doug.&.robyn

'true love isn't finding the perfect person. true love is loving the imperfect person, perfectly.'

In early August of last year I gladly escaped the city streets of Seattle to venture down to Hood River, Oregon to be a part of Doug and Robyn Reynolds wedding. I originally met Doug and his now wife in late 2009. And while the circumstances of mine and Doug's meeting were rather inauspicious, our passion for all things photography sealed the deal on our friendship.

I was not commissioned as a photographer for Doug & Robyn's wedding. Thankfully! Weddings can be quite the stressful ordeal for a photographer of any caliber to endure, let alone for one who's never photographed one. With this said, this set is incomplete, akin to any other of the guests who took random images throughout the wedding.

I only post this now because if I do not Robyn is literally going to kill me. That's right, I've held on to these images for the past 8 months unable to do much with them after my computer went on the fritz during my journey.

It is with extreme gratitude that I have had the privilege of knowing both Doug & Robyn who are about the most beautiful, kindest and most awesome people anyone could know.

from.the.brick

Self admittedly, I ruined this roll of film. A fifth of Vodka ruins a lot of things. Nevertheless, with homemade Screwdrivers in my bag and Death Cab for Cutie in my ears it was an amazing, almost surreal experience to drift aimlessly amongst the grandeur and pace of San Franscicos' city streets. 

Granted, a couple of these images made the roll, albeit from different cities.

This being said, these images are, for me, a resounding proof that my passion for Street Photography is lost in this city. The city streets of San Francisco move in much the same manner my body and mind do. An abundance of juxtapositions and compositions are offered on every city street. I can see them. I can feel them.

The atrophied dog unwilling or unable to peek at the curious stranger taking his masters photo, the observance of those in the external connected to the internal via mobile devices, the man peeking back at the Asian girls bum, the compositions which exude juxtapositions which portray social disparity ... it's all there.

My only regret is having so little time.

I guess I shall have to remedy this..

:)