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On Wednesday I washed my car and re-shot it with some better light.  I also ordered a canvas print of this for an example I am showing at a photo shoot even in November.  I hope it turns out cool!

Travis has done a lot to his Honda CBR600RR since you’ve seen it last. I don’t know if I can remember everything, but he’s put on an exhaust, removed the rear license plate/turn signals assembly and replaced it with a smaller setup, replaced the rear seat with a cowl, 4 frame sliders, gold levers, flush mount front turn signals, smoked front windscreen… I think that’s it.

Looks pretty effing sweet, doesn’t it?

I shot some photos of Travis’ motorcycle today and when I was done, I shot my car. It’s been ages since I shot my car!

Pictures I took from the pier and around the pier.

I had a photo shoot this morning at 6AM down at a beach near San Clemente.  I took a lot of photos so here is what I’m working on so far.  I’ll be editing for a week or two.

I got to go to the X Games again this year. It was sweltering hot and I got a sunburn even though I wore sunblock. But it was all worth it. Lots of dirt, fast cars and crashes. I took over 700 pictures so I am slowly going through them all. I’ll keep adding to this post as I edit them. Here’s one for now.

Adam Carolla coming into the Venue through the metal detectors. He had to empty out his pockets just like the rest of us. He only had one dude with him, too. He was going in for an autograph signing we saw set up.

Travis and I bought a motorcycle this week.  It’s so exciting!  It’s a 2008 Honda CBR600RR, matte black.  We got it so we could save on gas and also have another form of transportation.  Travis has been working on his car for weeks now (installing a new turbo kit) so I have been taking to him to and picking him up from work.  Now I don’t have to anymore, ha ha.  He has the bike.  When I work up the courage, he’s going to teach me to ride it.  WooHoo!

I was really bored yesterday so I went up into the foothills and took some pictures. It has been so hot here lately I waited till like 6 o’clock to leave the house. It was over a 100 but it’s supposed to be cooler today.

So this time I was on the ball!  Found a good enough backdrop and caught the sun at the perfect time!  Here they are:

I had sooo much fun at the track yesterday! It was freezing and my face got wind-burned, but it was totally worth it.

My new lens was great but I learned a few things during my first time out with it. One, Image Stabilization doesn’t help very much when it’s crazy windy! ha ha. Myself and the camera were all over the place. Two, apparently it’s hard to track and keep in focus white cars. A lot of my white car pictures were blurry. And third, I really need a monopod. I think it would have definitely kept the number of blurry pictures down in the wind. But it will also help with the weight of the lens. I didn’t think it would be a problem. But after holding it up for an extended period of time, my left wrist really started to ache.

Here are a couple pictures of Travis and our friend, Ferdie.