin’ tattoo that you get to show of to your grandma and other friends! Take care of it daily because like teeth, if you neglect it, it will neglect you… and decide to fade away a look like a really ugly birthmark. Lotion is your best friend. You brush you teeth everyday (hopefully), so use lotion everyday. Welcome to the world of tattoos.

bradley hathaway

2009-02-17T02:04:00.000-08:00

so i discovered Bradley Hathaway back in high school and thought he was a pretty legit guy. He really is, Bradley is pretty much a urban poet that goes around and does his slam poetry inbetween sets at some christian rock shows. His stuff really hits home for a lot of people so you should take 3 minutes out of your life and listen to "the hug poem" that i found on youtube. Its one of my favorite poems of his. Watch it, its awesome.

video blog number 1

2009-02-11T23:24:00.000-08:00

i decided to try out a video blog. first one didnt go as I planned... but hey... at least its here... and the rest will be much better.

C.S Lewis

2009-02-11T00:46:00.000-08:00

here is a quote from C.S Lewis I stole off my roommates facebook that I thought was pretty cool.

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."

it might be my new favorite quote.

the post about nothing...

2009-02-10T10:12:00.000-08:00

So Ive been sittin here goin through and reading a buncha posts from people I am subscribed to and got inspired to do a post. Only problem is I have no idea what to write about. I thought about going though my flickr account and blogging about the very first picture I ever posted there... but then found that it posted my first picture there on the 17th of febuary last year.. so maybe ill blog aout that then. Till then, ill continue to blog about nothing.

Continuing on with nothing, Lets go back to yesterday. I learned something interesting before my yearbook class... journalism students can type like no other. Like a million words a minute (more or less) and for me, I have to go back and fix all the typos i have from hitting the wrong keys and stuff. Yeah i can type pretty fast... but im not that agile about it. but thats okay right? right.

Disneyland is awesome in the rain. Ashley and I went last thursday while it was raining and there park was nearly empty. Pretty much every ride has a 5 minute or less waiting time. So now whenever it rains I want to go. Oh, and for those who dont know, I got a disneyland pass. I figured i would be a real southern californian...

alright... thats it. sorry this blog was lame and uninformative. There is no way i can give you back the few minutes of your life that you wasted reading this. But to make up for it, Ill give you a quote that goes at the end of all my emails. So, it would be only natural for it to be placed at the end of my blog.

peace.

"Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine."- Magdalena Abakanowicz

oh. and dont worry.... my next post will be a lot better than this.

word.

hurray identity theft!!

2009-01-30T23:52:00.001-08:00

So i was going to pay my credit card bill right now when i noticed that my checking account didnt have as much money in it as it was supposed to. So i clicked on it and found out that $400 had went to something called google adwords... which i have never used in my life. Im kinda stressin over it. tomorrow morning im going to bank of america to see if I can fix anything. I also emailed google. Hopefully something can be done. no fun.

Howard Stern Vs. The Jonas Brothers. (angelos post #1)

2009-01-15T15:32:00.000-08:00

Recently I was rummaging through the ever popular YouTube.com when I came across a video of Howard Sterns talk radio show. For those of you who have never heard of Howard Stern be glad... try and picture the world most unhappy person, give them a talk radio show, and let them speak their mind... and you have Howard Stern.
I normally would have just bypassed this Howard Stern video and gone on to other videos that are actually worth my time... but the title of the video caught my attention. Howard Stern Vs. The Jonas Brothers. Knowing Howard Stern and his ever so common negative remarks about... well just about everything... my curiosity drew me in. The video was pretty much Howard Stern critiquing The Jonas Brothers popular song "Love Bug." As the video started, I knew the critique could not be good.

Before I go into detail about what was said in the video I am going to show you the music video for Love Bug. "Why not show the actual Howard Stern video?" you might ask. The answer is simple. It has lots of profanity and things related so if you want to see it... look it up yourself.

Okay now that your memory is refreshed on the Love Bug song, we can go into detail about what Howard Stern's opinion on this song.
He first stated that he thought that The Jonas Brothers would be over by now and that he is surprised that this song is so successful. He goes on to say that he could write a song like this- that all he has to do is sing like a girl and write girly lyrics. Which he does about 20 seconds later with someone playing a horrible version of the song on guitar and his version of a "girly voice." Because I am not for profanity written in my blog I will help you to imagine Howard Sterns lyrics. Its simple, think about Howard Stern's opinion on one of Disney's heart throb icons, add his usual profanity, his "girly voice" imitation, and some poor guitar playing, and you have the song. I have to admit that after the first 15 or so seconds of his song I lost interest and moved on to other videos, but I feel that this video summed up Howard Stern pretty well thus proving that he is a hater.

By this whole post I am in no way saying that I like The Jonas Brothers, but more of saying that I don't like Howard Stern. I do admit though that the Love Bug song is cute, in the manliest way possible, and that I can see why so many people like it. In fact, just as I finished that sentence, the chorus of the song got stuck in my head. It's catchy, The Jonas Brothers know how to write a song that will appeal to their crowd- the elementary to teenage girl population. (and that population of guys who like catchy music they can someday sing to their girlfriends) I admit that if I could sing and play guitar better I would play this song to a special girl... and I am sure if Howard Stern could sing and play the guitar better (and wasnt a hater) that he would too... the song is perfect for something like that.

