Brint's words

2009-06-14T17:01:00.000-07:00

Things are getting out of hand on this blog so I'm now only uploading pictures to my Flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brintseyes/

snow

2009-03-02T20:31:00.000-08:00

big nor'easter yesterday and today. So...it reminded me of what I love doing when such weather comes around....snowboard.

old photos

2009-02-26T20:38:00.000-08:00

forgot to post these two.

long time....

2009-02-26T20:23:00.001-08:00

since I last updated. Got a new lens. 50mm 1.4 I love it.

Group shot! Dupal doing the real work in this photo.

Matt Barchus, tuck over the fence with Mike, Jeff, and Andre rocking out.

Tbog. Matt Barchus.

Mike Mastroni, 180.

I had to post this. Check out Garret.

WTF is right. Mike loving it, while Garret tries to kick himself in the head.

Didn't know this was possible.

cold weather...indoors

2009-01-22T21:30:00.000-08:00

Got some photos!
Brandon uprail.

Ice up the rail.

Mike Mastroni Footjam on the wallride.

Crazy speed. Huge gap to the wall.

more stuff

2009-01-07T15:36:00.001-08:00

Nickaylo Air

turndown by Matt.

270 turndown.

270

stuff

2009-01-07T15:29:00.000-08:00

cold weather means indoors!

2008-12-19T17:26:00.000-08:00

Clips and Flicks

Some artsy thing a couple asians thought of.

Jeff Dupal, getting work done.

Mike Mastroni, whip on the hip.

Clocking footage haha.

360 can jam. billy K.

Sean K, switch bar.

Dupal.

Russ, tuck off the box.

Mike Mastroni, 450 into the hip.

Frank Virzi, turndown.

Sean K, glorified seat grab.

fronts!

2008-12-15T17:09:00.000-08:00

Andre...frontflip. Amazing.

turkey day eve

2008-11-27T00:38:00.000-08:00

Man....I am bored out of my mind! I'm here just sitting around waiting to get the hell out of this place. I just want to get away from life and everything that binds me down. I just want to be free...

In the mean time, however, I got some self portraits in.

warehouse

2008-11-23T19:15:00.001-08:00

Fun session at the warehouse. Getting cold outside. Finally got some photos after a long week of nothing.

Greg, tiregrab.

One footed t-bog. Looks so nice.

Jay curved wall.

no foot can.

Bryant, boost on the box.

Tbog, Bryant.

Woodward PA

2008-11-09T20:05:00.000-08:00

So...After seeing videos and pictures of this place for around half my life, I have always dreamed of coming to Woodward one day. That day came this last weekend. I was so happy to just...be there. Ride the same mini that Joe Rich icepicked across. Shit was insane just being there. I loved every second of it.

The Cage.

Me and Joe at the entrance.

Jay at the entrance.

Me chillin in Cloud 9.

Jay going upside down.

Andrew also hucking.

Seth!

Joe wallride on the huge redbull wall in Lot 8.

Matt, proper table transfer over the doorway to the vertramp in Lot 8.

Been a while

2008-11-09T20:00:00.001-08:00

Finally got some time to get some photos up. Let's just keep them coming.
Yours truly at a Halloween party.

My good friend Adam.

Indian Jones and....someone. Michael Phelps was also seen around that night along with many others that I am too lazy to post.

cars cars cars!

2008-10-26T19:08:00.000-07:00

got half way done...

2008-10-20T18:46:00.000-07:00

with the pictures I took this last weekend. I broke my rule of keeping the flash out of the frame this weekend about....50 times. I was just too lazy or didn't care so much. Even though I had them in, they came out better than I thought.

Nikaylo, tuck from the box to the wedge.

Pete, wallride to table into the street.

RJ, boosting. Feeling out a tbog transfer. I wish I got a better picture of it, but my flashes and camera was fucking up big time. I will reshoot this sometime.

RJ chillin'. Love this pic for some odd reason.

