Cornerstone, Day 1

The End of June brings me back to southwest Illinois to photograph Cornerstone Festival. I have been here for just over 24 hours and am completely exhausted already (not to mention hungry and sunburnt). I will see what I can do to post on here as the fest goes on, but be on the lookout for my photos in the "Live Coverage" section of the Cornerstone website.



In spite of the amount of "work" (the quotation marks are important here) I have to do here, the decreasing number of bands I care to see, and the lack of company, cornerstone remains one of my favorite times of the year.

skate > blog

I realize today is Thursday, really I do. And while I don't think there were too many people holding their breath for a photo post yesterday, I'll just say that when it came down to blogging or riding my skateboard, I chose the latter
More to come

It's Wednesday..

..And you know what that means
PHOTO DAY!

BLAISE WAGENSOMER with a nollie BS Lip in Sherman Oaks, California from my last trip out there. The colors got a little sucked out in uploading, but it'll do. Sorry for the wait, Blaise! I just remembered I think I heard Blaise would be in town this week, if that's the case give me a call!

12 Days til Cornerstone..

Wednesday is PHOTO Day

I've been slacking on updating, and the posts have admittedly been rather unphotographic, particularly considering the subtitle to this blog is "A photographic supplement". Therefore, I am instituting PhotoDayWednesday, because while they may not be the best, my photos are inarguably more interesting than my life as of late. SO HERE GOES:



ELY PHILLIPS comin through with the crailslide at Wilson
This is the photo that was run with his little interview last month in FTK Mag, so in case you already saw that, to be fair I'll throw in another one



THOMAS CHRPA threw down for this photo to help me finish my studio final. The ollie wasNOT a land, but as far as my final goes, he really came through in a pinch for me.

so there you have it, I'll do my best to keep up with PhotoDayWednesday, and maybe even get some photos in in between as well. So, what do you say, DO YOU LIKE IT?

Good One, Chicago

off to work, then summer school starts today

FTK Mag

I got another photo run this month, and it couldn't be better for you, the reader. Why? Because not only did I shoot the photo, but it is of my good buddy Ely, and it accompanies a short interview with him regarding the wild world of skateboard photography.
You can view the magazine online, just by clicking the cover below then again on the FTK site, or pick up a FREE copy at any fine skateboard retailer.

Big Week

So much going on this week.
Got out shooting skating for the first time in...months..over the weekend. Shot with ELY and got one that may run in FTK.
Last week I came out of class to this:
so that sucked real bad, but I replaced the stolen wheel with a slight upgrade:


I've been putting the new wheel to good use at work. Monday I kept very busy and as a bonus got hooked up with some excellent car-rate runs as well

and for my final run of the day my dispatcher offered a sunny ride way up northwest; I graciously accepted

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So this week I had 1 Research Paper for History of the American City, 1 Ad recreation for Studio Lighting 2, a sculptural piece due in 3D Deisgn, and a group presentation in History of Photography with an accompanying response paper, all along with 3 full days of work. Needless to say I'll be glad when I can close the book on this week.
But I did get a new bike...