All in all after watching most of the video I have come to these simple conclusions.
-Howard Stern is a hater.
-Howard Stern is a talk radio show host- not a music critique.
-Howard Stern's music choice does not correlate to a teenage girl's music choice.
and lastly...
-Don't listen to Howard Stern.

oops

2009-01-09T13:28:00.001-08:00

So I was walking into the caf a few days ago when I noticed this. Its a slushie machine that say mocha cappuccino. Good right? NO! bad... This may not make sence to anyone who doesn't drink lots of coffee... but to make it make sence... you have to understand that a cappuccino is by no means a flavor. Its a style of a drink. A cappuccino is half milk, half foam and espresso shots. It can only be a hot drink... because to have legit foam... you need hot milk. A cold cappuccino is an old cappuccino with expired shots and sour milk. Making it into a slushie is literally impossible. So this company pretty much used this name to make the consumer feel sophisticated and special. Good job slushie people.

book

2009-01-08T01:33:00.000-08:00

(thanks mac for your awesome mirror like camera that makes text backwards in everything can this be changed? so that its normal? meh.. who knows....)

Alrighty... another book im reading- "the gutter- where life is ment to be lived" by craig gross.

so far its a pretty awesome book. Its written by the guy who co founded xxxchurch.com . He talks about pretty much what he believes and how other people either strongly agree or disagree with him. He pretty much says that as Christians a good portion of our time should be spent in "the gutter" witnessing to the poor, needy, and the faithless. He does part of this by going to porn shows and handing out bibles to people there... not like 10 of 15 bibles.... but over 1,500 i think it was. Lots of Christians strongly disagree with what he is doing. But i think that he is making a positive impact on peoples lives. I believe that this type of evangelism is important and should be done by someone. People need to spread Gods love regardless.... whether it be in another country... or at a porn convention in vegas. It has much greater of an impact than that typical guy with the "burn in hell" sign and the megaphone yelling at everyone who walks into a convention.

But anyways the book is pretty good so far. I am currently on chapter 6 page 61 and have around 95ish more pages to go.

good read.

sweet video...

2009-01-04T14:42:00.000-08:00

my friend showed me this video
well kinda... he posed a link on his facebook and i clicked... so he indirectly showed me.. either way... i think its pretty cool

yeah its five minutes long... but the cool part is in like the last 2 minutes... so you can watch like the first 30 seconds then fasforward to the end... or just enjoy the whole thing like i did... either way... do what you will.

and they disabled so i cant put it in my blog.. so you will have to click the link... sorry for making life difficult

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjGR9_pg3EM

pretty awesome

2008-12-27T00:50:00.000-08:00

so i got a pretty legit GPS navigation device from my dad for christmas... Its pretty cool, i used it on the way home from san luis obispo tonight and i made it home safely. Although i found that it wants you to long roundabout ways, but it still gets you where you need to be.

I was installing software into my computer for it and this message popped up. I thought it was pretty awesome. Good stuff.

are you from the USA or Canada?

uhhhmmm... yes.

ISP

2008-12-17T16:27:00.000-08:00

Dear Readers,

If you have not already been informed, I am going to Russia this summer with ISP for CBU. Pretty cool right? yeah i think so too, only problem is I have to send out 5o support letters to 50 different people... i dont know 50 people (that arent students that is) SO im having a hard time thinking of people. So if you're parents are rad of if you have any rad friends or know any rad people give me their mailing address so i can mail them my support stuff.Im trying to send them all out by tomorrow... or the latest- friday. Thanks!

Love, Eric

my ankle cont....

2008-12-16T10:19:00.000-08:00

its purple!!!

i took my wrap off this morning to show my friend and found out that the lower part of mt ankle is now purple... it wasn't the last time i checked. And now the out side part of my foot about 2 inches down from my pinky toe its starting to hurt...oh and notice that its kinda hard to find the ball of my ankle.... thats because it swollen enough to where it looks like i dont have one...hmm maybe i never did... ive never really checked to see if i did... but im somewhat normal... so i probably did have one at one point. Either way, my ankle is still swollen. Maybe i should go have it looked at... But chances are they are just gonna tell me "yeah you did something bad, keep it wrapped and stop whining" which is what im already trying to do. So maybe ill just keep doing that till it heals...

my ankle

2008-12-15T00:06:00.000-08:00

so today i got my first legit injury from rock climbing. A rolled ankle. I was jumping down from a hold i was on and landed in the side of a crash pad which was about 6 inches from another pad and about 1 foot thick. So my foot landed first rolled to the side and fell inbetween the two pads. It hurt.... it still hurts. i took some expired motrin which helped a bit... but not a whole lot. So my ankle is nice and swollen. hopefully it heals soon.
Oh and to make things better, i just got a cold from being outside in the cold... so my nose is all stuffed up all the time... im basically fallin apart as of yesterday.

on a good note though I bought The Dark Night on dvd... and now im watching it... amazing movie.

my first ticket!

2008-12-09T13:54:00.000-08:00

So a few days ago I was in downtown riverside and thought "hey, I dont feel like searching around everywhere for a parking spot" so I found a random dirt lot right next to the free way that I was able to park in. We parked, walked around downtown, then at the end of the night... came back to my car. I had two ways of exiting the lot. Option number one which resulted in and extra turn at a light that I would have to make. Or option number two which resulted me in pulling out in the direction that i needed to go. I decided to go for option number two... because.. it seemed like a good idea.

So right as I pull out a notice a cop in a lane close to me. i thought "oh yeah! im gonna get him alright!" so i swerve hard to my right and owned the cop by cutting him off. My night was accomplished.

thats actually not how it went down... it makes for a better story though
here is the real story.

