California-ya

 

 

some stock surfing pics, from the archives

 

 

soundtrack here

 

 

Why I've not added anything in a while...

June 11, 2011: Had my camera stolen, right at the end of a shoot, dude grabbed it and ran.. street corner in west Oakland. People suck.

 

June 13, 2011: Two days later Tony and I went to Puerto Rico to shoot Mirka and Tony's wedding and rented my great, awesome, wonderful friend Ebbe Roe's camera to shoot. 

July 4, 2011: Insurance policy proved itself completely worth every penny and paid for a new camera and lens.

July 5, 2011: Started work as a lead stylist on an intensive three-week shoot for Discovery Channel's 2011 catalogue and have barely had time to set up another shoot of my own. Money-making vs. free time, the eternal quandary. 

 

 

So now, instead of setting up any shoots, I've been playing with taking apart my bmw r75/5 and shooting documentary pics of that  , as well as getting in some summer rides and misc moto stuff. will reshoot soon in Oakland, and hire a crew to menacingly watch my back this time, as well as put into practice the act of working out of my car more and keeping shoots short and staying on guard.

 

 

 

 

 

Moto Melee:

 

Moto Melee 2011 (June 25- 27) ride of choice for almost 850 miles

 

 

dirt road somewhere in ca

stonyford, ca

the first of a few problems the last day

the second of a few problems the last day

the third problem of the last day

hole in the right piston made the chase truck the only ride home, the last day

Puerto Rico!

Puerto Rico!

We returned last week from to Bahia Salinas, where I photographed the wedding of Mirka Morales and Tony Lopes! It was an awesome chance to visit an American territory far off in the Carribean.

This is the first start of an edit of my pics, Tony's to follow soon

wedding location was at the red star

love them shoes!

beach wedding!

greenest iguana ever

Beautiful Mirka!

Mirka and the Kids

still not sure what they used these fruit loops for?

crazy baby shot...

The Venerable David Leonard

Shot Sunday, May 15, 2011, 

David Leonard, aka Dart Ajax. 

(Up in a secret location near Bolinas, CA, I shot these photos of him)

 

while shooting I felt Dave was a little reminiscent of an Edward Gorey character

BMW r75/5 top end removal

Finally got the cylinders off today, have a (tomorrow) morning appointment with Robert Grauer in San Jose to take them in for inspection, rebuild, etc etc.

Liberal amounts of PB Blaster to get the exhaust nuts loose, common sense with removing stuff, the photos in the Clymer book and empty egg cartons, ziploc bags and lots of labelling to hold all the various bolts and nuts. I wish I'd taken more pics, but my hands were pretty gunked up.

initial oil draining.

found this guy deep within the fins

the glove knows..

 .. how to keep garage crud out of the combustion chambers.

this was as far as it went, initially.

 Had a heckofa time getting them off. Stopped this side, went to the other. Asked Tony to finesse it as I stood cursing and kicking stuff on the other side of the garage. We more or less had to push the four long bolts apart to get the cylinders to slide off. The threading kept catching, towards the cylinder head end. Pain in the BUTT.

I don't have a photo (but should) of how I got the piston pin off, but it involved a hairdryer and about 5 minutes of blowing heat on piston. I hope it works well in reverse.

piston connecting rod held in place by purple rubber band, a la Chapter 4, figure 172 of the Clymer bmw bible.

a strange frontal view of a bmw

completely BROKE my fuel filter trying to take gas line apart

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and then, just because I didn't want to stop, I took apart the air filter case and the starter cover. Just to see it more bare bones (and to clean them.) Also took apart the choke cable assembly to check it out. kind of cool. No pics, got dirty

Rambo Baldini!

yes Lord of the Flies, and a little First Blood thrown in too. pal Dave Baldini's brave son Bruno..

Shana's pregnancy shoot: Easter Sunday 2011

Shana Sachs Jaime hired me to photograph her second pregnancy, last weekend. We hit local parks in Redwood City and had some great weather, her husband Hector and son Diego came along for help too..

I was inspired by friend and wedding bride client of mine's pregnancy shoot earlier this year here on Dear to My Art Photography. Best of luck, Shana, with bringing little Paloma into the world!!!

Love this Shana picture!

 

Lucha Libre and Optimus Prime, holla!