Hope everyone had a nice Labor Day weekend. Jessica and I packed up our dog and drove down to the coast for a great little beach getaway with friends. I packed way too many cameras, and in the end, I just shot photos on my iPhone / Hipstamatic. Sometimes simple is better – especially on vacation.
Wishing you a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend.
An image of giraffes and the exterior of the reptile house, at the Houston Zoo.
Common Market is in the South End district of Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s the coolest little neighborhood watering hole right behind my brother Kevin’s company’s (Asterisk Creative) office. Over the 4th of July weekend, we spent an afternoon there tossing back pints of draft Smutty Nose Hamani Ale (funny name, but seriously good beer!) and chatting with Kevin and his friends. Good times!
These images are from a recent trip to San Antonio. Shot on film (Fuji Pro 400H).
It’s hard to believe I shot this image over a decade ago. Frankly, it’s hard to believe I’m that old (breached the big “3-0″ this year). When this was taken, I was a sophomore at the University of Georgia. I was enrolled in a photojournalism class (and pretty sure I wanted to be a photojournalist).
It’s funny how, even then, things were moving away from the darkroom. We still had analog capture — I shot film (pretty sure this was Kodak T-Max 400) in my Minolta 35 mm camera — but after we processed the film, we scanned all of our images into digital format with a dedicated film scanner.
This has been one of my favorite images from my earlier days as a photographer. And I love the fact that it’s shot on film. Should my hard drive get wiped out (and all my backups fail), I’ve still got the film — ready to be scanned and brought back to life.
