Description: For the record, I'm okay with the government taxing foods that are bad for you.
Rescue
March 31, 2010
Location: Air Show, Atlantic City (back in August, 2009)
Mood Music: The Beatles [Love]
Description: I can't stress enough how, if you've never been to an air show, you must go. Bring plenty of water, sun screen, and memory cards. Incredible.
Reflecting
May 24, 2010
Location: Sculpture Garden out in West Jersey somewhere
Mood Music: The Appleseed Cast [Peregrine]
Description: A neat reflection with a very cool sculpture.
Up and Up
May 10, 2010
Location: New Hope, Pennsylvania
Mood Music: Vandaveer [Grace & Speed]
Description: Again, taking notice of the minor details up ahead. This was on the top of a hill, at the top of a tower, looking up, in New Hope. I recommend the road trip.
Angle
May 04, 2010
Location: West Point Island, New Jersey
Mood Music: Johnny Cash [The Sun Years]
Description: Not a great photo, just a fun angle.
Stop and Look
April 26, 2010
Location: Top of a building, New Jersey
Mood Music: Iron & Wine [God Made The Automobile]
Description: Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who see's/appreciates the detail in our surroundings?
Beautiful Light
April 19, 2010
Location: Somewhere in Asbury Park, New Jersey
Mood Music: Ben Sollee [Learning to Bend]
Description: Very slow shutter speeds, low ISO, high F-stop. Beautiful.
Location: Kitchen Counter, Berkley Township, New Jersey
Mood Music: Radiohead [Pablo Honey]
Description: On a mission to put together an assortment of delightful photos for Shore Alternative's "Picture Show", I bought this bag of disturbing, horribly-made toys at a pharmacy for $5.00. I borrowed an obsurdly bright light from a friend. I placed the toys one by one on a piece of super glossy paper. I shot.
You can view three from this session at Gallery 13 on Cookman in Asbury Park. (Highly recommend the visit! They put together a nice show!)
Life is good.
April 4, 2010
Location: Manahawkin, New Jersey
Mood Music: Polyphonic Spree
Description: Don't you wish, sometimes, that you could go back to days like this? I miss innocence, and ignorance, and shopping for school clothes.
Twin Lights
March 22, 2010
Location: Twin Lights, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Mood Music: Brick & Mortar
Description: Nothing like a day trip by yourself.... just you and your camera. Today made me happy.
Foggy
March 15, 2010
Location: Seaside Boardwalk, Seaside Heights, New Jersey
Mood Music: David Grey
Description: Foggy nights were made for photographers.
Wintering
March 8, 2010
Location: Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Mood Music: Placebo [Ghosts]
Description: Nothing to describe.
Delicious
February 22, 2010
Location: Twin Lights, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Mood Music: A playlist on the iPod titled "DRIVING Music" (Currently "Bound for the Floor" by Local H)
Description: I haven't had the opportunity to review all of my photos from yesterday, but (because my camera is in the hospital due to shutter issues), I had the EXTREME pleasure of shoot a Canon 7D this weekend. Holy shit - to say the VERY least! This magnicificant body spills joy and sex at first glance, at first touch, at first shot. Once I figured out where all of the settings were, it was a piece of cake to operate.
The only bad part about my entire 7D experience, however, was the realization that I did not have it set at maximum resolution. A little bummed, but all things considered - the best camera I've ever shot.
Layers
January 20, 2010
Location: Island Heights, New Jersey
Mood Music: Muse [Absolution] Description: This right here is a stellar example on the importance of layers in photo editing with Photoshop. Yum.
This was taken right before the river started melting again. So beautiful - and that sunset was incredible.
Cleaning out the Litter Box
January 03, 2010
Location: An apartment, Asbury Park, New Jersey
Mood Music: TOOL [Salival]
Description: Toying with an oil wheel projector, a strobe light, and a friend.
Fake Plastic Trees
November 15, 2009
Location: Living Room, Toms River, New Jersey
Mood Music: Radiohead [The Bends]
Description: I feel like it was just last month that we celebrated New Years Eve. Spring flew by. Did summer even happen? Do we call this winter? Bahhh.
Ouch, I have....
December 12, 2009
Location: Barnegat Bay, (near Sedge Isl.) New Jersey Mood Music: Sia [Breathe Me] on repeat Description: Old photo. No words tonight.
Soft
November 28, 2009
Location: Near Phoenix, Arizona
Mood Music: The Cure [The Cure]
Description: Going back in my archives a bit.... this shot was taken over the summer outside one of the most amazing hotels that I ever had the privilage of staying at [The Biltmore].
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Eve
November 25, 2009
Location: Waterfront, Island Heights, New Jersey
Mood Music: Beck [Sea Change]
Description: Delicious! I don't know what it is about fog that I love so much, but it drives me crazy. The way the light travels... ahh... seeing the perfect beams poking out behind a lamp post or through a tree branch.... just amazes me. It's like waking up after a long night to a blizzard dumping snow.... or like watching the weather channel with tornado sirins going off in the distance..... or even bundling up on a couch, lights out, to an incredible electrical storm. Weather excites me.
Anyway, I grabbed a few neat shots, but I think this is the best worth sharing.
