Galleries

A Series of Decisive Moments (Piñata Sequence)

PiñataSequence

A Series of Decisive Moments (Piñata Sequence), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.

 

Blindfold or no blindfold this kid was going to smash something. You can tell it was all about delivering a kill shot on the pinãta because most kids go for the candy and this kid didn’t even think twice about it when he saw he took it down. In true Steph Curry fashion he walks off cool as ice. Tilden National Park casting a shadow on the ground and the reactions of my bestie’s engagement party guests are my favorite part of the picture.

I have been enjoying getting to know my OMD-EM5. Like any new camera it has its plus and minus side. Overall I love that I can carry it around given its size, and to be quite honest, its price. No matter how fabulously clean shots I might get from a full frame, high end DSLR, I wouldn’t fell comfortable using it as a “commuter.” That’s what I call the M5 because I take to work everyday in case inspiration strikes between the parking lot and the office. This sequence was shot withe a Lumix f.1.8 / 14-35mm, a very clean lens when optimal focus is achieved.

–JMG

Sun Kissed Hill Tops & Bay Panorama

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Sun Kissed Hill Tops and Bay Panorama, Oakland, CA, Summer 2016.  OE-M5 1/100, f.14.0, ISO 200.

I was driving home after a party at Tilden National Park when this panorama opened as I cleared a curve on the road. I had to pull over to take a few frames with my EM-5. Without a tripod in hand, I rested the camera on a guard rail stump.

The sun kissed tree tops of the Berkeley Hills are my subject, the gratuitous back ground was a bonus given how clear the day was. The photo also shows the most significant land marks of the SF Bay, including the Berkeley Hill tops.

–JMG

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Street Studio

How Many of Us… (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Untitled (Oakland de luto set), Oakland CA, Winter 2016.
Fat Buddha’s Jewels (Chinatown Hustle Series), Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
Untitled (Oakland de luto set), Oakland CA, Winter 2016.
Kick Flip, Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Muscle Bound, Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Stolen (Black Lives Matter Protest Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Untitled (Oakland de luto set), Oakland CA, Winter 2016.
Untitled, Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
The Glow of Sublimating Truth (Be No More Series), San Francisco CA, Spring 2017.
Untitled, San Francisco CA, Summer 2016
All Power to the People (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Untitled, Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
Lowriding Familia (Lowrider Series), Niles CA, Spring 2015.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Romance By the Bay, Berkeley CA, Summer 2016.
I’m Trayvan (Black Lives Matter Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014.
Sky Hi, Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Butcher’s Domain (Chinatown Hustle Series), Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
Mechanical Levitation, Berkeley CA, Summer 2016.
Cutting Bellies(Chinatown Hustle Series), Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
Heal America (The Great Collapse Protest Series) San Francisco CA, Fall 2011.
Someone To Lean On, Oakland CA, Spring 2016.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Untitled, Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
Untitled (Oakland Mourns Ghost Ship set), Oakland CA, Winter 2016.
21st Century Stockings II (Diptych), Summer 2014, Oakland CA
Tamed Lion, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Suspended Judgement, St. Helena CA, Winter 2015.
Untitled, Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
Untitled (Black Lives Matter Series) Oakland CA, Winter 2015.
White Violence is Silence (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Power to the Peaceful (Oakland General Strike), Port of Oakland, Fall 2011.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
No Convictions (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Fish by the Pound (Chinatown Hustle Series), Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
Communion Dress, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Tres Tucanes, Berkeley CA, Spring 2015.
This is What Democracy Looks Like (Oakland General Strike), Port of Oakland, Fall 2011.
Urban Harvester (Chinatown Hustle Series), Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
Jump Ballers (Flea Market Americana Series), Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Untitled, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Give a Damn (The Great Collapse Protest Series), San Francisco CA, Fall 2011.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Disarm Cops, Arm Feminists (Oakland General Strike), Port of Oakland, Fall 2011,
Homes for the Homeless (Here/There Series), Berkeley/Oakland CA, Winter 2017.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Untitled (Black Lives Matter Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014.
Playing Indian at Teotihuacán 1,2,3, Teotihuacán, Mexico, Summer 2009.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
All Eyes On the Piñata… Except 2, Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Naked Protest, Berkeley CA, Winter 2009.
Untitled (Oakland General Strike), Port of Oakland, Fall 2011.
Taking the 980 (Protest Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014
Chinatown Pop-up Grocer (Chinatown Hustle Series), Oakland CA, Fall 2016.
Untitled (Black Lives Matter Series) Oakland CA, Winter 2015.
Untitled (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
X Shadows Black Panther, Oakland CA, Spring 2015.
Diggin’ the Blues (Central Avenue Jazz Festival), South Central Los Angeles, Summer 2010.
Youth Against Trump (Against Trump Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2016.

Black Lives Matter Series

Untitled (Black Lives Matter Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014.

Untitled (Black Lives Matter Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014.

How Many of Us… (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Untitled (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
No Convictions (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Untitled (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Untitled (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Clinched Fists Against Police Brutality (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Untitled (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
In the Steps of King (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Untitled (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Untitled (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
All Power to the People (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
White Violence is Silence (Black Lives Matters Series), Oakland CA, Summer 2016.
Crying Out for Stolen Lives (Black Lives Matter Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014.
Untitled (Black Lives Matter Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014.
Untitled (Eric Garner Protest), Oakland CA, Winter 2014
I’m Trayvan (Black Lives Matter Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014.
Taking the 980 (Protest Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014
Hyphee Rebels (Black Lives Matter Series) Oakland CA, Winter 2014.
Protest on the Edge of Spectacle (Black Lives Matter Series) Oakland CA, Winter 2015.
Untitled (Black Lives Matter Series) Oakland CA, Winter 2015.
Untitled (Black Lives Matter Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2014.
Search Lights on the Second Night of the People’s Indictment (Protest Series), Berkeley CA, Winter 2014
Justice for Mike, Ezell, Diana, Oscar, Trayvan… (Protest Series), Summer 2014, Oakland CA
Carried In Effigy (Black Lives Matter Series), Oakland CA, Winter 2009.
“WHAT MISTAKE?”– RIP Oscar Grant, Jan. 2009, Oakland, CA.

Flea Market Americana

Studies of American Overconsumption
Jump Ballers (Flea Market Americana Series), Alameda CA, Spring 2015.

Jump Ballers (Flea Market Americana Series), Alameda CA, Spring 2015.

Untitled, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Pistols that Conquered the West, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Tamed Lion, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
California Fur, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Gear Head, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Untitled, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Untitled, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Bronze Slave Labor, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Chain Gang, Alameda CA, Spring 20 15.
Untitled, Alameda CA, Spring 20
Untitled, Alameda CA, Spring 20
Stars, Stripes, and Fabric, Alameda CA, Spring 20
Untitled, Alameda CA, Spring 20
Untitled, Alameda CA, Spring 20
Trooper of the Plains Roams Alameda, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Untitled, Alameda CA, Spring 2015.
Tres Tucanes, Berkeley CA, Spring 2015.
Everything for a Dollar, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Untitled, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Wicker Flamingo, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Plastic Boneyard, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Picasso’s The Black Sheep, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Untitled, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
One Size…, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Platinum Blond Barbie, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Picasso’s Inspiration, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Picasso’s Untited, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Communion Dress, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Untitled, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Flea Market Fauna, Berkeley CA, Spring 2014.
Cobbler's Gear (Flea Market Americana Series), Spring 2011.

Cobbler’s Gear (Flea Market Americana Series), Spring 2011.