Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
#RouicohJournal: January ~ February 2016
I decided to purchase the Ricoh GRD IV (used) because even though I liked my Nikon D5100 DSLR, it's bulk and weight demotivated me from actually carrying the camera and lens around on a daily basis. Even on trips, I started to really dislike having to carry a designated bag for my camera gear. This Ricoh fits in my pocket easily and has a lot of features and manual settings that make it a challenging but rewarding camera to play with. To motivate me to have the camera on me at all times, I will keep up a photo-journal here under the tag #RouicohJournal. Here's some from the January and February.
January 22nd, 2016: First Portrait.
January 26th, 2016: Ravi Coltrane is the saxophonist here and he is legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane's son. We caught his show on a random January weeknight at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz. We were definitely within top 5 of the youngest people in the crowd.
January 28th, 2016: Mom's birthday: I drove down to my hometown because I was receiving chemotherapy for my testicular cancer treatment. (For those who don't know, I was diagnosed with stage 1 testicular cancer in early December and had surgery to get it out). My chemo treatment wasn't until February 4th, but I decided to drive home early in time for my mom's birthday. Flowers from dad and an assortment of Bodega Louie eclairs instead of cake. Happy family.
February 11, 2016: Silhouette of a jacaranda tree on Grevelia Street, South Pasadena. Taken exactly a week after receiving chemotherapy treatment. I was down and out with the post-chemo blues for 4~5 days before this, and I was finally feeling well enough to go on a walk. The day after this, my chemo symptoms returned in full force and I was back down for a few days.
February 19th, 2016: Boy, Band at South Pasadena Farmer's Market. This picture is an homage to a photo I took at this farmer's market over 10 years ago when I first started dabbling in photography. That one was of a boy and girl, probably similar age as the kid in this photo, and they were holding hand and twirling in circles as a lone guitarist performed some funky jams. I have the print somewhere, I'll post it if I find it.
February 20, 2016: Lazy dogs in the sun. By this point I was finally feeling normal after 2 weeks of recovering from chemotherapy. Like the dog, I had to stretch out my stiff body after laying around for a long time.
February 28th, 2016: Pacific Biological Laboratories Tour. This is the building where Doc Ed Ricketts where he conducted his studies of the biodiversity of the Monterey Bay ocean. After his death in 1948 (he was struck by a train after his car broke down on the train tracks few blocks from the lab), his friends continued to use the space for meetings and socials, eventually organizing what is now the Monterey Bay Blues Festival, which they actually held in this small building at a certain point. Here's the Ed Ricketts historian daydreaming about Doc.
Friday, March 4, 2016
#SessionInaNutshell - 2/28/16
Fun little edit from last weekend in Santa Cruz. I love this edit because I've been wanting to use this song in a video for almost 3 years but it just didn't work with everything else. I knew something would come along. Bip Bop Bip.
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