I go with option 2 thinking i have two lanes going one direction, a middle dead lane, and two more lanes on hte opposite side going the different direction. So I pull out hoping to get into the middle lane so I can merge onto the lane that i need to be in when i notice that there is no middle lane... so I can either drive on the wrong side of the road, or cut the car behind me off.
Since head on collisions aren't really on my fun list, i decided to just try to get ahead of the car in the first lane that is behind me and as i look over and turn, i notice its a cop car. And about a second later, he has his lights on.

Its my first time gettin pulled over and the curb on the sidewalk was painted red so I wasn't sure if I could pull over there or not... so i drove at about 5mph with my blinker on wondering if I should pull over there when the cop says on his loud speaker "you can pull over now." So i did.

I had trouble finding my registration since I've never had to get it out before, so he found it for me... and had me sign that lovely little yellow paper... My first ticket.. I look happy in the picture.. but I'm sure when the ticket comes in the mail i wont be smiling. When I told my mom about it and she laughed with me and gave me a $3 off comedy driving school coupon.. good stuff

i looked up online how much "failure to give the right away" tickets are and they one site said as low as $35 then another site said from $140 to $300... so that's promising.. hopefully it wont be above $200....hopefully....

oh well... makes for a good story i suppose... and i can look back on this and laugh... I cut off a COP! I'm that crazy!!!! ha.. yeah...

reasons why i love my macbook...

2008-11-30T16:51:00.000-08:00

Smackbook.
Thanks to frank for tellin me about this...
Its like spaces for mac only it includes awesome animations and it promotes abusing your computer! its a little bit unconventional and pointless.. but totally awesome...

MacSaber.
pretty much the computer makes lightsaber noises according to how you swing the mac around... its pretty awesome... again promoting the possibility of destroying your computer

Liquid Mac.
another pointless mac application... but its fun to show people. you tilt the computer from side to side and the "liquid" follows the angle of the computer...

Wall Saver.
Pretty cool... its takes your screen saver and makes it your background.. so you have an awesome moving background that is supposed to be a screen saver... pointless? i think not!

The Tunnel Game.
Hopefully you've played this game at least once in your life.. it coulda been on our old TI-89 calculator in high school... or on addictinggames.com on a boring afternoon... but this takes it to a whole 'nother level with macs acceleromoter. Yeah, I know this is already on the iphone and itouch.. but youre controlling it with the tilting of your computer... how cool is that?

Screen Invert.
This does what it says... inverts your screen. apparently its better for your eyes when you are in a dark room. but i think Mac just wanted it so you can play tricks on your friends... cuz that all I do with it... and you should too..

Slo Mo on the dock.
last but not least... the hotkey that makes your programs and documents minimize/maximize super slow from the dock. Reason why Mac did this?... because they can... and they wanted their users to show off to all the PC users... Its totally pointless... but then again totally cool!

and those are only some of the reasons why i love my macbook. there is so much more stuff... but I think that these are the top 7. If you dont have these for your mac.. get them.. if you dont have a mac.. get one so you can get these awesome apps. Sorry if ive made any PC users jealous... cuz convert like i did.

good stuff.

leftovers..

2008-11-29T14:50:00.000-08:00

thanksgiving leftovers are pretty good right?
Yeah they are... but ive found that green bean casserole and stuffing loses its tastiness when i have no microwave and its all cold from being in the refrigerator... oh well.. could be worse.. at least im not hungry anymore...

awesome.

2008-11-26T15:06:00.000-08:00

I just got Adobe cs4 design premium last night. Well Im still waiting for my order to go through because of the student discount and them verifying that I am actually a student. But once that goes through they will send me the box. It says that i should receive it by December 2nd after all the verifying and stuff
student discounts are legit.. id rather pay $399 than $1,799 any day...

good stuff

profile views

2008-11-24T15:14:00.000-08:00

I think its pointless that whenever i go from my dashboard to my actual blog it counts it as a page view. Its lame because each time I got to my actual profile I see that the profile views number has gone up.. then i realize that its only gone up that one time because I checked my profile.. not someone else. It gets my hopes up. Thanks blogger for ruining my dreams.
just kidding

it is kinda pointless though....

finished tattoo.

2008-11-13T19:02:00.000-08:00

bam!

matthew 5:15

amazing shirt?

2008-11-06T23:42:00.000-08:00

So I haven't decided yet if this shirt is amazing... or incredibly lame like a Jesus action figure. I think its a pretty cool shirt... but maybe a little too funny. For example, I think a Jesus action figure is an incredibly lame idea and somewhat makes fun of Christianity. But this shirt pretty much gives a good example of whats going to happen. The band For Today is a Christian band so they mean no harm by it.... Nonetheless, i find this shirt to be amazing. so there.. i made up my mind.. its amazing... i dont know if i would ever wear it... but whoever though about it is a funny person. right on.

oh hey look...

2008-10-30T23:35:00.000-07:00

new tattoo... it still needs color... so its not finished yet.
its based off of matthew 5:15.. look it up.. its a good verse.

and dont worry.
im not addicted to tattoos
yes my mom knows and she still loves me
after this one is finished i wont be getting anymore anytime soon.
and yes it did hurt.
that should answer all the questions
ok thanks.

photobooth on a mac with a real live baby.

