cold and crystal

i always wind up taking the same photo with a couple different cameras. alex was not into the many shutter clicks it took to make these two images, but she put up with me well enough. the top one is from my 5d mark ii and the bottom one was taken on portra film with my ae-1.

this is the last dance

 

(as always, click to enlarge.)

these are pictures of my very talented friend lucy yim rehearsing her latest dance project, lightnoise. i made them just before she took the show down to austin. she's working with jesse mejia, a light and sound artist. i'm actually pretty happy with the way they turned out -- but, honestly, they don't do justice to the sight of the projection running along lucy's body as she moves. very, very neat stuff.

on the brink of something close

we shot another person for the video today. this is what she looked like.

i see you everywhere

part of the trouble project that i posted about a couple days back is that i've been taking a polaroid portrait of each person in the film (and the poet). here are the first few. (i've been having some trouble with the scans -- so these colors aren't quite right.)

matthew

barbara

bonden

bonden no. 2

in the morning i get out of bed

for the past few weeks i've been working with casey and sarah on making a visual representation (sorta-not-really) of matthew dickman's poem "trouble." we had been working on the project for a while when i figured it might be worth asking matthew to narrate for us. he agreed and yesterday we went to his se portland apartment to listen to him read aloud a poem i've only ever heard in my head. (he and casey are in the next photograph.)

the more time i put into this project the more excited about it i get. having him as the narrator has definitely helped, too. these are just a few stills of the project and the folks in it so far. we're still about a month away from wrapping up, but stay tuned for more updates.

sweet summer night and i'm stripped to my sheets

my room.

time is moving, times get rough

i mentioned earlier that i'd rented a ring flash for a shoot -- well here's what i wound up with. these photos were the brain child of sarah baker, a very cool stylist working out of portland. it feels a little weird to look at them, only because i'm so used to more candid photography. that said, i had a lot of fun with the process and especially with the postproduction -- i usually don't do much with the photos once i've shot them.

having troubles telling how i feel

my very talented friend asked me to take some pictures of a dance project she's working on. i have some really nice, crisp digital images that i'll post here soon. for the time being, though, here are a few shots i got with my canon ae-1. (the lines through some of the frames are due to a bad scan.)

i want to climb a tree

"mount st. helens. next right. get off here."
"here?"
"here!"

something happens and it's not enough

hiding in daydreams

another photo taken on 35 mm. this is just the beginning of a fresh roll ...