Riding in the car with Lox

Sunset/Solstice

Santa Monica is always photogenic, and if the light sucks, make it black and white. These things will never change.

More street art from my neighborhood. Been a while since I've broken out the lens for stills. I've been experimenting with the Technicolor Cine-Profile that's been released for the canon HDSLR line. It's a great tool for video, but it's an interesting tool for stills because it forces you to think about what you can make with the photo in post rather then just being happy with whats on the back of the camera.

Pets, low light, and Zeiss glass. This is pretty much all I have the energy to photograph when I get home from work.

I know it's not my usual style, but I'm trying some new things. It's an old hassy lens (150 cf t*) so it's maxed out at f/4. It's a more pictorial style then I like but I think it still captures the moment and the soul of that punk-ass Charlie.

But see? It can take sharp pictures. I wish the focus was a little less stiff (and the adapter wasn't as wobbly) so I could use it for video work easily. This is Buster climbing all over Dakin.

And this is Locksly. He's a dog. Went back to the ZE 50/1.4 for this one. ISO 3200, 1/50th of a second. It was so dark, I can't believe I got one that was both well composed and sharp.

I got to collaborate with a long time friend and shoot a piece of photojournalism that I'm actually proud of. The piece was for the online edition of the Sierra Club magazine Sierra and it has been linked to and featured on several other sites, such as Good Magazine and the home page of the Sierra Club.

The original article can be found here: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201107/pesticides-farmworkers.aspx
The "hidden" web gallery I made for the photo editors is here: www.rowanbyersphotography.com/watsonville

It feels good to see your name in a byline.