wait okay - new group blog

hi, i'm very excited to announce the new group blog i've been working on, waitokay.com! check out the new posts from nazar khamis, josh goldsmith, connor kammerer and myself!

Wait okay is the next chapter of the lovebryan group blog, picking up where it left off. To me, the concept of a communal group blog is as valuable as it ever was. It serves as an ad-free space to share a series without the limitations and control of corporate social media. You come for your friend’s work and stay for their friends’ work.

hope to see you there!

waitokay.com

lovebryan posts: skate not and this is the seaside town

i made a couple blog posts this month at lovebryan.com/allen.

one of photos of skateboarders, and one about how much i love the beaches in new york city.

i hope you enjoy them!

an interview about shooting film

dan zvereff shared this interview with me recently.
http://www.japancamerahunter.com/2014/06/film-news-adox-interview/

even though it's not really the reason i shoot ektar, it's interesting to hear that,

"Ektar can record about 20% more information on a 35mm film than the highest resolution 35mm Digital ­Camera (Nikon D800) can capture."

also interesting to hear is,

"stop scanning like crazy ... Paper consumption is what keeps the factories running. Not film."

i also wasn't particularly into photos always being captioned as being shot on film, since there's more to a photo than the medium, but i am concerned about rising film prices and the lack of old and new emulsions, so i feel obliged to share:

the majority of my photography, seen here on this blogspot, allenying.com, and in 43 magazine, is shot on film, and 100% of what i've posted on lovebryan.com/allen is shot on film as well. it is the photography i fell in love with, and i can't say the same has happened with digital photography. i hope you can enjoy shooting film too, it may not cost as much as buying an updated $3500 SLR every few years.

lovebryan blog

while this here blogspot is primarily for recently published skateboard photography and related activity, 

i now have a page over at lovebryan.com for non-skate photos.

lovebryan.com/allen

beach 2013, from getting grounded on lovebryan.com

making the best of winter

kevin hayden, 2013

i made a guest blog post of photos from winter 2012-2013 over at lovebryan.com, check em out!

lovebryan.com/swingshift/2013/10/making-the-best-of-winter/

bryan, brett, kevin, summer 2012

bryan derballa

brett nelson 

kevin hayden
...trying to surf off what we found out this year is one of many blueberry bushes surrounding the lake.

the rest of summer 2012 photos are either here:

http://lovebryan.com/allen/2012/12/nature-is-a-language/

or here:

http://allenying.blogspot.com/2012/12/negative-ions.html

max fish - last night on ludlow

jr cronheim and rb umali dancing by the pool table.

i posted photos from max fish's last night on ludlow over at lovebryan.
http://lovebryan.com/allen/2013/08/max-fish-last-night-on-ludlow/
please play the song and have a look!

negative ions

negative ions are what's in nature that make you feel good, mentally and physically.

they're found in abundance near crashing waves, waterfalls, in the mountains, after a rain storm, etc.

positive ions are found in urban settings, and known to cause mental and physical disturbances.

luckily we can find waves at the edge of new york city, and waterfalls just an hour up state.

these are extras from a guest blog post at:

http://lovebryan.com/swingshift/2012/12/nature-is-a-language/

it was later upgraded to my own blog on lovebryan:

http://lovebryan.com/allen/2012/12/20/nature-is-a-language/

laurel's birthday, may 2012

(play song)

"put the lime in the coconut"

the rockaway hula hoop party is super fun, i hope the boardwalks will be rebuilt.

naked fire jumping

 

i love moonlight almost as much as sunlight

radiolab's show on sleep explained how some animals that don't sleep in shelter only sleep half their brain at a time, kinda like with one eye open. i still wanted to sleep partially outside, so i made a tent out of sheets, shoe string and twigs for stakes. i woke up cuddling a couple spiders, luckily no bites.

  

moonlit waves

these are extras from a guest blog post at:

http://lovebryan.com/swingshift/2012/12/nature-is-a-language/

it was later upgraded to my own blog on lovebryan:

http://lovebryan.com/allen/2012/12/20/nature-is-a-language/