With A Camera

Moving

2009-01-19T09:58:00.000-08:00

This blog is making a change for the better and will be moving to jeffballphoto.wordpress.com I would greatly appreciate it if those of you that have linked to my blog would change to the new address.

Thanks

Jeff

Climbing

2009-01-16T20:03:00.000-08:00

I got to do a little rock climbing while I was back, spent time with guys who I always used to do it with, it was really nice.

Hockey

2009-01-16T19:55:00.001-08:00

Shot some high school hockey while I was home for Christmas, couple of the guys I used to play with are still on the team and it was fun to watch them play. To see a gallery of the images follow this link LAHS Hockey

Snow

2009-01-08T12:01:00.000-08:00

It was snowing in Santa Fe the other day when I went down with my family, Santa Fe is very beautiful in the winter.

Thanksgiving break

2008-12-05T11:50:00.000-08:00

It snowed while I was home for thanksgiving, it was a really great couple days off.

Brooks Nppa Sports Outing

2008-11-16T13:03:00.000-08:00

Nppa ran a little sports outing for some students, it was fun.

The Tea Fire

2008-11-16T12:10:00.000-08:00

I shot the remnants of the tea fire the morning after it struck, pretty devastating situation, reminded me of a forest fire that burnt homes in Los Alamos when I was in the fifth grade.

Osmosis

2008-11-09T11:37:00.000-08:00

This is a piece Ryan Loughridge and I worked on last session.

Tattoos

2008-11-08T23:11:00.000-08:00

November 4, 2008

2008-11-08T23:06:00.000-08:00

I officially voted for the first time in my life.

Halloween in IV

2008-11-02T17:51:00.000-08:00

CLU Football

2008-11-02T09:40:00.000-08:00

This was the conference finals and CLU lost 21 to 24 after missing a field goal in the last thirty seconds that would have tied the game. It was fun to shoot football in the rain but after getting wet earlier that morning and at the football game my camera crapped out on me luckily Jason Redmond was nice enough to lend me his second body.

Wave Ski Championships

2008-11-02T09:32:00.000-08:00

It was raining and I got wet and sandy but this was a lot of fun to go shoot.

Went to the races

2008-10-25T23:31:00.000-07:00

There was a sculpture race today in benefit of a charity, it was kinda funny.

Fire

2008-10-23T11:26:00.000-07:00

Shot a fire the yesterday that burned the hills off of the avenue, there was fire there in June literally in the same place.

Second Roll

2008-10-21T20:45:00.000-07:00

This is my second roll of film, still payed to get it developed which sucks, I'm enjoying looking at things in this way and will continue to do so. I'm trying to get the stuff together to develop my own film if anyone has old changing bags or developing tanks or chemicals that are still good I would gladly put them to use.

Thanks for looking, let me know what you think.

RB67

2008-10-14T15:21:00.000-07:00

I bought a medium format film camera the other day, these are some images from the first roll, I was surprised that there were only ten on the roll, I'm going to need to find a way to get and develop film for less money.

Working For The Star

2008-09-30T16:10:00.000-07:00

I've been working an internship at the Ventura County Star now for two weeks, these are some of my favored assignments.

Kimberlys RV

2008-09-18T14:06:00.000-07:00

The windshield of Kimberly Dihart's RV fell in on Wednesday morning September 17, 2008 while she was driving south bound on interstate 33, she panicked and swerved hitting a guardrail before coming to a stop on side of the road. She then realized that the RV she was driving had caught fire. She was traveling with several pets in cages which she struggled to remove from the vehicle, with the help of a friend she was able to do so before they were effected by the fire. The RV in which Kimberly lived was burnt almost completely to the ground but she and her pets which included many birds were unharmed by the fire.

Vacation

2008-09-09T23:56:00.000-07:00

I went to Monterrey with the rents last weekend, we went to, among other places, the famous aquarium. We used to always go when I was a kid visiting my grandparents who lived in Palo Alto. Anyways here is a pretty picture from my vacation.

Richards RV

2008-09-08T18:14:00.000-07:00

Today Richards RV caught on fire while he was driving down the highway.

