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On » Thursday, July 10, 2008 //

ok, yesterday was another rained out day, so no work for me...

sigh...

so i decided to do something creative, constructive, and productive. a photo shoot.

as previously stated, i am an aspiring photographer. And yes, i do realize that this dream may not be accomplished overnight. And yes i do have this "instant gratification" thing going on.

but anyway, i called up derrick and dre... and said "hey, lets shoot some pictures"

they were down, arrived at my housed dressed and high, but hey whatever.

so we didn't really have any ideas, so we went down to the beach to get the creative flow started... i live like 2 mins, literally from the ocean front.

so, one thing i realize is that shooting people takes patience and cooperation from the subjects. and some people just aren't comfortable in front of the camera.

but anyway, dre, the crazy looking one, seems to just transform for the camera, he does realize great photos come from exaggerated, unique events.

so he begins his antics. sometimes, i actually thought he was going to kill himself doing some of the things he was doing. and derrick, just sits back and allows these things to happen.

so, as we walk through the various areas, i try to stop them so they could take at least a few well composed pictures, but i guess they just didn't really understand my vision. so i did the best i could with what i had. so when we finally get down to the sand, dre asks if i could see him through the viewfinder further down the beach, im like...

"oh shit, he's about to do some crazy shit" but i say yeah.

so i start shooting some shots, not knowing if i he was going to do a cart wheel, a dive, do something crazy to an unsuspecting locale or tourist. i was clueless, so i snapped like 200 shots of him walking rather than just switching to movie mode, because i had no idea of what was about to happen, but now you can see...