JanDotFerrer

YelaWolf One Shot

2010-05-02T00:55:00.000-07:00

Sometimes all it takes is one shot. "Hey Yela can I got a shot of you?"

On JanFerrer.com

Moving Forward

2010-05-02T00:51:00.000-07:00

I haven't really had time to update. Actually damn lazy to. Lately everything has been moving too fast, and when things slow down I crash. Things have been pretty unreal. SXSW. Japan. NY next week. In the meantime I've gone from a photographer to cinematographer. The transition is strange and yet almost seamless. I have to thank Josh from 24kMilkCrate for taking me along and pushing me. I've been meeting people left and right. Artists, rappers, writers, bloggers. Every one of them hustlers. I can't help but be inspired and pushed to go further. Within this past few months I've put out more work than I did in the year 2009. As long as I have people around to push and inspire me this journey of progression won't be halted.

I got hooked up with a new logo. I've updated JanFerrer.com.

The Rundown

2010-03-11T13:16:00.000-08:00

I've been crazy busy lately working for 24kmilkcrate. Been shooting a ton of video and taking photos. I've basically gone from being laid out in bed and barely being able to walk to sprinting through a marathon. In between that I've managed to launch www.JanFerrer.com. I finally have a website so maybe I can start charging people some money?

The Mani(LA)ist

2010-01-21T06:10:00.000-08:00

I'm back in the Philippines. This is my second trip and I still feel awkward as ever. I was born here 24 years ago. I even went to school here until I was 4.

Here I am back at home. Back to the place I was born, and I'm as quiet as ever. I don't talk much. Not for lack of things to say or talk about. Well actually for lack of things to say. It's the lack of things to say in Tagalog in Ilocano.

Tagalog was the first language I ever learned to read and write, and here I am 19 years later not knowing how to form a sentence. I can understand the words and I can say one or two word phrases. O po, hindi po, isa lang, ako lang, and my favorite pero hindi. Even my understanding of the language is sketch. I have to divert all my attention to the words otherwise I lose it. In a sea of conversations, laughter and noise I drown in incoherence and I struggle until someone throws me a life raft known as English.

Just when I think I have a grasp on the language and get confident enough to speak I stutter and mispronounce myself into regression. My confidence just took a wrong left and decided to stay lost. My uncle says in tagalog "It's good you still speak the language," after I replied "O po." (respectful way to say yes) My confidence swells and I reply "Na ka ka inasjdnkansdnadnkad," and jumble my words. He replies, "Huh?" I say nothing. My attempt to say I understand was completely FUBAR and I give up.

It didn't really help that earlier last week my mom dictated a message for me to text someone. I tried as best as I could to type what she said. I showed her the message and she promptly laughed. What the fuck? I thought.

I need to keep trying, but this frustration is ridiculous. I attempted to buy a phone card today. "Meron ka yo ng Globe na load?" nope that one didn't work either. It went more like "asdasdadad Globe?"

I've got two weeks before I leave this place. Maybe I'll actually have a conversation.

Travellin' Man

2010-01-13T16:40:00.000-08:00

I'm gettin' ready to resurrect this blog with some photos and words from my travels. For now just enjoy the song...

Great Beach Shots

2009-08-31T21:55:00.001-07:00

Originally uploaded by yosigo!!!

Got this from the Flickr blog. I really like that the photographer kept these shots simple. Coupled with the muted tones these photos are amazing. Great composition. I've never seen beach shots done this fresh.

Going Dark

2009-07-27T22:37:00.000-07:00

Took some snapshots outside the house of Aaron and Patrick after a long day of setting up the studio and clearing out the garage. Played with the high ISO setting on the MkII. The amount of noise is ridiculously low for ISO 12800.
I was inspired by my roommate to go dark with these shots. So I went the moody b&w high contrast route. Maybe I'll do more like this.

Patrick Kawahara

Aaron Shiosaki

Experimental Stages

2009-07-27T00:11:00.001-07:00

Experimental Stages

Set up a temporary studio in the garage w/ a discarded seamless. Still have to work out some kinks with the lighting. One of the strobes failed so we had to set up an SB 800 w/ the umbrella, and a dedicated strobe in the softbox.

Random Photo Hour

2009-07-10T01:58:00.000-07:00

Got out to the Sutro Baths and the park by the Cliff House to take random photos with the roommates.

The 5D Mark II is Amazing.

2009-06-26T13:04:00.000-07:00

A few shots from last night. Mostly shot at ISO 6400.

Just a simple crowd shot, but definitely my favorite shot of the night. Definitely shows the high ISO capability of the Mark II.

24Karat Weekend.