Ben Locke, double tiregrab.

Tuck no hander.

Matt Horak, bars.

Table.

Tbog.

Particularly lazy today

2008-10-19T18:12:00.000-07:00

I've had quite a weekend, and definitely was fun. I shot way more pictures than I usually do, and am not looking forward to going through all of them right now. I'll have them up soon enough though. For now, here's a little sample. Shot by my friend Pete. Nose manual at my favorite spot in the world.

Chill session.

2008-10-12T00:48:00.001-07:00

Sean, tuck no hander.

Pat Blake, 270 whip.

270 bars.

Sean, smith down the flat rail to nose manny on the grind box.

New Haven Street

2008-10-10T23:09:00.000-07:00

Some real nice flicks today. Sean and Ty both produced big time. With a crazy hassle with the cops mixed in tonight, it made for one fun session. Too bad towards the end, I started freezing my ass off.

Whiplash, photo taken by Sean.

Sean whiplash.

Ty, chillest kid to be around and shreds.

Boost!

Sean K, bars on a steep bank.

Bench hop by Ty, me chillin with my small strawberry fruit coolata with whip cream. Photo taken by Sean.

Ty, crook on a tall ass rail.

180 back tire stall, Ty.

Two flashes!

2008-10-09T21:07:00.000-07:00

means no more shadows....hopefully. More light to play with. Finally getting a little better results shooting today. Still have a few things to fix next time, but I feel myself slowly becoming better. Here's some shots!

This is the second shot of my fixed gear. With two flashes this time, two umbrellas. Took off the rear brake...probably taking off the front as well...barely use it.

Russel, tuck no hander over the pyramid. A little out of focus.

Clicked X-up.

Gary Russel - Can can

Mike, one footed table.

Nicely done turndown.

First trip on my fixed gear

2008-10-06T17:11:00.000-07:00

It didn't rain, and was pretty chill today so after work I decided on riding to a place I've never been but heard of, East Haven's Lighthouse park.

On the way to the destination.

Carosel in some nice light.

Boardwalk view.

Good weekend!

2008-10-05T16:30:00.000-07:00

So, I drove back up to my home, and had a blast with some old friends. It was too bad I couldn't use my new flash but it'll be soon enough. I got to have a ton of fun riding with everyone going off. Here's some flicks.

Seth, footjam at the Sear walls.

Second angle.

Railhop.

Tooth Hangover. So good.

Jay's first rail! And it was an icepick!

Uprail by your's truly.

Brandon's first rail. I fucked up the timing a bit.

My new baby!

another self portrait

2008-10-02T21:46:00.000-07:00

Bored, so this is what I do. Watching TV. Lit by my lamp camera left, and my feet has a blue glow from the TV.

P.S. Mrs. Fields cookies are so good!

A pic messing with a home made snoot

2008-10-02T19:27:00.000-07:00

rainy weekend

2008-09-28T16:23:00.000-07:00

Rain and shitty weather this weekend. A ton of people came by from Long Island including Chris Zepp. Late night can jam.

Craig turndown.

Tuck no hander.

Nac nac

shot taken by Dupal.

I got a light meter!

2008-09-25T20:46:00.001-07:00

So for my birthday last weekend, I got something I needed badly. I got a Sekonic L358 light meter! Now I can expose my pictures correctly! No more overexposed pictures! So more testing went on and some decent pictures came through. Next is another flash and I'll be set.

Dan from West Haven doing a fufanu for me.

Frank Footjam.

Pocket wallride.

Spoody is a hucker! He seriously kills everything. Here's a crazy extended can-can whip.

Got a picture of myself. Downside icepick.

2nd angle, more locked in.

Birthday weekend super extranvaganza!

2008-09-23T17:29:00.003-07:00

So it was a fun fun fun time, and as I promised. Pictures! None were done with any real thought as to how I wanted light to shoot onto the subjects, and some done without flashes at all. It was just a fun time and a way to keep this forever as something to look back at. Here it is! Enjoy.

