some of the hypocrisy in eugene really trips me out. like i see white kids who are all dooded out like some cross between bob marley (with their dreadlocks) and jerry garcia, and they are into all these good food save the earth organic greenpeace trips, but as my mom (IN the 70s) and her [...]

funny how much more comfortable people are with you pointing a still camera at them than a video camera.
  

i wonder if it is strange to my two year old daughter that she enjoys eating “chicken” and also laughs and waves to the cartoon animal on TV that i tell her is a “chicken.” 
welcome back to the world, old soul. you remember how it go.
  

dumpster-dreads, originally uploaded by nezua.
i think this is my favorite so far of the dumpster series. i plan to keep this series going. maybe it will be my first showing. once i’ve shot all summer, i’ll invite all the people of the town the opening and we’ll…break bread.
i wish these images were a bit sharper…shooting [...]

 
goldmorning, originally uploaded by nezua.

at this point i’m still learning the DSLR, this canon. i haven’t really begun to push it yet, to that place where you find your sketches, your inner eye stretches, your bellysoul retches. gotta learn the tool first. gotta know the tool well first. gotta be aligned with the tool to [...]

oh GOD i am practically nodding out because there is nothing more boring and repetitive than drawing hundreds of corn kernels on a cob. well, it’s partially because i woke up at about 2 am today and couldn’t sleep. not sure what that’s about, but this corn is telling me to take a nap. good [...]

 
limeandsalt, originally uploaded by nezua.

i could probably go round and round with the idea of ‘what does it mean to be a photographer now’ and in many ways and its even possible that i might never answer it and even tho it might sound like psychosocial diddling it’s not a trivial question because it makes [...]

 
totem, originally uploaded by nezua.

i had a conversation recently with a photographer, someone in their 20s about this and that, realized we were grappling with a few ideas that couldn’t be wrapped up tidy, that i wanted to think on a while, that i’ve been thinking on. this person became offended by those who asked [...]

mentor, originally uploaded by nezua.

it became very simple all of a sudden i thought about it, the job just demands too much time for what it pays. it’s not bout love or gratitude or potential or anything like that. it’s about the second law, about replenishing energy, about practicality. about eating. about having some peace, [...]

 
lucesflantastica, originally uploaded by nezua.

i’ve a lot of work to get done this week so i doubt i’ll return to any intensive sort of blogging at UMX right away and i dont mind that a bit it feels good to get out of the cram to pull out of the bumper to bumper virtual traffic [...]

i can understand on ebay when someone lists something as “mint.” but i’m not sure i get why they will use the word MINT three times. “EF 50mm Lens *MINT* *MINT* *MINT*”
  

sp-walkbutton, originally uploaded by nezua.
the best thing about today is that the sun is out. so that makes me happy.
NOW! i’m off to shoot my vlog. that’s what they say in transylvania when the domestic animals get into the henhouse. now ya know. bell biv devoe.
shooooot. i’m always shooting something, you know? shoot for beauty. [...]

people who can’t laugh at themselves just look sillier when everyone else is.
  

here we go. time to shoot some dancers.
  

sunny but cold.