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Someone left a "dirty" book in the restroom.

2012-01-23T14:21:00.001-08:00

Taken at San Diego Cooperative Charter School

Wasn't sure if I should be driving behind this guy

2012-01-19T10:16:00.001-08:00

Wasn't sure if I should be driving behind this guy

2012-01-19T10:15:00.001-08:00

Untitled

2012-01-12T12:02:00.001-08:00

Taken at San Diego Cooperative Charter School

Untitled

2012-01-11T06:47:00.001-08:00

Classroom satellites

2012-01-10T11:37:00.001-08:00

Taken at San Diego Cooperative Charter School

A boy and his...succulent?

2012-01-08T17:26:00.001-08:00

Taken at Hillcrest Farmer's Market

A week later...Happy New Year!

2012-01-08T17:24:00.001-08:00

PotC YAHTZEE!

2012-01-02T19:34:00.001-08:00

What's the name of this song?!

2012-01-02T16:27:00.001-08:00

Taken at Fry's Electronics

Me & my boy at Presidio Park

2011-12-19T20:13:00.001-08:00

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Lurking in Presidio Park

2011-12-18T18:14:00.001-08:00

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EDP Staff @SDCCS Holiday Luncheon

2011-12-15T20:42:00.001-08:00

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Tree trimmin' w/ @salandnat, @muylani & @JenaeLynette

2011-12-09T22:39:00.001-08:00

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It's beginning to look a lot like that time of year when the paperwhites bloom

2011-12-04T15:11:00.001-08:00

Stumblin' thru Alameda

2011-11-26T17:15:00.001-08:00

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (@ybca)

2011-11-26T09:43:00.001-08:00

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Chinatown

2011-11-25T23:26:00.001-08:00

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Port of San Francisco

2011-11-25T23:06:00.001-08:00

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Walking around Alameda

2011-11-25T20:15:00.001-08:00

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Delicious Project Night at @SDCCS thanks to @TabeBBQ @SDStreetEats & @SDSweetTreats

2011-11-17T21:07:00.001-08:00

I don't gamble, but I do pay my bets.

2011-11-14T19:43:00.001-08:00

Apropos of nothing

2011-11-12T09:20:00.001-08:00

He was asleep, so I couldn't ask him how many times to lick my Tootsie Pop

2011-11-12T01:43:00.001-08:00

Story time!

2011-11-08T12:36:00.001-08:00

There's a lunch ghost at school!

2011-11-02T14:06:00.001-07:00

Taken at San Diego Cooperative Charter School

O Q (3.14)

2011-11-02T09:25:00.001-07:00

In case you missed yet another gorgeous sunset

2011-10-29T18:53:00.001-07:00

My boy's not feeling himself.

2011-10-25T19:49:00.001-07:00

Just out of the cocoon @SDCCS

2011-10-25T10:46:00.001-07:00

Taken at San Diego Cooperative Charter School

New life in @SDCCS gardens

2011-10-24T21:21:00.001-07:00

Garden Work Day 2011 @SDCCS

2011-10-22T16:01:00.001-07:00

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No Animal Left Behind

2011-10-22T15:46:00.001-07:00

El Cid

2011-10-21T20:43:00.001-07:00

Taken at El Cid sculpture

Self-made man

2011-10-19T20:30:00.001-07:00

Celebrating Ren's Ten 10/10!

2011-10-18T10:17:00.001-07:00

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Surfer Sunset Silhouette

2011-09-24T20:59:00.001-07:00

Taken at Coronado Pits

Creepiest public restroom evar.

2011-09-23T18:48:00.001-07:00

Taken at Presido Park

Rain bejeweled passiflora

2011-09-23T10:49:00.001-07:00

Taken at San Diego Cooperative Charter School

Space monkey ready to be shot into orbit.

2011-09-21T09:52:00.001-07:00

The Future is Now: Gallery Opening for Jeff Plapp @ the Triangle Building

2011-09-18T20:08:00.001-07:00

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Sunset near the old armory

2011-09-12T19:48:00.001-07:00

Açai smoothie ftw!

