San Diego was discovered by the Germans

Last Tuesday I took a day tripper (one way ticket yeah!....) to San Diego to spend the day with my friend Elisse. I had never been to San Diego before other than visiting Sea World, and was stoked to take some pictures.

Nikon d300 [] f 1.8 [] 1/3200 [] ISO 100 [] 50mm

The sun was OUT this day, so I got to pretty much shoot everything on 100 ISO. Once again I stuck with the 50mm for most of the day, which had it's pros and cons. While I enjoy the depth of field control it has, the length sometimes feels a bit much (cropped sensor~75mm in actuality).

Nikon d300 [] f 5 [] 1/500 [] ISO 100 [] 50mm

Nikon d300 [] f 1.8 [] 1/3200 [] ISO 100 [] 50mm

Even in some of the darker area we visited I managed to keep the ISO at 100, which was cool. The Well picture is my first foray into sepia images since I worked in a portrait studio (three years ago...). As for the cannon picture, I'm pretty pleased with how my black and white pictures are coming out these days.

PS- My photographer friend Michelle Kim finally got her website up, so go check it out!

Home + Studio = Home Studio

My band has finally started recording what hopes to be a real demo/ep of sorts. Our good friend Emilie has been kind enough to lend her expertise with the whole recording gig. I went up to Rancho today to meet with her and my drummer Daniel to record my bass parts, and took some pictures along the way.

Nikon d300 | f1.8 @ 1/60th sec | 50mm | 1600 iso

We pretty much set up my bass amp in one room and ran all the cables into the living room. The room with my amp was pretty small, and I had only brought my 50 with me, annnd it was kinda dark, but I was pleased with how the depth of field (omg BOKEH) turned out on this one.

Nikon d300 | f1.8 @ 1/60th sec | 50mm | 1600 iso

This was actually taken by Daniel, one of the few good ones he managed to squeeze out (haha!). I definitely think I enjoy black and whites more than colors, and I'm always trying to find a post production method that gets more of a film look to it. The noise factor is something I'm enjoying more and more in these shots.

Nikon d300 | f1.8 @ 1/60th sec | 50mm | 1600 iso
/Nikon d300 | f1.8 @ 1/60th sec | 50mm | 1600 iso

Just some other shots to look at, you can see the rest of the photos here. BTDUBS, the second shot is a cheap knock-off of a Brandon Wong style pic, haha.

first post!

moving the photo blog over here...sorry tumblr :(