PS. No hangover for Thanksgiving. :)
Prescribed Music
November 23, 2009
Location: Front Yard, New Jersey
Mood Music: Midnight Poncho [Saṃsāra]
Sitting in bed at two in the morining, my ears plugged-in to new found music. This might be the most beautiful acoustic noise that I've heard in a long time. Simple melodies accompanied by soft/soothing vocals, slightly touched by reverb. He is speaking my mind. Album progresses, there are occasional threats of minor heart-ache by the distortion pedal, but sighing with relief as the tremolo guitar dances in the background. An incredible and seemingly well thought out album. Cover to cover, this is what I needed.
A.D.D.
Life sucks sometimes. It hurts, it breaks, it leaves you feeling so lone with nothing but your thoughts, and it has an incredibly unfair way of teaching us lessons. Music helps. It does not cure, or mend - it is the kiss before the bandaid that covers your wound. It's the caulk that masks the dings of history well enough to start over.
It might be all I have right now, but it's holding my hand.
Badly Drawn Girl
November 22, 2009
Location: Toms River, New Jersey Mood Music: Badly Drawn Boy [Have You Fed The Fish]
Inspiration left the building a few weeks ago, abandoning my creativity and kicking it to the curb. It MAY still be on vacation, but will return shortly. Stay tuned.............
Reflections
October 09, 2009
Location: Wherever, New Jersey
Mood Music: NOTHING [NOONE]
Description: All the time.
Shelby
October 08, 2009
Location: Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Mood Music: Placebo [Meds]
Description: A beautiful engine in a beautiful car.
An end is as certain as a beginning.
September 20, 2009
Location: Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Mood Music: Espers [The Weed Tree]
Description: Everytime I see a dragonfly, I am brought back to the memory of this one in particular. He was huge.... I'd say six or seven inches around - hanging upside down from a light fixture. In fact, he was so big that we almost walked into him on our way out the door for a cigarette. In shock and awe at the size of this still monster-of-an-insect, we watched him at rest. I snagged my camera from my car and started snapping shots. It was incredible... how motionless and willing (or dead asleep) he was.
My ISO was set to 1600, shutter speed at about 1/30 of a second - shots were clear, but I wanted more. I flipped the flash up and started firing away. His leg twitched. He was starting to wake up. I think I got a total of five or six shots with the flash before he freaked out. The poor guy started flying in circles (scaring the ever-living SHIT out of me) and flew to his death - inside the fixture.
Yes, you are looking at a curled up, fried and dead dragonfly. ....but look at the texture on him! The color and detail. He's beautiful!
All things eventually come to an end.
To: You Religious Tools
August 29, 2009
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Location: Toms River, New Jersey
Current Mood Music: Tool [10,000 Days] (My favorite Tool album)
Description: My intention is not to offend…. so I’ll let Maynard lyrically illustrate a passion of mine – my interpretation of the song – the apocryphal ways of how too many Christians live their lives. (And I bet most of you [Christians] don’t even know what most of this song is referencing.)
PS. I am a non-believer.
10,000 Days:
Listen to the tales and romanticize,
How we follow the path of the hero
Boast about the day when the rivers overrun,
How we’ll rise to the height of our halo.
Listen to the tales as we all rationalize
Our way into the arms of the savior
Feigning all the trials and the tribulations,
None of us have actually been there,
Not like you…
Ignorant fibbers in the congregation
Gather around spewing sympathy,
Spare me…
None of them can even hold a candle up to you,
Blinded by choices these hypocrites won’t see
But enough about the collective Judas
Who could deny you were the one who illuminated
my little piece of the divine
This little light of mine, the gift you passed onto me,
I’m gonna let it shine,
to guide you safely on your way
Your way home…
Ohh, what are they gonna do when the lights go down
without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun
other than tremble incessantly?
High is the way
but our lives are upon the ground.
You are the light and the way
They’ll only read about
I only pray heaven knows
When to lift you out
10000 days in the fire is long enough.
You’re going home…
You’re the only one who can hold your head up high,
Shake your fist at the gates saying,
“I have come home now!
Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father,
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
It’s time now!
My time now!
Give me my
Give me my wings!”…
You are the light, the way, that they will only read about
Set as I am in my ways and my arrogance
Burden of proof tossed upon non believers.
You were my witness, my eyes, my evidence,
Judith Marie, unconditional one.
Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescents.
Difficult to see you in this light.
Please forgive this bold suggestion, but
Should you see your maker’s face tonight
Look him in the eye
Look him in the eye and tell him
I never lived a lie, never took a life,
But surely saved one
Hallelujah…..
It’s time for you to bring me home.
Hurricane Bill [Sunday]
August 23, 2009
Location: Manasquan Beach, New Jersey
Current Mood Music: Citizen Cope [Citizen Cope]
Description: My boyfriend and I both agree that time was well spent at the inlet this weekend! He got to surf and I got to shoot. I love it when it works out like that. (Is it sick to be anticipating the next, what could be, devastating storm?)
Hurricane Bill [Saturday]
August 22, 2009
Location: Manasquan Beach, New Jersey
Current Mood Music: Thom Yorke [ The Eraser]
Description: The weather was perfect for everyone today. Surfers got their waves, vouyers got their show, and photographers got their shots. This here would be pro-surfer Andy Irons. (For more photos of Hurricane Bill, check out my Facebook).
Board
August 20, 2009
Location: Asbury Park (Thanks Meg), New Jersey
Current Mood Music: Portishead [Dummy]
Description: A beautiful ending to a rather uneventful day. (Sorry, had to share two.)
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