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Rochester Bike Kids
For my photojournalism class we had an assignment where we had to tell a two minute story about ourselves. The story I chose was about my bike ride last year across the US. Bike Ride – Self Portrait with Video from Joe Philipson on Vimeo.
Ryan Bailey – Aspiring Musician
The following is a story I did for my photojournalism class. The challenge was to find someone you do not know and then do a story about them. This is my story.
Rochester Fireworks
Driving home the sky lit up with the most amazing light show. I pulled over and quickly got out of my car in a field (I know it’s dangerous but you gotta get the shot!) and opened my truck… crap… no camera! SO, I rush home! I managed to get this shot before the thunderstorm [...]
Rochester Puerto Rican Festival
This past weekend I attended the infamous Puerto Rican Festival here in Rochester, NY. I say infamous because the Puerto Rican festival is known for it’s consistent outbursts of violence. The use of professional equipment in the festival was forbidden. I was fortunate enough to slide in with my camera but many people were interrogated [...]
Walking About Rochester, NY
Rochester, I haven’t had much time to explore this city, however my first impressions are this. The people are great, and very diverse. Nobody cares if you run a red light and it seems like everyone does it. Technology? Here? Doesn’t exist. New York’s bureaucracy is almost unnavigable and the only thing to do for [...]
Naim Hakim
Naim is a cool frood, he invited me to his show the other night and here are just a couple photos I took of him. I’m surprised at the quality of photos. Shot with my 5d Mark II, the available light was so low that the auto-focus would work so I manually focused at f/1.2. [...]
Niagara Falls
In this shot I wanted to show the details in the water below. I kept the waterfall highlighted and burned the rest of the image, drawing the viewers eyes centered. I stopped by here on my trip from California to Rochester, NY. My New home. This is on the Canadian side of the falls and [...]
Mancha the Fantastic!
Mancha (spot in some language) was pretty much the coolest dog on my recent camping trip to Utah. I couldn’t wait to post these photos because she was super cute. She wore her feet out from hiking with us and playing frisbee all week. Here’s a photo of her on the last day, she can [...]
Rondal Partridge
Couple weeks ago, thanks to my long lost cousin Sally Stein, I had the honor to meet Rondal Partridge, I was told he was 92 years old but I can’t find any verification on that online. We talked about photography a little bit but he mostly wanted to show me his garden and chickens. He [...]
Messing About in the Control Room
At Lancaster Baptist Church, my three good friends work in the control room during the services. While I was there, and of course with my camera, we had a little fun messing around taking pictures. The first one above I love because of it’s evil look. My friend Larry is just recovering from cancer and [...]
Trip to Boston and New York
Just some random photos from my recent trip to Boston and New York. The photos here are from the state capitol of New York and the USS Constitution. Enjoy.
San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden
This past week I went to San Francisco and was invited to come to the Japanese Tea Garden. I had a great time photographing the trees, statues, and Japanese architecture.
Hudson McDanniel
Hudson McDanniel is 3 weeks old and totally looks like an alien, but I guess all new babies do eh? This is the youngest baby I’ve ever photographed and it was challenging. This shoot happened on a whim so I didn’t have proper lighting but we rigged some lights together and used shopping bags as [...]
Adriana Banuelos
I took photos of Adriana at Lancaster Baptist Church in Lancaster, CA. She has been coming to the church for 6 years on the church’s bus program. She is what they call a, “Bus Kid” meaning that she does not come with her family but rather rides a bus with other children in her neighborhood [...]
LA Photo Tour
The city of LA put on a photo scavenger hunt for the flickr photographer community. It was pretty fun to hang out again with some like minded photogeeks and just have fun taking silly photos.
Santa Monica
I love this beach. Of course it’s no Hawaii, but it does have beautiful sunsets, the occasional dolphins, night lights of the carnival, and a pier that takes you out into the ocean.
Travis Chappell
I photographed Travis in Lancaster the same time I Jackie. Both were a pleasure to work with and had a ton of fun taking photos. His look reminded me of James Dean so we took a trip to Griffith Observatory in Hollywood, CA. These photographs were taken at a movie prop graveyard. Griffith Observatory Digging [...]
Hannah McGarry
I had a great day today. I shot Hannah McGarry’s Senior Portraits here in Lancaster, CA. We found this house that had burned down in a fire in the middle of the desert and took photos all around it. There was a shack near the house and Hannah climbed up on top of the roof. [...]
Jackie Goodin
Had a wonderful shoot yesterday with Jackie Goodin and Travis Chappell. The day started at 9am and ended at 7pm. Starting at a random movie prop graveyard to Descanso Gardens (both places we were kicked out of) to Griffith Observatory and ending at Santa Monica beach. I had such a blast. This is just one [...]
Jennifer Aguirrie
I first met Jennifer in El Paso awaiting to board a flight to Austin, TX. I was to attend SXSW, however the flight was overbooked and Southwest airlines made an offer I couldn’t refuse. A free nights stay in a hotel, refund on my flight, and an extra $200. I accepted. While I was at [...]
Ursa Major
Found this band whilst on my biking adventure. They were in Phoenixville, PA. I loved their music, bluegrass with some awesome, funny carefree lyrics. Check ‘em out! www.last.fm/music/Ursa+Major
Ursa Major
Found this band whilst on my biking adventure. They were in Phoenixville, PA. I loved their music, bluegrass with some awesome, funny carefree lyrics. Check ‘em out! www.last.fm/music/Ursa+Major