Hair Cut

2008-09-03T17:13:00.000-07:00

Janine cut her hair the other day.

The Professional Bird Watcher

2008-08-25T22:10:00.000-07:00

This is the multimedia version of the story I have been working on for almost a month. It's about Chris Kahler and his non-profit for shore bird conservation. Please let me know what you think.

The Professional Bird Watcher from Jeff Ball on Vimeo.

Lightning

2008-08-15T12:22:00.000-07:00

There was a pretty wild lightning storm last night/ early this morning. Very energetic or something like that.

Subs, Fights, and Birds

2008-08-07T21:45:00.000-07:00

The last few weeks have been interesting just been trying to work on some stories for for class and to get into interesting situations while shooting those stories. I'm currently working on a few different stories for class and will post photos of them soon.

Back At School

2008-07-22T14:55:00.000-07:00

Back to school and working on assignments, these are two from assignments I've had so far. I liked shooting the shaper its one of those things I've thought would be cool to do and it was.

Leaving In The Morning

2008-07-06T11:39:00.000-07:00

This trip has been really great so far, I've been able to experience some of the history and some of the culture of Paris. I feel like I've made a lot out of my time here and would like to come back in not to long, and maybe stay for awhile.

These are some pictures from the past two days.

Today Was Graphic

2008-07-03T12:41:00.000-07:00

Today was still rainy for most of the morning then it cleared up and was sunny for awhile. We spent a lot of the day in the Louvre but the rest of the day I spent cruzing around and found some interesting stuff.

Rainy Day

2008-07-03T12:29:00.001-07:00

When't up to the top of the Cathedral Notra Dame and checked out the gargoyles. Then it started to rain, which was so nice, and continued to do so for the next few hours pretty heavily and then off and on the rest of the afternoon and night. And French girls are even prettier in the rain.

Police

2008-07-03T12:22:00.000-07:00

There was some kind of ceremony going on at the Arc De Triumph the day that we tried to go but it probably made things more interesting anyway . The had the whole area gated off and heavily patrolled by Police and Guard s I think because the French President was at the ceremony and I think he is in the car behind the police officer in the third picture.

Hangin Out

2008-07-03T11:54:00.001-07:00

This area of Paris was really interesting and far from refined, I got to meet some pretty interesting characters and found myself in some very interesting situations. The leather dealers were a riot, and I hung out with them for like an hour. Watching the construction workers cuss at each other in about ten different languages was very funny as well and watching them work was pretty interesting. The guys gambling on the street were pretty interesting as well though they weren't to fond of me and my camera. We had a street artist draw a portrait of my sisters and I, he was pretty cool. Then some random very euro-style guy wanted me to take his picture then he made fun of me with his friendsfor awhile, but neither of us like George Bush so were cool.

2008-06-27T13:06:00.000-07:00

The subway is always interesting and today I went to a huge ancient cemetery with the family and The Pompidou with my sister, it was really cool to see Picasso's stuff and a Pollock. As well as tons of other "Modern" art that I really like.

Metro and Museums

2008-06-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

We've just been cruzing around on the metro and checking it out, went to The Louvre and The Eiffel Tower. It's all been amazing!!!

Sister Airplains and France

2008-06-24T12:25:00.000-07:00

Traveling was interesting as usual, and I ended up spending the night on the floor of the Santa Barbara airport the first night. The Flight to France was a long one but my first two days here have been great and I've been able to see and learn an incredible amount.

2008-06-01T12:31:00.000-07:00

Mark T and I went to San Diego as part of a little doc we're doing with Shawn a friend of ours who is leaving school and the castle to go back to San Diego and work at a restaurant where he worked before school. Riding the train back was interesting and probably better than driving.

The Beach

2008-05-19T00:02:00.001-07:00

Spent the last few days hanging out at the beach just mostly messing around which was nice. It is really starting to feel like summer to me. Time is really going fast, seems like just last week that I was saying this about last summer. The young boy is Sebastian, he is Kirstens' son and very active at six years old.

Thanks for visiting.

