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Moving Forward

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Photos up...

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

Hollywood Holt
Curt@!n$

Its Curt@!n$ for All You Other Rappers

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...

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

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

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.