shootingshooting

Recent browsing of local photojournalist Shawn Rocco's blog made me decide to sort through a few of the cell phone pictures I've taken. Since my mediocre cell phone has an even less astounding camera I rarely use it. I did, however, manage to find a few photos on it.

Admittedly, they are not as inspired as Rocco's, whose cellular obscura project proves that thousands of dollars in camera gear are not a requisite for quality photographs. Seeing how much he is able to do with so little (read: Motorola E815), at the very least, prompted me to look through my cell phone gallery and post a few of the shots here.

Note: in case I haven't been clear, I strongly urge everyone to check out his blog.

Mike brought one of his co-workers to the show at Berkeley. After talking for a bit I find out he is also a photographer of sorts. We decided to hang out a few nights later and go shooting downtown. It was nice to get out of the house with my camera for the sole purpose of shooting. We hit up the railroad tracks just south of the downtown skyline (where I received some gnarly ant bites on my legs) and then headed to the north side of town where I knew of an abandoned building. It was dark so we opted for a few long exposure attempts.