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The last month has been quite reflective and introspective for me. I don't care much for New Years, and it's never something I've cared much about, however, coincidentally or not, this year passing was pretty thoughtful for me.

I went away for holidays to my farm, where I was born, in a small town about 500km north of where I currently live. There is no internet there, and the cell phone doesn't work. This is good. I like that, a lot. I spent a lot of time thinking, and a lot of time figuring out what I really want from my life, creatively, and otherwise.

A week after I got back from holidays, I left to go do another punk rock tour of Cuba for 11 days, It's a documentary we're working on, well that I'm helping out with and have been the principal photographer for. This was my 3rd time to Cuba in less than a year, for this exact purpose.

I've made some very good friends in Cuba, people I know that will stick with me throughout my whole life. True friends and creative partners. I miss them. This recent trip was a good continuation of the holidays, a lot of thought and discussion on the future.

I now know what I want to do with my photography more than I ever have before. And I'm working hard this winter/spring to set that up for the rest of the year.

We have some very exciting projects in the works. And I'm so happy to be doing this.

Thank you,
Sandy.

Mamiya 645 Pro TL
80mm f/1.9 C
Kodak Portra 400 (expired)

I leave for holidays right away, and I've been so busy with Cuba photography related stuff and putting up photography/art shows and all sorts of other stuff that I didn't think I'd be doing in December. So I wanted to just get out there and shoot something quickly before I left.

Olivia (Liv for short) is a friend of a friend, I've hung out with her a few times before, she's super rad. She isn't a model, and she's not in any sort of fashion industry or whatever, "just" a normal person. It's really refreshing at times to work with regular sorta folks.

It was quick, it was fun, and it was relaxed. There was no goal, other than to just have fun and not take it too seriously. Hence the relaxed style and simplicity!

Einstein 640 with Beauty Dish (Gridded) at 1/4 power.
Sunshine at full power (duh!) camera left
Einstein powered with Vagabond II
Fired via CyberSyncs

I leave for holidays right away, and I've been so busy with Cuba photography related stuff and putting up photography/art shows and all sorts of other stuff that I didn't think I'd be doing in December. So I wanted to just get out there and shoot something quickly before I left.

Olivia (Liv for short) is a friend of a friend, I've hung out with her a few times before, she's super rad. She isn't a model, and she's not in any sort of fashion industry or whatever, "just" a normal person. It's really refreshing at times to work with regular sorta folks.

It was quick, it was fun, and it was relaxed. There was no goal, other than to just have fun and not take it too seriously. Hence the relaxed style and simplicity!

Einstein 640 with Beauty Dish (Gridded) at 1/4 power.
Sunshine at full power (duh!) camera left
Einstein powered with Vagabond II
Fired via CyberSyncs

I leave for holidays right away, and I've been so busy with Cuba photography related stuff and putting up photography/art shows and all sorts of other stuff that I didn't think I'd be doing in December. So I wanted to just get out there and shoot something quickly before I left.

Olivia (Liv for short) is a friend of a friend, I've hung out with her a few times before, she's super rad. She isn't a model, and she's not in any sort of fashion industry or whatever, "just" a normal person. It's really refreshing at times to work with regular sorta folks.

It was quick, it was fun, and it was relaxed. There was no goal, other than to just have fun and not take it too seriously. Hence the relaxed style and simplicity!

Einstein 640 with Beauty Dish (Gridded) at 1/4 power.
Sunshine at full power (duh!) camera left
Einstein powered with Vagabond II
Fired via CyberSyncs

It was a great summer BBQ with tons of friends and kegs of beer. Bad ass. This was shot on the Mamiya 645 Pro TL camera, with the new Portra 400 film. Just shot as box speed and scanned at home. Cheers. :)