A Week In America

Finally my external hard drive is all fixed, and luckily our really really nice South African next door neighbours let me borrow their computer and Internet for a week while their on holiday in Wales.

America was such a great time, only got a week there, staying on Venice beach, LA. Was such an interesting place, with great architecture, really weird and wonderful people and everything is so much cheaper. I Had A sick time.

From the start of the holiday, I could tell this was going to be an good one. At the airport my family was stopped before we got on the plane. This kinda worried me until we found out we had been upgraded to Premium Economy. Then after my entertainment system wasn't working, I was upgraded to Business Class. Was an awesome trip and i slept well.


*Watched Wolverine

*View From the Top

* L.A in all it's glory

On the way from the airport to the flat, saw some strange and interesting sites sites:




*Patriotism*(Chemist...)


Went shopping straightaway for supplies.

*ahh the sugary goodness


* Stuff Tastes Shit

Ended up eating so much shit while in America, two staples where:

*Breakfast

*3 Times a day

* View from roof of our apartment

Where we stayed literally was on the Venice Beach Board Walk, Was so good,



all along the beach front they had skate and bike 'freeways' which got you around pretty easily. So me and my brother Eddie:
* Miami Vice Stylin

spent the week often exploring. And went to some cool places and met some cool people:










*Exaggerated.




I thing I couldn't quite use to was how acceptable Weed was here, and how many dispensaries they had, like this:
And this
Which means there were also lots of these

which had a lot of these, strange alien bongs:

I was also surprised about how many tattoo parlours there were along the board walk:

They were all so friendly, but I spent most of my time at this particular parlour:


House Of Ink, They were really cool people working there, and I got to shoot some promotional stuff for some of the artists:

*Andrea Reverent


Felix

Also jus did some shots of Steve doing some work on some customers:

The skate park was jus down the road from where we stayed, so was really good to go down there and get back into some of my skating and also take some pix. Was a really good location, heaps good to go to in the arvos.



* Skater Dawg, He was so good to watch, all over the park.



* My brother took this, hence me watching him with my camera.

Also went to check out another local spot thats been featured in lots of skate movies, there was some young kids doing some sick stuff.


Later in the week we went to Universal Studios. Was very expensive, but worth it, the rides had such high production value, and had amazing effects.





* The Simpsons ride was a crazy simulator, So good, Such good graphics.
* It took three of these to get to one half of the park to the other

*Raging Hulk, and Eddie

*O.G, Blues Bros Car

The Jurrasic Park Ride was by far the best, I love the movie, and the ride was so good. Just a little short.


*Starts of Peaceful*Then goes to shit

* Then it ends like this:

* It was such a hot day, these things saved us, and some posing mexican kids too by the looks of it;* Surposedly Crash Bandicoot is a Universal Studios Character...

* Wall-E
* Surposed Marilyn Monroe look alike

* An another one, Made of Jelly Beans

*More Healthy food

The final day in America I was able to make a quick visit to the local freak show which was closed most of the time I was there, some strange stuff, like ;

*Conjoined Turtles
* Sword swollowing,( this guy was in the guinniess world record for youngest sword swollower and most sword swollows in a year which was 3,500 or something.)

* And A 5 legged dog amongst many other strange things.
I had an amazing time in America and having an amazing time still in England, Seen some great bands, seeing Trash Talk tomorrow, will get all the pics up soon.

New Experiences

With being so busy while in America, having an amazing time and no Internet. Venice beach is full of so many Amazing and interesting people and places to see, I had so much fun. Now being here in England establishing ourselves in a new home with no computer and no Internet except the free Internet I'm using from the Library I haven't been able to update this thing. But i have heaps of pix I'm keen to chuck up from America.

They'll be up later this week i hope. When i get Internet.

Anyway for now this is where I'm living:

( Ill get better pix soon)

Anticipation

It is now 15 hours before I leave the country. Ill be in America for a week then off to England for 5 months, then America for 3 weeks again on the way back. The last few weeks have been intense, a whole lot of packing and sorting out stuff not just what i need for England/America, but also every thin that I'm not taking away with me, that I'll need when I'm back to move to Brisbane, as my family would have totally moved out of the house to England.
Also what really has been taking a toll on me is the many potentially permanent goodbyes I've had to make to many people. Some who I have spent over half my life with, this is truly a defining moment in my life. But In a way I am really excited for what my future will hold. I'll Just have to see.
It has been a long time since I have updated anything on this, I have been working hard on getting my portfolio, sorted, print, mounted and sent away before i leave. Check it out here.
But I am going to make an extra effort to keep this thing up to date with my journey as I go along.
Anyway that's all i have for now. Keep checkin in.
Daniel

2 Weeks 5 Days & Counting...

It again has been awhile since I've posted anything, Just been so busy sorting everything out for University and moving to England for 5 months which is getting intense. Sorted most of my Port Folio out, just gotta improve a couple of images. Also packing away my room, which I haven't done for about 10 years which is scary. Also found out I'm going to be going to LA, staying at Venice Beach for a week before I got to England, cause my mum has to do some work at Universal studios.
So me and my bro get to go to the Universal Studios theme park for a couple of days, And pretty keen for this

And this

As well as everything else, it will be amazing, and hopefully document or at least keep this thing up to date with whats going on during my whole trip.

Also last week went to both Hardcore '09's but was able to shoot the 18+ Manning Bar show which was really great, especially too be able to shoot Cruel Hand;

-Shinto Katana

-White Male Dumbinance


-Miles Away

-Cruel Hand





Also my friends from xStrength Through Purityx who I had done promos for awhile back, had been sending this around and thought it looked sick:

I don't know how many more opportunities I'll have too update this before I leave, but be sure to keep checking through out the rest of the year for updates on my trip.
Thanks
Daniel

D and D

Not a whole lotta new, news, Just been trying to sort everything out still, taking photos and trying to choose what I'm going to use for my Folio. Checking out shows that ill be seeing in England and there are a couple of good ones, some shows of Dead Swans (really good English hardcore), A Misery Signals and Architects show which I'm heaps siked on and some The Ghost Inside, Architects, Despised Icon & Winds Of Plague (METAL). Plus no doubt some locals if i can find em.
But should be good.
Also last week shot the Drunk And Disorderly Show at Hype on Thurs, felt good being at a show again, it'd been too long, although it wasn't the best people and bands, still had fun, saw people I haven't in ages and may not again due to my English trip/Brissy Move, and also got to see Break Even which was SO GOOD. Here are some pix;

-Louie Knuxx



-Break Even


Through out their set there were a couple of metal heads, head banging and randomly one of them grabbed the break even singers hang....


-Deez Nuts





-My Friend top tired crowd surfing during Deez Nuts, but the kids these days think shows are all about moshing and looking good;


- It got too hectic after awhile had to bail to the back;

only got a few of The Amity Affliction cause i had to catch a bus;

-Amity Affliction





Saw an amazing Spanish movie with my friend the other day, called 'El Organto'
(the Orphanage) , A really good thriller/horror, and very cleaver, many twists;
Also my friend Caitlin came over and she'd just gotten a new hair cut ala, This Is England, and wanted some Portrait Prac;