2008-10-21T16:05:00.001-07:00

this is one of my favorite pictures that ive taken with photobooth...
recently, i was able to steal a baby and have a photoshoot with it...because that what you do when you have a stolen baby.
babies are pretty cool...
maybe some day, ill have one of my own...
until then, stealing them will be the only option

oh and dont worry. i gave the baby back after a while.
i forget his name... but he was my friends sisters room mates baby. or something like that...

tatt. (part 2)

2008-10-17T17:37:00.000-07:00

i got a new tattoo today.

tatt.

2008-10-17T00:07:00.000-07:00

im getting a new tattoo today.

nashville yall (updated)

2008-10-14T09:36:00.000-07:00

UPDATE

ok ok...
So i got back form nashville sunday night. I left wendsday morning and took a nice 3 1/2 hour flight directly to tenessee. I went for CBUs yearbook and newspaper. It was a confrence put on by the Baptist Press where we get critiqued on our personal work as well as the entire newspsper and yearbook. we won some awards, ate some food, and had some fun.
I learned something very crucial while i was there... i love califorina. I dont think i could happly live anywhere else. I dont really know why... other than the beach and mountains are close.. and the weather is nice. I think its because ive spent my whole live here.. and i know where everthing is. I know nashville is not the place for me. good city...amazing food. but to enough city for me.
If you are ever in nashvile DO NOT ever get sushi there. I got a spider roll which is was absolutley horrible. I woke up a few times that night with a crappy sushi taste in my mouth. I guess i shoulda expected it concidering we arent really close to the ocean.. oh well you live and you learn.

so i have pictures from my whole trip. these arent all of them.. jus the ones i felt like editing and puttin up online.... enjoy.

the tattoo i want the most.

2008-10-05T22:32:00.000-07:00

This.

I have seen tattoos of this already that look REALLY bad. However, I found an artist though who I think would do an exceptional job. Only problem with this tattoo is.... i dont know where i want it. Well, I do.. only the spot is on my left forearm from my wrist to my elbow pit (i dont know what the technical term is for that part of my arm... oh well.. you get the idea.) And that part *gasp* cant be covered with a normal t-shirt. But then again my revelation tattoo technically cant either.. but only a little bit of that one shows with a t-shirt. I dont know where else i would want this tattoo. Right there seems like the best spot... and we all know that you cant get a good job if you have tattoos that cant be covered easily....right.
Then again, the way i see it is that I want my career to be one where i can have tattoos show. I figure that this sort of job would be a funner, more relaxed kinda job rather than one where everyone is strict and boring. But then again, a strict boring job would probably require a long sleeve shirt regardless of tattoos. So maybe its a possibility... oh well... we shall see.

amazingness

2008-09-23T20:13:00.000-07:00

the best app ever to come out for a mac- The Mac Saber

pretty much you install it and you swing your laptop around and it makes lightsaber sounds according to how you swing your laptop... little bit dangerous... but a lot a bit fun.

if you have a mac, i recommend you get it.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21732/macsaber

best thing about the graphic design major

2008-09-22T23:34:00.000-07:00

So i am pretty stoked about my major. Graphic Design.
One of the few majors where i wont have to write 10-a billion page papers for any sort of research or anything.
I just sit and play on photoshop all day. So its pretty much what i do at home anyway.
The one downside to it is that i have to take 2 art classes where i have to actually draw stuff out ,which i am horrible at... but nonetheless, its better than essays.

i think everyone should become a graphic design. Its a pretty legit major. Hopefully i will get some sort of career started once i graduate. We shall see.

self portrait graphic design yo

2008-09-18T20:34:00.000-07:00

so in one of my classes for graphic design we are doing self portraits. Its pretty cool because the teacher has me take the pictures with his fill frame 5D. I dont really prefer canon cameras at all, but full frame is pretty legit... so im down. I edited my self portrait today and i think i made my eyes a bit too creepy... but i kinda like the picture...

creepy or no?

my encounter at jury duty.

2008-09-08T22:30:00.001-07:00

so today i had jury duty.
i was meaning to go in a few days before to get out of it because of school, but i never had the chance to.
So i wake up today at like 7:25 and roll out of bed to get ready.
I get on the freeway around 7:43ish thinking that i would be good on time by 8:00
around 8:20 i get to the building after stop and go traffic on the free way and 2 full parking lots that i was directed to.

but this who blog doesn't really have much to do with jury duty itself.
ill start my story at lunch time.
If you havent read my previous blog you will find that ive been reading the book "crazylove" by francis chan.
After i eat i head back to the Court room and sit outside to read my book
as i do i overhear this guy talk about how he is blind in one eye and going blind in the other and how harvest gave him a Bible with large print.
A few minutes later i hear"hey man why are you wearing that bracelet?" ( i soon find that his name is dave)
he was referring to the bright green bracelet that i got from sandals on sunday for writing out what i struggle with on. (if you missed that service pod cast it... its amazing)
I told him "I got it from sandals church, its inside the California baptist university gym."
"is it a correctional church?" he asked
"No, just a regular one"
he then proceeds to tell me his story about how he spend 9 years in jail because of drugs and that he is a ordained minister. He has been out of prison for about 3 years and was trying to find a Christan halfway house because a normal one would cause for him to stumble and get back into his old ways.
I let him use my phone so he could call a guy who runs a chain or Christan halfway houses or something like that.
His passion for right now is to be a sort of minister for 3rd-5th graders- to warn them of the dangers of drums, violence and gangs. He said that those are the most vulnerable ages for experimentation with drugs and gangs and he wants to prevent kids from making the same mistake he did.

