The Cal State Games for the various Jr Lifeguard programs in Southern California were held yesterday at Coronado State Beach.  Boys and girls aged 9-17 competed in a variety of events including distance runs, distance swims, relays, water rescues and beach flags.  It was great to see so many young people compete and have fun in positive atmosphere at one of San Diego’s many natural resources.  And it was a beautiful day to play hooky from the real world…

What do you make with your hands?

At Azucar, they make delectable desserts!

Room 2601 & 2 – Hilton Bayfront, San Diego, CA

I can’t believe it’s over already…It seems like just a couple of days ago we met on the field and introduced ourselves all around.  Some of the boys knew each other and some had never met.  Some had even played together on various teams already.  This year they would come together as the Bad News Bears.  They gelled as a team immediately.  They had fun and played hard.  I agreed over a year ago to take a team.  I wanted my son’s last season of Little League Baseball to be a good one.  It’s a magical time in a boy’s life.  It was for me and I wanted the same for my oldest son.  Somewhere between fantasy and reality, where you can still live the dream…

I present here the 2011 Point Loma Little League Brigantine Bad News Bears!

Frank

Cole

Brendan

Mitchell

Evan

Micheal

Issiah

JD

Nick the Stick

Shane

You be the judge…Rad, or not so Rad.

I’ll give you a hint, as if you needed one…

They were all shot with the Hipstamatic I-phone app….So they Must be AWESOME!

Recently took a drive through South Central California.

Makes me wonder what one would have found on a similar trek 100, 200, 1000 years ago.

Profile and Feature Interview from the 2010 4th Quarter ASMP San Diego Newsletter.

Click to download the full PDF.

Been looking at some of the photographers that influenced me when I first started out – Robert Frank, Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Walker Evans, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Ralph Gibson, Clarence John Laughlin.  Frank, Klein, and Evans still resonate for me.  Gibson, not so much anymore.  Meatyard, Laughlin & Cartier-Bresson are great, just not as influential any more.

Who were your influences?

Which early influences still resonate for you?

William Klein – Candy Store, Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 1954-55

Robert Frank – Trolley—New Orleans, 1955 from The Americans

Walker Evans -   Fish Market Near Birmingham, Ala., 1936

Henri Cartier-Bresson – Behind the Gare St. Lazare, 1932

Ralph Gibson – The Somnambulist, 1970

Clarence John Laughlin – The Masks Grow to Us 1947

Ralph Eugene Meatyard – Occasion for Diriment, 1962

We shot another ad earlier in the week for CA Bank & Trust and their “They Had Me at Hello” campaign.

This time we worked with the great folks at PKL who service helicopters for the Military.

Here are some behind the scenes shots of the PKL guys plying their trade.