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>I should have written about this a long time ago but I have a friend who lives in Davis, David Breaux. He is a homeless man who is trying to make a change for the world and for himself. He stands at the corner of 3rd and C asking people what their definition of compassion is, and has them write it down in one of his many notebooks. Ive known David for a year now, and have spent that year taking photographs that help convey his message and he is now selling a book that compiles those entries and my photographs. The book is being sold in Davis at the corner of 3rd & C, and at Farmers market on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings, it costs $15.

So if youre interested, let me know or just head over to Davis yourself and have a chat with Mr David, hes a cool dude that’ll sure say he’s peaceful if you ask him how youre doing, haha. Best of luck David!

If you are interested in learning more, check out his website

Compassion Guy

so i have this awesome job that lets me do whatever i want. i didnt have too many assignments today (zero) so i was told to go find something in Alameda. that was my assignment, “go find something in alameda. Happy hunting!” its almost ridiculous how cool that is. hey, go here and do what you love doing. i can see some hating that cause of how little structure it provides, but i love it. sure some days im also busy as hell, working 13 hr days forgetting to eat because time is tight, both are great. ok back to today… so i did some research and had like 4 stops planned on my tour of alameda. i went to stop one and found a features story thatll run later sometime. but then i was driving around and saw some kids playing basketball and out went my meticulously scheduled tour. i took photos of them playing basketball for like 30min, trying to fish for the one shot that i suppose i got. then i walked around and found some old ay zee enn men fishing and took some photos there too.

ok tips and tricks. for the middle shot, i shot it as if i was shooting street. high aperture (f/8?) but prefocused about 1.5m into the shot to make sure everything stays in focus. set camera on MF so i dont have to refocus and manual cause the light was consistent…although i underexposed about a stop to get in the sky and the light on the kids faces. i fished for this shot, waited and waited until it finally came but it did take a solid 25min. all that gunk in the sky is my durrtay dirty sensor which needs to be cleaned. its not sensor dust, but i think some sort of dried liquid that still has residue left over…soo if anyone has a sensor swab, ill trade pix4cleaning.

photos

now thats the front page ive been waiting for 😀

as i was finally driving home from work after back to back to back 12 hour days i hit unexpected traffic. i saw a car overturned on the freeway. my heart started racing cause i didnt know if i should cover it or not. I call my editor and i get the go ahead, so i pass the accident, park on the overpass and walk up to the accident. i talk to the lady first and make sure shes ok, she was and no one was hurt, then i start taking photos. she asks me not to, and i had to pull the first amendment card, something ive been waiting to do for awhile actually. i said “sorry but fortunately its my right to take photos here as its a public area.” like i said, no one was hurt and the lady was in really good spirits actually

fun little portrait from today

nothing groundbreaking here, i had an assignment about a guy, kinda quirky, who paints murals under the hwy 24 overpass. I was doing all sorts of lighting experiments, some of which came out ok, but i like this one the best because it tells the story, which is something im always trying to work on.