2011-09-12T14:19:00.003-07:00

Taken at Jamba Juice

Açai smoothie ftw!

2011-09-12T14:19:00.001-07:00

Taken at Jamba Juice

Summer in San Diego really starts after Labor Day, once school's back in session.

2011-09-07T14:41:00.001-07:00

Taken at San Diego Cooperative Charter School

Do you mean the chocolate chip cookies I had earlier?

2011-09-06T19:22:00.001-07:00

Taken at Sunrise Buffet

Just got my order from @Onnit Labs. About to get on it in 5...4...3...2...1...

2011-09-01T10:54:00.001-07:00

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Block shots, by chip off said block

2011-09-01T02:13:00.001-07:00

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I had my soon-to-be 10 year-old son take a couple shots of me while we took a stroll downtown. The monochrome one is one I shot myself at arm's length.

They were all taken with my dslr, but I edited them on my iPhone, using PhotoForge, Dynamic Light, and PhotoToaster.

Letting this 15 year old seduce me & take my cares away...

2011-08-28T00:38:00.001-07:00

Gonna watch some friends' kids in their 1st high school football game

2011-08-26T15:59:00.001-07:00

Taken at Mira Mesa High School

Help me get up on a Times Square billboard! Visit my splash page at http://about.me/emilroy and vote for me! Thank you!

2011-08-24T13:08:00.001-07:00

We're gonna need a (bigger) boat

2011-08-18T19:31:00.001-07:00

Taken at Model Yacht Basin

Untitled

2011-08-17T18:57:00.000-07:00

Taken at Bird Park

For a kid who hasn't much liked to read, he's picked a heckuva beast to take on!

2011-08-17T18:54:00.001-07:00

Taken at Starbucks

FroYo, coffee (or chocolate milk), and books

2011-08-17T16:03:00.001-07:00

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PhotoForged Selfie

2011-08-17T01:51:00.001-07:00

Drew & Sarah :: A Private Ceremony

2011-08-15T19:52:00.001-07:00

In an idyllic spot, along a little stream near Green Valley Falls, I
got to witness and photograph one of my dearest friends get married to
his beautiful and ridiculously awesome bride. Though it was high noon,
we were spared from the blazing summer sun by the emerald canopy of
trees growing along the banks of the stream.

Being a completely private ceremony--just me, John, their officiate
(another old friend), and Drew and Sarah--there was a level of
intimacy you can't get at a traditional wedding, or even at the
courthouse. With only the occassional whinnies of horses being ridden
nearby, we were in a world all to ourselves, where Drew and Sarah were
able to exchange their vows without distraction; the gentle babbling
of water serving as Pachelbel and Mendelssohn.

For me, it was nice to not worry about standing in front of anyone, as
I circled them. My only concern was if I was going to get more than
ankle deep in the water, or if I'd lose my footing climbing up and
down the bank.

Afterwards, we made our way back to our cars, where we took a couple
silly photos against a dumpster. Then, feeling the need for a small
bit of tradition, Sarah tossed the bouquet to me and John.

I caught it.

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Drew & Sarah :: A Private Ceremony

2011-08-15T19:41:00.001-07:00

Afterwards, we made our way back to our cars, where we took a couple
silly photos against a dumpster. Then, feeling the need for a small
bit of tradition, Sarah tossed the bouquet to me and John.

I caught it.

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Cheeseburger & tater tots!

2011-08-14T15:14:00.001-07:00

Taken at Station Tavern

It's a nice day for a white [trash] wedding!

2011-08-14T15:10:00.003-07:00

It's a nice day for a white [trash] wedding!

2011-08-14T15:10:00.001-07:00

Concords sweets as jelly!

