Day #30/365 - Kris from LockedCog.com Sunday, January 31, 2010

KrisLC-5, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

You may remember Kris from the January TrickCat, yeah he's the guy who put that on. When he's not breaking wheels, frames and cranks, he runs the fixed gear blog LockedCog.com.



We've been meaning to get together and shoot some photos since and finally got around to doing it today. He tried to take me to Faces afterward and even told me he'd buy a burger at HotRod's but I rolled out beforehand. It was a pretty cool session, real laid back and I got introduced to this crazy new spot. Kris is a down-to-earth dude, who just really loves riding bikes. Definitely looking forward to some future shoots. More photos after the click. You can see all of my photos on Flickr.

Favorite of the day.



Kris' number 1 girl.


Grab it


Huck it.





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Contact Info Saturday, January 30, 2010

If you'd like to book me for a shoot or need a quote please contact me!

jeromelovesyou@gmail.com

Ph. 916/215.3705
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Day #29/365- Schools Started Saturday, January 30, 2010

Day #29/365- Schools Started, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

Life's going to get a lot harder. :(

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Want to Help Haiti? Want a Print from Africa? Have both! Thursday, January 28, 2010

That's right, you can have your cake and eat it too with this one. I was inspired by benroberts to put on a charity print auction for Haiti, with some prints that I had just recently shown at the Creative Connections Art Academy. So if you liked my photos from Africa, you can bid on a few prints that I have. How to do it, the prints and more after the click.

The Causes:

Real Hope for Haiti Rescue Center <------ My preference =D.

American Red Cross

ANY OF THE Organizations list here.


The prints: Click on the image for more information and starting price. If you'd like to see them in a larger size visit my Flickr


These photos were shown at a private gallery for the Creative Connections Art Academy. If you had followed me while I was in Africa, here is a chance to have a piece of art from my journey.

Please leave a comment with your offer, please only comment if you wish to bid, thanks.

WANT TO BID - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT?
Please just email me with a bid and I will place the bid in the comments on your behalf: jeromelovesyou@gmail.com

The bidding will end on 05 February, 2010 at 11:59PM + PST

If you are outside of the Sacramento Area:
At this time, the person who wrote the highest amount will Paypal me (jeromelovesyou@gmail.com) the amount, I will deduct the shipping cost (some of these prints are large and awkward to ship) and the rest goes to a cause you chose from below. I will email you back with proof of my donation on your behalf.

If you are in the Sacramento Area:
At this time, the person who wrote the highest amount will donate the amount to cause you chose from below. Email or print out proof of your donation, and I will deliver the print to you.

Any Questions:

Don't hesitate to email me : jeromelovesyou@gmail.com


The Causes:

Real Hope for Haiti Rescue Center <------ My preference =D.

American Red Cross

ANY OF THE Organizations listed here.

For more information on this:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS
www.flickr.com/groups/charityprintauctions/

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Photo 365 Day #27/365 - Ross Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Day 27- Ross, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

I had the most amazing afternoon with the coolest four and three-quarter year-old kid that I've ever met. His mom, Lorna, was an art teacher at my high-school and she took the last year off to spend with Ross. Ross was diagnosed with Autism two years ago, so Lorna decided to take some time off to work with him. For more about what she's doing and how you can get involved, check out www.miracleforross.com for the whole story. I got to sit down with Lorna and talk with her about the whole experience. I'm working on the video right now and I should have it up in the next few days. Oh, are you into bowling? February 21st, there's the amazing Bowling for Ross II Event at Strikes Bowling in Elk Grove, CA; between 12pm and 9pm 20% of all the proceeds go towards Ross' program. It will be a blast! More photos of our day after the click.








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Day #26/365 - My Beloved Mamiya Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Day #26/365 - My Beloved Mamiya, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

Yes I know its been done before. The word says there's nothing new under the sun =D, but this one really came to me. I was just sitting at my computer and then got to enjoy a delicious oreo cookie. As I was walking back, Ben was sitting in a unusual spot (not at his computer) and then I saw it. I tried doing it with natural light at fist, but had to bust out the flash to get Ben to pop out on the waist-level finder.

Pretty straight forward lighting setup, can you figure it out? (Hint: Don't let the viewfinder fool you.)

I give in, it's just a flash about 5 ft away on the camera's left. That's it. Shot at about 1/100th sec at F/1.8 for the shallow depth of field.

I'm pretty stoked too, because in February, I'm shooting strictly film. More on that this weekend.

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Day #24/365-Samson Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Day #24/365-Samson, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

My friends Steph and Emmetts dog. Need I say more?

