The Crosby

THE CROSBY IS A RESTAURANT SLASH BOOKSTORE LOCATED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF "DOWNTOWN ORANGE COUNTY"

My friends have been telling me about The Crosby since before it opened. Due to my busy schedule I don't always get to see some of my friends all that often. On this night though it was a nice reunion at a great place.


Annie and Amanda


Tommy and Matt

My photos pictured here don't do the place justice. I hope to do a photoshoot there someday soon.

Summers End?

With school just around the corner, summer appears to be coming to an end.


I will be taking Spanish possibly with my pal Byron


I am sure it won't be the last I see of these two


Unfortunately Strands was not saved and this bluff will feature many more homes in the coming years


I won't miss the crowded beaches


main beach Laguna Beach

actually I am not too bummed about summer ending, I hate crowds.

Outa Town

I was invited to take a trip to Texas (Houston & San Antonio) with my girlfriend (pictured below) so I will be here for a week. Then I will be going to Outside Lands in San Francisco. Thanks to Blogger in Draft I have some blogs planned to show up while I am gone. Kinda like the Christmas lights in Home Alone.

Gregory Ortega

This is Greg Ortega. He is also a graphic designer and a pretty good skater, even with a bandaged ankle. These are from the same day I took photos with Matt. Here are some other photos I took of that day that Greg posted.


I like the sun flair in this shot





Greg's mug


I thought I published this photo before but I guess not. Matt was kind enough to buy us ice cream.

Black and White Film is Ilford Delta 100. Color film was free.

Matthew Jenson

This is Matt Jenson. He is a graphic designer, friend, and a fun guy to be around. On his somewhat recent visit to California from NYC, I had the pleasure of going on an adventure with him. We decided to go on a bike ride to a friends house a good 9 miles away to go skate his ramp. I did the ride on a very street friendly fixed gear, Matt rode a cheap, Target, girl, beach cruiser. He was a real trooper. We rode home too.


This is for an article in GQ


he is always stoked (Grant and Greg also featured)


did I mention he used to play soccer?


and the ride home.

Film is Ilford Delta 100 (a new film test if you are keeping track)

Happy Birthday Garret

My friend Garret Curtis recently celebrated his b-day and I was present to take a few photos, heres two.

Blues Clues bounce house

Garret, Sterling, and The Franks

Tristan Ellis

This is Tristan Ellis, an amazing artist and great friend of mine since 3rd grade. Recently we had a night out with some friends in Long Beach, here are a few of my favorite photos of Tristan from our adventure.

we both don't like to wear shirts.

click here to see Tristan's website

click here to see Tristan's blog

Blown-out Beach

Continuing along with my journey of black and white films... this is Ilford HP5 400, I developed it with Xtol (an unfamiliar developer) and am pretty sure I blew out the highlights by over processing, which gave the photos an interesting look but a little too much for me. The previous post and the next few are all from the same batch of film.

this is a day at crescent beach with some friends...

Tristan and Adam

Justin

Jason and his Girl

Justin running

tristan jumping

me demonstrating the awesome strength of the self-timer

these photos would look way better printed traditionally, the scanner is making it very difficult for me to work with the images. If only I had a darkroom...