first river trip of 2011:

my first river trip involved an amazing motorcycle ride, buds, babes, perfect weather, and the river. what more could you ask for? first roll shot with the 50mm lens for the canon, and I think I'm gonna go back to the 28mm for the next roll, I like it a lot better.

homies

on the bmx is adam who, after this trip we took to the local skate park, has become one of my favorite new people. the dude is mega rad, and I'm super stoked for emily (pic 2, reading the bible) that she gets to hang out with him all the time. good people. then there's some dead thing, and the view from their driveway. fun day, though I was really embarrassed to be so sore from doing a couple of bunny hops.

the brit

so, we took another foreign european type shooting with us, this time, some kid from where bbc is from. he seemed scared, and also, angry that I kept calling him the brit. this wasn't meant as a diss, more that I just couldn't remember his name, and he was the only foreigner there. he was not nearly as attractive as our last foreigner, but he was a nice kid.

what the fuck?

it's this kind of insanity that makes vanj great. "would you like to shoot the ar?" "sure, hang on a sec..." *digs through bag, pulls out a mask, puts it on* "okay, I'm ready!

andrew

I really like andrew. he's what I would describe as a "capitol weirdo". this is a great thing to be, a little eccentric, a bit weird, but a good dude. this picture's not that great, but I wanted to post it because I like the hella old grandpa gun, the sleeveless t, and the goofy haircut together. it's a nice combo.

alexis wrekk: gunslinger

alex was un- comfortable about shooting guns. I told her over and over again how safe and sane we were shooting, and that if she wanted to come, I'd be happy to have her. she came, and became the first person to hurt themselves with a gun that we've shot with. I felt really bad. luckily, it was a little ding. sorry, alex.

back in time vanj

we went shooting this summer. and I developed the film this winter. a couple of the shots looked weird. I like them. vanj + pistol + cheerleading outfit. whynot?

miguel

miguel has this beautiful bike. it's pretty awesome. I think I wanna buy it from him when he decides to sell it.

the broken mamiya, part two.

in seattle, I hung out with natalia, a wonderful friend who I have known since I was 17. which was 14 years ago. which is a really, really, really long time. we went out for drinks in the daytime and talked about mental health. very rewarding. I'm pretty in love with that first picture, even though it would have been nice to see it without the light leaks.

the broken mamiya, part one.

so, my $12 SLR, that I love, that has served me so well, has gained some being broken to it. Some of these look alright, even with the massive light leaks, mostly I wish these pictures would have came out alright. oh well. it is what it is. vic and I went to seattle. vic's vw caddy got us there awesomely, followed by fucked up flowers, and talia's arm while driving.

f/s: one gently used belt buckle

this shit's going on ebay. a vast improvement, even if it doesn't actually help keep pants up anymore.

THIS IS WHAT FIGHTING FOR YOUR FREEDOM LOOKS LIKE

james shooting the shit out of some shit.

arwen

I've mentioned arwen's awesomeness and gun lovingness many times, (like here: ARWEN) and the only thing I really have to add this time is that she's a scorpio, and we bro-d down about that, and her skylark, while a really debatable mode of long distance travel, did a fine job of getting us to simon's and back. she's still rad, she's still tougher than you, and there we are.

meggan

meggan's pretty rad. I don't know much about her, something about redneckery in her past, but never having shot a gun before, she works at a cafe, she wears doilies, which I don't even know if that's how you spell that. but she seems pretty awesome. so that's cool. I would question her sense of direction, especially when drunk, but my friend elias once walked four miles in the wrong direction while wasted, and he's lived in portland for like 7 years. it happens. anyway, if I wasn't lazy, I'd make an animated gif of the first two pictures. also, she looks sort of scart with that tec, no?

not with gun

I like this picture of mica. she wasn't shooting anything, but it's still pretty rad.

victor

so, I only got a couple good shots of vic shooting, mostly because he didn't yell or walk at targets or shoot with the gun sideways as much as everyone else. but I really like the one of him here with the tec, and I think he and mica ended up making a really weird/awesome picture together.

my girl.

mica had never gone shooting before. I wasn't really sure how she'd feel about it, whether or not she'd be stoked on it. about half way through the day she looked over at me, with this awesome goofy grin, while holding a semi- auto tec-9, and I got the impression she was having a good time.

mal and james, a love story.

nothing romantic than teaching your wife how to shoot a gun. mal with her first shot, mal figuring out how to get over her winking problem, mal smoking and shooting a tec-9.

mt hood

we woke up early one saturday morning, well early for me, having worked the night before, and early for other members of the group having worked hard drinking the night before, and we headed to the beautiful mt hood. it was warm, but not too warm, there was a small bit of snow still on the ground. it was incredibly beautiful, and we had a great time. shooting guns.

the park

after spending a beautiful day riding my moped all over, I went to meet up with david and daniel and a bunch of their friends at the park. and then I laid on the ground, took some pictures, then took a nap. it was great.