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Coming Soon: Photo365 - Film February Monday, January 25, 2010

I've decided to do something different this February for my 365 project. I'm going to shoot it entirely on film kind of. I'm going to spend the month of February shooting all of my daily photos with either my Mamiya 645, Canon AE-1 or possibly my Polaroid (if I can afford the film.)

But, Jerome, how are you going to get that film, shoot it, process it, print it, scan it, and upload it day by day?

The answer and more, after the click.

I'm not.




In fact, I'm still going to be shooting the entire month with my trusty Canon 5D. But, I'm going to shoot the exact same shot with either of my film choices. Before we go any further lets define that.



By exact I mean:

• Same ISO (Film Speed)


• Same lighting (if applicable)


• Same Aperture (with a stop)


• Same Shutter Speed (within a stop)

The reason I'm allowing for a stop difference with aperture and shutter speed is because film can hold a tonal range of about 7 or 8 stops (well-process B&W) and the most a digital SLR can hold is about 6 stops of light. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I'd suggest starting here.

I already know this project is going to be meticulous (why I picked the shortest month of the year) but that's one of the advantages of doing this. It's going to slow me down right before the busiest 3 months of my life and really force to me at least brush up on my film understanding and probably my understanding of using a camera in general. If you're keen on trying this shoot me an email , find me on facebook or folllow me on twitter , I'd love to hear about how you're tackling this and see your results.

So when are you going to process, print, scan, and upload your film?

The third week of February. I figure that I would at least have my first two weeks of film done by then and then can start sorting through it. Here's the coolest part. We're going to compare them side by side (as best as we can) and we're going to vote on it. This polling system is statistically flawed, pretty insignificant, and downright biased because a lot of my readers are into film and it's all coming from one photographer, but anywho I wanted you to get involved. Who knows where this will go.

So get ready.

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Anna's Eyes Interview Monday, January 25, 2010

Anna's Eyes Interview, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

My 365 project has been on hiatus this weekend. We got to sit down with Anna's (http://www.annas-eyes.org) parents Saturday and get their thoughts on Anna's work in Haiti. This is a preview of what's to come, check annas-eyes.org for the story behind Anna and what we're all about.

Jerome

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Photo 365 #21/365 - Meghan on K St. Thursday, January 21, 2010

Day #21/365 - Meghan on K, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

I technically cheated on this one but it was late at night and I was planning to use it for today :D. My friend Meghan has modeled for me before, last year and so we went out last night and did some stuff. She might get into modeling, but she said she "likes to eat" so we'll see how that works. She's heading over to London for London Fashion Week with her sister's blog BitchBuzz.com to explore that. I'm stoked!

So I just tweeted about needing a model for my 365 project, both Valerie ( who I shot yesterday ) and Meg replied, I shot Valerie earlier in the day and Meghan late last night.

It was super cold and wind was blowing everywhere, but we managed through it with Ben, my roomate as a VAL. Pretty simple setup for most of these, two lights, a handheld DIY Beautydish and snooted flash or umbrella on the other end. I'm going out again with her to rework these shots, but I really liked my choice and these other three.



I'm just looking at this one now from another monitor and it either needs to be color calibrated or my monitor at home needs some help, so ignore the color shift :(






It was between this one and the one I chose, we waited for almost 30 minutes to get the train behind her.



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Day 20/365 - Valerie in the Rain Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Day #20/365 - Valerie in the Rain, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

Who said you had to stay in on a rainy day? Behold the power of the twitter. I tweeted "Who wants to be a model for my photo of the day?" and Valerie (@murdermile) was up for it.

I've know Val for quite a while and stoked she stuck it out with me in the rain.

Here's the setup shot:


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Day 19/365 - Laundry Day Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Day 19/365 - Laundry Day, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

I did laundry this morning at my favorite laundromat. Well it's one of like 3 I've been too, it's cheap, clean and has free drying. I was sitting there reading Sea Wolf, I paused and looked around and then this photo hit me in the face. I have to say 19 days ago I wouldn't have taken this. I'd see it and say, "dang it, I don't have my camera." These days, I can truly testify that the best camera is the one that's with you.

Best

Jerome

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Day 17/365 - Music Monday, January 18, 2010

Day 17/365 - Music, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

I carry around a moleskine in my bag most everywhere I go, In this book, I hold thoughts, diagrams, ideas, and even interview questions.

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Day 16/365 - Chess Club Monday, January 18, 2010

Day 16/365 - Chess Club, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

Emmett's man cave is now complete with a chess board. Too bad school is starting soon!

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Day 15/365 - Aperture? Saturday, January 16, 2010

Day 15/365 - Aperture?, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

I went out yesterday with Emilia and spent a delightful day teaching her a bit about her camera. She's still not quite comfortable enough to adjust while the camera's at her eye.