T-Minus my bday while getting tipsy.

Gordon was a blast to be with. he gave me a happy bday lap dance which was.....weird.

Went to the Oyster House in Boston. It is supposedly the oldest restaurant in the country.

My sis and I.

Next day was the Big E. Big New England annual festival to celebrate the NE states as well as eat lots of food, drink, and be happy =D. This was a mascot for the Big E that I never seen before. Group photo!

Soooo many people there.

Random photos

No clue haha.

Ben and a tauren.

We rocked the stage.

The band.

Greg's first contact with an alpaca.

Greg and Ben milking a fake cow.

NYC people are weird. In deep conversation about a pumpkin.

Ben's first touch of a real cow.

Haha sooo good.

More awesomeness.

and more.

And more =D.

About to get gnar with my buddies.

I don't know how I was able to get my camera on the rollercoaster, but I did. This is the result.

And as the photo geek I now am, A picture of me on a rollercoaster holding a camera and taking another picture.

two test subjects...

2008-09-17T19:01:00.000-07:00

to test on. So critiquing my old photos from low lighting, Tony told me to let more ambient in. So i'm doing so, and found out that he is correct and letting the flash freeze the subject in place while still capturing the ambient. Learn something new everyday.

As for this next photo, you may remember seeing it. I retook this, because I remember looking at my old photo of it, and seeing way too much shadow on Justin. So here is attempt 2 at the shot. Came out pretty good if you ask me.

Now for this....I somehow never get it right the first time when shooting Russ. He shoots his hands out so quick. Tuck fakie. Maybe reshoot this sometime as well. Turn up the shutter speed.

Off to a good weekend. Lots of friends coming through as well as family. A load of good photos will be coming soon. Have a good weekend everyone!

Mega Tour

2008-09-13T15:43:00.001-07:00

Was fun. So many people there. Got a few shots of Billy while there.
I'm not sure what this is called by whatever. Front wheel jam.

Air.

Wallride.

Self portraits

2008-09-10T21:17:00.000-07:00

I got bored the other day. Took me quite a while to get things setup the right way, but I got a couple that came out half decent. Take a look.

East Haven is taking over

2008-09-10T21:10:00.000-07:00

Kids are too good. Whole bunch of flicks. My body is aching.
Garrent, tiregrab.

Goofy footed footjam styled out.

Sean nose manual on the flat rail.

Bars off it.

Downside whip

Hang 5

Air to footjam

Footy

Flatrail to tbog

my timing sucks

2008-09-08T18:45:00.001-07:00

and i missed the sunset again for the third time....god damnit. So...I got some flicks in with the sun dying down.

gotta get back in the groove

2008-09-07T18:50:00.001-07:00

So a shit storm came through saturday but it was perfectly fine out the next day with perfect weather. Gotta love southern CT. So...Cheech was down there again today, and I love this dog. Second coolest dog in the world. Here's a pic of him relaxing in the shade.

Tom Burke can do anything. No foot can silhouette out of two wood planks from a picnic table.

Justin, turndown transfer from the quarter into the spine.

These two were taking during the storm. Now... these are of Barspin Nick. He a CT legend. And he STILL kills it. Always fun watching him ride. Too bad I can't get him to do a barspin for old time sake. This, this huge table is just as good.

Turn down on the hip.

labor day weekend!

2008-09-01T19:18:00.001-07:00

been a while. being lazy and such. Only got one pic really. Too lazy to really go out and ride around with a backpack on weighing me down while I just want to ride.

blahhhh

2008-08-25T18:51:00.000-07:00

Went to New Britain for the weekend. Got a little bit of riding in, and snapped two quick photos of Jesse. Sky was a beaut that day.

Then....beer and friends.

New Haven

2008-08-21T20:30:00.000-07:00

About time I went into New Haven to ride. I live so close to it, and never rolled into it on my bike. So many good spots. Still didn't do shit, but I'll feel up to it some other time. For now, two tricks.

