Category: 365 Photo Project

I spent all day Monday driving around Mass and CT with my boss in this beast of a 26 Foot Truck. I have never driven anything this big before, why not make the first time for a few hundred miles in light snow? The photo sucks and it was taken with my iPhone, but I am ok with it as this was an experience I won’t soon forget. New found respect for people who drive Freightliners on a daily basis!

I spent pretty much my whole Sunday editing, so here is a photo of an apple stem.

I had the pleasure of shooting Tight Crew‘s Nightmare Before Christmas for at Fete in Providence, RI on Saturday night. Tight Crew is composed of some of the most genuine, hard working people in the EDM / Rave scene and it shows at each and every one of their events. I just had to make an epic picture to show the epicness of the evening so I figured a little planet would do the trick.

Here is the best part:

View this photo as a virtual tour, as if you where right there, center stage:

http://kevinjamesphoto.com/tight-crew-nbc4/ 

Right click on this link and select “open in new window” to view the high resolution version.

MORE PHOTOS WILL BE POSTED ON MY FACEBOOK FAN PAGE HERE IN A FEW MORE DAYS

The colors on the sky during sunset where amazing on Friday, I just had to get them in a shot. I was home and didn’t want to travel far to get a shot because the light was quickly disappearing. I decided to make the Japanese maple tree the focus of the photo with the great sky colors in the background.

Sometimes I do not have enough free time to cook a nice healthy home cooked meal, that”s when I turn to Falafel wraps or frozen pizza’s. These Kashi Spinach and Mushroom pizzas are my fav.

This is where I was on 12/12/12 at 12:12pm – in bed. I got back from Brooklyn around 7am on Wednesday morning and immediately hit the sack. I had set an alarm on my phone for 12/12/12 at 12:pm with a note: “take pic at 12:12pm” some time ago and was awaken by the robot noises emitting from my phone. Luckily my camera was a foot from my bed, so I reached over and snapped this shot, then went back to sleep. Please excuse the black jungle on my chest. Where where you on 12/12/12 at 12:12pm or am?

I had the opportunity to shoot a stop motion photo-booth in Brooklyn, NY for Filth and Decay clothing on Tuesday. We had a blast doing this booth, I had some challenges in space and lighting to work with, but it made it all that much more fun. We set up a wrapping paper background, since I did not have enough space for my muslin backdrop, so at the end of the night I had a few people run in to the booth and rip the paper down. There are about 1800 photos from the booth that I will be tuning in to a stop motion video, it was so hard to just pick one for this project! Look for the video in a few more days.

I had a super busy Monday and didn’t really get a chance to snap a 365 until late in the evening. I have walked by this alleyway a few times and have tried a few different shots there, nothing really ever stuck with me though. This shot for some reason really grabbed my attention with the moody lighting. I decided to get a little weird with the post processing to give it a dark, yet colorful look.

I really dislike this freaking thing.

Some people think it’s a bit weird that I take photos of peoples feet, the back of their heads, and other body parts at clubs. I think it’s a different way to show the details of the night that sometimes go unnoticed. I loved this dancers sneakers and the forward energy the photo portrayed.

Since being introduced to this stuff by my buddy Andrew in San Fran, I have sworn by it every time I feel a little under the weather. As soon as I have the slightest hint of feeling sick, I drink 3-4 of these Emergen-C drinks and am all of a sudden back to 100%. Try it!

I noticed my tire was low when filling up on gas so I filled it up with air to spec then took the tire off to inspect it. This is why I was leaking, good ol’ nail through the tire. I removed the nail and plugged up the hole pretty quickly, but it looks like it’s time for a new set of rubber soon anyway.

Since it’s Christmas time and the lights are going up, I figured I would share one way of getting the Christmas bokeh balls in the background of your photos.
1. Zoom in to your foreground subject while getting as close as possible.
2. Make sure the Christmas lights in the background are at a father distance from your subject than your camera is. The farther away the Christmas lights are, the more of a bokeh effect you get.

I used to love playing with this Play-Doh so I decided to try and photograph something interesting including it. Long story short – taking photos of florescent colored Play-Doh was not easy and the results are meh. I still love the smell of a fresh bottle of Play-Doh.

My computer has been acting a bit funny lately and I am pretty sure it is because the hardware is starting to malfunction. This is why I have taken a few days to catch up with posting my 365 project photos. I am currently on the hunt for an editing only desktop and should hopefully not have these issues again in the future.

So this is what this years Movember mustache looked like. I can not lie, I can not wait to get rid of this thing and grow the beard back. It does feel good knowing our team raised $1,400 for such a good cause. Thanks everyone for your support!

This is a long exposure HDR image taken just after sunset near a old mill in New Bedford, MA (I am not sure the name of the Mill, it is the one in the same parking lot at the Howland Mill). I really love the color of the sky right after sunset with a long exposure. You get this really deep, dark, purple look to the sky.

I did a little research about New Bedford for the labeling and commentary to accompany this image and came across some interesting stuff on Wikipedia. Most of the crime stuff was really bad, but I found the Secret City nickname to be  rather interesting:

New Bedford appeared on America’s Most Wanted on February 11, 2006, for three unsolved murders: that of Marcus Cruz in 2001, Cecil Lopes III in 2004 and Dana Haywood in 2005, run as part of a report on the Stop Snitching phenomenon that has hindered police investigations nationwide. New Bedford is called “The Secret City” because of the Stop Snitching phenomenon. The show, broadcast on February 11, received good ratings, but “almost no” calls, being one of the first episodes, the first for such to happen. New Bedford has thirty unsolved homicides since 2000. Most stem from the ongoing feuds between the United Front and Monte Park neighborhoods. The gangs are located in the south and west ends of the city.

New Bedford natives Hector Barros and Scott Ross were members of the hip-hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, led by actor Mark Wahlberg.

More about New Bedford here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts

Last week I noticed a small hole on the knee area of my favorite pair of jeans. I thought it would add some character to them, but with the 30 degree days – it’s not very comfortable. When I arrived home after running errands on Thursday, I noticed the little hole had become a big tear. Now I need to wear long johns or compression pants to wear these jeans, I think it’s time for a new pair.