Day One Hundred Fifty One

Day One Hundred Fifty One - "Rust Cuts"

Exploring the industrial side of Anchorage in the rain is fun, but I sure do miss my lights. Making photos seems so much more.. well its just not the same.

But I do have great respect for all you natural light photogs out there.. props.

Day One Hundred Fifty

Day One Hundred Fifty - "The Young Man and the River"

Day One Hundred Forty Nine

Day One Hundred Forty Nine - "What Seperates the Men from the.."

Day One Hundred Forty Eight

Day One Hundred Forty Seven

Day One Hundred Forty Seven - "Tomera Fierce"

Daily lesson? Forgiveness.

Friday evening, beautiful golden late evening light, downtown Anchorage with the above high school senior. What could go wrong?

Well someone could come along and launch a flying tackle at the large (expensive) light you just bought next to you. Crunch.

Broken gear? Not great. Slightly innebreated man running away laughing? No so much fun.

But this is the time to let go, and make photographs even better than before.

Day One Hundred Forty Six

Day One Hundred Forty Six - "Anything For You, Mr. Wilson"

Day One Hundred Forty Five

Day One Hundred Forty Five - "Les Femmes du Football"

Spontieneity is a great thing. Being able to work with changing plans, weather, attitudes, and ideas is a whole different beast.

Identifying beauty in every situation, and then capturing it can be a challenge. Having tangible proof to show success is one of the most rewarding feelings: that validation of hard work is why photography is so great, and why I keep coming back.

Day after day.

Day One Hundred Forty Four

Day One Hundred Forty Four - "The Sisters Three"

Day One Hundred Forty Three

Day One Hundred Forty Three - "Forward to the.. Future"

The future is.. well.. something that cannot be predicted. The mystery surrounding it is what keeps the hard work flowing and the dreams pouring, a waterfall with no end in sight.

Why not focus on the present.. the new trees, new leaves, warm weather, and the warm gooey sherbet that are midnight Alaskan sunsets.

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Day One Hundred Forty Two

Day One Hundred Forty Two - "A Tale of Two (and one half) Cities"

On the left is Minneapolis/St. Paul at nine oclock. Right is Anchorage well past midnight.

Normal?

It's all relative. 

Day One Hundred Forty One

Day One Forty One - "City Museum"

Awesome night of exploring caves, skate parks, beatnik shops, ten-story slides, rocket ships, buses, human-sized hamster wheels, and The Bale Out secondhand clothing store, which contributed the sweet threads for this shot.

All of this is housed in a warehouse building in downtown St. Louis.. all of this on a college visiting weekend.

While they picked up the bill, that is not even the sweetest part...

Day One Hundred Forty

Day One Hundred Forty - "The Professor Is In"

Meet Brannon. Professor-emeritus at the college of bad ass chair-in-the-street poses.

On the campus of Principia College in Elsah, Illinois where the days are full of classes, sun, humidity, Frisbee, and... spring. Green trees, grass, and the smell of thunderstorms wafting through the air.

I could get used to this. 

Day One Hundred Thirty Nine

Day One Hundred Thirty Nine - "College Life"

Day One Hundred Thirty Eight

Day One Hundred Thirty Eight - "Zelda"

Day One Hundred Thirty Seven

Day One Hundred Thirty Seven - "Commute"

Also.. another use for duct tape. 

Day One Hundred Thirty Six

Day One Hundred Thirty Six - "Traffic Stop"

Lots of exposure breakdancing in the street.. its supprisingly busy at twelve thirty at night. Its just too bad a cop couldn't have taken this picture, and stopped traffic for us.

Shooting in the street is a strange.. almost addicting thing. Surrounded by lights of all types, cars, sounds, and asphalt makes for purely spontanious action and imagery. Such limited time in a restricted space often leads to the most creative expression.. seen above and here  

Day One Hundred Thirty Five

Day One Hundred Thirty Five - "Hipstamatic"

Shoot from the hip.

It just doesn't get dark anymore. Its that time of year. This is just shy of midnight.. the hours of light are approaching 16.. which makes shooting in the "dark" tough.

Day One Hundred Thirty Four

Day One Hundred Thirty Four - "College Tales"

Nope. Not yet. But why think of the future when you can remember the past. Yes the slides suck.. but who doesn't have a few good memories of elementary school.

Day One Hundred Thirty Three

Day One Hundred Thirty Three - "Bump"

Who doesn't like a good game of basketball with the guys?

Nope, not quite professional, but that hoop was about five feet off the ground so we can at least jump..

Day One Hundred Thirty Two

Day One Hundred Thirty Two - "Smells Like Patagonia"

A letter. From Patagonia.