Ty, 180 thread the needle. Oil.

Sean K, bars through.

Another angle.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE!

2008-08-21T14:31:00.000-07:00

My good friend Dave had his birthday yesterday. Bad thing is, he doesn't have his phone on. I hope your birthday went well Dave!

Now...here are some photos taken from the last couple of days. Last pic is taken by Tony Luong, my brother. Since he left CT, I took over his spot. He can't shoot a barspin if his life depended on it. I...however, got the skills of the man with the $4000 finger (Sven) which I stole some of his awesome flick-ness from his light stand that I took. Imma shut up now. Hope you enjoy.

The man, the myth, the legend. Tony Luong.

I think both him and Sven have this thing going, where they only come chill with me every 3 months. Tony still can do hop 3s better than anyone I know.

Sean K, downside whip at Haven. Bet you couldn't guess that from all my older pictures.

Ian, deer in headlights.

Note to self: Once you get money, invest in a light meter.

Tony Luong special. Can jam, at clinton. Twilight, so good.

chris zepp from LI

2008-08-19T20:15:00.000-07:00

One shot, but I like it. thanks sven for the stand!

This is a must

2008-08-17T00:27:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry, but my friend Dan just sent me the best picture ever. Enjoy. Holy shit I laughed for a good 15 minutes.

wow!

2008-08-17T00:09:00.001-07:00

Non-riding pics?! Talk about a change of pace. There was a few days when my computer was down that I went and chillaxed with some friends. Here are some good ones, and some drunk photos that I took that came out half decent that I liked. Enjoy.

Jackie

Jen

Kay

I made Steve sit there as I bounced the flash off the wall camera right to soften and light everything. He said he wasn't photogenic, but it seems he wasn't impossible.

One of the best pictures ever.

steve, such a good friend. Even helped me out in a bind by driving me to the hospital to get drugs.

Will, emo rainy day picture.

Water pong with jello shots. The team to beat.

John going for it.

John can sing a nasty Ballroom Blitz.

Chillin'

I didn't even know I took this. John...always delivering.

Woke up the next day and opened the bathroom window to see this. It's a terrible picture, but holy shit was it a beautiful view of a tree in bloom, with the sun and haze from the night before baking away. I can wake up to that everyday and be happy. Start of a fresh day.

Came home and went off to the shore to do some thinking and relaxing.

Random ones I like...

2008-08-16T23:48:00.000-07:00

that I haven't put up yet. Jay, airing at the 2nd MA warehouse, will there be a third?

This is my awesome buddy. Coolest dog on the block.

Good Saturday night session

2008-08-16T23:38:00.001-07:00

Met up with my real good friends from Enfield and rode the park. Dan was a monster, and just throwing down. Feeble down the flat rail, no fear.

Wall over the rail.

One of my oldest friends. Been riding together for too long. Jay.

Always a good person to be around, because of the random shit he does.

Nice air over the hip.

Table.

Ruben wall from Chris.

Evan. Manual to bars.

Table angle 1.

Table angle 2.

Turndown.

almost up

2008-08-16T15:05:00.000-07:00

So....reformatted my computer, to 64 bit, and found out they still have not updated any drivers or programs to work with 64 bit. fuck. So...I reformatted again, and now I'm back to 32 bit. I should be set to get Photoshop back up and have pics flowing again...I hope I said.

For now, here's a pic my awesome friend, Mikey T sent me. I thought it was quite funny. Anyways, off to ride my bike. Gonna huck myself. Stress is killing me.

Computer blew up

2008-08-12T20:10:00.000-07:00

So once I get everything back up and running photos will come again. Until then...a rant.

