Early Riser

Misty Tahoe Morning, 6:30 am

Farmville

For some reason I have this extreme interest in farms and the farming culture. Maybe its because its so foreign to me and something I have never been around. A road trip across West Texas and Kansas documenting this culture is defiantly on the bucket list. Who's down?


Not quite Kansas but a good looking spread


This farm didn't turn out so good

Doesn't Get Any Better

All the boys decided to get together in DC last week for a birthday session for our friend Art. We've all been skating together for the better part of 20 years. Always a pleasure to skate and hang with these guys.

Hugo is a young dude and still has the ability to jump down shit.


Peter is old as dirt but still does and extremely proper melon


Another one of the young bucks...Traevon


The birthday boy himself and one of my favorite people on the planet to skate with, 38 years of backside kickflips

Roadside Assistance

Anytime I see a car on the side of the road burning I think back to high school when Brendan Ash and I were driving to that skatepark in Baltimore. Brenden said his car was acting weird. We pulled over and opened up the hood to find out that the car was actually on fire......Brenden didn't realize that you need to change the oil at least once every 50,000 miles.....HA....Best part was we had the tow truck driver drive us to the skatepark......We didn't drive all the way up there for nothing.

This unfortunate car fire was in the middle of nowhere Idaho, not a skatepark in sight

Corner Store

I love the neighborhood vibe...I could live here.

Pure American Resilience

The site of the new World Trade Center. Its gorgeous, classy and there is a great memorial to those who didn't make it out that day.

No one will ever hold us back. No matter what. 

Location Scouting

I've been looking for a good place to shoot a portrait for this upcoming interview of one of the riders. I remembered this cafe i'd been to last year while in the city. The place was perfect for what i was looking for. Just needed a bounce. The following day we were planning on shooting there and it was raining.......Oh well, next time

Domi was nice enough to sit in for a sample snap.

Peir 54

Is This Legal?

While sitting at a stop light in Delaware last week I looked over to see this......Teal Mustangs are in right now

Brick and Mortar

I've been meaning to come to NY to shoot random photos for a while now. One of the things I really wanted to focus on was the architecture and the overall feel of the buildings in the city. Pretty happy with what I got but still wish i had some more time to cruise around and check everything out. Here are a couple random snaps

I'll Have Another

Tony's coming in hot into the Belmont stakes....His horse is looking to claim the triple crown

Waterfront Properrty

For the garbage trucks of NY? Really?

Late Day Light

Had some of the most perfect light late in the day during day 2 of the bike mission. Wish the light coulda been like this all day.








We couldn't have asked for better weather.

Ride By Shooting

Here is how it went down, "Dominique, can you turn around and ride in front of that door again", Okay.

Green Point

Unexpected

While having beers at this little Chelsea cafe I looked up to see this? Not sure what exactly it was doing here but the lighting was superb:)

Williamsburg Bridge

Our hotel had bikes so we decided to take a little bike trip around Brooklyn. 1st stop was beers on the bridge. I had never been up this bridge and was pretty blown away by its size in general...To most New Yorkers its a common site and nothing special...I thought differently.






Best place i've had a beer in a while...Encinitas doesn't even have a bike path

Open For Business

Green Point, Brooklyn is seriously on the up. Regentrification is everywhere and there seems to be cool new businesses around every corner. The hipsters in Williamsburg have started to migrate....This dude was getting his new bar cleaned up and ready for business. Something I could see myself doing some day. Perfect day to work on the bar

Things Are Looking Up

I wished every one of these windows had an AC unit. None the less one of my more favorite photos from this last NYC trip.


75 and sunny for 4 days....Cant complain

Next to the Gutter

On this photo trip I wanted to find photos of things that you might not normally notice or shoot a photo of. Most of these had a really really large print in mind. For example...Imagine have a 5ft by 5ft photo of a fire hydrant on the wall?


I love the random box that is around this pole

 Foam party?

Cash Only

We were walking down the street in Chelsea and came to a gas station that only serviced NYC cabs....I wonder if they were pissed that the cabbies wanted to pay with a card?




Side Note: To obtain a permit to drive a cab in NYC can cost up to a million dollars....Paid to the city of NY

Spicing Things Up

Jim, Dominique and I headed to Red Hook, Brooklyn a couple weeks back to check out this art opening....Dont want to be critical but the show was pretty lackluster. One of the pieces though was a giant pile of feathers in the middle of a room, how artsy.....Jim asked the girl if he could climb into the feathers and she said cool....this made the show and turned a boring exhibit into a good one.



What Jim didn't realize is that he is semi allergic to down....I thought the dude was going to die!