Influences

BMX!

I was looking through this flickr set which I highly recommend checking out. It's got some classic black and white photos of BMXing at its beginnings - the perfect blend of artistic and manly.

There are a lot of great photos in there, but this one stuck out to me the most as far as clothing.



I love the look of the classic striped sock. For those who don't understand what is so great about them, I recommend watching the movie Pineapple Express. For a good portion of the movie Seth Rogen is walking around without any pants and yet he still looks cool. How is this possible? Two words: Striped (wait for it...) Socks. There you have it, the proof that cool is all about what's on your feet.

This thing? I wipe my nose with this!

Last Friday I went to some gallery showings. This was at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center. There was a lot of good photography there but what I really noticed was this man making the rounds and chatting it up. I especially liked the colors in his tie and the way they contrasted with his shirt. I pried the "D9" camera from Kirsten's hands and approached him when we were about to leave. The conversation went much like this:

Me: Would you mind if I take your picture?
Man: Eh?
Me: I really like your tie and I wanted to take a picture.
Man: This thing? I wipe my nose with this! (proceeds to do just that)
Me: (Click)

Gotta admit that I did not plan the picture turning out so well. I think that there is definitely more character than the plain photo I had planned and I'm glad that my photo (and the only one I took at that) turned out well.

P.S. Also at ROCO, a photographer took my picture and complimented my orange flight jacket/blue flannel/blue trucker's cap outfit. It (plus the free mini eggrolls) made me happy.

Now with pictures!

I've decided that this is the best place for me to post my pictures seeing as how I don't plan on taking a lot of professional quality ones anytime soon but I'd still like to be able to showcase the ones I like. Without further ado, I present a picture from my time in Guyana. Enjoy.