A (not so) New York State of Mind

I had a pretty cool drive last week from Southern VT to Albany NY and back. It was rad to see how old school and colonial everything still is up there. There were no strip malls or fast food or any of that crap that makes America feel cheap in many of the small towns I rolled through. I felt like Paul Revere or Ben Franklin was gonna ride by on a horse at any moment. I stopped along the way and took a couple photos.




Not being in a rush is a great thing.

Circa 2003ish

An old friend of mine sent me this photo the other day. Its from an MSP shoot Riley Poor and I did in Crested Butte. I miss 16mm, something was lost when everything went HD.RalphKristopherPhoto

A minute on Orchard

My brother showed me a city photo stitched together like this a year or two ago and ever since I wanted to try it. I didn't think it was gonna work since i couldn't stand far enough away to use a 50mm lens. Anyway, I found a spot on the Lower East Side to try it out with a little help from my friend Kelly. Im gonna print a couple 5ft long . Click on it and scroll to the side.

Rainy Days

On the last day in Tokyo it stared to rain and the umbrellas came out. Umbrella's are big in Japan

1st look

I started going through photos from the tour today. What an amazing experience...Here are a couple random Japan photos I really liked.

Fashhhion

Last week we happened to be in Milan during fashion week. Bettina from Red Bull got us tickets to the Dsquared (whatever that is) show. I went not really knowing what to expect but it ended up being awesome....More photos to come.Bettina was wearing fancy heels in honor of fashion week

Japan is classic

Im sitting at the airport going through photos from my 1st trip to Japan and I gotta say, the place is impressive. The people especially. Ive never been to a place where people were so friendly and welcoming.

On the only sunny day we had while being there, we were walking through the shopping area near the Burton store and a bunch of school children walked through....I got to take a couple snaps before the teachers thought i was a creep....The hats and smiles make the shot.