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Camelia Dobrin is a crazy good illustrator from the UK. Check out the work.

I shot 4 photos at the Bu the other day. Here are 2 of the for mentioned photos. Pictured surfing is 1 Anthony Petruso on a wave where he did a number of turns.

I would not usually waste wine by throwing it all over the ground, but I was a little drunk and wanted to shoot some photos soooo...the photos above depict what happened.

I am lovin the art for "The Phenomenal Handclap Band's" first album. The music, a mix of funky psychedelic grooves, is not bad either. More info via we like it indie

It is true that there is no greater pleasure than snapping photographs. It is also true that after long periods of repetitive activity such as years of pressing the trigger and hearing ,"Click!", shutter sounds in your ear you can go a bit nuts. Some photographers get bored, hang up the camera, kick over their light stands and move on to another hobby. Others end up in mental institutions muttering insanities about Paris Hilton and screaming to imaginary assistants, "Where is the 400? Give me the 400!." While others like Joe McNally climb really tall buildings in the heart of New York without a harness thus taking there photography to a whole new level.

Thanks to Ben Clark's awesome photos of Yo Gabba Gabba I am now a fan of a TV show made for kids. This kinda makes me mad because I hate the commercials on Nickelodeon more than I hate anything at all. I am getting over it though and will probably be tuning in often to catch all the hip music acts, like MGMT pictured above, that appear on the show.

Check out Tricia Lee Pascoe's use of natural light. It rocks. Tricia Lee Pascoe

Here are a couple logo ruffs that hit the cutting room floor. Never used for nothing.

Ah, Memories. Andrew has moved to Hawaii and Tim is chasing some surfer dudes around Panama or something. I have not surfed in San Diego for over a month.

Just got back to LA after a little jaunt around the Bay area. Had a great time surfing even though the conditions were sub par and we had to put in a bit of work just to find surfable waves. The best part had to be hanging out in Oakland with our gracious host CL. She lead Seth, Patrick and I around the city on rebuilt road bikes and ensured we saw the best of the DIY art/muisc scene. Arriving back to Oakland after a freezin surf at one the coast's more out of the way spots we were greeted by CL a bottle of wine and an amazing acoustic set in a converted factory building. We warmed up quickly.

However, the trip was not without it's rough patches. Our roof rack and surfboards hit one particular rough patch in the middle of the highway after ripping from the top of our car. No worries though - a quick trip to Walgreens for duct tape, a stern phone call to REI and a stop at a surf shop having a sale and we were back on the road and in the water.

In the end, the sun finally came out and we sipped coffee on the stoop and read the paper. All good.

For me one of the hardest parts of photography is finding an interesting subject to capture. I will often find myself snapping photos of a subject in an excited frenzy only to look at the finished photograph later and realize it lacks something. Usually what the photo lacks is any reason for existing at all. Most of these photos end up on a hard drive somewhere labeled snapshots.

Photographer Yelena Yemchuk does not seem to have a problem finding interesting subjects to capture on film. Yelena's fashion portraits are unique in representing models that are truly interesting beyond there exterior beauty. No snapshots here. Take a look at Yelena's site.

The cool thing about shooting The Black Lips live performances is they barely move. Shot with a 200mm from with the entire crowd between me and the stage.

Yep. I poached this shot. Don't even know who the surfer is.

Shot Nas live. Yep!