Alvord Desert

July 4th weekend, got to spend some time with my bud Eric. It has definitely been quite a while since I've been able to get out into the wilderness, moreover the desert... in +100°F daytime weather, we were prepared to have a small ass camp fire (in the middle of the playa), but as it turns out, it didn't go below 64°F at night, so, it was quite pleasant and we didn't end up using my firepit.

I really want to get out more often the rest of this year... ironically, that's happening right now with all the wildfires. I'm working for a company that provides mapping facilities for CalFire and Federal Firefighting efforts. It is very much looking to be hot fire season.

If you have the luxury to be out there, please follow the fire restrictions and warnings of your state and local forrestry organizations.

Anyways, be safe out there.

Camping in Leo Carrillo

The following photos were taken in 2012; I should have posted these a long time ago.

Trip to Nashville

Last year I took a trip to Nashville Tennessee to see miss Laura Partain. I brought a few cameras with me and some film. But I realize that I didn't take as many pictures as I hoped.

American Airlines

A view from Above

The shaky landing... the interesting thing about landing was that it was late in the afternoon when the airplane I was in had come gliding above Tennessee, however, by the time I landed it was dark.

This is a view off Laura's street.

This is a vase in the garage turned patio that leads to the backyard. After a few days in Nashville, we embarked on a road trip to Knoxville TN and we met this nice lady at The Waffle House:

Film Palettes

Food, I love food... I think everyone loves food. Its a means to its own end, it sustains and nourishes me. It can be pretty delicious, sometimes even so delectable that I'll crave certain foods every now and again. I've known a few friends who take this fondness for food to another level, becoming somewhat a connoisseur of sorts of a particular variety of beer, coffee, burger, or what have you. I tend to ask them the most about what would be an enjoyable place to eat those particular foods. After having a meal or a drink with them and figure out relatively, what their palette preference is, I begin to build my own.

I've started the same process with film. Lately I've been shooting Fuji and Ilford trying to develop a “taste”, a palette for my film preferences. I'm still getting to know these films, this is one of them:

Fuji 400H

I've heard some people describe Fuji 400H as being comparable to Kodak's Portra 400ISO. Portra is known for its pastel hues while maintaining saturation, bright highlights, clarity, grain, and ability to capture great detail. In this image, we see a structure being lit by a setting sun. It is brighter and has higher contrast values than what I would expect in Portra.

In shadows, Fuji's 400H has a decent amount of detail. I love how less saturated the mid-tones can be.

I think a few kids rolled these two snowballs up.

New York and Washington DC

Here's a few photos from a recent trip to New York and Washington DC.

All photos were taken with my Yashica A using Kodak Ektar 100iso.

A double exposure of New York Firemen with John F. Kennedy's gravesite.

Of course, this would not have been possible without my fantastic friend, Jess!