Sometimes I find myself just staring up. Staring at the sky, or the stars. Just taking it all in. When I was young, I used to think about how small we were. How little and insignificant each decision we make is to the rest of the universe. I decided then to enjoy my life as I see fit. So far it's worked out. But now I don't really see myself staring at the sky and stars and seeing the same thing I did when I was that little kid. I feel as though I am trying to get away from things. Trying to free myself from what is on the ground and around me. Get rid of the stress, the problems, and the busy life that I now have. I want to cherish each moment I find myself drifting off into space or the sky. I just want to relax… I want to take a step back, slow down, because there's all the time in the world to do things. And now that I think about it, maybe that is exactly what is keeping me from being decisive enough to get anything else done. To be happy with myself, maybe I need to decide on something. Maybe I need to take action. Even if it was something so small that it didn't mean anything to the universe, but it meant something to me. I should stop letting opportunities pass me by. I just need to do something, anything.

randoms from the last few weeks

2008-08-11T19:43:00.001-07:00

A few pictures I haven't had time to show. I went to my first baseball game. It sure was an experience. Everyone seemed to be happy and everyone just boo'd and cheer'd at the weirdest things like they were little kids. It was fun though acting like a kid and also screaming when the home team got a home run or a double play.

Here's my good friend John that I shot on one of my first posts. He's doing good it seems.

Another good friend, Jeremy. It's fun to just relax and chill with your friends from time to time. Can't always ride you bike, got to just smile and enjoy the beautiful day and life in front of you.

2008-08-11T19:33:00.000-07:00

Went back home for the weekend for the opening of the Olympic Games. It was good to see the family again. But I just had to get out and chill with my friends. Went to the warehouse, and got a really awesome pic I like the most.

Here's Matt. Good friend.

Can can by the nig.

T bog by this young ass kid named Nikaylos. He was boosting and killing it. Kid has skills.

Look back angle 1.

Lookback on a shitty quarter.

E town

2008-08-08T22:12:00.000-07:00

BAR HUMPS! WAT?!

Fun.

Dan. dub peg.

Jay, wall-e.

Bryant "the nig" doing a gumby.

Bars.

tbog fakie.

rain sucks

2008-08-06T17:43:00.000-07:00

booooored!

NYC

2008-08-03T18:15:00.000-07:00

Old friends, another road trip. They all came down to my place Friday and went off to the city Saturday morning and saw this:

Rain and even hail....in August. It was going down so hard, cars stopped and everything slowed to a 15 mph drive for some time with every single car blinking their hazards. Talk about some shitty luck. It stopped long enough to see the eye of the storm, and clouds almost touching the ground. Something that seemed almost like something out of a movie.

Lil Ben. He was definitely charging on this trip and also provided a good amount of fun and laughter. He sure stepped up and you can see an attempt of this ollie over the banks' rail farther down this page.

Pete loves NYC.

Lil Ben finally saw his big apples.

After Andrew popped his tire, bringing our night session to a slow pace, we started to climb the weird architecture and art around the city. From the WTC scaffolding to the big bronze bull in lower Manhattan to this, a big cube with a hole in it. Ben doing his thing.

Fun times. On the back of a report card no less.

For some reason, they wanted a hood pic. And they got it.

Our awesome host, running on 4 hours of sleep, Greg showing us how to half sleep on the subway.

Andrew.

Dan.

Ape!

Pete, uprail attempts before we got the police on us. Some Vietnam vet was staring me down as well until my good buddies helped me out.

Pete, picnic table hop at some fun skatepark in lower Manhattan.

Carve on the infamous donut thing.

Joe is a legend. He also had no doubt that he could bomb this. And he did it flawless.

Fucking around.

Dan and The Rock.

Ha.

Pedo at McDonald's.

The bronze bull.

Time Square.

Fun times. Can't wait for the next trip.

Happy Birthday Nick!

2008-08-01T14:03:00.001-07:00

This kid below just turned 21! Congrats C Beef. I don't know why he was here at the park on his 21st, but it sure as hell was fun.

Denny still didn't leave CT, and was here tonight chillin.

Serious picture....sort of.

