Street Signs: A Hand Painted Sign Show

 Tomorrow night at Somos Gallery in Salinas

Salinas Exposed 3

 "Cristo Rey"

 'The Griffin House'

 'Wrecks'

Here are 3 shots I have hanging at Somos Gallery for the 3rd installment of 'Salinas Exposed.'

These were fun to shoot. Thanks to Hector Hernandez for helping me out.

At the Motel with Betty Nice

I've known local model/photographer Betty Nice for quite a while now.. Even worked a 9-5 with her for a few years, but not until a few months ago did we shoot. I told her to meet me at a local motel to see what we could capture...

(here are just a few of the photos we got)

Salinas Gettin Exposed

Went out last night in Salinas to do some shooting for the Salinas Exposed photo exhibit.

I have a lot of fun shooting at night, you never know what you'll capture or who you'll run into.

Good times..

Shoot!

I got a chance to shoot my Canon a lot this weekend.

On Saturday we linked up with the homies Cire, Vexor & Crayone to shoot while they got up on the famous Bill's Wheels Skateshop.

On Sunday I shot pictures of my compadre's family

On Sunday evening we went out to shoot some of the cruising going down on North Main St. in Salinas, CA after the Streetlow car show. Good times!

Painless

February (3rd - 7pm) at Somos Media & Gallery. If you have an old school custom bike or ride, roll it out.. Visual Artists: Flip Edu Cerro Erin Honest Curt Baer Nick Vargas Glenn Hudge Little Jenny Shaun Nel Dave Warshaw Chrissy Summers Musical Acts: Mad Town Mulligan (acoustic set) Sean Schievely Curator: Flip Hayes Somos Media & Gallery 262 Main Street Salinas, CA 93901

Shooting Katrina

Here are some shots (as you can see behind the scenes) from my latest shoot with Katrina. Katrina brought along her make-up artist: Mallory Garcia, and stylist: Justine Guerra, which really helped. I'm sure I'll be shooting Katrina more... Very good times!

Lights out

Danyelle Castro.

Halloween 2011

Good times when Dj Sho-T spins at a party with a bunch of your homies!

The Haters' Prom

For his 30th Birthday my brother decided to have a Prom theme party... Not just a regular prom, but a Hater's Prom! It's as fun as it sounds!

Here's a shot of some of the crowd.

Me and my date for the night.

3/4 of the Brown Cloud... Still homies!

World famous Dj Sho-T provived the music!

My family, mi familia! Good times!

Visual Mechanics 4 Coverage

Many thanks to all who made it to the opening reception of Visual Mechanics 4! Here is some coverage....

If you didn't make it make sure to be at the next one! Good times!

En Rojo Vivo

Another shot of Katrina

Visual Mechanics 4 - Rod Powell Picnic

Less than 2 weeks away! It's going to be a great weekend to be in Salinas, CA!

Hella Yella

Always a good time when I shoot with Danyella Castro, I took advantage and shot some of her with a Local Hero Japan shirt for the homies in the far east..

Katrina

aka 'La Blacka' up on the roof. Good times shooting with Katrina this past weekend, She's a good sport.. She even held an umbrella to keep the sun off me and she stood on top of me and gave me a nice massage while I shot Danyella. Can't wait to shoot her again!

Hella Fresh Weekend

This weekend was jam packed for me with fun stuff!

Thursday we finally put the Deadend Magazine logo on the box van (By we I mean my My brother & Chino did it while I watched)

I think it's lookin good

On Friday I had the pleasure of attending Zion I's 'Hella Fresh Fest' It was hella fresh!

Caught someone wearing a shirt I designed for Zion I

Amplive's MPC guitar is the shit!

I thought this pic came out great... wish it was a girl instead of a dude, but I still like it.

Zumbi, Amplive & Deuce Eclipse killed it once again!

Saturday we drove down to Antioch for Billetproof, I think this show gets bigger & bigger every year... This shot was taken by young Chino...

Sunday I had the pleasure of shooting & hanging out with these two lovely ladies..

Not a bad way to spend a weekend....

Salinas Exposed Portraits

If you didn't get a chance to make it down to Somos last Friday night do yourself a favor and stop by while the 'Salinas Exposed 2' exhibit is still up. There are some great portraits by some great local talent. I chose to photograph those who feed me in Salinas. As you know I love good food.

"Don Juan" - I have been enjoying tacos at 'La Paloma' for many years. Don Juan not only makes some very delicious and unique tacos, but he is a very good guy. Stop by Thursday - Sunday nights on Griffin St.

"Dona Mami" - First person I thought of was my mom. She has been feeding me my entire life. She is a very traditional Mexican woman who feeds others before feeding herself.

"Mi Tierra" - A small joint in Old Town Salinas has a very large menu and Carlos makes the best chavelas in town, I go have one at least twice a week.