Morgan the Zombie Hunter

This is my roommate. He likes to hunt and kill zombies. I sleep well at night knowing no zombies are going to get into this house!
morgan the zombie hunter

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Lena - And the quilt background is oh-so-perfect. For reals yo!

Lizards in Puerto Rico

I kind of like lizards. I had several when I was younger including 2 green iguanas. Alicia told me giant green iguanas were common throughout Puerto Rico so I made it a mission to find one and get a photo. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any, but I did get a few shots of other types of lizards! Please leave a comment if you know what kind they are!

lizards in puerto rico
lizards in puerto rico
lizards in puerto rico
lizards in puerto rico

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Old San Juan Part 2

Here are some more from Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (You can see part 1 here). It’s a very photogenic area and I had a great time shooting.

The kids come here to fly their kites! The sky is literally filled with kites! Very cool!
Sunset in Old San Juan

old san juan

docked cruise ship

Sunset in Old San Juan

graffiti in old san juan

One of the only downsides of Old San Juan, seems to be the parking situation. It’s very hard to find a spot on the narrow streets.
Old San Juan Sidestreet

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Old San Juan part 1

Old San Juan was definitely a highlight of my Puerto Rico trip. It’s a beautiful area with a very European charm. I’d like to live there for a few months to really give it a good thorough exploration!

This is a 465-year-old neighborhood originally conceived as a military stronghold. Its 7-square-block area has evolved into a charming residential and commercial district. The streets here are paved with cobbles of adoquine, a blue stone cast from furnace slag; they were brought over a ballast on Spanish ships and time and moisture have lent them their characteristic color. The city includes more than 400 carefully restored 16th- and 17th-century Spanish colonial buildings.

– From www.topuertorico.org/city/sanjuan.shtml

bricks of old san juan

odl san juan
Old San Juan
This one is shot through a hole in a door of one of the few buildings in disrepair.
Old San Juan
Old San Juan
Old San Juan
Old San Juan

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Old San Juan Part 2 » Kendrick Disch - [...] are some more from Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (You can see part 1 here). It’s a very photogenic area and I had a great time [...]

Fried Puerto Rican Food

As we roamed around outside of town near the beach (it’s an island, so there are a lot of beaches), we stopped at a roadside restaurant for some dinner. They fry almost everything. Pictured below is some of the food we ate. I can’t remember what it’s officially called.

This is fried plantain with crapmeat inside.

They said this was chicken on a stick, but I’m not sure… it might have been iguana.
puerto rican food


puerto rican food

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JD - I’ve never had crapmeat before. Looks yummy. ;)

JD - I’m sure it doesn’t compare to the real deal, but one of my favorite restaurants is La Isla which serves Puerto Rican cuisine.

http://laislaseattle.com/

Broderick - Love that final shot!!

kendrick - Thanks! a lot of people seem to gravitate to that one, but I feel like I didn’t do justice to the scene…

The Producers of my Caribbean Lightroom Workshops

Alicia Kidd Photography Workshops is both the brains and the brawn behind my recent Lightroom Workshops in Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. I was just there to preach what I know, while they organized everything and dealt with all the promotions and did all the actual work… Huge thanks to Alicia and her producing partner, Su-jeng Sang who is also her real life partner! They got engaged earlier this year and they are both amazing people and they make a perfect pair!

UPDATE: here’s one more I just found of the tagteam!

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A Dominican Night

Here’s a shot from the balcony of the apartment we stayed in while we were in Santo Domingo. We were three blocks from the Malecon (the waterfront) and we were able to walk to great little venues for dinner! I didn’t have a tripod for this, so there’s a bit of motion blur… I need to get a tripod that is small and light for travel… anyone have suggestions?

streets of Dominican Republic

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Dominican Street Photography – Colonial Zone

When I’m giving a Lightroom Workshop, I definitely want to get my students out of the classroom and into the world to make images. I do this for two reasons: A) I want them to have fresh/exciting new stuff to import and process and B) even if you enjoy working on the computer, three straight days of sitting in a darkened room listening to me explain things is enough to put anyone into a vegetative state!

So in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, we had lunch in the Colonial Zone and then went and did some street photography for about an hour. Then we came back to the classroom and had 30 minutes to import, sort, edit/develop, and prepare a 5 image slideshow for peer review. We had a great time and my students did some really impressive work!

Anyway, of course I did the assignment as well and my selected images are below (with a bonus pigeon shot), developed entirely within Lightroom!

Dominican Republic Street Photography

Dominican Republic Street Photography

Dominican Republic Street Photography

Dominican Republic Street Photography

Dominican Republic Street Photography

Dominican Republic Street Photography

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djd - like the b/w’s.
the pigeon looks like he might be dancing! were ya singing to him?

Puerto Rico Portraits

I’ve got lots of pictures from Puerto Rico to upload on the blog, but I definitely want to start with the pictures I took on my birthday! Alicia Kidd, a fantastic producer and photographer, was my fixer and translator for these! Thanks Alicia!

One of my thoughts was that I have plenty of things in my life that make me happy so even though the tradition is to receive gifts on one’s birthday, I wanted to give something! I decided to give some portraits to people who may not get a chance to have a nice portrait made very often. I took the idea from Help Portrait!

I went to a small neighborhood near Piñones just as the sun was starting it’s daily descent and approached people to ask if I could take their photo. Many didn’t want their picture made. That’s ok. I didn’t want to pressure anyone to do anything they were uncomfortable with. But many said yes, so Alicia held a speedlite with a small softbox just off to one side and I took a few shots of everyone who wanted one! Alicia was also kind enough to go back and deliver prints to each person I shot!

I had a great time and I definitely have to thank Alicia for helping to make my birthday an unforgettable one!

Here are a few of my favorites!

Puerto Rican portait

Puerto Rican portait

Puerto Rican portait

Puerto Rican portait

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Angela Gray - What an awesome thing to do! And the pics look great!

djd - Great idea!

Dominican Food

I’m not the biggest fan of Seafood and expected Dominican food to be very seafood oriented… I was pleasantly surprised to find it is more based on tropical fruits such as plantains.

This is my lunch during one of the workshop days. We brought our lunch back to the classroom to save time! Rice, Chicken, and Pastelón de platano maduro (ripe plantain casserole).
dominican lunch items

This is an appetizer, Dominica Quipe (arabian kibbeh, wheat and lamb, fried)
dominican appetizer

This is Mofongo: fried plantain with garlic and Chicharrón (fried pork rinds). I also had Mofongo de Yuca (cassava root)
Mofungo

Yummy!
dominican dinner

Thanks to Alicia and Su-jung for being such great hosts as I stumble around with wide eyes!

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JD - This looks great. I love plantain and order it regularly from La Isla here in Ballard.

http://laislaseattle.com/

Nichelle - I love Dominican and PR food + I can cook it too! Keep sharing! :)

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