Ian and Nick

Sometimes I watch Ian, and just think of what the fuck it is even like to be in these kind of positions. Fakie air table....wtf.

Garret with a textbook hop bar.

Garret.

Portrait number 6 of Denny in 4 days.

Garret doing....something to Denny.

Denny, fakie 3.

Denny, tuck roller coaster down the stair set.

Hop bars, Ian. Wait...that was forward.

Here we go. Fakie hop bars.

Garret pulled fakie bars over and over and said he couldn't even do them. I really like this photo however, just because of the lighting. Bounce off the curved wall on the right of the camera.

Ian, hop table.

And ended the night with two shins completely busted up.

Dupal produces...

2008-07-30T21:44:00.000-07:00

nothing, you soab making me resize, reconstruct your face and upload this photodfjhosfija;oijweaf;oajsdf;lksajfasfsadfasfsdadf. Denny is gay, and ask'd me out. Truth.

Now for some fun...

2008-07-30T21:30:00.001-07:00

Clinton

2008-07-30T21:08:00.000-07:00

Barspins..eliminated!

2008-07-29T22:02:00.000-07:00

Finally got a trick I've been wanting to do forever! Barspins!

Drunk Denny

Too cool for school Dupal

Can Jam

Vader

Garret Whip on the hip

Dupes, fakie hop tuck no hander.

The difference between CT and LI.

Few Flicks...

2008-07-29T22:00:00.000-07:00

...From the weekend.

Summer is here!

2008-07-29T21:39:00.000-07:00

This is what I love about riding. Just chillin' at some random spot and having fun goofing off. Met up with the Legend Barspin Nick, Dupal, Denny, Gary, Chris, Jeff, and Bill. All of them are real fun guys to be around. This is actually quite different. Jeff Dupal gets credit for most of the pics here.

Last is Denny hauling through trees and over a fence. He landed on a pit of worms. Was fun as hell to watch.

Getting there

2008-07-24T21:17:00.000-07:00

First off, my favorite one. Villani, MASSIVE endo...for real.

Fufanu. "Villani looks like a demon." - Sven

180 over the sub.

Sean wall to whip.

Wall to bars.

Bar turn.

Sean portrait.

Messing with flashes. Hop whip from Sean.

Fakie whip.

Nick Steben, footjam on the sub.

whiplash. Billy K.

Up and over to footjam.

Nose to 180.

Hops.

Photo Dump

2008-07-22T20:35:00.001-07:00

Haven Park. Another fun session. Huge dump of photos.
First is C-Beef, vader.

Josh: Turndown

Not pulled, but still a nice pic, so I'll keep it up. Anthony, wallslap on an impossible wall.

Canadian footjam nosepick by Garret.

More impossibly hard tricks from Anthony. Brakeless Fufanu.

Share the air.

Invert. Nick.

Style for miles. Garret showing a proper rolling superman.

Anthony whip.

Garret whiplash.

The other Garret. Downside whip.

Precision whiplash by Nick.

NY!

2008-07-20T17:52:00.000-07:00

Everytime I go back, I can't get enough of the city. I'm talking of New York of course. I went down for the weekend and got to hang out with my friends Ben and Greg. Here's some flicks from when I was there.

Friday!

2008-07-11T20:16:00.000-07:00

Got out of work, and went off to Haven park. Met Gary and Jeff there, and had a pretty chill session with some fun people riding and just having a blast. Here's one of Gary doing an indown on the vert.

Met some really young talent as well. Sean K and his friend. Both were doing 5s like it was nothing. Got a few good ones of Sean off though.

