Love Lies Dying

Coming from Eugene I am not used to local bands sounding good. They have the instruments, and know how to play them but the end result usually isn’t all that great. It is funny because a lot of really good bands have come out of Eugene, but at some point the music scene decided to move to Portland. So with some trepidation I agreed to catch a live show from a friend’s band, not expecting much. If nothing else at least it would give me a chance hang out with friends and try some music photography.

Thankfully the band – Love Lies Dying – was actually quite good. The show took place at the Ash Street Saloon.

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San Francisco Graffiti

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A couple of weeks ago I had an opportunity to go down to the bay area for a photography gig while attending the Game Developers Conference. There is a lot that I love about the Bay Area – in particular I love the start-up tech vibe that everyone seems to bleed down there.

Unfortunately the area of San Francisco that I was at wasn’t very inspiring. Coming from Portland, that part of town was extremely dirty and filled with crazy people. One morning I passed a girl yelling at a closed shop door, when she didn’t get a response she moved on to a wall to continue her yelling.

One thing that did catch my eye though was the bizarre graffiti that seemed to highlight every back alley that I passed.

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Nicholas Restaurant

I wrote a Gallery that uses Flickr + Google Maps

I had been toying around with the idea of using the flickr api with google maps for a while. So a couple of weekends ago I decided to take a break from client work and hammer something out. The result is my gallery.
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Snowshoeing


I have owned a pair of snow shoes for about 2 years now. REI had a sweet deal on a pair for $30 with free shipping so, along with some friends, I bought a pair. It wasn’t until the day after Christmas that I would actually get a chance to use them.
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