2009-06-22T16:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a few more shots from the weekend.

Planet Asia and Evidence at Turntable Lounge.

Downtown Spinnin'.

Here's a preview for 24karatmilkcrate's Blasssssted section.

Road Trip

2009-06-21T13:11:00.001-07:00

Took a road trip down to LA to handle some business with Josh from 24karatmilkcrate on the way down we got caught in the smoke of a fire by the 5 South. The fire produced some funky color in the different shots. As you can see the photos shot directly into the sun had a bit of a darker tone than the others. More pictures from the weekend coming up. You can check the rest at 24karatmilkcrate.

Distractions

2009-05-18T15:25:00.000-07:00

Got caught up checkin out the Walrus blog while I'm trying to write papers. But this one is definitely worth sharing. Took it from the Upper Playground Blog. Estevan speaks the truth and I've never met the guy, but he seems humble as fuck from this interview. Catch him on the Run Up.

"Everybody thinks you just focus the lens, and you push the button. What's so fuckin' hard about it?" - Estevan Oriol. Estevan hits the nail on the head with this interview about photography and the hustle.

Fort Funston Hang Gliding Multimedia

2009-05-05T17:01:00.001-07:00

The Fort Funston Hang Gliding multimedia project is finally up. I have to say I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Hang gliding photos were done by me. The video was shot and produced by Phil Marshall and Dave Miers.

Chiaroscuro

2009-05-02T12:52:00.000-07:00

This looks like a great show. I wish I was in LA for it.

Photos up...

2009-04-29T20:26:00.000-07:00

from the past couple shoots on OhDangMag.com and 24KaratMilkcrate.

Hollywood Holt
Curt@!n$

Its Curt@!n$ for All You Other Rappers

2009-04-28T23:10:00.000-07:00

Another photoshoot for OhDang/24KaratMilkcrate today. I had a simple light set up planned with the 580ex II, a light stand and a pair of pocket wizards, but I forgot the light stand with the flash attachment. So I pulled out the dyna light kit with the soft box and made these images. Curt@!n$ was extremely easy to photograph. The guy was a natural character. These were shot in the Fifty24SF gallery. Artwork by Hush. More photos on Flickr.

Catch him performing tomorrow night @330 Ritch w/ Mickey Factz

24Karat Milkcrate Presents...

2009-04-24T14:54:00.000-07:00

Took some photos last night at the 24Karat Milkcrate Show. Hopie Spitshard, JBillion, and Hollywood Holt performed. The lighting was bad for photos as most concerts are, but I still managed to get some good shots in between the drinking and the dancing. Props to everyone that rocked the show.

Here is one of my favorite shots of the night. Hollywood Holt brought some mad energy. Check the rest on Flickr.

Check out http://24karatmilkcrate.blogspot.com/ for the aftermath.

Lighting Set Ups

2009-04-21T16:14:00.000-07:00

Lately I've been stuck on playing around with lighting. It's the foundation of a great photo IMO and when you can control the light you're one step closer to making a better photo. I found this on the Flickr blog and decided to steal... err share this this link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/

I've been pretty stoked by the prospect of getting more lights and gear. I helped my roommate Patrick in a photo shoot for J-Billion and http://24karatmilkcrate.blogspot.com last Friday. We were struggling with the flash when I noticed live plugs in the area we were shooting. Luckily I brought the light kit I borrowed from school, set up some strobes and we were able to rock some great shots.

Check out the 24Karat blog for the full set, and Patrick Kawahara dot Com for some great photography.

Photo by Patrick Kawahara

Also check out J-Billion this Thursday @ the Rickshaw Stop

NBA Finals

2009-04-18T19:23:00.001-07:00

NBA Finals started today and I can't wait to see the Cavs and the Lakers in the championship round. This is gonna be great.
My pics for the first round in the west are Lakers over Jazz, Blazers over Rockets, Mavs over Spurs, Hornets over Nuggets.

And in the East Bulls over Boston, Magic over Sixers, Heat over Hawks, and Cavs over Pistons.

API Smash

2009-04-15T17:09:00.000-07:00

I got to shoot this concert held by the Asian Student Union and the Manalo Movement on campus called API Smash. API Smash stands for Asian Pacific Islanders Supporting Mexican American Super Heroes, I think. Check out the photo on Flickr.

This is the slideshow on xpress.sfsu.edu click the bottom right corner for full screen.

Seatbelt Camera Straps!!

2009-04-13T12:11:00.000-07:00

These remind me of the bus seatbelts we used to steal to make belts. Looks pretty cool, and comfortable.

