[Photo] Laundry Love April 2013

I've posted about Laundry Love Berkeley a couple times before, the first ever being in October 2011 and more recently, about their Cafe Night. I decided to take my camera with me again for their monthly event last night. Here are some photos I got. Prepare for lots of dog photos.

This is Michael. He's really awesome and he gives fantastic hugs, as seen above.

This is Lizbeth and she loves her coffee, just like I do!

These are some amazing guys, Nathan, Kenny, and George. Kenny's story is pretty crazy, perhaps you'll hear about it here or on the Laundry Love blog some time!

[Photo] A Year in Protests

This month marks one year that I've been working at The Daily Californian, Berkeley's independent student-run newspaper. Over that year, I've covered my share of protests that we seem to have rather often. In fact, it doesn't seem like a semester unless there is a protest of some sort. Here are some photos from various protests that I've taken so far on assignment with The Daily Californian, including last year's Wheeler protest and Occupy Cal.

[Photo] Rose Parade: The Parade

First of all, Happy New Year, everyone! Today was the 123rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA, and for the first time of my many Rose Parades, I was able to attend in person! Thanks to some generous friends of friends, we had access to a penthouse and street view of the whole parade. What a great way to experience my first in-person Rose Parade. As we watched, it was really strange not hearing commentary from Bob Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards like I'm so used to. I realized how clueless you are watching the parade without commentary. I had no idea what many of the floats were, but I still enjoyed it. Today I will be featuring photos of the parade itself. I plan for another post tomorrow on the people of the Parade.

Here is this year's Grand Marshal, J.R. Martinez.

The parking was pretty ridiculous, as one could imagine.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Be sure to check back tomorrow night for another post on the people of the Rose Parade!

[Video] The President's Photographer

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This is an excellent documentary (narrated by Morgan Freeman!) about the President's photographer. It mainly follows Pete Souza, President Barack Obama's Chief Photographer, but also goes back in history to other Presidents and their photographers. You get a very unique perspective of the White House through the eyes of the photographer and realize the importance and the demanding nature of the job. As a photographer, I found it extremely inspiring. I want to pick up my camera and go shoot in the middle of finals season. I also learned that Canons can take some decent photos . Side note: I love both Nikon and Canon, but prefer Nikon just a little bit more; maybe I'll post on that issue some time. Anywho, God bless America and PBS.

[Article] Which of Us Dies First?

Gizmodo recently put up a very interesting article by Teru Kuwayama talking about wartime journalists. He sheds light on a side of journalism that we typically don't ever hear or think about - racism (not explicitly, but that's pretty much what it is). Here's the article.