Go shorty, it's your birthday.

The photos are from two of my friend's kid's first birthday that went down last week. It was on one of those randomly not hot as balls days, so it was pretty nice. I shot a full 36 exposure roll that day, and came out with a lot of cool shots. On a side note, Portland has an indoor, 3-D, black light, pirate themed, mini golf course that my friend Katie and I went to yesterday. I highly suggest that you check it out because it was FUCKING AWESOME.

Listening to: The Observers - Slipping Away

Hit or miss

Last Monday Tim, Thrustie, and some other bands played a show at Blaine's house. This is one of the other bands. They played a super long set, and had like 10 different instruments they switched between. It was kind of cool. Most of the photos on the roll didn't turn out that well since it was dark and I was pretty drunk. But sometimes shooting into the dark works out.

Listening to: Against Me! - Impact

How Beautiful to Be

So I bought a tripod at an antique store last week for eight bucks. A few nights ago I hung out in the backyard at night and messed around with some longer exposures a little bit. These are some of the results. I'm pretty psyched for how the look. Expect more night shots, and long exposures soon. Also I went to the grand opening of a star wars store today, so there should be some stormtrooper pics on here pretty soon as well.

Listening to: Bjork - Joga

only in wisconsin

listening to: The Brothers Johnson - Runnin' For Your Lovin'

It's a gray sunday today. Thick clouds, cool thick air, and the possibility of thunderstorms later. Luckily I've got a roof over my head, and a few cups of coffee in my belly. Today I'm continuing with the dead bird theme that's been taking over the blog as of late. Our dog Spyke took out this little robin one day in the backyard. Tim buried it after we took these pictures. It's all good since our little buddy Mohommad's chicks have hatched and we have new life in the backyard.

Listening to: Willie Nelson - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

not always as smart as you think

Back from Wisconsin. I didn't take a ton of pictures while I was out of town, again. Fortunately though this roll that I just got back had a bunch of good stuff on it. Proof of my hurt ankle, good shots of some friends, some more dead birds, and a cute little raccoon that had been hanging out in my mom's barn. I'm about to head out to first Thursdays and check out the galleries before work. If you're out in Portland and looking for cool photos and good coffee, stop by Crema, at SE 28th and Ankeny because my pal Brent(vivasalo.blogspot.com) has a photo show there that is opening tonight. Check it out. Enjoy.

Listening to: Axegrinder - Evilution

it's that damn ankle again

So I'm laid up with a sprained ankle at the moment, so I'll probably be posting frequently in the next few days for lack of something better to do. If I'm going to be lurking on my computer, I might as well do something some what productive right? Another thing that will help those posts go up is that I got that scanner I talked about a few posts ago thanks to my mom, and birthday coming up. Thanks mom. This first post is made up of some photos that I have on my computer that I've taken in the past few months, that I've just never gotten around to posting before. Enjoy.

Listening to: Ryan Harvey - Hudson Valley Rent Strike