the greatest day in shoe's life

Andrew Shinn in an awesome photographer in Reedly and has started this monthly photo contest. Even thou it is the first month he is doing the contest, it seems really cool, and I hope he keeps it going. The first month prompt is “It was the best day of Shoe’s life.” and here is four pictures that i did last night for the contest.




Now, I don't think that I will enter any of these, why? Mostly because I feel that these pictures don't go with the prompt, and they seem more to be just a awesome shoe ad.




If you want info about the contest. http://shinnphoto.com/blog/?p=318

Location Scouting

Doing a little location scouting, seeing what the picture might be.

The mighty matt

This is the mighty Matt, studying the master ninja art of skateboarding. The grasshopper will soon be a strong praying mantis.

Homeless

Last week, someone asked if I would come to Kings county Homeless connect. It is an event where the homeless can come and get allot of help and free things. Clothing, food, Hair cuts, and medical check ups.




It was fun to see allot of people coming together to help out for a good cause.

Bobbie

This is an amazing friend, Bobbie (not real name). She is married to Mike. I could go on how I know them, but it would be long and not fun for you. She was sitting at the piano waiting for her husband to rock the show.

swimming in whale waters

My friends Issaic and Mike use to play in a band called "This cable cars off track". But after some sad months, the band splits apart. Now out of the dust, "Into the Whales mouth" has come. They played their first show Saturday and I am looking forward to another show.

The night is dark for some people

The good thing about a full moon, the next thirty days there is another one. Also on a night, the trains still go their ways. I was for sure that one of the trains that I saw was lost.

Freaking awesome

Here are some pictures from the awesome time. U2 is an amazing band.

if you have the chance, take it.

If you ever have the chance to see U2, you take it. Seeing them playing this song live is amazing, truly awesome. Oh, by the way, my brothers, father, and I went to see U2 at Rose Bowl yesturday.

Bee

So I am staying up late to get some pictures done for her birthday party. Some friends are here from the east coast and it is Bee's 1st birthday. The hardest thing is that her party is a costume party, and I have no idea what to go as.

The chinese festival

This past weekend, there where two festivals in Hanford. One of them being where people dress up as knights, and try so hard to live back in that time until their parents call on their cells phone wanting to know when to pick them up. The other festival, was the Chinese New Moon festival. It is pretty awesome because it takes place in China alley, which is a beautiful place to take pictures. With these shots, as I worked on them, it turned more into what wierd artsy things can I do to the images, for some.

that big bright spot thing at night

The moon is full and I wanted to take pictures. So I drove out to this location to find that workers where at the place I wanted to be, darn. So I drove a little further and started.



All four of these shots where at the same time around 11 at night.
Also here are some things I learned shooting in the country at night.
- When wild coyotes howl 360 degres around you, first thing that comes to mind is not how awesome.
- The glow stick, when broken open, stinks, taste bad, and stings the eyes.
- The train that you have been waited for, comes as you are driving away.

There where no Blue Oaks

This last weekend, the Nordgren's where in town, and it was awesome. Craig, use to babysit my brothers and I about 25 years ago while we lived in Minnesota. Even tho I have no memory of it, the ones from this weekend will live on. Currently the Nordgrens are missionary's in Spain, and they are back in the U.S. for a year. While they where here, I took my youth group and the two sons to go hang out with bowling and driving around town looking for cap guns but ending up with whoopee cushions, nice. Then on Sunday, we went up to the Giant Sequoias forest and hiked up morro rock. Amazing time, and amazing people.