We had finished packing up the entire apartment, and it was unsettling to see it all empty. Bob Dylan was playing on eric’s mac, while françois smoked his cigarette. We sat in that room for fifteen minutes without speaking, just remembering the times in that place. I might not have lived there, but the days that I spent there were definitely memorable ones.

Chloe Scheffe created an absolutely stunning stop motion about typography. I am normally not a big fan of stop motions, but this one was absolutely brilliant. Both the composition and execution of displaying each letter was perfect.

A while back I did promos for a local band back home known as “Brothers At Sea”. They just released their new EP, which is being featured on pure volume along with my photos. Check it out.

Pure Volume

Ujin Lee created an incredible series that is focused around dust. It seems as if he just takes dust and throws it or makes it burst to create incredible shapes and designs. The simplicity of the photos are outstanding, and the dust just adds another layer to the photo that isn’t seen too often.

I haven’t had much time to pick up my camera in these past few weeks because I’ve been busy with school and finals. Luckily I have a couple of shoots planned in the next month and a half, so that will be fun and I’ll be adventuring up to a secret location with my best friend, kristin. She has no idea where we are going so it’ll be fun.

I’m leaving for home on saturday, so you shall be hearing from me when I return!

music studio

I’ve had this stupid cold for almost a week now, and I’m slowly getting better. My past week has been completely uneventful. It’s consisted of drinking water, taking medicine, and laying/sitting in bed while watching dexter, heroes, fringe, and flashforward. I was hoping I would have photos to edit to keep me busy, but I didn’t. Even though I’ve been sick this week has been nice for personal reasons.

It’s been raining today, which is kind of nice. Makes it feel a bit more like fall. California never really sees a huge change when it comes to summer vs fall. I remember in high school we had trees that would actually lose their leaves, and every so often there would be a huge pile of leaves on campus and people would jump in them, which would then cause them all to scatter. Only thing that was missing was the cold… it never got all too cold. Lowest would be like 40-50. Definitely not cold.

Finally, if you would like to see some awesome photography, I helped Kristin launch a brand new website, which you can see here: http://www.kristinmanson.com

Go check it out, you won’t regret it.

Then on Sunday, Jared and I drove up the coast to Petaluma, Bodega Bay, and Point Reyes. I was absolutely exhausted all day, but it was totally worth it.