Month: June 2015

A long time ago…

…in a galaxy far, far away, I used to shoot in film. Fancy fuji color film and sometimes even black and white film. But that shit was expensive as hell to develop and I was a broke 19 year old living in the Flatlands, Brooklyn. Looking back on these film photos its interesting to see all of my experimentation. At that time I read sooo many art magazines, looked at Ansel Adams photo books and poured through National Geographic trying to figure out how to take amazing photos like the ones I admired. Most of these photos are from the time period in my life right after high school when I was still living in Tennessee and then shortly thereafter when I moved to New York. There’s something very special about film photos. The same subject shot on digital may not have the some effect on you as it would shot in film. Maybe one day I’ll dust off that old film camera and see what sort of images I can produce eight years and thousands of photographs later….

All photos are completely unedited, only scanned from the prints.

A Day at the Zoo

These photographs were taken when I first moved to Fort Worth, Texas back in February 2014. I was taking time off from working for the first few months of being there, so I filled my time with exploring what the city had to offer. The Fort Worth Zoo was like most zoos. A little sad to see the animals cooped up and bored, but a great opportunity to marvel at the beauty of so many creatures up close. The primates were by far my favorite. Their faces were so expressive and uncanny. I stood and watched each group of them for probably over an hour combined. The following photos were taken with my DSLR Canon Rebel Xti.

A day at the Japanese gardens

When my mother came to visit for just one night, we chose to spend our afternoon at the Portland Japanese gardens. The moment we walked up to the entryway we knew we had made a good decision. After a steep but beautiful walk up a winding hillside path lined with thick moss and stone markers, we were brought to the garden’s main entrance. Held within the walls were traditionally styled tea houses, sand and rock gardens, koi fish ponds and terraced water features. Each turn around a bush or tree revealed something new and harmoniously beautiful. Every inch of the gardens was serenely perfect. Water fountains trickled quietly in corners or hidden under a bush. Large colorful koi fish moved effortlessly under the glass like surface of a pond in which a waterfall found its end. Moss covered every inch of ground, a majority of the tree’s trunks and branches and could even be seen growing between the grates of water drains. Despite the few tourists we encountered, we still found it all to be a very special, relaxing and refreshing experience.