JAMES RASP PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO BLOG , Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC
JAMES RASP PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO BLOG , Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC
JAMES RASP PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO BLOG , Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC
JAMES RASP PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO BLOG , Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC
JAMES RASP PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEO BLOG , Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC

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Chop em down

Call me Baby Bunyan, but instead of Babe, I had a crazy bull terrier.

When I was getting ready to chop down a tree I remember I had my camera in my car so I figured lets film me chopping this thing down.   As I put my shoes on, I had the idea to try to do a short feature about cutting down the tree.    I took 2 minutes to storyboard everything in my head and off I went with my camera, an ax and Livy.    Having never filmed myself or cut down a tree I figured this could be interesting. Moving the camera around and getting Livy to follow me was the easy part, the swinging of the ax was not.  After about 20 minutes of jello like arms, the tree finally hit the ground, not taking myself or the dog out.

What do you think, should I become a lumber jack?

Cutting down a tree

I am in LOVE

with the Fuji x100……

I know I know, a few years too late, but it still counts as love, right?   Who cares I got it used and some other guy had his hands all over her first, it is still love!

I can’t believe who one little camera has changed my outlook on things.   I used to carry a 5d with me all the time, but never pulled it out and shot anything as I always thought it was too big and people would look at me funny.   Now the x100 is always around my neck, just like my old dog Darcie always had a ball in her mouth.  It is almost like it relit a fire that was slowly burning away by big sets and deadlines.

Here are some images from Philly last week.

 

Love plaza
Business in Philly
Accurate in Philly
Tight Park Job in PHilly
Watch Your step
Vietnamese Garden Employee in Philly  Chinatown

 

 

 

This pretty much sums up my day with the x100…..   IT WAS A GOOD DAY!

It’s all downhill from here

Here is Steve Rice riding in Michaux.

Steve Rice mountain biking in Michaux by James Rasp
Steve Rice mountain biking in Michaux by James Rasp
Steve Rice mountain biking in Michaux by James Rasp
Steve Rice mountain biking in Michaux by James Rasp

Steve Rice mountain biking in Michaux by James Rasp
Steve Rice mountain biking in Michaux by James Rasp
Steve Rice mountain biking in Michaux by James Rasp

Mountain Biking + Photography = Happy Raspy!

I have been riding and racing mountain bikes for almost 20 years.   I got into photography by photographing my friends snowboarding.   I was injured and instead of doing nothing and letting my shoulder heal, I picked up a camera and instantly fell in love.

So why has it taken me all this time to photography mountain biking?

 

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There are some games that make me  miss not shooting sports full time.

For years, sports were all I shot, and I loved it!    Now I have to carry light bags and video equipment to sets, rather than my big 400mm 2.8 lens, that I LOVE.

Last Saturdays game reminded again why I love shooting sports.   Dickinson College played host to Marietta in the first round of NCCA tournament play.   Dickinson recently won the Centennial Conference Championship, so they gym was packed to see their huge win to advance to the second round in Ohio.

Go Devils!

 

 

Chris Cox with a dunk DIckinson College photo by James Rasp
DIckinson College basketball fans photo by James Rasp
Adam Honig with a layup DIckinson College photo by James Rasp
Chris Cox with a dunk DIckinson College photo by James Rasp
Fans celebrating after DIckinson College basketball win photo by James Rasp

 

*UPDATE- Dickinson lost to Wooster College in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.   Great season guys! 

Thirsty Thursday – The Streets + Stagger + Stupid

For some reason I love to Stagger Through the Dark.  Lately it is with a camera and not due to leaving a pub.      No matter how late production runs or where I am, I always know talking a walk at night will put a smile on my face.    I realized I have been blogging a lot about random walks, but not updating the stagger site, so I decided to launch a separate site just for my staggers.    So check out staggerthroughthedark.com for a collection of the original show images and all my recent explorations.

Along the lines of new sites, I recently started uploading to 500px.  Zack Arias turned me on to site even tho I know I am years late in finding it.   I will be uploading a lot of my street work  and work that doesn’t make the cut to my blog or website, but still worth sharing.    97% of the work I will be uploading will be shot with my Fuji X100, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!  500px.com/jamesrasp

Still can’t get enough of me?   I have started another blog for me to piss and moan about my creative process if you really need more of me in my life.  The blog is Stupid is Strong, which well…..  is me!

Up next is my main site….  Time for a new one, but that will be a few more weeks.

Here is a random Philly shot that I uploaded to 500px.com

Philly Skateboarders






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