kim and stephen

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It has been a busy summer to say the least. So much work has been done but so much more to do. I have a few more weddings booked until the season slows down for good. It will be nice to be able to focus 100% on other projects.

playlist:
Radio Dept - This Past Week EP
Young Widows - Old Wounds
Thrice - I, II, III, IV

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4 out of 5 aint bad..just one more to go

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It's quickly turning into fall around here.

Playlist for today:
Damien Jurado - Caught in the Trees
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Film School - Hideout

a view from low tides

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I took the day off to photograph the first latitude longitude event. They spent this morning at OHSU with Chris Klug and others hanging out with kids with cancer. I'm meeting Derek and Bryan at a wakeboarding demo they invited the kids to. It'll be a awesome photojournalistic opportunity. Plus i'm so excited to see where this thing goes and very lucky to be a part of it.


playlist for this morning:
The Bronx - ST
Trap Them - Sleepwell Deconstructor
Emily Haines - Knives Don't Have Your Back

Driving home from hiking multnomah falls.


Today's Playlist:
Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Slowdieve - Souvlaki
Mewithoutyou - Brother Sister

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I shot this on my ride on last night. The sun backlit the trees and gave a really cool green glow around the silhouette of the trees in the foreground.


Playlist:
The Bronx - S/T
Alaska - Emotions
Refused - Shape of Punk to Come
Fugazi - In On the Killtaker / The Argument

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I spent this last weekend in Astoria eating delicious food and bumming around wtih my family. It was, for the most part, relaxing. However, now it's time to get back to work. I'd really like to pour myself into the Latitude/Longitude project with my brother as well as complete work on my book. I have a ton of work ahead of me but i'm in no better place to make it all happen. I'll be posting more images form this weekend after work tonight.

Playlist:
Pedro the Lion - Control
Neurosis - The Sun That Never Sets
Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
Philip Glass - The Hours

Empty Suits

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Listening to:
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radio Dept. EPs
Hoover - The Lurid Traversal of Route 7
Coldplay - Viva la Vida

super sonic sound system

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This speaker system, or whatever it is, sits on the Fed Bank downtown protland and i've always wondered what it was. I see it everday on my drive down Burnside on my way home from work. Every time i see it I get this feeling i'm in some post apocalyptic film based on a George Orwell novel.... or something to that effect.

In RCFX news: shooting for the book is going well. Maybe a bit slower than i had originally thought, but i really like the idea of letting the book develop on it's own. So far i've met some really cool kids and photographed some awesome bikes.

listening to:
Black Keys - Attack and Release
Radio Dept - EP's
The Good the Bad and the Queen - S/T
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
Opeth - Watershed
Roots - Rising Down

place setting

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waiting for the bus

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sunset in the city

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I've been spending as much time as possible on my bike with my camera. So, i guess not much is new.

summer nights...

work work work...
I started shooting for the new Rose City Fix book last week. I like that it's set in my home town so i can spend more time shooting. I'd like to have all the photography done by mid fall. I'm not in a huge rush to finish the project. Hopefully, it'll involve more fixed gear kids. So far i've met some rad people and i'm sure i'll meet many more. In typical fashion, aaron and i have already started talking about where we would like to shoot the next book: Vancouver B.C., Boston, Brooklyn?





Listening to:
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Philip Glass - The Hours
Cursed - I, II, III
Interpol - Our Love to Admire

watching:
Alfred Hitchcock
I'm not there
Batman
Hellboy II

Reading:
The Good Book
Evil and the Justice of God

The Rain City Fix is finished and available. Finally. Plans are currently being made for a second book called the Rose City Fix featuring Portland fixed gear kids and their bikes. Below is a teaser for the book made by the great Kirk Mastin. You can buy a copy of the book You can buy the book here.






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My friend Ruth was in town last week. As usual when she or her sister visits portland we hung out till late in drinking wiskey sours, telling stories, and talking about how great Portland is.







Listening to:
Clint Mansell - The Fountain Soundtrack
Chuck Regan - Feast or famine
Interpol - Our Love to Admire
Philip Glass - The Hours Soundtrack

Watching:
The Happening
The Hulk
Inland Empire
The Sopranos Season 5

"I drag my chains they don't drag me"


The starter in my car went out on my way to work this morning. As i pulled out of my drivway my car started smoking like crazy and smelling like lung cancer. Luckily i made it to an auto shop before it totally died. So, i ended up paying $600 to fix my car and in return i got to take the day off work and ride my bike around the city taking photos and drowning my sorrows in coffee. As i was riding around thinking about what horrible luck i've had this last year i came to the conclusion that the camel's broken back was the fault of the camel, not the straw.

This isn't to say that things are all bad. I get a proof of The Rain City Fix book in 6 days, I'm finishing my right sleeve later today, and last night i had the first bbq of the season. So, there's that.