Ricardo Diaz

taking pictures

I enjoy taking pictures!

Well, recently my pictures have been getting a bit of outside interest.  Flickr views are up and I have recently been getting a couple requests to use my pictures.  All my photos are under the creative common license so it is pretty easy (and more importantly free) to use my photos for any purpose.

A couple months back I sold my first photos for use in a marketing pamphlet.  I didn’t get paid much but I thought it was pretty cool that someone would use my photos for a print piece.  Now this last week someone used my picture for a blog post.

Check out http://www.landor.com/index.cfm?do=thinking.blog&post_id=18854#top

Not my favorite picture but just glad someone would use it.

UPDATE: More to add to the list:

http://www.takepart.com/blog/2009/08/06/homeless-families-seek-shelter-in-motels/

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/03/27/cafe-standard-for-2011-model-year-will-be-27-3-mpg/

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/04/dan_graham_exhi.html

http://newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/shrinking-booking-window/2009/04/06/

http://www.straightupsearch.com/archives/2009/03/twitter_finds_a_1.html

http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2009/06/01/vidaurbana/1243832655_182296.html

http://www.happytellus.com/hotels/palm-springs/united-states-of-america

Photo LA

Checked out my first ever Photo LA exposition last weekend. Got a chance to see a ton of great photography from some of the best collections from Los Angeles Galleries. Great way to get some valuable inspiration, but also made me realize how mediocre my photos are.  It was nice to see someone I used to work with, Alex Prager, blow up and have work on display.

Here are a couple shots from the show.

A pictorial recap

It’s been a busy last few weeks. Here is a pictorial recap of some of the places I have recently visited in the last few weeks.

These first couple pictures are taken at Fernando’s loft. Been to his rooftop pool way too much! The first shot is of Neron in his loft. The second shot is of a few of us hanging out one night in the spa.

This next shot I took when Sandy and I had breakfast in Burbank at Bob’s Big Boy.

We also had a chance to check out Hollywood and Highland afterwards.

Finally, we had a nice dinner at Cafe des Artistes. I have been wanting to take Sandy there for about 7 years now, and she just now finally agreed and of course loved it.

A trip to the Observatory.

We have been wanting to check out the Griffith Obervatory for a while since the recent upgrades. Had a chance to check it out a couple weekends back on a Sunday morning.

The view of Los Angeles alone is good reason to make the trek up the hill to the Observatory.

On the way down the hill from we saw this license plate. Way to represent.