Our government hard at work

Dick Cheney prevented green laws to be passed because they were supposedly unnecessary. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2231965,00.html

The Whaley House

I took a trip into the Whaley house today not expecting much more than a look at a house with relics to the past. I took some photos with some unexplainable "flare" in them. These photos are not photoshopped in any way. Additionally I took a couple just cool shots having no mysterious phenomenon.

This was in the court room. I didn't see any mysterious figures here but it's a good example of what flare actually looks like.

An old scale on the counter in the general store

What's on the table?

These people had some "ghost energy sensors and were having unusual signals in this room. Something weird is going on next to him.

Is something in front and behind her?


I make no assumptions of what happened, but it definitely makes you think.

Toilet Seat Up or Down?

Check out this article. Copy and paste.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2227412,00.html
The women are prevailing the toilet seat battle

No Brainer

Here is an interesting article from the Guardian. No Brainer Also check out a brief bit by Patton Oswalt, "America, The Retarded Trust Fund Kid"

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A Mitch Hedberg clip.

SDNB

I love shooting for San Diego National Bank. They are a happy group of people. Bankers by trade and a bit crazy by night. My last photo of the night was a girl riding a guy like a horse. I just photographed the staff photos for their holiday party tonight. I just hope their next staff rally can size up to this one. I"ll post the photos from it as soon as they are finished.

Condom Fashion Show

This is as creative as it gets. There are outfits for this fashion show made entirely of condoms. They can get away with it in China but in the states I'm sure some soccer mom or gree peace would have some ridiculous complaint about it. Anyways check out this link

Jenn Mcelroy, Journalist

She skates, paints, study's nursing, plays rugby, takes care of the mentally disabled and now journalism. Jenn Mcelroy is all over the map with life activities. It must be something in the water in Santa Barbara. Here are 2 of her articles. The first was on HesH SesH 5 and the second on the recently departed Wilderness pool in Santa Barbara. http://zachpetschek.com/jennmcelroy/Final_McElroy.pdf

Corbis Acceptance

Here are some images just recently accepted by Corbis.com

John Spooner: Back Smith at Memorial Skatepark

John Spooner: Back Smith at Memorial Skatepark

John Spooner: Standing on a mountain

John Spooner: Indy Tuck Knee at Memorial

Justin Berni: front board at Rancho Penasquitos Skatepark

Help you help me

I believe that success is a team effort. I have a proposal. I want to reward anyone that refers me in photography. If you refer me for a wedding and it is booked, contract is signed, and the down payment is received, I will pay $100. If you refer me for a portrait and the contract is signed and payment received, I will pay $50. Same stipulations for an event and I'll pay $40. I am only doing this through January. The shoot date does not have to be in January but the booking does. Contact me with the details of your referral and I'll make a payment as soon as payment is received. Thank you

Go Green!

As some of you may know I have a new job installing counters because business is slow. I did it 5 years ago so it's not completely new. While doing this I get to see lots of people houses around the county. I even go out to Indio and Palm Springs. Everyday I am at at least one new house so I get to see a lot of homes.
The other day I went out to Portrero. Way the fuck out in the booneys. It was a retired woman that lived there with her husband. After they retired they decided to build a log cabin. It was a dream house kind of thing. It was pretty frickin cool. Solid logs. I was asking her about how she found information on it and what it's like and everything. She said it's so much better than an ordinary, 2x4's and drywall, house. It is more energy efficient because the logs retain temperature for hours upon hours.
I started thinking about how efficient that is. The sun warms the logs during the day and release it slowly all night. It's a very environmentally friendly house. But what about the logs.
The logs shrink 6 inches as the house settles. That means after you mount the doors and windows and interior walls and stairs and so on, they all have to be adjusted as the logs shrink. This process takes about 6 years! Plus as the wood dries and shrinks it cracks. Not a big deal because it gives the house character without loosing the integrity of the house. Of course that is only for the inside. Outside the cracks need to be filled so they don't fill with water or snow and the water will push the seam apart every winter. The cracks must be filled every year.
She believed that her house was efficient and ecologically friendly but after all of that it doesn't seam to start being efficient for years. That's a lot of solid logs to make the exterior structure of the house.
She was told it was efficient and given reasons that were incomplete thoughts. Does this happen a lot? This woman believes she is good to the environment in her log house but in contrary is quite the opposite. If this example were so obvious in my short encounter with this woman, where else are we being given incomplete reasoning to prove a point that is opposite to the truth? Don't believe everything you hear. It might be just a profit to another

Day at the Beach

Lobster carcass


This is the last thing you would see if you were being eaten by a sea aenenome. Fortunately this is not a spelling b or I'd be f**ked

Hermit crab.

If I can't see you then you can't see me

Yes that's right, this sea ane******me ate a lobster.

This one ate every last bit and he wouldn't let it go for shit



Here are a few photos I snapped while at the beach beneath thousand steps. I didn't want to bring my whole entourage or I might try too hard to get a cool shot. I used my little SD630 and played with the digital macro.