When I was in CA

Here are some more photos from my trip to Berkeley.

The one thing I love about California is that it is a big car culture over there.

You can find fixed up vintage cars parked in almost every corner.

Abandoned sneakers.

View from Grizzly Peak.

Daryn Deluco (Director of Photography)

While I was in Berkeley, I made myself a little playlist that included mostly Cali's own Best Coast. And one of there songs, I would like to post up here is my favorite.

"Gone Again" by Best Coast

Nature

Photos I took during work in Upstate New York for a short film.

While we take a break, here are some photos!

There has been an unexpected hiatus of entries that I will have to write for another day. In the meantime, here are some photos I took on my little Nikon camera and beautified with the iPod Touch app, Instagram. Click on the photos to enlarge.

Dan Lam

P E O P L E

I want to share a collection of photos I've taken of family, friends and strangers. Hopefully, this will show 'people' how I view them.

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Arcade Fire - Culture War by MergeRecords

To go with the gallery is the new track from Arcade Fire, "Culture War" from the upcoming Special Edition release of their Grammy Record of the Year winner The Suburbs. The CD and DVD package includes the Spike Jonze directed short film Scene from the Suburbs.

Films to watch, pt. 2

One film that I have the most anticipation for is Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff. Starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan. Reichardt's previous film Wendy & Lucy, also starred Ms. Williams and that was one of the best independent film I've seen in the past few years. Very meditative and natural in terms of performances, editing and camerawork. I cannot wait to see how the director and actors handle a period piece, and it seems interesting to me that the filmmakers decide to choose the 4-by-3 format to compose their frames. I want to see the reason behind that decision.

Upcoming documentary on fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, titled Bill Cunningham New York

I'm always interested in discovering famous photographers, I love Henri-Cartier Bresson, Robert Frank and William Eggleston, and I discover them through museum trips and trips to the photography section at the Strand Bookstore. Rarely would I chance upon a documentary about them and from what I've seen of the trailer, Mr. Cunningham looks like an exciting figure.

I have a love/hate relationship with Gus Van Sant's films. They're photographed beautifully and the acting and direction is minimal. My problem is that sometimes his films can be a little boring, they meditate too long on its characters or the thought doesn't come through clearly. Examples can be found of Elephant, Gerry and Paranoid Park. Don't get me wrong, I love those films, but they're just a tad bit too long for my tastes. Van Sant is an interesting director in that he studies characters and styles, and he gives off an obsessive quality to his work which makes me respect him.

Restless appears to be a small attempt by the director to make a quirky independent film, like that of Juno or Little Miss Sunshine. This film could've easily been picked up by Fox Searchlight, famous for turning aforementioned indie films into Award winners and Box Office champions. But Sony Pictures got to it first and hopefully they can turn out a smart marketing plan just as Searchlight would.

A couple of things...

Here are some interesting things from my friends:

Duo Rock Rappers Shogo & Boris make up the group Danger Geeks (Music) They're from New York City and their songs are a mix of hip hop, hard rock and electronic. Their song 'The Forgotten' is a dark and beautiful contemplation of what the group's concerns.

A friend of mine, Dennis Natal of Electric Chariot entered a remix contest for Canadian rock band 'Metric' for their song 'Gold Guns Girls', you can check it out here.

Here's a photo of the Divine Lorraine, an old building in Philadelphia. I took this on the way home from a short film shoot. If you look carefully, you can see the moon just on top of the building. (Click on photo to view large)

This was taken in the morning in a car I was riding, on a way to a short film shoot in Philadelphia. I took this on my half-frame camera Fujica. I love how the light is hitting the cars and it's still a little dark.

Down the Trodden Path

This was taken in Jersey City, New Jersey.

More photography!

Hey guys, just got some of my photos back from the lab. I finally get to use my recently bought vintage cameras, such as the Fujica Half frame camera and the Argus C3 rangefinder. Go check them out at Flickr,