It was a pretty low-key day, we spent some time in McKinley Park, watching the squirrels, geese and flowers.I figured it's a bit easier to learn about a camera and all its controls on a bunch of static objects instead of trying the patience of some person.

To my delight to picked it pretty quick and learned how to make some photos of her own. In this one she ran out of the coffee shop, a snapped a photo of the capitol just before dusk, pretty rad eh?

I can't wait to see her roll of film.

A few more of mine and shots of the day after the click.


Right as we were leaving, I brought out a flash and created a few of these. Super simple one-light handheld camera left, through a home-made diffuser. I love night portraits like these.



Probably my favorite of the day.





And I'm usually an advocate against macro photography for many reasons. But you caught me red handed on this one.

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Day #14/365 - Ben and His Bike Friday, January 15, 2010

Ben has been working on his bike for about 3 months all together. It started simply as that Univega frame and now it's a beautiful piece of art. I got home from work tonight at about 11:40 and thought about 10 minutes later, "Crap I have 10 minutes to make a photo." Leon is already a model so I thought I'd continue introducing you to my roommates.



Ben's a new convert to bicycles (and exercise in general, haha) he generally rides mopeds with the Landsquids but Ben did this bike right, even with all the headache. See another take, the setup and video after the click.




Here's how it was setup.



Here's how it was done.

Day 14 - Ben from Jerome Love on Vimeo.

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13/365 - Leon Thursday, January 14, 2010

13/365 - Leon, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

So this photo is pretty much a summary of my roommate Leon. He reads constantly and has this amazing system of highlighting and underlining. Hence, the pens.

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Photo365 Day 12 - I'm not a Model Tuesday, January 12, 2010

I'm not a Model, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

but that's just how trying this project is. I was walking out to go read and decided that I should actually pull out my DSLR and make a photo. This isn't great by any means but that's why this project exists. To stretch, to learn, to make mistakes and do it all over again.

The tech stuff. I lit this photo using the light on the wall behind me provided kindly by the apartment complex and a Nikon SB-28 thru a DIY Beauty Dish at 1/2 Power, about 7 Ft. away, camera left. Same for the right photo, except light is on the right.

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Big Thanks! Tuesday, January 12, 2010

This is what Kris at LockedCog.com and Prolly at ProllyIsNotProbably did to my stats this week. I'm stoked I got to hangout and enjoy the trickcat, looking forward to way more photos in the future.

Big Ups
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Photo 365 Days # 8,9,10 - January TrickCat Monday, January 11, 2010

I made the poor judgement of riding my bike for two and half hours in the cold while I was sick and now I'm reaping the benefits of that decision. I'm Sick.



I did have a blast though and after the click you can see a full slideshow of photos from the event. Kris from LockeCog.com put it on and you can read about the winners and cool stuff here.






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Photo 365 Day #7- I create these Thursday, January 07, 2010

I create these, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

Instead of creating photographs that are more interesting. Photographs with more than phone. I can't complain though, this pays the bills, behind the stack, there is actually interesting social work that I do, but this is just the tedious, mind-numbing part I do.

I wonder how much paper a single person uses in a lifetime, just in government paperwork?

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Photo 365 Day #6-I spend too much time Wednesday, January 06, 2010

I spend too much time, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

in coffee shops. I'm at Temple at least once a week, more realistically twice a week or more. Great place, I get a lot of work done there. Next week, I'm breaking away from the camera phone.

Best

Jerome Love

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Day #5 Space Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Day #5 Space, originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

Another camera phone photo. I'm getting really bad. What an amazing night, with two very amazing friends. There are very few people I could have conversation like this with. The space in this one is huge, but in a good way.

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Photo 365 Day #4 Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The reader., originally uploaded by Jerome Love.

The hardest part of this project is realizing how limited you are at times. I struggle as a photographer when I have to move out of my comfort zone of my 5D and 24-70. Oddly enough, I've used my camera on my Motorola Droid for the last three days. What I've discovered is that truly the best camera is the one that's with you. I'm grateful.

I went to a poetry jam tonight and it was pretty rad. I can't complain at all. Video after the click.

Poetry Jam from Jerome Love on Vimeo.

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Photo 365 Day # 3 Sunday, January 03, 2010

This is Bob, he visited my church today. Pretty cool guy.
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Photo 365 Day #2 Saturday, January 02, 2010

This is our movie theatre. We don't have a TV in our little apartment, so we all huddle around Ben's iMac.



Photo 365 Day #2
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Photo 365 Day #1 Friday, January 01, 2010

So one of my resolutions for the new year was to take a photo once a day for the entire year. I know this one was taken in the previous year, but oh well, it's probably my favorite photo of 2009.


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