Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Maya Angelou Lecture

A few months ago I was hired by MSU-Bozeman to photograph the Maya Angelou Lecture. Here are a couple of my shots.




Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Homeless Vietnam Vet


An image I captured this last Spring 2011 on my way to the Senior Photo Show. This is a homeless Vietnam veteran in Bozeman, MT. He was a very nice man who was rather ashamed of his status but didn’t want any help.
Taken with a Pentax 6X7.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Kenya

HELLO
Checking myself for sunburns - looking sharp

Here's a few of my digital images from my trip this summer. I was in the Khwisero district in Kenya for a month documenting EWB- MSU (Engineers Without Borders) work there over the past five years. I'm making a book for them. It was quite the experience. I learned a lot and grew as a photographer as well as a person. I used my digital mainly for my project and took my fun shots with my Yashica. Still gotta develop all that film!!! Feel free to tell me what you think.

Khwisero
Secondary boys watching tank lowering- I like the one looking at me

Discussion at EWB's office in Khwisero

Child in a tree with Machete

Composting latrine meeting

Child with Machete

Child with Machete

Head teacher of Ebuhonga

Children at Ebuhonga

Children at Ebuhonga

Piki

Eyeglass clinic at Mundeku

Two children returning to Mundeku Primary

Texas helping lower a water tank at Ekatsumbaro
Children surrounding me as I sit down at Emwiru


Pony asking the kids "Sup?"

EWBer's and a couple Kenyan's watch Star Wars on my laptop

4th of July Celebration with Jackson's family

Friday, June 17, 2011

My First 4x5 Fuji Instant Stripped Negatives

So I head off to Kenya in the morning (with a 9 day layover in Europe) and I wanted to get in one more post before I left. Here are my first "4x5 Fuji Instant Stripped Negatives." I loves it. It was so awesome doing the whole process. Reminded me of the feeling of developing my first roll of film. Thanks to Joey Early for teaching it to me. He is a great friend and one of the awesomest influences of my work lately. You can check out his work on his personal blog here.

My very first. Of course my shutter drug and ended up overexposing it. I dropped it off at the repair shop yesterday to get it fixed while I'm off traveling.


(The blotches on a couple of them are marks from developer accidentally getting on the negative. Lesson learned.)

My fave. Joey Early. 

On another note, I've been pretty happy with the portraiture push I've been doing. I'll try to do an update while I'm traveling, but I wouldn't count on it!

       Peace, love, empathy

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

My New Nikon AF 50mm

Decided to purchase a f1.8 50mm lens for my trip to Kenya this summer. Here's just a couple of my first shots I've taken with it. I've been playing with my ISO as well for a little practice for more difficult lighting situations in Kenya. 

*The two pictures in the car are actually with my 10-24mm









Tried to capture it at 1/13. Couldn't quite pull it off.....

Monday, May 30, 2011

Shots from April

Didn't have time to dust these but I wanted to put them up anyways. Really busy with school and preparations for my trip to Kenya in a couple weeks. Forced the time for scanning these into my schedule because I couldn't stand looking at them just sitting there collecting dust. 

Hugs not drugs.
Dead Bird


Joey Early

Mark A. Lee

Scratch Ticket

Traffic Cones

Spring Sky