Film Prints from Japan.

#nowplaying – “Higher” by The Cardigans

What’s the word you guys? After a few conversations today, I decided that it would be best to upload some 35mm film print scannings from the first time I went to Japan. I’ve never really published them, as far as on a personal site. As much as I talk about film, I’ve yet to post any film prints until today.

The frames were photographed in 2006, When I was 18 years old. The 35mm film camera I was using at the time was a Nikon N90 with a variation of lenses. I was shooting with Fuji Provia 400/Fuji Super 800/Ilford Super XP2, shooting mostly on manual and rarely on aperture priority. There is nothing like film on this earth. Regardless how great the quality a digital body can produce, it can never produce a REAL, substantial image. Film is somewhat magical; it’s as if you’re snatching a moment in time and engraving it into this thin piece of silver gelatin film, one frame at a time. Some of these frames have my old water mark on them.


Hopefully tomorrow I’ll upload some proof sheets.

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DetroitExposure Studio Opening

Saturday I attended the DetroitExposure Studio Opening in Royal Oak, MI. This was an amazing day for so many people, including myself. Check out the DE Boys at www.detroitexposure.com /// www.studio.detroitexposure.com

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Savage Diplomacy.



#nowplaying – “Je Reviens” by Autour De Lucie

As I’m sitting here, at this desk, looking for words to fill up this paragraph, I can’t really find much to say. Embarrassing as one might find this, I still have commentary from the homies Adrian Luther {1st Frame} & GZ {3rd Frame}, and hopefully everything should speak for itself. Adrian & GZ, graphic designers & photographers who reign in the Inland Empire, approximately an hour or so east of Los Angeles, aren’t just my homies; they share the same philosophy as I on numerous things. I honestly feel like we’re related, in some odd, distant world.

The homies pretty much birthed me into the Southern California mindstate & showed me the ropes. All the way from ONT to DTLA, through Wilshire, then Fairfax, scooped up some In & Out and got the word on the ’secret menu’, Santa Monica, Venice, then back inside Los Angeles, up & down Pico, until it was time for me to hit the crib in Koreatown. The day I shot these frames, just happened to be one of the best days ever. Now, if you excuse me…I’m gonna go watch a Kung Fu movie. Probably “The Butcher” with Yuen Biao.

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Do you feel the game is tainted? ///////// Adrian Luther: In a way, I feel that cats take the game for granted, it’s so easy to get put on now, people don’t want to pay dues anymore, they just want to start in their rookie year.

I agree 100. Do you feel like that helps you take a certain approach to your work? ///////// ADRNLTHR: Definitely, it’s motivation; I’m not the type to hate on what the next man is doing. I’ll continue to stay in my lane and play my position.

What’s your favorite medium? ////////// ADRNLTHR: My Macbook Pro… I don’t draw, I don’t paint, I just control the mouse.

Do you feel like your fashion & lifestyle change the way you approach marketing & design?
 ///////// ADRNLTHR: I don’t design based on what I wear, I wear all stars and a fitted and the last thing people would think is that I love modern design, but I prefer that over anything.

Is there any place that you’d like to re-locate besides California?
 ///////// ADRNLTHR: I’ve traveled to quite a few places for being young, and there ain’t no place like home. Funny story : I went to Hawaii, which people would say is the best getaway; but I wanted to come home after the 2nd day. I love Southern California, I don’t see myself living anywhere else. But then again, the industry might call for me to relocate, so I guess I can’t speak so soon.

///////// GZ: Dude..We havin’ the time of our lives out here. We never take any of it for granted, the experiences nor the people we’ve had the opportunity to meet….and because of this, we always stride to put out the best product possible. End of the day all we’re trying do is contribute to the game that raised us, have our voices heard and manifest growth through our work.



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About Damn Time.

LA & Beyond | www.speechieforpresident.com from Speechie on Vimeo.

#nowplaying – Dom Kennedy “Locals Only”

What’s the word yo! It’s been a minute since my last post, but so much as been happening over the past few weeks. I returned from California with a bag full of experiences & a shit load of work to organize, noting the fact that I left my hard drive power cord on my way up to Sacramento from Los Angeles, forcing me to reroute my workflow and export all my media onto my Mac until I returned home (Props to the homie Alvyn Maranan for letting me use an additional power cord).

As soon as I touched down in Detroit I began shooting again, which doubled my workload, but everything is slowly but surely steadying itself. Today I’ll be publishing a few posts, hopefully one from Los Angeles, also. I’ll be making additional changes to the blog/website itself. So sit tight!

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