Well.
It has been quite some time since I have been able to sift through all of the photos that I took and/or developed over break.
Lets recap:
- Stormtroopers for the Rose Parade
- Governer’s Inauguration and Ball (will upload later)
- Family Christmas (will upload later)
- the 1881
- Early assignments for the Orion
- Other misc Chico photos
I really don’t have any rhyme or reason to the order of the photos, I’m just going to publish whatever comes to me, so note that these aren’t chronological in any way.
I want to start off with a couple of frames I got a a buddy’s birthday recently. He turned 19, and had a pretty darn large party with plenty of alcohol to make it last. People were playing beer pong for hours until the DJ got the open air dance floor going with some Nor Cal/East Bay Music. Basically it was all Mac Dre and E-40. I might have heard Nickatina and some Tupac, but the “THIZZ NATION” definitely represented.
Represented HARD.
They were out to control the dance floor. They did.
Thizz nation? OK.
But really fellas, what’s with the glasses/goggles?
I guess it really doesn’t matter if it makes you happy.
These next two seemed pretty content with themselves.
Nice guys. stay classy.
And here is the birthday boy. He had a pretty good night.
So here is my roommate Cody. He wanted to get a tattoo in remembrance of his late infant cousin and his late friend. This frame ran in the Orion, for a “Developing Chico” segment in the paper. It’s basically a small portion of the Features section that showcases a standalone piece of work from the photography department. I liked the expression on his face, he never winced from the pain.
Over Christmas break I went with my buddy Matt to photograph an entire division of stormtroopers. George Lucas was named Grand Marshall of the 2007 Rose Parade and Bowl game, so as an escort, what could possibly be better than 200 something fully suited stormtroopers.
To these uber fans from all over the globe, apparently nothing.
To these people, this was a chance of a lifetime.
I doubt they got to actually to meet Lucas in person, but simply getting to live out the dream was enough to get these fans to practice four days straight for the parade.
The only day out of the four they practice that I attended was an informal dress rehersal, so I never got any shots with them in full gear, but I think these do justice.
Here they are spacing themsleves in formation.
It was funny watching them learn how to march around corners. These are people who own thousands of dollars worth of action figures and still hang out in comic book stores, not military personnel.
And on the left is the lucky schmuck who was chosen to be Darth Vader.
I wonder what the interviews were like for that.
“So what qualities do you have that best exemplify an ruthless imperial Sith Jedi leader?”
Riiiiiight. . .
I had found this roll of 35mm film that had to be at least 10 years old last summer, and I was really curious to see if it would still be good. I dunno, it looked kinda beat up on the outside, and hadn’t been kept in the best conditions so I tried it out.
This is what I got.
I was pretty darn pleased.
This next one is from a while back, May 1st, “MAY DAY” to be exact. I guess it was on a roll of film that I didn’t get developed until recently. I really dig this one.
On a different note, I know this guy named Lupe.
Lupe is hardcore.
Lupe doesn’t have health insurance.
Lupe had an accident.
Thank God Lupe is hardcore, or he’d be up a creek or drowning in debt.
He was on the job, and injured himself. He cut an inch and 1/2 slice into his leg with a box knife.
However, he couldn’t afford to go to the hospital so he had to fix it on his own. He gathered cleaning supplies and Krazy Glue.
Krazy Glue?
Yep, Krazy glue.
That’s how Lupe rolls.
hardcore.
He played basketball the next day too.
Speaking of basketball, I have a couple of frames from a game I shot for the Orion newspaper.
Well. . .
that’s all for now,
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