2011-08-13T18:59:00.001-07:00

Off to a family shoot, then to BVHS 20 year reunion mixer

2011-08-13T16:56:00.001-07:00

Taken at San Diego Air & Space Museum

IB Pier at sunset

2011-08-11T21:06:00.001-07:00

Taken at Imperial Beach

Comforting Lily

2011-08-11T21:02:00.001-07:00

Office space

2011-08-11T18:35:00.001-07:00

Taken at Imperial Beach

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2011-08-10T03:18:00.001-07:00

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» 10 minutes with Timothy Archibald :: this is the what

2011-08-10T02:59:00.001-07:00

When did you first know that you wanted to be a photographer? If for some reason you never picked up a camera, what other path do you think you may have followed?

I got interested in photography when I was 14. At that time my brother worked as the photo lab tech at Union College, which was in Schenectady N.Y. The professor there was very passionate about teaching photography as a form of self expression, not really as a commercial tool at all. I met him at my brother’s graduation party and he invited me to attend his classes. It seemed to me that he liked seeing how photography would affect people’s lives when he empowered them with it. I was a teenager, awkward as anyone, and I think he saw it as a chance to see what an awkward teenager would do with photography.

This was a powerful time in one’s life to discover photography: it could be a tool to learn about yourself and a tool to learn about others. The professor taught that idea right from the start, and I saw it as that from the beginning.

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

If for some reason you never picked up a camera, what other path do you think you may have followed?

I always saw a connection between words and photographs, writing and photography. When I got out of college I worked as a photographer at a number of newspapers and was always inspired by the writers I worked with…and now I like to combine words and images in my personal projects, so I think that would be the other thing that would allow the storytelling to keep going. Then of course a fantasy of being a hair dresser at a hip salon, kind of like Warren Beatty in the film “Shampoo”.

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

With all of the changes in editorial photography – from the desire of video components, outtakes for the web, and tighter budgets, what do you foresee the future of editorial photography looking like?

There was a lot of buzz about photographers all becoming film directors last year…my reps at Tidepool Reps were encouraging everyone to make films and a number of photographers created some really wonderful motion pieces. I never actually made one…I got kind of distracted by the energy that ECHOLILIA was generating and focused really on that. But one is in the works…

I guess I foresee print continuing but there also being a need for well done still photography productions that use the motion the web offers. There have been some great moving slideshow productions ( just saw one by Danny Wilcox Frazier ) that have surfaced in the world of photo journalism that allowed the wonder and splendor of still photography to continue, but enhanced the storytelling with sound and transitions and moving images that wove things together with maximum impact on the web. But of course, I can’t see the future. But I do feel that the idea that all still photographers will now become directors is kind of shortchanging both mediums. Kind of like saying way back in the beginning of photography that all painters will toss away their brushes and become photographers.

But for me, the advent of blogs and Facebook has changed the way we show photography, and has changed what we want to see. Here at my studio, we are trying to create a printed portfolio that feels more like the looseness of a blog and has the personality that can come thru on face book. This casual tossing out of idea and photographs that blogs and face book allow us are starting to be expected and hungered for…and I do really find that exciting.

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Who would your dream subject be?

Whenever I show up to photograph someone they often ask me that question. I almost always respond by saying “ Well, I’m having a real good time photographing you right now. Maybe it is you?” And I mean that.

I’ve always enjoyed what I think of as the smallest fish in the pond. The person or subject that really has gotten no attention yet…or never thought they’d get any attention. I love the idea that everyone is an expert in one thing…and that is themselves, their own life. Whenever I feel like I’m able to tap into a subject that has those qualities, I feel like it is the ideal.

Are you currently working on any personal projects?

My personal project really are the things that have gotten me attention over the years. In 2005 my first book “Sex Machines: Photographs and Interviews” came out, and then we did “ECHOLILIA” in 2010. I never try to force these things, and really I wait for something that is compelling enough to bubble to the surface. Right now I’m working on a series called “Psychotherapy Photographs” which are primarily diptychs, shot in black and white. Right now it feels like a creative exercise, rather than something that has legs of its own, but we’ll see. Typically these projects seem to last 3 years and then come to a natural end.

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

With the success of your book, ECHOLILIA, is it important for you to keep shooting personal work while also doing editorial and commercial jobs?