From Photojojo.com

Wedding Photos

2009-04-01T19:02:00.000-07:00

I got a chance to photograph my first wedding. It was my friend's parent's 25th wedding Anniversary. I came into it not knowing what I had to do and never having shot a wedding so I was pretty nervous. Overall I think they turned out okay and I'm thankful that they look much better in black & white. I'm glad I had this opportunity, it actually gave me some confidence to try and tackle a bigger wedding. Hopefully next time I'll have other shooters.

Gliders @ Fort Funston

2009-03-26T16:07:00.001-07:00

One of the last things did before spring break was shoot some hang glider pilots @ Fort Funston. I was fortunate enough to have nice weather on my side for some good even lighting. I got some great shots that might even be portfolio worthy and I think I might be able to score a ride on one of the tandem gliders.

Check out the rest on Flickr

Rugby Photos

2009-03-16T18:08:00.000-07:00

It was fucking cold so I didn't get too into the practice photos.
I think I got some decent shots considering I haven't shot much this semester.

check out the rest on my flickr

The Wackness

2009-02-17T00:31:00.000-08:00

If you grew up in the 90's, lived partially in the 90's or just love 90's hip hop. This movie is for you.

Burning out

2009-02-08T16:11:00.000-08:00

Lately photography has become a second priority. Almost the last thing I kinda look forward to daily. I'm burning out. I need to take photos for myself and find new angles. I was looking at Estevan Oriol's work again. I got inspired. I don't wanna be an Estevan clone but his work is undeniably good.

http://upperplayground.com/blog/estevan_oriol

http://www.estevanoriol.com/streetlife.htm

Medicine for Melancholy

2009-01-29T19:21:00.000-08:00

I'm really digging the trailer for this movie. I hope I get a chance to support it and watch it in theaters.

Philippines

2009-01-15T02:12:00.000-08:00

I've only been here a little over a week and so far its been great. Its been tiresome, exhausting, interesting, and heartwarming at the same time. I've seen family I haven't seen in 18 years and its really humbling to find out I've been missed all these years. I've seen places that I only know as distant memory flashes and I stayed in places that I used to call home but bare no recollection.
From the moment I stepped off the plane everything has been a strange trip. A jeepney owned by my uncle came to pick us up. I've only seen them in pictures and I could swear I rode them when I was a kid but to have it was the first thing to pick me up was awesome. The first few minutes were a culture shock. There were so many cars and motorcycles on the road all fighting for space and no one gives a shit about lines on the road or traffic laws.
The culture shock came when I saw the conditions that people lived in the first few minutes outside of the airport. Small shanty towns by the river, shanty towns along the road. This is Manila this is the middle of the city. Out here poor is poor and when you think its rock bottom you take a drive down the road and well its gets even poorer. Still I'm amazed how people stay self reliant and improvise, and just how they get along their day to day lives.
Anyway I'm getting off into a tangent. Basically living here has been pretty comfortable save for the bathroom situation ahah. Bathing consists of using bucket of water and small basin. If my relatives weren't so nice I'd have to use straight up cold water like they do here but they've been nice enough to boil water for me.

The bathrooms are okay although most places I've stayed dont usually have toilet paper and no working plumbing to flush. You just gotta get creative sometimes and use your imagination. I haven't even used a public restroom. Be fucking thankful for what we have in the US. Just picture the worst bathroom you've seen then take away toilet paper and a flushing mechanism. Welcome to Philippines.

So far the people have been great, the food has been awesome.

Except I've gotten a couple fevers and well I ate something that demolished my stomach. Im still having a great time.

In the meantime check out my flickr. I got some goodies up for everyone.
Flickr

Battle Hooch!!

2009-01-01T23:15:00.000-08:00

One of my last assignments was to do a Multimedia piece on a band called Battle Hooch. They're an eclectic band with a pretty off beat style. I haven't heard their usual songs but the night I covered them they did some Beatles covers as part of a theme night. They had the best set of the night. Unfortunately the producer botched the audio. So enjoy the pictures, don't blame the audio on me. Check out the group @ myspace.com/battlehooch

Battle Hooch!

Bettie Page

2008-12-13T16:56:00.000-08:00

Pin up queen Bettie Page dies at age 85.
April 22nd, 1923 - December 11th, 2008

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-page12-2008dec12,0,6058175.story

Capoeira

2008-10-09T17:25:00.000-07:00

Check out the photos I shot for my multimedia piece on the Xpress online site.

http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/011766.html

Click view multimedia.

New Flickr Pictures

2008-09-13T23:01:00.000-07:00

up on the flickr

SFSU Soccer

2008-09-05T18:37:00.001-07:00

One of my photos made it on to the Xpress! It was my first time shooting with such a big lens (3oomm 2.8) and I wasn't expecting any of my photos to actually make it to the public.