Dave has a real passion for God. He knows he screwed up his life bad and is quite humbled by it. He finally recognized his weakness and is trying to become stronger so that he can help people who where in the same spot as him.

it did cross my mind that he could be lying about everything just for the attention, but he seemed real about all that he said. He had a bible with him with paslm 35 bookmarked and said that he has been praying with that verse in mind constantly.

ever since i got jury duty i dreaded it. but now. im glad that i went (i still got out of actually being a juror) i was able to listen to daves story and give him my input for his story. There is a lot more that i could have written my story about my encounter with dave... but chances are no one will read all this anyway... but if you actually did, ask me in person.. and i will go into more detail ha. good stuff.

crazylove

2008-09-07T00:57:00.000-07:00

I am reading a book.
really... i plan to read it from cover to cover
every word, every line, every paragraph, every page, every chapter... you get the idea
If you dont already know by the picture, its "crazy love" by francis chan.
This guy is probably one of the best speakers that Ive ever seen.
Because of that, i decided to actually sit down and read his book.
not something i would normally do...as im sure you know, im not really a book person.
But given all of the amazing things i have heard about this book, i figured i would give it a shot.
On another note, i actually have another book in line to read after this by a guy named jay bakker.
Im not sure how good it will be since i haven't heard much about it, but its written buy a pastor in new york who has full sleeves and has somewhat of an interesting story, so i looked on amazon.com and $6 later i have a used hardcover copy of the book.
Well technically i dont have it yet since the website decided to ship it dead snail mail style. (which is pretty slow) but nonetheless, it will come.
So we shall see how well my crappy silent reading skills will get me though this book
it should be fun.

rock on.

FoHo college briefing

2008-09-01T09:52:00.000-07:00

so this weekend i shot 2 major things... college briefing and "the ranch" at horizons church in san diego with greg laurie and mercy me.

for the sake of unedited pictures all i will show in this post is college briefing, where it seems that the only good shots worth showing people who werent there are just silouete shots... easy to do and sometine they look good... maybe its just me being a lazy photographer.... or its me being the nice person who dosent want to flash people (with the flash on my camera) during worship services and be a major distraction.

well, when in rome i say...

pictures..

FoHo 2008 (in conclusion)

2008-08-30T13:37:00.001-07:00

Forest Home 2008... summer job.. photography...uploading... overprotective crazy psychotic concerned parents via email... crappy food... bugs.... mice... bears... deer... mud...walking... the lake... challenge course...faith... God.

words that describe my summer.
and pictures to go with it.

FYCP musical

2008-06-15T09:35:00.000-07:00

So my friends at FYCP camp asked me to be in their musical this summer. It happens every week for whichever group is there at the time. I only am in one part which happens to be a kung foo scene. I dont talk or anything... other than ninja noises. We do a series of insane kung foo moves to the beat of "kung foo fighting." Its pretty fun... and i had to learn everything w/ only 2 practices. Good stuff though... I hope i can keep the costume... its pretty sweet ha.

what i did yesterday

2008-06-14T09:44:00.000-07:00

intern work is awesome, i get to take picture, upload pictures to a website, play on hte internet all day, and clean out insanely messy warehouses! The last one is what i did yesterday. I have a before and after picture which you can see. And if you look, there is in fact a piano and 2 different buffet bars... but they where on wheels so it was ok. the pianos wheels where kinda rusted over, but it slid over the concrete good enough i suppose.. It actually only took like 3 hours to do, so it was pretty simple and not really stressful at all. It just had to get done. It was done by me and the other photography guy.. so we knocked it out pretty easily. good stuff

before

after

t shirt design

2008-06-12T10:11:00.000-07:00

so i designed a t shirt for the marketing and productions department (my department) and here it is. dont really have much to say about it... besides it took a while to make ha

summer staff 08 photography

2008-06-09T16:32:00.000-07:00

yesterday i took about 154 peoples pictures. All the summer staff and some fulltime staff. it took around 3 hours and after a while the sun came out higher and ruined the spot i was shooting at, so i had to move... which slowed things down a bit. not too bad though. I had a kinda lame place to shoot them all so its not like i could have had the perfect area to shoot. Then today i went though everyones pictures (which i took generally more than one of a person-one normal and one crazy shot) which turned out to be 305 pictures, and put all the names i had written down to faces. that took quite a while ha. then later today I edited the pictures that I will use for the yearbook adn what not which took quite a while as well. I am not quite satisfied with my editing quality so im contemplating re-doing everything, which means i have to so all the names to faces thing, which is rigorous and boring, and then edit all over again. I would say its a total of 3-4 hours of work altogether. I may or may not do it, maybe i will just stick with what i have, maybe not. either way, as of right now, i am super tired of editing and typing names ha. But nonetheless, i am having fun. All the real camper kids come the 15th so i suppose that will be when the real fun comes...

good stuff.

bathroom sign

2008-06-06T11:13:00.000-07:00

so i was assigned the amazing task of creating a bathroom sign that urges people to not go number 2 in the bathroom that is on out office. It never pleasant when that happens, so i made the sign. There is a bathroom right outside the office that would work much better for this type of behavior (the going of number 2 that is) so we urge ourselves as well as others to put that other bathroom to use. Frankly just so they will destroy that bathroom and not the one inside out office. Good stuff. The image is really bootleg and sketchy lookin, but it gets the point across. I would have made something better but not having the proper fonts and such prevented me from doing so. But i am satisfied with the overall result from the work ha.