For me, both genres need to be cared for and nurtured. Whenever I’m deep in a personal project, my commercial work suffers. And typically when there is a time that the commercial work is going strong, that’s when I don’t seem to make any progress on personal work. But none of these things really seem to be able to thrive without lots of attention.

If you could go back 10 years, what advice would you give yourself?

Oh, ten years? Well, I always wished my work was more commercial, or I could figure out how to exploit the commercial side of what I am up to better. I’m always finding myself feeling jealous of these photographers whose work speaks so clearly the language of advertising, where my work is always like trying to back in to the ad world, parallel parking blindfolded into an ad campaign. But that said, I’m thankful that I never really took the path of assisting ( though I’ve been inspired by everyone who has assisted me in the past ), and I’m thankful that my early education had nothing to do with the concerns of commercial photography.

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Timothy Archibald

Any words of wisdom for the up-and-comers?

Yes:

Learn the history of photography.

Tell someone whose work you love why you love it.

Surround yourself with a community of peers whose work you admire.

Don’t pay a consultant for advice, listen closely to your friends.

Call a photographer on the phone and ask them how they made a photograph you like.

Always be honest and generous with your advice to others.

Learn how to be happy for your fellow photographers when they kick ass.

(Timothy is based in San Francisco. See more of his work, here)

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First shots with the new (to me) 50mm. Thanks @cfphotog! #NikkorNifty50

2011-08-10T00:14:00.001-07:00

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Untitled

2011-08-07T19:21:00.001-07:00

Taken at Old Town The Birth Place Of.California

Markers on the sidewalk

2011-08-07T19:19:00.003-07:00

Taken at Old Town The Birth Place Of.California

Markers on the sidewalk

2011-08-07T19:19:00.001-07:00

Taken at Old Town The Birth Place Of.California

Mural detail inside @thecentro_SD

2011-08-03T11:00:00.001-07:00

Taken at Centro Cultural De La Raza

Bluetooth Keyboard w/ iPhone 4

2011-08-02T22:34:00.001-07:00

So I went to Fry's today. As usual, I ended up leaving there with more than I expected. Not much more, though. I picked up a couple USB thumb drives (I always find myself wishing I had one one me, so one for myself, and one for my son, who will need one once school resumes in September); a pair of "Blue Blocker" style sunglasses (I kinda like their cheesiness, and I like how they make everything look. Plus, I needed a new pair of shades); and a bluetooth keyboard to use with my iPhone.

So far, this is the longest document I've typed with the RockSoul BK-101, and considering how it feels to type long missives on the iPhone's virtual keyboard, I like this a lot better. At the moment, it's not exactly ideal, as i have the keyboard on my lap and my iPhone on my knee. I can imagine, though, that I would be quite comfortable sitting at a table, with the iPhone on a stand, centered above the keyboard.

For long messages, emails and documents, this will work pretty well. Most of the standard keyboard shortcuts work. And while I'm not normally a Mac user (down, Fanboy), the seemingly Mac-specific shortcuts are easy to figure out. There are media keys (F7-F10) for controlling iPod music (and probably whatever music app is in the background, though I haven't tested that out yet); a search key (F3), which takes you straight to the Spotlight screen; and the ESC key acts as the HOME button.

The drawbacks, unfortunately, keep this from being a perfect solution to working remotely sans Mac/netbook or laptop. Where the keyboard falls short is within text boxes in apps like Facebook. With the keyboard active, the virtual keypad is absent, and while you would think simply hitting the Enter/Return key (or in combination with the Command, Option or Control keys) would act as a Post or Send button, it doesn't. Also, when making selections from a scrolling menu, you would think the arrow keys would allow you to navigate your options, but that doesn't work either. You end up having to reach over to tap the screen, which I realize is definitely one of those "first-world problems", but it does kind of go against the idea of using a wireless keyboard to get the device out of your hand.

That doesn't make it a deal-breaker for me, though. I mean, while I have cramped my hands posting lengthy Facebook and Flickr posts on my iPhone, that wasn't my intended purpose for purchasing the keyboard. And when I DO find myself crafting extensive Facebook replies and Flickr group posts, it won't bother me to reach over and tap Send.

