Many people will tell you that your college years are among the best. I agree. Not because I miss waking up hungover and eating leftover burritos everyday, or having some shitty car that you hope starts every time you get in but because of the friends you make during those formative years. My friends and I... we are fortunate. Hanging out at Cory's place yesterday with the ... Read More
Long Beach
Shooting and Rolling: Some Photo Tips For Shooting Jits
I realized that between rolling with the homies and being in photographer mode, I sure spend a lot of time actually on the mats when I'm at the gym. People are interested in the photography that I do and I get a lot of questions. I thought it might be cool to lend some insight into what goes on in my mind while I shoot by showing you some good and not so good frames from ... Read More
Enjoying My Last Days Of Summer at J2L
Not a lot of writing for this one, just some photos from nogi and open mat this past week at Jiu Jitsu League. I'm gonna miss training this often but it's back to school where I'm probably going to be teaching 8 periods this year... ... Read More
Jiu Jitsu is (Still) Fun
I'm not taking a ton of personal photos at the moment. I thought that summer would offer more free time but as it happens, I picked up a few side gigs to earn some extra coin. I'm still training jiu jitsu when I can which is basically about 1-2 times a week. More often than not, it's been open mat which is actually a bit of a bummer because I miss out on actual ... Read More
YMCA Skate Fest
In case you didn't know, I used to be a Director at a YMCA in downtown Long Beach at the Community Development branch. Fun Fact: It was actually the job that made me realize that I wanted to get into teaching and education in general. There's so much to be said about young people's needs growing up that many don't get either in the home or at school. The YMCA Youth ... Read More
