Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 6:53pm
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you will remember at the end of 2009 I went through my office and closet. While doing this, I pulled out all my old negatives and prints from my early years in photography. All the images below are more than 10 years old, made from scans of prints which were in my old portfolio. I would post more images, but I only have the negatives and no prints. Maybe one day I will get around to making prints and do another blog post. I hope you enjoy.
The following images are from when I was interning at The Aegis in Bel Air, MD.
My lifelong friend Trent Gladstone and the annual Harford County Young Life Golf Tournament.
Falling Branch in northern Harford County.
The last image is very special to me. Just yesterday I found out my friend Josh Komarnicki passed away over the weekend. Josh is standing there with the umbrella towards the center of the frame. I took this image while we were on a trip to New York City October 19th 1996. It was record rainfall day for New York City, the subways and roads were flooded. Even with an umbrella, we were soaked. It is a day I will never forget.
I was just getting into photography at this time, and so was Josh. We had so many great times together shooting for The Aegis, making prints in the darkroom, and just hanging out. Even though Josh and I lost touch when he moved to Virginia, I know if we were ever to get back together it would of been like old times. Josh was a free spirit and incredibly talented, I am sad he is gone. I will always remember him especially since he was there during my early years of discovering my passion of photography. Please lift his family up in prayer.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 7:18pm
Did a little house cleaning recently and found some camera gear that was just sitting around collecting dust. Prices include PayPal/Google Checkout fee and shipping. If you are in the LA area, local pickup is available.
Nikon Zoom 70-210mm f/4-5.6 AF. In great shape worked last time I used it but haven’t had Nikon for more than 5 years. My price is $110
Canon 580ex. Works perfectly, has signs of wear. My price is $290
Lowepro CompuTrekker Plus AW Photo Backpack. Only used a few times. In excellent shape. You can see the specs here My price is $110
Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 8:10pm
Earlier today I completed my first half marathon to the tunes of U2, Bush, Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, and Tree 63. I raced in the inaugural Los Angeles 13.1! The race started on the Venice boardwalk, went all the way up Venice Blvd to Culver City, then we turned around, and ran all the way back to Venice finishing up at Main and Rose. I had been training for the past several months for a half-marathon. I had actually planned to run one in October, but that didn’t work out. Then I was going to try one in December in Vegas but decided to pass and save some money by running closer to home. Here are some images Victoria took earlier today. Keep reading for more about my experience and finishing time.
Me just before the race.
The race started but it took me about a minute and a half before I could cross the start line due to the crowd.
I started out the race pretty well. I took it slow: running my first mile in about 9:45. I reached mile 3 by 27:00, so I was on my 9 minute mile pace to finish under 2 hours which was my goal. I was feeling great! About half way through mile 6 I started to feel my arch of my left foot rubbing against my shoe. I had run more than 6 miles at a time before with my shoes but never had any problems. Just after the 7 mile marker I stopped for about 20 seconds to see if I could adjust anything to fix what I was feeling. I ran about another 10th of a mile and stopped again, for about 30 seconds, taking my shoe off and retying it but still had the same problem. I started running again hitting mile marker 8 around 1:12:00, still on my pace. By then, the arch of my right foot started having the same problem. I kept running since I didn’t have anything else I could do, and as I continued my feet hurt more and more.
I hit mile 10 at 1:32:00, but my pace had slowed. I continued running, knowing I only had a little over 3 miles to go. I was pretty sure if I had stopped running and started walking I wouldn’t have been able to start running again. By mile 11 my right little toe started hurting. With every step my feet hurt. I kept pressing on. By mile marker 12, I knew I wouldn’t finish under 2 hours but I knew I would come in just over 2 hours. I slowly crossed the finish line at 2:02:35 while listening to “Blessed Be Your Name” by Tree 63. You can see my result here. As soon as we got back to our car I took my shoes off to discover 2 giant blisters where my feet were hurting. Luckily I have Victoria to patch me up!
All done!!
Me holding Gideon after the race. Gideon got to wear my medal
My cool new medal. The middle part with the 13.1 spins around.
Overall, I am pretty happy with how things went. I have no doubt that if my feet weren’t hurting I would have finished in under 2 hours. At the end of the race my stamina was still good and I could have kept going if it weren’t for my feet. Plus I completed the whole race without walking or stopping except for the few short seconds to mess with my shoes. I guess now I need to do another half-marathon to hit my goal of under 2 hours. Who wants to run with me?
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 3:24pm
It’s the end of another great year. This past year I shot some amazing weddings. I feel like I have done my best work so far in 2009, and look forward to applying some of the things I have learned to 2010 and beyond. There are so many wedding images I have shot this past year that I am proud to call my own. It was hard for me to narrow down my selection to just 10 of my favorites. I could even say that at least 5 of my top ten could be different depending on the day I put this list together. Here are my favorites from last year as selected today. I hope you like them!
by RUSTIN MICHAEL
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