workspace

2008-06-05T09:10:00.000-07:00

So this is my desk and computer for the summer. I did have an apple g4 powermac. Which was nice for the first day i had it, but then the next day the screen looked like it blew up with random colors and pixelization, then was covered with binary code and occasionaly said "crash" and system failure. Which if you dont know, are bad things to show up on a computer. But it was a nice computer for the day that I had it. So now i have this imac which is nice. I brought up my 24in screen for the g4... which i am no longer using, so we took my monitor to my jacobs cabin home and now use it for DVDs on someones laptop. So that works.... Oh and the other person is Clinton aka Brentwood who is the other intern/promotional photographer. And what you see on the screen is something I am working on for the video guys. Its a fake rap magazine cover for a video they are doing. The whole pice is for their made up label "Bling Records" and will be in one of their videos. Its not finished yet, but its a start. Good stuff.

home for the next few months

2008-06-04T08:17:00.000-07:00

So basically, i live in Jacob's cabin. If you haven't seen lost... then you may not know what I am talking about. But since the only people who will read this will be corinne or rachel I dont have to worry about you guys not knowing what Jacob's cabin is. So i do have a picture, ill put up pictures of the inside soon enough. It looks sketchy, because it kind of is. Its the newest building forest home has bought i beleve, which leaves one other building that forest home does not own on the camp grounds. This is because the owner is stubborn and does not want to sell thier ghetto falling apart house. (ill put pictures up of that also) but until then, a picture of my home and another random picture of a bridge will have to do.

oh forest home

2008-05-25T14:08:00.000-07:00

lets take time to admire family camp, and the people who participate in family camp. This kid is gonna grow up to be famous.. i dont know why.. but im sure he will

forest home

2008-05-23T22:12:00.001-07:00

so june 2nd i move up to forest home for 11 weeks. Which happens to be where i am right now. Turns out, blogger is not blocked by their internet provider.. which means i am going to be bloggin it up all summer... i have pictures to post at some point.. but that point is not now.. later.. ok cool.

finals!

2008-04-24T04:04:00.000-07:00

if you do look down at the time posted,,, yes it is currently sometime around 4am. and i am studiying... well not right now.. because i am typing right now.. but i have been studying.. to the best of my ablility that is.. ok well maybe not hte best of my ablitiy... but i have been trying hard. I have had 2 monsters so far tonight and i am at that point where i am pretty tired.. but am pretty wide awake at the same time.. i think the professional term is called insanity... either way.. i am still awake. so being that this is technically a photoblog i should be posting some sort of photo right? right. this photo is something i did for extra credit in my graphic design class.. i kinda threw it together last minute so its a little sketchy... but its done nonetheless... and it works... so.. here it is. the theme for the picture is in fact, finals. so enjoy the small while looked at on here but ginormus when clicked on picture. did that make sence? no? too bad. figure it out. punk! just kidding!

graduation

2008-04-21T10:53:00.000-07:00

so my friend asked me to take graduation pictures for him. I did, and he paid me with a chipoltle gift card. i told him he didnt have to pay me or get me anything snce i would take the pics for free. but he insisted. im down for payment with chipoltle money.. some people have great ideas. if you know anyone who needs graduation pics or pis of any sort taken.. let me know. fo sho'.

the grove chile benefit show

2008-04-08T20:05:00.001-07:00

so i went to the grove chile benefit concert last friday. took my camera.. got some shots... met up with some old friends.. good stuff.. good times.. made my kinda miss high school........yeah im totally just kidding about that

summer

2008-04-05T00:58:00.000-07:00

i am more than ready for summer to come.
only 3 more weeks.

most discusting candy ever

2008-04-02T21:02:00.000-07:00

So the most disgusting candy ever is called "sen sen." Imagine black licorice, mint, and your moms old perfume, all mixed into one. Apparently its "breath perfume" which if this is the case no one is going to want to be around your breath. Its tastes horrible. I tried like 1/16th of the stuff and spit it out then tried to cover up the taste with other foods.... like chocolate... which helped a bit. So now if any one has been wondering, sen sen is the worst candy ever.

spring break

2008-03-24T21:20:00.000-07:00

spring break mainly consisted of three things... doing work for my 2 midterms thursday, snowboarding, and the beach. I think its great that i am able to go to snowboarding and to the beach all in the same week... thats southern california for you. good stuff...

So there are about 4 or so weeks left in school. Thats good and bad at the same time. Good because school is almost out. Bad because that means finals are coming up and that means lots of stress and lack of sleep. Lets go back to think of a few posts ago about the verse i had to memorize... lets take that.. and have it every night for about a week straight. Fun stuff.. maybe... anyway.. here are some pics from the beach...

(unedited)

gourmet water?

