Posts Tagged ‘photography’

It’s kind of slim pickins on my Instagram favorites this week because I didn’t take as many photos as usual. Here we go!

Just three this week. Hopefully, next week I can sneak out of the house for a bit and go on a little late night photo adventure.

See ya!
- Jeff

Instagram is an iPhone only app, so for those of you that can’t follow me using the actual app you can now see all my instagram activity at http://followgram.me/jeffclaassen/.

Here are my favorites from the past week.
Enjoy!

When they notice my short temper, lack of patience and wandering aimlessly around the house rubbing my temples, the bridge of my nose, or my protruding brow the whole family secretly rolls their eyes and silently whispers, “Oh shit…stay away from him. He’s got a headache again.” Another obvious sign that I’m losing a battle with my achy head is that I might be found in bed sometime before 1am. Yes, I get headaches. And they really drag me down.

My theory is that a frontal lobotomy will cure me of migraines forever, but I haven’t had the nerve to test it out…yet. Of all existing remedies out there the only one that has ever worked for me is Excedrin Migraine.

Coffee isn’t something I indulge in and I haven’t swallowed a single drop of soda in months, so my caffeine intake is pretty slim. Excedrin Migraine is full of it. When regular coffee drinkers give up their caffeinated concoctions one of their complaints is the headaches. Oh, the headaches! Quite naturally, too much caffeine has been found to cause headaches. Somewhere there is a balance lurking around. Because a Starbucks can be found every 30 feet, with a local independent coffee shop to stumble upon in between, I could easily have an intravenous supply of Caramel Latte pumping though my system, but I don’t. So, once that Excedrin caffeine soaks into my bloodsteam I start feeling all weird and get as jittery as a jack rabbit. The feeling weird part isn’t so bad, but that jittery sensation takes all the fun out of it.

Sadly, one of these headaches crept up on me last night and I got my hands on some Excedrin Migraine a little after 9pm. Down the hatch! Unfortunately, I am a bit deprived of sleep, which happens to be self-inflicted. I’d blame the baby, but it would be unfair because I’ve been depriving myself from sleep long before Elliott was around. Last night, however, being sleep deprived was great because I totally passed out after medicating myself with caffeine filled pills. It was also after Evelyn rubbed peppermint oil on my temples. And I’m pretty sure I fell asleep with an ice pack on my forehead, which could have been a numbing agent for my lobotomy had the Excedrin not worked its wonders.

I’m not sure how long caffeine messes with your body, but it seemed to have beaten up my sleep deprivation in the fight to overtake and control my body. At 3:20am I woke wide eyed and bushy tailed (again, like a jack rabbit), headache totally eradicated. Rather than pretend to still be sleepy and lay restless in bed for a couple of hours I chose the only logical option. I got up, put on my uniform (jeans and hoodie), grabbed my camera, and went out for a walk.

I’ve recently become addicted to Instagram. It’s fun stuff. The last two weeks have seen me upload 37 photos. Here are my favorites from the past week.

Enjoy!
- Jeff

When I saw this I instantly liked it because I “got” it. The marker used for this is referred to as a “streaker”. Now you’re in on the joke. Street artists are oh so clever.

I walk by this thing every day and have photographed it over a dozen times. It was difficult because to get straight on I would have to stand in bushes and on one foot and I never captured it quite right. Then one day, like a miracle from above, the bushes were totally hacked down. Not a bush in sight. It was then that I was able to stand in front of this dilapidated sign and photograph it like a normal person, as God intended. Long story longer…I adore the texture.

This one isn’t cropped or edited at all. It took me a few attempts to get the shot with only the shoes and the wire in frame. I like it.

Check out this awesome new calendar by Brian MacElvaine! I have two copies available in the gallery. They are $20 each.

Enjoy!
- Jeff

Last week I was a guinea pig. Photographer, Dylan Gordon, chose to document me for a day to complete his “Picture Story” project. He’s currently a student at Brooks Institute and in my opinion is kicking ass. He’s doing some really great work and it was super awesome hanging out all day talking about art, photography, music, and trying to look pretty for his camera. Keep your eye on this guy, he’s going places.

Visit http://dylangordon.com/blog/?p=128 to see the whole “Picture Story”.

My friend Misha is embarking on a journey and would greatly appreciate your help. Her project is called “Adventures In Lomo” and this particular adventure is a 30 day cross country trip by train hitting Chicago, Boston, New York, Washinton DC and then heading back home to Portland. She will document her entire adventure with her Lomo LV-A+ camera.

For more info and to help out visit:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/85215335/30-days-by-train.

I have a couple of friends (photography nerds, if you will) named Richard and Henry. They started an awesome photo project they are calling “The People We Encounter”. Richard is making a book out of the all portraits and asking the subjects to do something next to their portrait. I did a little india ink painting.

For more info about their project please take a look at their blog: weencounterpeople.wordpress.com/.

Enjoy!