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This blog is moving...

2009-04-19T00:38:00.002-05:00

I got a new blog!!

http://aaronfacemire.com/blog

Please excuse the dust as the new site is constructed.
:p

Buddy Guy at The Virginia Theater

2009-03-26T14:52:00.002-05:00

Buddy Guy and the Ronnie Baker Brooks band preformed at the Virginia Theater on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Good Blues, I only wish there was some good bbq too. Josh, it's time to go to Kansas City!

Unofficially Late

2009-03-26T14:10:00.003-05:00

Photos from unofficial. Wow, what a day.

Sexy Color

2009-03-12T22:31:00.002-05:00

name that drink and the bar at which it was bought. (this is from a while ago taken with a D90)

Good Morning

2009-03-11T08:54:00.002-05:00

In recent news, I have been accepted to the Year In Japan program, which means that come September I will be in the Kansai region of Japan for an academic year. Fun, fun. Thanks to the professors and peers that helped with the application!

This morning (and last night), while studying for my Japn204 exam, my attention was called to some old photos I never did anything with. Here are a couple from the summer of '07.

This is just the beginning...

2009-03-06T11:17:00.002-06:00

I got these in passing, ie. on my way to class, but its ridiculous already...

The one above is from 9am. I awoke to screams at 8am. I counted 5 parties just outside my backdoor.
More to come later, undoubtedly.

donburi

2009-02-24T14:28:00.003-06:00

A good stress reliever, as Mr. Babcock would put it, to an already long day is cooking. My favorite lunch is definitely donburi, or rice bowl. Today I decided to cook up some chicken, mushrooms, and green pepper in teriyaki ginger sauce with some various spices thrown on top. Yummy, but I think it needs something else as well...

I have recently come across some inspiration to take more photos through various sources, the foremost being Beck's recent post of a video from his travels in Europe. Check it out, and more to come here as I find things that catch my eye.

ICPA 2009, Illinois Collegiate Press Association

2009-02-23T21:20:00.010-06:00

Congrats guys!

This year, The Daily Illini had a great showing at the ICPA annual convention. Brad Vest, Josh Birnbaum, Erica Magda, Pat Traylor, Roxana Ryan, Adam Babcock, and I represented the paper and especially the photo department with many awards.

--I received 2nd place along with Josh, Erica, Paolo Cisneros, and Brad for multimedia reporting for this: NIU Vigil. I also posted about my experience with some photos here.

--Josh, Roxy, Brad and I received an honorable mention for our work at the Rose Bowl last year. It was a photo spread we did titled 'California Dreaming' which I helped design. I will post a pdf file as soon as I get a copy. Here, here, here, here, here, and here are some of the photos I took on that trip. It was a good time and the reason for the start of this blog. I found some more images from the 3000+ I took over that week that I will post later.

--I also received an honorable mention for a photo I posted a couple of days ago of Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips at the Summer Camp Festival in Chillicothe, Ill. You can see that picture here and see the complete coverage here, I hope.

It is nice to see that the group I worked with through the past couple of years has become so recognized for their work, especially the work we have done together. Wish them all luck in their current and future adventures.

OGs

ISBOP misc

2009-02-19T21:08:00.002-06:00

Here are the miscellaneous rejects from the contest. There are more, but these are the ones that made it to the final cutting board. I should have shot a lot more last year. There is always this year, I suppose.

ISBOP nws

2009-02-19T19:41:00.003-06:00

These next posts are a kind of portfolio I have thrown together as part of my submission to the Illinois Press Photographers Association ISBOP contest. All of these were taken in 2008, so its not my complete portfolio, but a year in photos of sorts. Enjoy.

News:

ISBOP fea

2009-02-19T19:40:00.000-06:00

Features:

ISBOP spa

2009-02-19T19:39:00.000-06:00

Sports Action:

ISBOP spf

2009-02-19T19:38:00.000-06:00

Sport Feature:

ISBOP pop

2009-02-19T19:37:00.000-06:00

Portraits and Personality:

ISBOP pic

2009-02-19T19:36:00.001-06:00

Pictorial:

Summer Red

2009-02-14T15:52:00.006-06:00

Erica's post of (naked) Nick in the heat lamp reminded me of my experiments with a red filter over the summer. She stole my idea...

Dakoda Rex

2009-02-13T23:10:00.002-06:00

Here is my sister's son, Dakoda Rex. He is a cute little man who was born January 8th, I believe. He is the newest addition to my immediate family, and my newest volunteer photo-model. I will get some clearer pics next time I see him. Apparently he is already strong enough to lift himself and his head up to look around and he grins all over the place. Welcome, Dakoda.

OBAMA

2009-01-20T13:31:00.002-06:00

I normally would not do this, but I will make an exception for today. If you want to see my photos of the rally in Chicago, check last November's posts. Brad, Adam, Erica, and I (as well as many other friends I have infected with this catchy song) have been singing this all weekend, if not since last September. I also saw Daedalus in Chicago on New Years (see NYE post.) Good times.

OMG and excited is what describes today.

"This is real..."

Christmas Loot

2009-01-04T23:12:00.000-06:00

Here are a couple of photos I made during Christmas. My nephew Steven made out with a lot of sweet loot. Christmas overall was pretty laid back and relaxed.I enjoyed the time with my family and away from Champaign/school. But now I am ready to get back into the swing of things.

Happy Holidays, again.

Out there on the ice

2009-01-03T17:41:00.019-06:00

I went home to Princeton and called up Joe. He says lake and I say lets go. We all got together out there and had some beer, awesome cookies compliments of Jordan's mother, and cooked some questionable food that was in the freezer (some of it up to 5 years old!)
Brantley thought it would be a good idea to test the limits of the ice, and Joe eventually found a late night show on Cinemax. Just like old times...

The Texan Idiot

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"It wasn't porn, it was educational. Its an educational video... about hookers and transvestites [in Buenos Aires.]" ~ Brantley on Sexo Urbano

NYE

2009-01-02T11:31:00.006-06:00

DANCE DANCE DANCE. Wow, I did not think I could top NYE from last year. This one was spent at Abbey Pub in Chicago dancing to Daedelus with friends and strangers. And by dancing, I mean it was spent getting crazy on the dance floor, as well as some pretty fly dance moves by all if I may say. What a fun time it was. I didn't take too many pictures because I didn't have my camera, but I did commandeer Brantley's camera to take some shots.

"**** what yo momma say, Imma vote Obama way, We hood, We votin', and throwin' it up!" (Daedelus did not spin this one unfortunately, but I did throw up the O and he completely understood.)

My New Years Resolution is to live a good life, whatever that entails.

Brantley in the first pic, then Daedelus, then crowd.

Edit: Check out Brantley's awesome photo journal here for more coverage. Good stuff.

Happy New Years all.

Friends and Food

2009-01-01T11:58:00.000-06:00

The time leading up to NYE was spent with much friends and food. Also drinking, but I didn't really focus too much photographic attention on that. Have these instead.

Randomness

2008-11-17T17:52:00.003-06:00

Having a 16gig memory card means I have a lot of old photos I have yet to look over.
Here you go.

Warrior

2008-11-17T17:48:00.002-06:00

Here are some old photos from Halloween. The warrior made an appearance.

Graffiti

2008-11-17T17:24:00.002-06:00

Here is some graffiti I found around campus. This is from an assignment I shot a couple months ago, but they were never used.