K-Skate

Yesterday I went cruising for a feature shot for the paper and came across this skater at Manhattan's only skate park (as far as I'm aware). His name is Stephen Calovich, he is a K-State student in mechanical engineering and has been skating for over ten years.

SK8about

Before leaving K-State for break I went on a photo/skating adventure around campus. I love going on walkabouts for photos and it's a great way to relax after a busy semester. This shot is of a fired up outdoor kiln.


I had worked my way into a bush to get a detail shot of the branches when all of a sudden a big flock of birds flew up and landed in the bush.


This is a silhouette of a pair of seeds against a sun set.

The Man, The Legend, Rob Dyrdek

Rob Dyrdek came to Manhattan to promote the release of the new Windows 7 phone. I was so stoked to get to photograph him and the very beautiful Minka Kelly (Esquire's sexiest woman of the year 2010).












As soon as work self was done shooting fan self took over and got Rob to sign my helmet (luckily work self was looking out for fan self and tucked it into his bag before heading to the shoot).

Sketch Crowe

This is my longboard that I painted. It too is based on Skottie Young's scarecrow but I decided to make my own variation of him. I really wanted a bunch of vibrant colors on my board. I brainstormed names with a few people and I decided to go with Sketch Crowe for its multiple meanings. Below is the assembled board with a flat clear coat and its first of what will be many scuffs.

Skater Daze

I got this shot at a skate park in Manhattan, KS. I wanted to take advantage of the overcast sky but I was afraid nobody would show up because of them. I didn't have to wait very long and this guy showed up.