2008-03-12T00:55:00.000-07:00

So a few days ago I came across a gourmet water web site. Yes I said it... gourmet water. Who knows why we have gourmet water because for me, water is water...it all comes from the same place. But really.. gourmet water? On this particular site you can find a case of 12 bottles for amazing prices ranging from $22.00 to $441.00... no that was not a type-o... $441.00 for a case of 12 bottles of "gourmet" water! Which comes out to around $36 per bottle. This certain bottle is called "bling h20."Who knows... maybe drinking this water makes you rich and famous...maybe its the secret behind celebrities. Maybe it give you super powers.. like shooting Swedish Fish from your finger tips! Either way, who ever buys this water need to do something constructive with their money... like put more money into CBU's graphic design program....or build the world biggest sand castle... either way. If you want to be amazing be overpriced water.. go to the site... http://www.aquamaestro.com/step1.asp

procrastination.. no fun

2008-03-11T00:21:00.000-07:00

1May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us,
2that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
3May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you
4May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations on earth.
5May the peoples praise you O God;
May the peoples praise you.
6Then the land will yield its harvest,
and God, our God, will bless us.
7God will bless us,
and the ends of the earth will fear him
Psalm 67

This is what i have to memorize by heart by tomorrow morning for Global Studies. Its not that long i know but compared to what we normally have to memorize (in a northern califorina term) "its hecka long."And on top of that I'm horrible at memorizing things word for word. Ive had a few days to start my memorizing... but it kinda overwhelmed me a bit so being myself, i started the night before it was due. I have some of it memorized... but not nearly enough.. and instead of studying more, im writing about it on my blog. Im a good worker yeah? no.. didn't think so..And yes, the picture is me currently.. Im pretty sure i have ADD when it comes to homework... because i can get distracted by a lot of things.. I got all ready to start studying it.. then i decided i wanted to look up "pen twirling" on youtube.. so I did.. and more time was wasted. Now im writting a blog about my unproductiveness... which makes me that much more unproductive. On a positive note i have about 3 more blog entries that i want to write out so i have lots of new information to blog about... so you people(or person) should be excited.. its interesting stuff.. ok no more of this... studying time now..

i love school.

awkward situations for certain people

2008-03-10T01:15:00.000-07:00

I saw this sign up and found it to be quite amusing. My friend took a picture of it and i did too. Its a good thing the sign was hanging up. Imagine the day the custodian forgets to put that up when he is working on a womens restroom. Without it awkward situations would arise. Or, even better if someone where to go take the sign down without him knowing... as a joke. I of course, do not condone any sort of deviant acts such as this. So.. enjoy the picture..

random studio shots

2008-03-07T17:33:00.000-08:00

so the banner got a new sweep(backdrop) that is really big and nice. and with the help of a soft box.. we are able to get some good pictures.. today enoch and i decided to shoot a bit in it.. good stuff.. lightboxes and sweeps are where its at..

Forest Home Photography

2008-03-02T11:28:00.000-08:00

So I have been hired as the photography/graphic design intern at Forest Home Ministries. I went up there yesterday morning to talk with the guy who helps lead that department and we pretty much went around the camp took a bunch of pictures, ate interesting camp food, and talked with people. So this means that 11 weeks of my summer will be spent living up at forest home taking pictures of all the people who are visiting the camp and doing some graphic design/print shop work. I am not getting paid a whole lot but it doesn't really matter since i get free room and board and since the whole 11 weeks is going to build my portfolio extensively and look good on my resume. I'm really excited for this summer.. i cant wait for it to start.

focus...

2008-02-22T09:21:00.000-08:00

Sometimes we can lose focus on what truly matters in our lives. Life comes at us fast... focusing on irrelevant things will get us no where in life. Focusing on what we were created to do is everything.

CBU baseball

2008-02-19T21:01:00.000-08:00

so a few days ago i had the opportunity to shoot a baseball game. CBU vs. Cal State San Marcos. CBU beat them 4-1 i think.. something like that.. It was something really fun to shoot. This was my first time shooting baseball.. but i think the pictures still turned out decent. Could be better but now i know what to do and what not to do next time i shoot baseball... good stuff

the banner photography

2008-02-14T01:41:00.000-08:00

So i was sitting in the banner today talking about camera stuff and all that jazz when the yearbook editor asked some one to take pictures of one of her writers and some of the banner photography staff so I volunteered and this is what i got.. it was a fun shoot. Backdrops and lightboxes are where its at.. i suggest you all get these.. even if you dont do photography.. they are still nice to have even if you dont have a camera or do amateur photography of any sort.. well maybe not.. but still.. they are pretty handy.

All We Need 07

2008-02-12T23:34:00.001-08:00

Being that i still haven't shot anything worth witting about recently, i figured i should write about one of my older pictures that actually has meaning. That is where this picture comes in... it has a title and everything... which is "All We Need 07" The 07 is basically totally irrelevant to the actual picture.. but i thought it sounded cool since i shot in 07.. so it is there. Now the meaning of the title... All we need. A microphone and a knife sheath(sp?). It seems that the solution to a lot of todays issues is violence and war. I think that there is one tool that is more powerful than violence and war. That is the power of words and action.(oh and by the way.. in saying this it does not make me a hippie of any sort..just wanted to be clear on that) Take Invisible Children for example. A group of college students go into Uganda with a video camera and a purpose... when they come back they are able to tell the world of the madness that is going on there. So basically that is the main theme of this picture.. solving our problems with words and actions. In doing this hopefully people will be able to positively show the world their point of view on a certain issue without causing more anger towards each other. Words can be just as powerful as anything else. People can hear what you have to say.. and either take it in and believe it... or completely ignore it... either way they still heard it so it is still in their minds consciously or subconsciously. It may be a slow start.. but i believe that words can change a lot. If we take this to heart and partake in telling people about our views on certain issues.. maybe.. just maybe.. we can get some sort of positive action and positive change. Who knows.. what could start with one persons heart and persistence could positively change people's lives.. then with their hearts and persistence they could do the same for other people... it could be a chain reaction. All because of one individuals positive action. Now that would be nice..

in closing i leave a quote that i think can somewhat pertain to the picture.. you may or may not agree with me..but it is one of my favorite quotes.. here it is...

Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine.- Magdalena Abakanowicz

i think i may have rambled on a lot in this blog.. but its a blog so im allowed to do that... sweet deal. thanks for reading

tennis

2008-02-06T23:37:00.001-08:00

so my friend asked me to get some shot of him during his tennis match a few weeks ago. This was the first time ive ever shot tennis.. also it was the first time i had to shoot though a chain link fence. 70-200mm lenses make chain link disappear magically though..(i hear there is some kinda x-ray mechanism inside them to do so... just kidding) actually if you look close you can see faded and blurred out chain link. Hey its kinda like ispy! i spy faded and blurred out chain link.. ok that was a little dumb.. But the entire shoot was fun.. I found out that watching tennis can be hard on your neck if you are up close. Your eyes follow the ball.. which moves rapidly across the court.. back and forth.. back and forth.. gets kinda painful after a while.. but i toughed it out and got shots ha. Also watching the match made me really regret ever stopping tennis in high school. If i would have stayed with it im sure i would have been able to make the CBU team at least and had some fun with it. SO that is my message..dont give up at tennis just because a coach at your high school makes it not fun and ruins the entire game for you.. i dont think anyone who reads my blog has even played tennis competitively.. so my little helpful message might have been... well.. unhelpful... Oh well.. maybe you will come across a friend who is thinking about quitting tennis.. and if not.. find some one who is thinking about quitting tennis.. and help them to stick with it.That is this weeks goal. Awesome. I should probably start writting blogs that have some relevance eh? not today!

completley random picture day..

2008-02-04T23:50:00.000-08:00

yes today is in fact the kinda-semi-annual-but-not-really-annual-at-all completely random picture day. These days come in fact.. randomly. They are brought up when i have nothing better to do than write on my photoblog about completely random picture days.. and also when i haven't shot anything in a while so all i have are irrelevant pictures i took at some point time in the past.. So for today we reflect back upon a picture which i took out of boredom at my house over winter break of a nice record player that my grandmother gave to my sister who then gave it to me. So yeah.. this record player has been around the block a few times... but it makes for a good picture.. so it all works... right? Ok cool... so here it is.. enjoy it.. and enjoy the fact that you just wasted about 2 minutes(if you are a slow reader who cant read) of your life reading a photoblog about absolutely nothing other than a completely random picture.. and its day for that matter... ok now that we are in good terms with each other on why you are here and still reading this, even though we may not actually be in good terms..but i dont care, here is the picture for serious.

starbucks cards..

2008-02-03T00:40:00.000-08:00

so i have a starbucks card collection. yeah like those starbuck gift cards that 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 people buy for christmas gifts.. "why do you have them Eric?" is what i usualy hear when i tell people that i do have an extensive collection of starbucks gift cards located somewhere in my apartment. this is whay i have them.... to eventualy sell them on ebay.. which is what i just did... i sold this card for exactly $63. not too bad considering it would have gone in the trash right? sweet deal.. now i just need tome to go by faster so my other cards get older so i can sell them as well...

dress rehearsal shoot

2008-01-31T23:15:00.000-08:00

so i have a good friend named kyle bradley. I have known him and his family basicaly since before kindergarden. Yesterday i had the opportunity to shoot two plays he is currently in. I got to use a $1,500 70-200mm lens which was quite nice...
i took pics.. (obviously) and these are some of them...

*being that many site compress thier images to a smaller size the color and quality have been messed up on some of the pictures.. no fun

2008-01-30T17:07:00.000-08:00

so my sister is ingauged. so i offered to take engagement picture.. and they said... yes
so i made a trip down to san diego and took around 530 or so pictures... and after a day of photography and falling into the tide pool with shoes and long pants.. i was done... here are some pics to document our existence for this very day..

**there will be more later.. i have to ho the the caf right now and eat food***
yes..

Day 2. (the rockband shoot)

2008-01-15T02:46:00.000-08:00

So i have recently become a member (officially/unofficially.. ill explain that momentarily) of California Baptist University's newspaper "The Banner" I am just a regular photographer.. its going pretty well so far.. its my first week of doing it.. but still i think its going pretty well.. everyone in the class seems pretty rad and i think this will be a great semester including all of my other classes. Oh yes.. the officially/unofficially part.. i knew you were still wondering about that... this is how it is.. I'm officially a photographer i suppose you could say.. however i am not taking the class.. so im not on the sign in sheet that goes around every monday wendsday and friday. I'm not a journalism major so i don't need the credit.. so i am doing this all for fun right now.. photographers get paid eventually.. but im working my way up to that now... ok ok ok time for the picture(s)

this was a really fun shoot.. its going to be a photo essay on rockband/guitar hero and how countless people are playing it at CBU... they are fun games... it makes me feel like I can play the guitar pretty well.. then once i go to a real guitar.. i find that i cannot play Guns n' Roses as well as i can on guitar hero... oh well..

Day 1.

2008-01-14T01:12:00.000-08:00

this is officially/unofficially my second photoblog.. so we shall see how it turn out...
ok lets begin shall we?

This is what i did most of my Christmas break... went around my back yard and took pictures... the horses i have are not big and majestic looking.. well.. more are than most.. so i guess i could say they just are not entirely photogenic...fortunately they are photogenic enough for these pictures.. yes i am aware of the dirtiness of the horse's face and whatnot.. but i say it adds to the realness of the horse in general... right? ok cool.