Have You Seen My Little Lamb?

I happened upon this flock of sheep in Chino Hills today, in the most random place. I shot a video that I'm currently uploading and will post later, but for now, here are some shots from my cell phone. My iPhone recently broke so I switched to an HTC Evo, and the camera on it is amazing! (no post-editing on these photos)

This is the same place that I took these pictures, and these as well.

Golden Hour

Golden hour is really beautiful, but I had no idea how difficult it was to shoot, especially in a place with unobstructed sunlight (which in restrospect, makes sense). Thanks, Ashley, for letting me stalk you with the camera.

Film

That necklace was my sisters in high school. I'm not sure if she made it, but it somehow wound up in my room recently.

I'm starting to shoot film, or trying to anyway. I'm using an old Nikon n60, and it's pretty similar to using a digital, with one obvious difference. Every time I click the shutter, I instinctively pull the camera away from my eye and look at back door expecting to see the image :)

A random street in Chino Hills.

Slick Streets

There was a tornado warning on the news this morning...

I'm tempted to expand that into a cheesy poem but I'll just leave it be. And there actually was a tornado alert for a few hours today.

(Pictures taken from my front yard during the few minutes the rain stopped this evening)

Two Bad Neighbors

The much needed rain has finally arrived in southern California and I couldn't be happier. I'm a fan of the year round heat over here, but I love falling asleep to the sound of rain outside. Lush, green hills, stoplight reflections in the slick streets at night, old flooded streets that remind me of the insane traffic on rainy schooldays from my childhood, an excuse to wear my snuggie all day long-- those are just a few of the reasons I love the rain.

A view of Chino Hills and its surrounding cities on a cloudy evening, taken shortly after the rain stopped for the first time all day.

**I have to admit most of this is coming from the whole "absence makes the heart grow fonder" thing. If it rained all winter, you would see a lot more hate fueled posts like the previous one.

Flashback

I found some old prints from high school. This was my first day of photo class (circa 2003) when we made pinhole cameras. That building is the high school Admin Office. There wasn't any film involved, but I kind of miss processing photos and the smell of the dark room.

No Country For Old Men

Long Exposures

These were taken around 8pm and haven't been edited. Click the flickr link on the sidebar of this page to see more!

Bright Skies

These pictures were taken around 5pm in my backyard (the poor, neglected part of it that no one ever goes to) and have been uploaded straight out of my camera. The natural lighting was great.

Untouched

This is what Chino Hills looked like 20 years ago when my family first moved here. When the Canyon Corral still stood as a local landmark, before the community park was torn down to make room for the Shoppes, when most streets smelled of manure, and a when town of 78,000 people didn't need 2 CVS pharmacies on the same street. I hate the recent commercialization of Chino Hills, but I guess we're still lucky to have some untouched parts.



I had to throw in the picture of a guy on a tractor.

S.O.S.