Author: Jake
Wednesday night was kind of fun because Reagan and I were working at the ASH Footwear party in SoHo. I shoot these types of events fairly often. I have to admit that they aren’t my favorite thing to shoot. But the fact that Reagan and some of her salon friends were there, made it a lot of fun. I shot several images of Reagan working her magic.
Spraying it up
The party was hosted by Solange Knowles. Here is a shot of Reagan and her friends from the salon with Ms. Knowles.
Reagan wrote about the event on Hairdresser on Fire, if you want to check it out.
I’m pretty excited to get the weekend started. I haven’t seen Piper for too long. I hope that she remembers me, hehe. I wish that it could be a little bit more of a chill weekend. Alas, it is booked to the gills. Reagan is throwing a bridal shower on Sunday. So, I will be helping her set it up on Saturday/Sunday and doing the photography. Sunday morning (fathers day) I have a race in CP. Then Sunday eve, we will be taking down the shower venue. Despite the busyness that this weekend brings, I’m glad to be able to spend some time hanging out with Reagan and PJ, again.
Have a great weekend!
Author: Jake
I had a chance over the weekend to throw together some of the video footage that we shot while on vacay. As I was going through it, I already missed being over there. We had such a great time. I kind of wish that I would have shot a bit more video, just so that we could properly reminisce. Anyway, here is what I came up with.
I also went back through the photos and had a chance to properly edit them (on a normal sized calibrated monitor). Here is a link to the Spain photos. Here is a link to the Paris photos.
Author: Jake
Man, it was good to be back and see Piper over the weekend. She was super cute and in a good mood both days. We mostly just lounged around, had some shoulder rides, watched movies and snuggled. Good times.
Author: Jake
This morning we went to Girona to visit our friend Stefanie. We were going to rent a car and drive the coast, but opted to just take the rail, since we would have had to turn in the car the same day (we fly out super early in the morning). It is a pretty awesome little town. There is stuff over there that isn’t much younger than the bible.
We had an awesome time and we are super stoked to do it again. We are equally as stoked to get home and hang out with the Pipster.
Author: Jake
Today we hit one of Gaudi’s more well known structures. The place was mind blowing. Unfortunately the outside of it was covered partially in scaffolding (which it apparently always is). But the inside was crazy. I could not even wrap my head around how much attention to detail went into designing every square foot of that place. The shot above is of one of the cathedral’s side doors. Below is a detail of the same door.
All of this came after a fun filled night of hanging out with friends. One of Reagan’s good friends is from Spain. She happens to be in town visiting. She came to Barcelona and stayed with us last night. We met up with some of her friends and went to a party, then dancing. It was a really good time. We met some really cool people and had a great sample of the nightlife.
Above, Reagan and friends at dinner. Below, clubbing
Tomorrow we drive up the coast to check out some castles and stuff.
Author: Jake
Yeah, we went back to the tower, this time early in the morning and armed with a tripod. These are some of the results.
Here are some more shots from today–
Author: Jake
We hit Luxembourg Gardens on Sunday. It is a beautiful spot.
This was after we went through the Paris Catacombs (thanks Jon). The place is crazy. There are the remains of some six million Parisians down there.
These shots are kinda crappy because is was super dark down there and no flash is allowed. But I think that they give a sense of what it is like. I was blown away. Reagan was creeped out.
Here is my favorite shot so far– Reagan with a baguette sticking out of her backpack on our way to a picnic in the park.
One more day in Paris, then back to Spain.
Author: Jake
In the morning, we hung out at the Louvre and the adjacent garden. Reagan took a ride on the carousel.
We sat by a fountain.
We saw Notre Dame
And a bunch of other stuff, but I’m kind of out of steam at the moment.
Author: Jake
We arrived in France this morning. We actually flew into a small airport in the countryside. I was a bit annoyed, at first, about having to ride on a bus for another hour to actually get to Paris. We saw some beautiful countryside though. Actually, Reagan slept. Our hotel room here is pretty tiny. Reagan on our veranda-
And now for some very touristy shots–
The sky was awesome this evening. The light in the evening seemed a bit surreal. I had the wrong lens with me to shoot the tower. So, there might be some additional ones coming.
And here is one of my favs, Reagan about to fall asleep in her tea after a long day of wandering around.
Author: Jake
Europe is 220v, so the above fire hazard is our current power situation. It seems to be working ok, so far. This place is so visually stimulating. One could spend weeks just taking in all of the minutia that a single block or alley has to offer.
We already have 1000 photos like the one below. I’m sure that we will have 1000 more before we head home.
Reagan and the Arc de Triomf–
Chillin on the veranda
From a parc up on the hill–
Las Ramblas-
