prep.

Took this cutie out to take some professional head shots. Gettin' ready!

translucent.

my heart urged me and my hand answered.

Took a walk a couple weekends ago and found this tiny white garage hidden on Noe Street. Lilac-colored flowers draped over it from vines in the garden above. I almost lost my lens cap, I was so excited to take pictures.

Almost translucent petals.

wonder.

Why struggle to open a door between us when the whole wall is an illusion? - Rumi

Sunrise at Mt. Davidson.

Dusk at Pacifica.

#film #nikon #35mm #kodak

for you everything I give.

Happy Valentine's Day.

hillside supper club.

On a spontaneous walk through the neighborhood one weekend, we decided to swing by the Hillside Supper Club for brunch. It's a lovely little restaurant nestled near the foot of Bernal Heights Hill, on the corner of Precita Park. I stumbled upon it while looking for shelter during one of last year's random rainstorms and have continued to go back for its homey food and rustic, out-of-the-way feel. I also really like their mason jar lights. 

I ordered the open faced fried egg sandwich and she had the egg white frittata.

Gimin.

Taking a break on the way up.

General aesthetics.

Snapixel Issue 10

Creativity is something you can try to avoid for a while, but you can never escape it. 

I used to write, interview, design and edit for the photography magazine Snapixel. The following three articles are from Issue 10 of the magazine. 

I particularly liked writing and designing Edward Olive's story - his wedding photography is defiant and sexy, highlighting the undercurrent of desire that is often downplayed in that genre. In contrast to Olive's smoldering B&W photos, fashion bloggers streetpeeper & theSFstyle provided bright and colorful images that were fun to play around with. Finally, I did a Q&A with Instragram co-founder Kevin Systrom that's featured at the end of the issue. Instagram was launched in October 2010 and we did this Q&A with him at the end of that year. Pretty cool looking back at those thoughts before Instagram became the heavyweight that it is today. 

Click on the images to enlarge.

cover photo by Devin Yalkin

EDWARD OLIVE:

Streetpeeper.com &
TheSFStyle.com:

Kevin Systrom, Instragram:

empty space.

I like to run my fingers along the callouses on your hands. 
I like to feel your grip on my skin.

Burlap and wild flowers.

It's the moleskin and the drafting pen.