Don't like what you see? Change the channel.

2011-08-01T15:36:00.001-07:00

Horton Plaza are belong to us

2011-08-01T15:31:00.001-07:00

Awesome Korean BBQ Philly sandwich here!

2011-08-01T15:24:00.001-07:00

Taken at J.Wok

Untitled

2011-08-01T14:12:00.001-07:00

Taken at The Sofia Hotel

Untitled

2011-08-01T14:11:00.001-07:00

Taken at The Sofia Hotel

No rail slides

2011-08-01T13:33:00.001-07:00

Garden design by Sweet Pea Gardens San Diego http://ht.ly/5RLu0

2011-07-31T21:19:00.001-07:00

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Simple pleasure: applying a fresh screen protector without getting air bubbles!

2011-07-28T15:09:00.001-07:00

I think this is the first time I've put a screen protector on my
iPhone, and not had to accept the inevitible air bubbles. Go me.

Julian Devi's Rice Feeding Ceremony

2011-07-27T23:19:00.001-07:00

A beautiful ceremony to welcome Ben & Holly's beautiful boy into the
community. As I understood it, the ritual marks the time when the
child is ready for solid food--no longer nourished by his mother, he
is now nourished by Nature.

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Futurama jar heads

2011-07-26T19:25:00.001-07:00

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@SDCCS marching in @SDPride 2011!

2011-07-26T19:18:00.001-07:00

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Family portraits :: the Martins

2011-07-26T14:24:00.001-07:00

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‪Sal & Nataly's 10th Anniversary‬‏

2011-07-21T17:36:00.001-07:00

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Ann marie's Bastille Birthday

2011-07-20T18:47:00.001-07:00

Koa & Kristin Hudgens

2011-07-20T13:18:00.001-07:00

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@salandnat Renewal of Vows Ceremony

2011-07-18T17:41:00.001-07:00

It was a beautiful day to celebrate 10 years of marriage--the Summer
heat had let up a bit, there wasn't a cloud in the sky...and
Carmaggedon turned out to be the non-event of the year!

That's right, even the petroleum-hungry car gods made the way clear
for friends and family to join Sal and Nataly, as they commemorated
their matrimonial decennium by renewing their vows and commitment to
one another. Among the friends in attendance, Bill Rude made for the
perfect officiant, with an engaging balance of poignance and
irreverance, and at one point referred to Sal as Nataly's "sassy
little Mexican".

The ceremony was followed by baked deliciousness from Porto's, and
tasty grooves by DJ Groovy Lu (Luis Orellana). You'll have to ask
Nataly where they got their amazing cake, which was remeniscent of
"The Giving Tree".

Congratulations, Sal and Nataly, and thank you for inviting me to
share this special occasion with you. I had a wonderful time (as, I'm
sure, everyone else), and my legs STILL ache from gettin' my
boogie-down all night!

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The Office, layout

2011-07-18T00:55:00.001-07:00

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Sal & Jimmy

2011-07-16T23:27:00.001-07:00

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Ok Mr. @ToddGloria, here's your TwitPic! ;-) Happy Pride!

2011-07-16T15:38:00.001-07:00

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Awesome Rube Goldberg video by 2D Photography!

2011-07-14T15:35:00.001-07:00

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OMG I would totally do this for @SDPride, except I won't. (@SDCCS)

2011-07-13T13:32:00.001-07:00

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Animoto :: @ActiveRideShop skate demo @SDCCS

2011-07-13T13:05:00.001-07:00

<p>Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.</p>

You probably thought I was kidding about tramp-stamped bros.

2011-07-10T18:15:00.001-07:00

A little lube couldn't hurt.

2011-07-10T17:01:00.001-07:00

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What goes up...

2011-07-10T16:37:00.001-07:00

Taken at Aztec Aquaplex

Just, please, no TwitPics, @ToddGloria ;-)

2011-07-06T14:17:00.001-07:00

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