maybe los angeles

I was in LA this past week for work, which was exhausting. Working 12 hours during the day just to go back to the hotel to write papers and finish quizzes. I liked it though. Fortunately i had a little time to walk around and shoot a little bit. Wednesday night i roamed into a parking garage and asked a latino with a tear drop tattoo if it was cool if i shot in there. He was cool with it, but i was even more scared of the groups of thugs chillin in there. Yesterday on the way to the airport i noticed that there is like a whole block covered in graffiti like a block away from the convention center where i was working. Soooo bummed. Oh well. 

staples center and my hotel
me and this kid i work with decided we were going to turn this building into a techno dance club called "unce unce"

uncomfortable?

This was for a recent contrast assignment i did. I really like the first two, of the underpass and the tunnel thing. The third i actually find, as my teacher put it, uncomfortable. I dont know what compelled me to make this picture, because i cropped it, knowing that it didnt look right. If feels all bundled and tight. weird. I met with my teacher and she was talking to me about my professional aspirations in photography, to which i replied i have none. Just for fun. She was trying to talk me into it, but i think ill just keep it as my escape hobby. It did make me feel cool though haha. 

I like the flow of this one with the light street amidst dark pillars, and how the little sign on the right keeps your eyes from wandering off the page. 
I really like the rhythm of this image in the lights and darks, and the diagonal lines that seem to meet up. The signs also play into it very well. 
Yeah, this is just uncomfortable. i think it pretty different than most of my stuff and that may be the reason i did it. Something different, even though strange or weird, can be a breath of fresh air sometimes. 

Slow Train

So my friend Dave has a music/fashion blog that i do the photo stuff for. This past week we went to slowtrain. I was stoked on that place. You should check out his blog . I grabbed these photos outside on the way to his car. I love graffiti. its nostalgic. I just wish there was more in Salt Lake, but there are too many people who are terrible at it, and thats way worse.  

insomnia

Well, i need to be sleeping right now, but i can't seem to get there. So, here are some older photos that i decided to edit. I don't think i will ever stop loving city scenes. The lines and structure is so interesting to me. Im going to LA later this week for work, missing the sounds concert which i can't even describe my sorrow, but hopefully i can take some fun shots there. Talk about coincidence, the song "insomnia" by electric president just played on my playlist. 

I like this one

Libs

I forgot about these pictures i took around the beginning of the summer. I just edited them and im pretty stoked on them. I also had an architectural photo assignment due today, so im stoked i found them. Plus with this swift change of weather i dont really want to be wandering around downtown shooting, when i should be at the lib studying, or looking at fbook when im supposed to be studying. I have to factor in my fbook time when i study. Pathetic. 

I really like how the shadows play off the the walls and pillars. neat and stuff

yeah like reflections are like cool and stuff and when the stuff like leads your eyes to the reflection center thats like cool and whatever.