West Coast Trip – Los Angeles

A few weeks ago my friend Tricia and I drove from Los Angeles to Portland in a bright red Chevy Cobalt. It was a really great experience… here are some photos from the first part of the trip…

My favorite place to sit on a plane is next to the wings, some people hate it because of the loud engines, but I feel comforted by it somehow…

My first impression of LA: tall palm trees on a hazy day


Ben Axelrad’s kitchen in West Hollywood


Walking down Sunset Blvd


In N Out Burger


I happened to be in LA the weekend of the Oscar’s… outside the Kodak theater


I love Harry Potter


I was fascinated by all of the impersonators walking around, making money posing for pictures with people. I wonder how many of these impersonators came to Hollywood to make it big.


Walking down Hollywood Blvd


Ben Axelrad : Los Angeles tour guide extraordinare


Venice Beach

Tricia Kleinot : Roadtrip buddy extraordinaire

Venice Beach performers

Santa Monica. It was all about physical fitness here, lots of acrobatic people…

Under the Gymfluence Subway Campaign

I had the opportunity to shoot a really fun party for Crunch Gym, and they decided to use one of my photos for an ad campaign they are running right now. Only one of the photos is mine, don’t get too excited… The pole dancing lady on the lower left hand corner. Regardless, it is very rewarding to see your work out in the open, however cornered it may be.

Vintage Victoria

These are photographs I took of my friend Victoria almost 10 years ago when I first got my camera. Back then I didn’t know how to use it properly, so every good image was a lucky mistake. Also, it was film, so not only did I not know what I was doing, I had to wait patiently to see the results of my experiments. I really miss that sometimes.

Las Vegas

Here are some images from our trip to Las Vegas:


fountains outside the Bellagio

entrance to the Flamingo

slots (we played one dollar at every casino we went to,
won zero dollars)

New York New York Casino (I’ve never actually been this
close to the actual statue, sad I know)

more ungrateful slots

gawkers reflected on the pane of plexiglass that a lion was
sleeping on (does that make sense?) at the MGM

sex sells in Vegas, but not on Fridays

Circus Circus, best casino there, a true relic, very dusty and old

it just isn’t the US of A without the golden arches

downtown off of Freemont St.

the lucky ladies at the fine Mermaids establishment

more sex

and a cowgirl

yeeehaw!