Yes I could have contacted her in seconds over facebook... a letters worth builds as it travels longer distances, appreciating like money in a bank.

Email is typed, then sent at the speed of light to its destination. A letter is handwritten (no way) ... but just think of what goes into that: years of learning to write, the energy that goes into making paper and pen and envelope, then the transportation which carries it home.

All the way from Chile? Knowing their mail system, I'm doubly fortunate.


I have to apologize, blogger was down yesterday, severly hampering my ability to publish.. do not fear though, this photo was captured on day 132, which is what this project is all about. 


Thank you all so much for keeping up! As always.. stay tuned!

Day One Hundred Thirty Two

Day One Hundred Thirty Two - "Smells Like Patagonia"

A letter. From Patagonia.

Yes I could have contacted her in seconds over facebook... a letters worth builds as it travels longer distances, appreciating like money in a bank.

Email is typed, then sent at the speed of light to its destination. A letter is handwritten (no way) ... but just think of what goes into that: years of learning to write, the energy that goes into making paper and pen and envelope, then the transportation which carries it home.

All the way from Chile? Knowing their mail system, I am doubly fortunate.

Day One Hundred Thirty One

Day One Hundred Thirty One - {+13} Days of Summer

Summer is nice. Especially when 13 extra days are added on. For all those of you who are stuck in school.. with finals... well, try not to drool on your keyboard. For those of you who are learning, teaching, working, know that summer isn't a place or time.. it is a state of mind. Someplace easily reached, no matter the situation. 

Day One Hundred Thirty

Day One Hundred Thirty - "Young Money Democrat"

Yup. Mr. Mitchel is an up and coming rap star.. you can see him and his band Aft3r in live performance here 

I have to apologize for yesterdays photograph: It was my highschool graduation, and with four hundred and eighty graduates security was tight. I was able to smuggle my iphone in, but the DSLR proved to be too much. But with graduation brings hugs, cards, gifts.. namely lenses.

Keep your eyes peeled!

Day One Hundred Twenty Nine

Day One Hundred Twenty Nine - "Class of 2011"

I'll let this photo speak for itself;)

Day One Hundred Twenty Eight

Day One Hundred Twenty Eight - "Raggedy Cami"

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!

Nineteen years that I wouldn't trade for anything, you are amazing mom, I love you!

Day One Hundred Twenty Seven

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Day One Hundred Twenty Seven  "Left out in the Rain"

Only if you have no respect for something like this Pentax. 35mm Film cameras might be dated, but they are far from out of style.

Those of you who are.. well I hope you can appreciate things of the past. Sure those schmancy digital photogs make sweet images, just don't forget where this all came from..

As Grandparents always say: "Be sure to visit!"

Day One Hundred Twenty Six

Day One Hundred Twenty Six - "Studebaker Surfing"

While yes, I am aware this is not anything close to the classic car.. my point is understood. These were classic cars, but they were driven off the bluff at Kincaid Park at the now infamous 'beach with all the old cars an junk'

There is good spelunking to be had, and there would have been better bonfires had it not been for a certian person who advised against it.

...

The wind.

Day One Hundred Twenty Five

Day One Hundred Twenty Five - "All of the Lights"

Just like that. Four years of symphonic. Here and gone. These guys are family. Or whatever spending hundreds of hours together get you. I say family.

This is one of the few things I'll miss about high school. And that is huge because you won't find miss and high school in any other high school speak.

"You'll miss it only when its gone"

It's an privilege to play music with close friends everyday. Something to appreciate once it has past.

And now that it has past.. you all will be seeing a lot more Kick Snare Hat! 

Day One Hundred Twenty Four

Day One Hundred Twenty Four - "Bros Be Honkin'"

This is not quite what was knockin' up around in my noggin, but it'll have to do. I have AP tests in the morning and it is time to dream of times where there aren't essays to be written every day.

Day One Hundred Twenty Three - "Forever Chewin'"

Day One Hundred Twenty Two

Day One Hundred Twenty Two - "Dansko Doofus"

This is Jessie. She likes clogs. But these aren't just any clogs.. these are anchorage famous Romney Clogs!

Yes.. that was a shamless plug. I am about to do it again... all in the name of SEO. Yes, this is horrible isn't it, so many links to follow. Well you can thank one amazing denver photog by the name of.. RJ Kern. Check him out!

Day One Hundred Twenty One

Day One Hundred Twenty One  "Photog Dawg"

Day One Hundred Twenty

Day One Hundred Twenty - "Promenade"

Yes, today's photo is just about a day late.. I apologize. But as you can tell from the photo I have a pretty good reason to be posting late. You have my word though, today's photo (121) WILL BE ON TIME!

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