AND WE'RE OFF!

My new website is done. You can visit is at...
http://justinscarpetti.com

redondo pier

taken at the redondo beach pier, in california. this is the first b&w (black & white for those of you who don't know what b&w is) that i have posted on my blog so far. there will probably be more to come in the future. who knows? who cares? back to this picture... after eating some pizza and some corn hot dogs on sticks (a.k.a. corndogs) me, ryan, jillian, and peter set off on our dangerous adventure around the pier. peter only made it half way and then had to turn back, but me, ryan, and jillian all made it around and back alive. there were also pelicans on the pier that didn't move at all. they were like statues (click me). also, not that it has to do with anything about this post but recently i have started shooting film. so hopefully soon i will get a couple up here if they are worthy enough. also, i wanted to let everyone know that my dear friend peter lost something very special to him. his 50mm f/1.8 lens fell out of his camera bag and broke recently. i think it is a goner. if 90 people read this and all gave me one dollar we would have enough money to buy him a new lens.
canon 40d - 10mm - f/3.5 - 6.0s - iso100 - tripod

sixth street

me and the man that hasn't technically flown until he lands (r.e.t.) went out for an excursion a while back, i believe it was early august. this picture was taken over-looking a train station off of the 6th street bridge in los angeles. we were in downtown for a while and then decided to head up towards the bridge. ryan told me that they landed the plane from "swat" (the movie, with ll cool j) on this bridge. i remember the scene i just don't remember whether he said it was the bridge we were on or a different one. anyways, going back to the picture. i started getting into some hdr photography recently, as we all are now, and was going through some old pics when i came across this one to throw some high dynamic range at. i thought it came out pretty well for not having much experience with hdr, i wanted it to be kind of subtle.

***update***

so after some google research i did and some google research that ryan did we he has concluded that: me+google > you+google (me=ryan/you=me) as you can see in the comments. also he has concluded that this bridge is not the 6th street bridge but the 4th street bridge. so sorry for misinforming everyone. please don't sue.
canon 40d - 28mm - f/11 - 10.0s - iso100 - tripod

josh

joshua tree, ca. first off i have to say that joshua tree is probably one of the coolest places that i have been to. it is up on my top 5. here is our gang (see). i'm the third one, in case you didn't know. i look the shortest but i'm actually second tallest. for the most part the weather was nice (a little cold) but nice. the rocks were awesome. taking my truck off roading to deserted mines was pretty cool too. i did some painting (see). we had some weird food and i gained like 8 pounds in less than 48 hours. so i will probably go here again during the warmer parts of the year when i don't have to have 5 layers of clothes on.
canon 40d - 24mm - f/2.8 - 30.0s - iso125 - set on rock

the red

taken in red mountain, ca. this one goes out to fred (you know who you are). this one was taken in red mountain, ca. the winds were blowing so fast i barely got to take any pictures, not that it is an excuse but it's hard to take pictures when something is trying to knock you down. but during the day was fun. i got to ride like 4 different dirt bikes, did some back flips, got super cold, and most importantly got to spend all of it with my favorite (and only) girlfriend.
canon 40d - 10mm - f/3.5 - 50.0s - iso800 - tripod