Celestial events have always had a grounding effect on me. Nothing quite like observing something so much greater than yourself, to gain perspective on life. 12/10/2011, I headed out at 3:45am to observe the last lunar eclipse until 2014. Originally I had planned to travel further, to get away from the light pollution of the Long Beach area, but instead, I decided that some urban backdrop to the event would be nice. Besides, it’s not as if a little...
Nothing objectifies and sexualizes women like a good old beauty pageant, especially one put on at the end of a night, for free, at the start of an event weekend with a target audience of men who like alcohol, and cars that run on near alcohol. This was how my long awaited Long Beach Grand Prix weekend started. Don’t get me wrong, the women of the pageant all seemed to honestly enjoy the attention (except for one, but we’ll pretend that...
Combine drag racing with auto-x? yes please!! Quite possibly the most exciting derivative of SCCA solo2, Pro-solo weekend is upon SoCal once again. Head to head competition, with strategery abound. How many will attempt to sandbag their run in order to get a more favorable index, and how many more will outsmart themselves with their attempts to game the system, only to find themselves out of the challenge? As fast paced as the usual auto-x is, pro-solo...
No, it can’t be 5:00AM already, can it? it seems like I just closed my eyes. I roll over, and check the clock. sure ‘nuf, the uncompromising digital readout showed 05:00. One dog looks over at me in eager anticipation of breaking out of his crate for the day, and the other one lazily rolls over and eyeballs me through narrowed eye slits, wondering what the hell I’m doing awake at this hour. Didn’t I know it was the weekend? I had...
Flugtag! (german for “flight day”). Something was lost in translation though, and was interpreted by RedBull to mean something more akin to “Jumping off a 3 story platform into water, while riding a huge flotation device, waving your arms frantically.” Surprise appearance by the US Coast Guard rescue cutter. I was fortunate / lucky enough to be staked out right next to the family of the coast guard team, and got to know quite a...
blatant use of previously captured photography to populate the site. This was a shoot at the March Air Reserve Base on 05.01.2010. The star of the show was the surprise appearance of the F22 Raptor. Airshow Pictures
Went to the LA zoo this past weekend. Was completely caught off guard by how many people had the same idea! It took a solid 15 minutes just to travel 1/4-mile between the offramp, and the zoo parking lot. The day turned out to be quite pleasant, and the lens test of my new Sigma 100-300 turned out to be pretty successful. zoo pictures
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are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.ikonique.com is a personal photo collection, and can be best defined as a work in progress. The site aims toward showcasing past work, as well as an easy access point for working proofs of ongoing projects.
I travels around Southern California to cover motorsport events, as well as travels to National parks and preserves for landscape and wildlife photography. I sometimes branch out to fulfill requests for photography, ranging from dance event, to engagement and wedding photos.
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