I did however, get a lot of good ones of Jeff Dupal.

branford

2008-07-09T20:07:00.001-07:00

So...I have officially made it into Branford. I moved in during july 4th weekend, and have been working. Went to Branford, and met up with Charles and Garret. Good seeing them again, and will be fun being back on my bike instead of sitting around doing nothing. Summer time has arrived, so I can't wait for the weekends where I can relax and just have some fun.

slowing down

2008-07-01T19:39:00.001-07:00

Getting old sucks. Landed a little weird and my shoulder wasn't having it. But it was good to know I have some good friends that got my back. Steve helped me out big time by taking me to the hospital to get checked out. Now I got some nice muscle relaxant and painkillers. But getting to take pictures sure is fun. And soon I will be moving and new things await me. I guess it'll be kind of a new page in my life. Could be for the better, or the worst. Only time will tell I guess.

John

2008-06-27T23:56:00.001-07:00

This kid has been my roommate for the past 3 years. It hasn't seemed that long, but the first time I met him, he seemed like a complete jock. Huge wrestling fanatic, and into basketball and football. I never really cared for those things. But I got to know him better. I found out he was just as nerdy or more nerdy than I was, and we got along pretty well. John always liked to take things easy and never really worried a lot about things that were out of his control. He has a good head on his shoulders and is doing good for himself, which I am happy for. But in a little less than a week, I will be finally living somewhere where he isn't. Not only that, but I will be further away from a lot of my friends. But as I grow up, I find myself saying a lot of goodbyes, even to my youth. I just thank god I am Asian and my youth is going nowhere since I look like I'm 16.

Deeper

2008-06-27T23:36:00.001-07:00

I guess I will talk a little more about me in this new post. The many different people I've been around, and how it's shaped me into what I am today. Well...to first start out....I'm Asian. Now growing up as an Asian in Northern Connecticut isn't so glamorous. Even though people may not think that I experienced anything different, I always felt and they always treated me a little different, be it in a good way or a bad way. Either way, I still had a pretty normal childhood, and grew up with all different types of friends. Probably one of the biggest parts of my life, is my bike. I started riding it when I was 11 years old, and still ride it to this day, even though I get hurt and don't get up as fast as I used to. I still have fun rolling around, and gives me a feeling of freedom and creativity nothing else has ever given me really. I have made so many friends through it, and will probably never give it up. I even started looking into venturing out into fixed gear bicycles, which will be fun when I get older.

Now....not only did I hang out with the rebellious, skaters and bmxers when in high school, but I also had the chance to meet some quality people that were more into the outdoor sports like soccer, football, and baseball. I also even got into videogames through some friends I have met. Bringing the rebellious nature, the nerdy-ness in me, and the athletic persona all together. It was a barrage of all sorts of spectrum. Even staying decently smart in school, I hung out with some of those crazy scholarly people that studied way too much and didn't have even fun in my opinion. I balanced life as best I could, and experienced as much as I could, which I believe my mother taught me well in doing so.

I also felt that I should keep an open mind no matter what. See life from many angles, and you'll live your life that much fuller. This might be one of the many reasons traveling is something that peaks my interests. To see everything in a different light and view helps shape who that person is. Let the world show you what it has to offer you, and let you decide what path you will take. Even in college, I met some photo geeks, and became very close friends with them. They got me into appreciating photography for what it is, and now actually got me into buying equipment and taking pictures for fun.

Here's a photo from what of my friends I met through my bike and also a good friend that is also trying to make it in photography. Not related to me, but with the same last name, here is Tony Luong's picture of me fufanu'ing a fence in New Haven.

First post!

2008-06-26T19:46:00.001-07:00

So....hello all. I guess I can say a little bit about myself. My name is Justin, and I'm from Connecticut. Been calling this place home for my whole life, yet I still have seen quite a bit of the world, and wish to see even more as I grow old. I like to take everything around me in and just experience life. It's full of different people, and situations, which make it never get old. I can't ask for more than what I have now. I guess I'll post more later on and what is on my mind, but until then, I'll give you guys a little something to look at. This is pretty recent, as I just got back from a trip to L.A. to meet with some good friends of mine, and went out to Yosemite National Park. Here I am standing at Stamford Point. Pic was taking by my good friend Mikey T, an aspiring photographer. I always loved his photos, and will always be a big fan of his work. Cheers!