Summer?

Taya Rogers shot on her balcony in Manhattan Beach. Late November and 78 degrees???

Ms Rogers

I spent the morning with my favorite LA girl Taya (make sure to check out her site and blog) cruising around Manhattan beach for coffee and kicks for Lydia. Taya bought me coffee, but didn't buy me the farking rad Chevy that was parked in front of her house with a next level sticker on the brake light. After coffee we headed upstairs to brainstorm ideas for tomorrows video shoot. I'll keep ya posted...xoxo

I do

Last night my very close friend Shaun got married. He gave me the honor of being a groomsmen. At first, my thoughts were standard, shoot plenty of photos. Then as time ran out and the wedding got days closer, I started to think realistically and having time to bring camera gear and shoot just wasn't going to happen. So... I switched gears and fell back on this new (old) kick I've been on by shooting disposable cameras. The film and lenses are super shitty and most of the photos rarely come out well, but I'd still rather shoot that than a digi point and shoot. All the groomsmen were getting ready at Shaun's house and he had this white wall I wanted to get portraits of all the guys suited up. It reminded me of Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs where Mr. White and Mr. Pink and Mr. Blue all wear next level suits. After these photos were taken, the wedding went happened followed by an EPIC dance party. I wish all the best to my good friend Shaun and his beautiful wife Rachel. xo

Station Concert

Whenever I go to my favorite place in California, LA, it's always to see and stay with my friends Robbie, Taya, and Eddie, who are on the next level every way imaginable! It's amazing how close to home it is, yet it's an entirely different world only an hour away. For me, LA is the creative epicenter that I need. Every time I have ever been up there, I have successfully created some sort of photo or video that I am proud of. A few months ago I headed to my favorite place to see some of my favorite idiots. It was a pretty standard day. We hung around in Eddie's garage and talked about weird stuff. Morgan came over so we decided to shoot a skit (below) then we all parted ways for the day.

Robbie had to work (he's a gigolo) and Taya wasn't even with us to start with. She was probably baking (she's a next level baker, her site here) some triple layer cupcakes filled with golden skittles or something. Eddie and his band, Station, had a small show that night at some rad dive bar somewhere up there. I've been wanting to hear his jams for months now so I was psyched to go have a few beers and listen to them melt faces. That night I managed to snap a few photos, but besides that, I'm very psyched to work on a video project with Station in the near future. Also, I'm getting some tracks from Eddie that I will post so you all can hear. xoxo

Nikole

Here are some Kodak 400 shots I got back. This is my friend Nikole from Florida on her visit here in Oceanside.

Jeff Robins

Last night my homie Jeff Robins had his photo show at UCSD. The crew headed south with nothing but good times ahead. The scenario was 6 white walls blasted with Jeff's framed photos that could easily inspire skateboards, cheap rum, and motel sex. It was both epic and influential to say the least. We drank and drank and drank then we listened to our friend Joey Bonano's band, The Blackfeet Braves shred throughout the echoing walls. Jeff was walking around with this little point and shoot 35mm so I snatched that and stole a roll of his Kodak 400 to get some snaps of the homies.

Cameo Drive

Here is a roll I just got back which I wasn't quite sure about. The film sat in my car enduring heat for about a month.