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I’ve been dying to visit more places around California, especially the National Parks. The diversity of land around the state is fascinating, with deserts, mountains, and the ocean. I was completely amazed Mono Lake, and the images that people have taken while visiting there so I decided to plan a last minute trip down to [...]

Last August I planned a trip with Melody and Sarah to backpack to the top of the San Gorgonio Mountain – the highest peak in Southern California at 11,503 feet. We didn’t really want to rush the roughly 23 mile hike in one day, so we decided to set up camp at Dry Lake prior [...]

Right after my PhD screening exam, I had a trip planned to visit Taiwan for Melody’s brother’s wedding. I was definitely ready to take my week break from work and stress, but wasn’t excited about the 15 hour difference between Taiwan and Los Angeles. I arrived in Taoyuan International Airport around 9pm Taiwan time and [...]

I hope you are enjoying your gift and your time away from the States, can’t wait to see you. Related Posts: Kodak T-Max Bunker Hill Portraits Roadtrip in Medium Format X-Games Mono Lake

When I was in Seattle for spring break, I decided to get some more black and white film so I could develop it during my free time. It takes me a while to shoot a whole roll since I want to be a little more methodical and patient, but I was able to develop the [...]

This is my first film shots that I both shot and developed. Josh Weiss was visiting me at the time, so I decided to use both him as a subject as well as my girl friend Melody. Related Posts: Kodak T-Max X-Games Unique LA LA Times Festival of Books Mt. Baldy

We were getting sick of the cold, and being disgusting from not showering for two days so it was a good time to head to Portland. I felt right at home as we arrived in the city, even though we probably fumigated our first destination with our must. But all was well, we fit into [...]

The second destination for my spring break trip with Melody was Olympic National Park. We road the ferry in the morning to cut down the amount of time on the road, as well as get the cool ferry ride seem in the Seattle post which got us about an hour and a half away from [...]

I recently caught the Medium Format flu due to my friend Josh Weiss and Melody. If you have been following my blog, you noticed that I tried to play with a Rolleiflex, unfortunately that didn’t turn out well so I had to go out and get another camera. Film is nice, it gives you something [...]

Join me on my odyssey across the west coast, first stop is a one way flight to Seattle, Washington. This would mark my second time in a few months visiting Washington as well as a trip down the coast, but we were going to mix it up a bit. Melody, getting excited for the flight [...]