Here is the article written by my friend Andrew Altman

and here is the photo by me. Read the article enjoy the photo.

50mm 1.8

2008-09-05T17:02:00.000-07:00

I'm gonna try and shoot with the 50mm 1.8 on a daily basis. Let's see how that works out.

One year later...

2008-09-04T19:27:00.001-07:00

New start. New Gear. New semester.
Here's what my bag looks like this year.

Here's what I've been doing with my photography.

Here is my photos on a website other than mine! OhDang!

It's been awhile

2008-09-04T11:21:00.001-07:00

time to get back on top of this shit

New Gear!!!

2007-07-12T21:51:00.000-07:00

Apple MacBook pro 2.2GHz, Canon 30D, Canon 24mm-70mm 2.8L and of course my oldie but goodie Canon Rebel XT 18mm-200mm Tamron.

JACC Rugby Photo Comp

2007-03-27T21:58:00.000-07:00

This picture was by far the best picture I took for the competition."

Gas Prices

2007-03-20T23:34:00.000-07:00

The picture looks better in color...

Finally got something published in the Canyon Call

2007-03-13T17:10:00.000-07:00

Softball: Sarah Hooper pitching for COC Cougars vs. Santa Monica

Downtown Landscape Series

2006-10-25T23:13:00.000-07:00

These are the photos I chose for my latest class series. Shot in downtown. Window reflections of the old architecture.

Railroad Shoot

2006-09-28T17:29:00.000-07:00

Here are some slide pictures that I scanned from my last shoot for class. We had to stay within the boundaries of the railraod so I took some shots of that and the rec center by the parking lot.

Here is my favorite shot of the night.

San Diego Zoo

2006-08-09T19:28:00.000-07:00

This trip was a lot of fun. I got a lot more practice with the camera. Unfortunately a lot of the animals were being gay and just kept sleepin or doin boring stuff. It was late in the day and I guess the morning is the best time to get these creatures. I'd have such great pictures of the pandas but damnit I always forget to set the ASA when I'm in lowlight conditions. Anyway Here are the pictures.
The non-animal pictures are of this performance I saw at the zoo. Pretty nifty costume.

Keys

2006-07-25T19:53:00.000-07:00

Just another eraser drawing since my camera is still out of commission enjoy. 18x24 inches

Manequin Heads - Still Life, Study on light

2006-07-18T01:53:00.000-07:00

Well it's not exactly a photograph, but this is my latest work from my Drawing I class. Its an eraser drawing using charcoal spread over the paper. The figures were drawn using an eraser, with small details added with a charcoal pencil. Its a study on light and shadow so I tried using different gradients of charcoal from light to dark. 18x24 inches

No camera for about 2-3 weeks.

2006-07-11T17:17:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately my auto focus and flash somehow got damaged a little while ago. I finally had a chance to take it in for repairs. The return time is 2 to 3 weeks. I don't take pictures that often but it feels odd not having the camera when I need it. In the mean time I'll be workin on older photos polishing the photoshop skills.

On Locale: Downtown-Pictures

2006-07-08T19:17:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately I didn't find anything special in downtown. I did come up with a couple pictures I liked.

On Locale: Downtown

2006-07-07T12:01:00.000-07:00

Hitting downtown LA tomorrow with my class. Taking a route planned out by the teacher. I'll pretty much be walking and taking pictures all day. Should be a good day of shooting. A good chance to test out the new equipment.

Canon Battery Grip & Bogen 680 Monopod

2006-06-30T20:46:00.000-07:00

I just got a battery grip for my Digital Rebel XT. The grip looks great, it adds another slot for another battery pack and lets me shoot vertically without a problem.

I also bought a Bogen 680b monopod. I bought it for some quick shots during city shooting in some low light conditions. Cost me a decent amount so I hope lasts long. It looks pretty strong and sturdy. I can definitely fend someone off with this thing.

By the Seine

2006-06-29T01:48:00.000-07:00

Here's one of my favorite photos that I've taken. Its by the Seine river near the Tour Eiffel in Paris, France.

Inspiration

2006-06-25T22:22:00.000-07:00

Inspired by Jerry Uelsmann. "Venice canals Vs. My Bedroom Door." Original shots.
After lookin at some photographs by Jerry Uelsmann I decided to try and emulate his style. I ended up taking a photo I took in Venice and taking a picture of my bedroom door and here's the result. These were done with photoshop. I don't have the technical talent that Uelsmann exhibits. But ya work with what ya got.