The Road Trip

4 days 3 nights 1,330 miles and a lot of Hipstamaticing. I decided to tag along for a trip to Northern California with my girlfriend who was shooting a wedding session in Sebastapol, California. We decided to take our dogs with us for the journey.
My dog Hobbes is almost 13 now and has never really had the "dog vacation" experience. Day 3of the trip had to be a dream day for a dog. I know it was for me. Visits to 2 amazing beaches with a break in Big Sur sandwiched in between.
I had to laugh at this pic. The resort had placed chairs in the river for people to have a chance to enjoy a few drinks with their feet in the water.
Since Hobbes doesn't like water, I had to carry him out and onto the seat. Seen here waiting for a cocktail.

Hobbes didn't get out much the first 9 years of his life but the last 3 have been a pretty good adventure. Hopefully he can check this experience off his Bucket List.

Rockabilly Spaceship

              Aliens appear to be influenced by the Rockabilly culture as seen in this photo.

No shoes.... No auto parts

Recently I was visiting my dad up north and decided to make a few auto part junkyard stops while I was there. I was hoping to find a missing part to my girlfriend's car. The town I grew up is a bit rough around the edges. Dollar stores, pot shops, cigarette stores, way too may tattoo parlors and a street filled with junkyards.

Pulling up to U Pick U Save, I was ready to pick. The only problem was is that I was wearing flip flops aka: thongs or sandals. I was wondering if that was going to be a problem. Sure enough...it was a problem. The guy at the entrance told me that open toed shoes or sandals couldn't come in due to safety reasons. But I was in luck he told me. They had a rental pair of shoes for only $2.00. Hooray!

So I began to do the math: drive home and get some shoes and waste $10.00 in gas, or just rent the junkyard shared rental shoes. Being a cheap guy, I made the decision to risk any potential fungus or athletes foot.
Amazingly the shoes were an 11. I was in luck because I too am an 11. So it was on with the shoes (no socks of course) and into a football field size of junked vehicles.

I never found what I was looking for, but I also didn't seem to catch any foot disease. All said and done it was $2 well spent for some interesting photo opportunities.

Dilema

                                        Can a photo of an art object be considered art as well?

The long delay...

It's been months since I've been here but a lot has happened in the last few months. Some good and some bad, but I think it's all part of the journey. Anyways...my fascination with masks continues. Ralph Eugene Meatyard continues to leave an impression on me.

The Del Mar Bluffs

Winter seems to miss San Diego county for the most part. These photos were shot on a typical winter day just to the north of San Diego in the wonderful comunity of Del Mar.
Model: Krista Favish

What is this?

Sometimes you run across something that you aren't sure of. Today I ran across one of these "I'm not sure ofs". I poked and I prodded and I still walked away unsure.

Lens: Melodie  Film: Pistil