Rediscovering Childhood Halloween

Who doesn't love Halloween? Ok, so the sticks in the mud with no creativity and no personality are the winners in the "I HATE HALLOWEEN" category. Sometimes I wonder what is wrong with people. Halloween has moved on from a celebration of the dead to a celebration of creativity and candy. How can someone say no to those two things? Personally, I use Halloween for one thing, a good time!
This year I used a bit of my creative muscle and bench pressed out a new costume idea meant to impress and undress. It was inspired by the quintessential horny older woman who loves younger men. Yes, I am talking about, "Cougars". I was having major trouble trying to figure out what I was going to dress up as for creativity/candy night and two cougars helped me to solidify my decision in a matter of minutes. This sounds easy, but how do you become something so sought after by the older women who loves younger men? How do you make a costume of something so vague?
This is not even a question to me, I simply make these things happen!
It really isn't a costume. It's a title and that is how I proceeded to capture this particular situation.

After I realized how to make this idea come to fruition, it was back to the reason for celebration.
I went to the Mark V. My favorite place to go. Mark V has kick ass employees and a good atmosphere. Oh.....and they display my artwork! So yea it's definitely my favorite place. I found lots of good people to hang out with and a great attitude for my photography. People in the Mark V know me and they know I almost always have a camera in hand. I would like to think they appreciate me having a camera because they know the photo will turn out great, but I can only feed my ego so much!

I had such a great time. You could literally feel the warmth of the spirits that night and see it light up the faces of your fellow Halloween out goers. The world is a hard working, fast paced, serious place. That night, however, I saw another side of people and I saw how life can be celebrated in many different ways. I love to see the personality of people expressed through their costumes and their appreciation of a great night represented in the smiles that adorned their faces.

To everyone who did not go out and celebrate Halloween.....YOU MISSED OUT!

Thanks to everyone who helped me enjoy a fun and creative night.
You can see more photo's at my flickr site if you're curious!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38767511@N05/?saved=1

Dan

October Trip

I love the freedom in my life and I took great advantage of it recently. My friend Miles, a surfer and musician, invited me down to Crescent City California I left on a Friday and forgot the troubles of Camas Valley instantly. The drive to Crescent City along Highway 42 and 101 is simply stunning. Yes, I promise to post pictures, but I will also have a link to more pictures at my Flickr Site.
If you haven't been to Oregon, or Northern California you are seriously missing out.

The picture with the leaf and creek is right off the coast as you're going out of Crescent City. It was such a beautiful hike. I have more pictures at my flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/38767511@N05/

Surfing is something completely new to me. I watched in awe as Miles and his good friend Devon hit the cold waves about 400ft from the beach. It looks to be, intense!, that's all I can say. I think the shot I posted here captures how awesome it really is and how much skill Miles has on a surfboard.

After surfing I went to a local restaurant with Miles, along with Ross and Josh, They played some live music. I brought my equipment and tried to capture the moment as best I could.
This particular shot that I have posted is my favorite, but once again if you want to see more I have them at my flickr site, http://www.flickr.com/photos/38767511@N05/.


They rocked the house and topped off my trip with great hospitality along with great music.

Thanks guys,

Dan (Pictations)