trouble coffee

This has been sitting in my library for a little while now. It was actually shot in the “summer.” I quote summer because for those who live in SF, we know that when the rest of the hemisphere enjoys sun, heat, and clear skies, we have cold, fog, and wind.

Portra 800 and Contax 645 dev/scanned at RPL.

2011 Runoffs

I recently took a racing trip with my Dad to Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. It’s about an hour north of Milawuakee and sits on a beautiful 650 acre plot of land. The track itself is four miles long and is all about horsepower and high-speeds. A great place to have a race.

I wanted to chronicle more of the journey from “home base” at our shop in Santa Barbara, CA, to the track, and the action itself. Unfortunately, our primary help had to bail and I had to step up, dramatically sacrificing my shooting time. As such, the 645 stayed at home and only the Leica M6 and 50mm Summicron came. Armed with Ilford Delta 100, XP2, and Kodak Ektar I managed to get a few snaps.

It’s always a great time headed out there and hanging our with the Toyota Racing family. A great group of people to go racing with. We ended up placing the car in 3rd after a 13-lap “sprint” race and were the only Toyota to cross the line.

Can’t wait for next year…

Beauty and the Beast

Not sure who said race cars don’t have a sense of beauty to them. Ever seen a Le Mans prototype or Formula 1 car? There is no doubt an aesthetic that follows the physical form of the vehicle.

A blog post will follow with more shots from above. Stay tuned!

girls just wanna have fun

Ashley came to San Francisco to visit Jen for a weekend. On her last day here we had amazing weather and after a day in the park, we strolled around the Mission. Luckily we remembered this rad alley so out came the camera. Talk about a totally impromptu photo sesh that ended up being a lot of fun!

two

A couple of simple images from a recent trip to Napa and St. Helena. What a beautiful day it was trek it around North Bay.

how about a detour to treasure island

My apologies for not posting in two weeks. Yikes! Great news though… I am soon going live with an actual webSITE. Woohoo!! Perhaps a new blog even but that’s to be determined.

Stay tuned…  :-)

summer in sf

Well, it’s summer in San Francisco. So while the rest of the world enjoys blue, sunny skies, we get to enjoy… Fog. Wind. And generally mild temperature.

Here’s to us SF’ers who make the most of it!!

Credit to Jen for the last photo… Such a great shot of me, it had to be included.

josh and kate

A beautiful and small wedding in Northern California shot entirely on film. Congrats, Josh and Kate!

mollusk surf shop

I have to say, this is one rad surf shop. It seems most surfing-centric retail stores lately cater to the über trendy with big names and whatnot. Not Mollusk. These guys know what’s up and their shop is a reflection for their love of surfing. Sure, they have the names everyone is familiar wtth but they also have items that are off the beaten path that are, quite frankly, much nicer and more unique.

Guys, keep it up.

And to those who have not yet gone - go. Now. You can also go to Trouble Coffee and The General Store which are both one block away on Judah.

katie and dan

Katie and Dan got married recently and asked if I would be up for shooting it. I had to say yes, they let me shoot their special day on film! All of it.

Congrats, guys. An amazing day!!