The series of headphones shots I did last year have been doing very well, selling several hundred already this year.  In that time, I’ve yet to be informed as to how they are being used, until now.  Here is one example of how this royalty free stock photo was used:

This has also been added to the Published page.

I heard this quote last night and it kind of stuck with me, so I wanted to share it.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up and knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up and knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle; when the sun comes up, you better start running.

Best I can tell, it was first quoted by Herb Caen, but I could be wrong.  If you know different, please share.

Mune hit me up this morning to meet for breakfast slash lunch and we originally intended on going for sushi, but being Sunday every place was closed at noonish when we went.  I grabbed my camera for the outing, having just bought a new 5d, I wanted to start shooting more and figured this would be a great way to do some street photography, something I rarely do anymore.  While waiting for Mune to finish getting ready, I snapped their neighbors front porch slash office setup.

We had heard that there was a Belgian waffle place not far from where we were so we hit that up.  I’m always a bit leery of ordering espresso at new places, but seeing a pair of quality grinders and a for serious espresso machine, I figured it couldn’t be that bad.  I was wrong.  I ordered a double espresso, I didn’t see the chick behind the counter dose from the grinders, so I’m thinking it was pre-ground, but who does that?  I also saw her grab a latte cup, not an espresso cup, even though there were two dozen of them on top of the machine.  Who pulls a double espresso into a latte cup?  It was slightly bitter and the cup wasn’t pre-warmed, so the espresso turned cold about twice as fast as it should have.  This is how it was served to me.

Mune ordered a regular coffee and I also got an Orange Pellegrino, something I usually wouldn’t get but was somehow in the mood. At least Mune seemed to enjoy her drink.

I ordered an egg, cheese and bacon panini sandwich which came on a waffle, I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was, never having a sandwich on a waffle before.

Mune forced me to share waffles and ice cream with her.  Something about it being a sin to be in a waffle place and not order it.  We got butterscotch ice cream with a dark chocolate sauce over a pecan waffle.

Look how happy she is!

YUM!

We decided to do a short lap around the downtown Bethlehem area, feeling guilty about what we just ate.  This gave me a chance to do some street photography and shoot some stock stuff as well.

While walking around we saw a new second hand shop.  Oddly enough, their window display showcases a t-shirt from a South Side Bethlehem skateshop owned by our friend Andy, Homebase.  After all, Homebase is where the heart is!

The following shots of the peeling brick wall I had spotted a few days earlier but did not have my camera with me.  The texture really drew me in and I wanted to show the punch colors off in post processing.  I’ve also started to really appreciate a good vignette on a photo, so added a thick one in around the shots.

It felt good to walk around and just take photos, even if it was a bit muggy outside.  Hopefully I can continue to do this on a more regular basis.  Thanks to Mune for spending the afternoon with me, great company and even better model!

OK so today isn’t the 4th, it’s actually the 5th, but whatever, it is still a good time to blow shit up. Matt asked if I wanted to tag along to a friend’s farm where they set off about $7,000 worth of fireworks every year. Who am I to say no. This whole weekend has been muggy and rainy though, so I left all my camera gear at home. Thank goodness for camera phones.

And finally, 15 minutes of fireworks! No one got hurt, we all had a blast and hopefully the weather will be a bit better next year so I can take a real camera out.

Borrowed a camera for the weekend that shoots 9 frames per second along with a super wide angle lens.  The result is Kyle doing a blunt slide on a picinic table below.  This animated file is made up of 16 individual shots and then laced together with a 0 second delay between them.  Props to Homebase for putting on the skate jam.

Here are a few of the 16 shots that make up this series,

Just found out that one of my images is being used for a splash page to try to get people excited to go to Costa Rica. My image on iStock can be seen here. Design is below, and added to the Published page.

Thank you to everyone who came out last night to make Pulse an amazing night. Below are a teaser set of photos, all of them will be up shortly on Audio Dynamikz.

Tuesday night Christy met up with me for some shooting after work.  We had intended to shoot along a river but due to the thick wooding, couldn’t get to the spot we wanted and quickly headed towards the back-up location.  Upon arriving we new that it would only be a short time before we got wet from the storm that was rolling in, but it did give us some great cloud cover.  To add to the madness, part of my gear broke as I was setting up remote flashes and I didn’t have a spare with me.  Lesson learned.  I’m still very happy with the photos though.

If you have not yet made it to an Audio Dynamikz event, you are truely missing out.  This one should not be missed.  As mentioned before, the flyer is made up of images that I shot at the last event and I’ll be at this one capture memories all night.

All info at myspace.com/audiodynamikz & Homebase610.com

Shot over the weekend, newly accepted stock.

Download the high-resolution royalty free image here.