College

2008-05-11T18:49:00.000-07:00

Went to UCSB yesterday to hang out with John, Forest was also there. It was nice to see them and it is always interesting to go there just because the way that those kids live and behave is so different from the kids at Brooks, for obvious reasons. I'm not sure if I really like the shots or not but I think they explain where I am coming from.

Yosemite

2008-05-06T18:33:00.001-07:00

My parents came to visit over break and took me to Yosemite, I can see why so many photographs are taken there the place is one of overwhelming natural beauty. We just did the normal tourist thing and had a lot of fun. But it was upsetting to see peoples impact on the place, and the animals. I would love to go back some day and spend some time climbing there.

College

2008-04-27T23:37:00.000-07:00

Went to UCSB to hang with my friend John Mills today, we've practically known each other forever I believe since the fourth grade, and I really enjoy being able to go up there and see him. Also cruzing around UCSB and checking out what those kids are up to is fun too.

The Peak Program

2008-04-21T15:54:00.001-07:00

This is the story I have been working on over the last two months. I'm pretty sure that I am going to stop with it because I don't really feel like it is going anywhere and would like to start working on something else. But I would appreciate some criticism, let me know what you think.

Bike Machanic

2008-04-21T15:44:00.000-07:00

This is a video I've been working on getting up for awhile, I shot all the stuff in about two hours like three weeks ago and have just been working with it in final cut, its the first multimedia project that I have really finished let me know what you think any advice would be helpful.

Saturday Night

2008-04-15T21:14:00.000-07:00

Hung out with some friends on Saturday nothing really happened, that is all.

This picture at the Harbor is a photo illustration, took out the restaurant sign that was on the tower.

Highschool Baseball

2008-04-12T15:27:00.001-07:00

Shot a baseball game yesterday for a sports features assignment, it was high school baseball and the most amusing part about the whole thing was how way more riled up about the whole thing they were than the kids. It was really summerish feeling and then the light got really nice.

Firefighters

2008-04-08T12:12:00.000-07:00

This is the B shift at the fire department on the avenue, thanks for letting me shoot you guys.

Walking The Ave

2008-04-07T12:40:00.001-07:00

I took these while just walking around the Ventura downtown area and then on Ventura Avenue. I was shooting with the "My America" assignment in mind and I feel like a few of these images really show how I fee about Ventura in general right now. Thanks for visiting let me know what you think.

Todays Quiz

2008-04-01T17:22:00.001-07:00

We had an awesome "quiz" in class today, Paul was like "ugh go find a picture and come back in an hour in a half" it was pressure but it was a lot of fun. I just drove around and found these guys repaving the roads in some neighborhoods off of Main St. it was a pretty cool situation really, steaming asphalt that was 400 degrees bing spread out over several hundred yards of street. It was dirty hard work these guys were doing, and I would have liked to shoot for longer but class was waiting.

2008-03-30T22:51:00.000-07:00

Mark and I went on a nice walk this afternoon and photographed the light which was really good, just some fun pictures that I picked out of my edit.

2008-03-24T14:34:00.000-07:00

We've had a traffic assignment that we've been working on for class this is a photo I took from a bridge over the 101 in Carpenteria.
This is the photo that Jeanie made me pose for. hahaha

DOGS!!!

2008-03-23T20:59:00.000-07:00

Mark and I went to a dog parade today it was pretty bizarre lots of yipity little dogs and then a few huge ones that would create more waste than a horse. Many of the dog enthusiasts were dressed the part and often matched their animals. The whole thing was a little weird but funny.

This lady on the right made me pose with her dogs for a photo she said she will send it to me, I'll make sure and post it if that is the case.

anti-war march in Hollywood

2008-03-16T15:20:00.000-07:00

Shawn Mark and I went to an anti war march yesterday, very cool to see the amount of people being active about the issue and doing something. It was also very fun to go shoot but avoiding people hamming it up for the camera became hard. And there were so many people there with cameras who weren't being professional at all and were getting in the way of peoples shots, blah it got pretty crazy. But the weather was nice and sunny then a little light rain for the drive home which was nice. Let me know what you think.

Number 1

2008-03-16T15:07:00.000-07:00

Hey, decided to make a blog, these are some shots that I joined sports shooter with. Let me know what you think.