What are your jeans doing today?

[joelz]

Walked the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday

Spotted this on the Brooklyn End

[farmer]

couple random shots over the last weekend. made it about a month with no snow until today:rolleyes:

wall tap out of a make shift vert wall=near death

[Tiro]

well, not today, but this is what my jeans were doing last sunday:

this bottle has been with my for almost 3 years, time has only made it better...

[snozepp147]

apc petite standard, bought 01/2009. worn maybe a year total? washed once last summer & then these photos are after i decided to throw them on my roof after working in the community garden for a good rain soak in a midwest thunderstorm that produced golf-ball sized hail (only marble sized here) and tornadoes the next county over. the hail was a nice surprise - i figure it's comparable to stone washing denim though far more subdued. total process was 3hrs 80degree sunlight on roof, 30 minutes hail, 2 hours rain, 60mph+ wind gusts & 40 degree weather overnight. this natural rinsing experiment cleaned them up and makes the fades more pronounced. i edited them in photoshop to try to represent as close to their true color as possible:

[FabGeek]

some good pics on this page! Riff that looks like so much fun!

[clayton]

I use to live a few blocks from the distillery district in a 100 year old pant factory where every resident was an artist.

Mill Street Brewery use to be based in the DD until about five years ago when they got too big and had to move production to Scar-city. They still have a mini brewery and store there.

[therelativity]

[akiragreat]

well, not today, but this is what my jeans were doing last sunday:

this bottle has been with my for almost 3 years, time has only made it better...

+1 for trappist beers.

[cheapmuthafukr]

went out street skating... pulled the camera out when my ankle started hurting.

[edmond]

[chubby]

going to this shit across the street.

[joelz]

hit up some major landmarks between dropping off the flat head tour jeans and doing a shoot for people i knew

flatiron

stopped for a shake shack burger for dinner

then ended up in grand central

[morse9443]

I love me some shake shack joelz. best to hit it before summer when the line hits 100+ all day every day.

[Blacktocomm]

Well, my jeans had a sitting around putting off study day and play with the new amp.

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The first comment my buddy said was "jeans in the background? you are obsessed."

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[everyinchofgod]

Queens of the Stone Age. That's what my jeans did tonight.

[Paul T]

Often I start these posts with "out early". But we were out early!

Billingsgate market, London, 4.50 am. This is where all the restaurants and retailers across London source their fish.

We were off for a shoot involving market holders. We had one guy we were pretty sure would do it, then it was all on spec. Slightly intimidating, as these are old school traders - Billingsgate has been famous for centuries for its loud foul language (Hence the phrase "swearing like a fish wife"). Course, they were sweeties. Went like a frickin' dream.

We had to wait around for our first fella… every stall holder is crazy-busy, taking orders, moving fish around, writing up entries in their book. But obviously, you have real characters.

THis is one of them. "Mick eels".

We'd been taken in to the market by a friend owns a fish shop. She told us Mick was "abrupt". But I march up, give him a business card and a quick spiel, then his daughter kate goes "it's for a Blog, dad, you should do it." And then this big bear of a man, real East Ender, poses for photos with a tray of jellied eels.

They supply eels to pie'n'mash shops across the East End. Perfect for us.

I love this place. Filled with noise… we photographed five people. One of them, Ali, at the back here, is muslim, his stall is called Billingsgate Exotic Fish. We get him posing with a huge frozen kingish, this stern looking guy but with a huge smile on his face. Meanwhile, all the East End traders are shouting "Here ali, you know when they print that photo, you'll be holding an AK47!".

All around, trays of fish; high quality, fresh, no fishy smell at all.

[Paul T]

We photographed the white-haired gentleman on the left - they are the Bush family, one of the longest-established traders here. again, sweet people, when you maybe expected them all to be a bit… hard-boiled.

We'd got enough, but I fancied someone holding a big old crab. I'd tried this fella's dad, he put me on to the son, Gary. I was disappointed until I looked at that big granite face, and then he picked up a huge blue lobster in one hand, big brown crab in the other. still the market is manic busy, more people shouting and getting in the frame and ruining the shot. Julian, my photog mate, showed me: one perfect frame. Yes.

His stall stretches over two units, hundreds of crabs, lobsters - we got him with the huge blue fella.

6am. Suddenly it's getting quieter.

Time for a cheap breakfast.

I was a veggie for many years, and longed for this. THey didn't have my favourite fluorescent mustard, but it still hit the spot.

Dawn was breaking as we emerged

Billingsgate was based by the Thames, from the 16th century. In 1982 it moved out of the city, close to Canary Wharf. At the time it was a quiet area, now the finance district is moving east, it's getting crowded. Since it was built, it's become framed by these phallic monuments to banking...

Finally. Home. Dawn over Greenwich. Espresso machine is warming up, and an hour of peace before the school run…

[fre-co]

Nice post Paul, what are the photo's for?

[Paul T]

Nice post Paul, what are the photo's for?

New project with a photog mate: Market People.

Just trying to find a wordpress expert to hold my little sweaty hand before we go live.

[fre-co]

Excellent stuff Paul, I've already bookmarked it in anticipation

[-Z-]

been away for a long time. its my last 2 days of work before i begin preparing for my move to NYC on the 23rd of April, and the eventual relocation to Bejing at the end of the summer. got the loft rented out to someone (sad to leave this place), visa process is in full swing, trying to catch up as much as possible with friends before i head out. Saying goodbye to my little girl for 2 years is going to be really hard....guess Skype is going to be my best friend soon.

so not much time for sufu...but i've been lurking and have enjoyed the last month or so of stuff from everyone!

here are random shots from the 5DmkII from Hawaii. I forced myself to leave the camera at home as much as possible so I could really just enjoy myself there, and I'm glad I did. I'm also in a bit of a creative slump and have been so busy that I can't really get out and shoot much which sucks!

So lets start at the beginning...landed at the airport in the early evening. This lady must have been enjoying the view as much as I was...beautiful place, even at the airport.

Didn't do much the first night, just had some drinks and then sat on the beach for a few hours after the sun went down...then took this from the balcony off my bedroom.

The next morning was cloudy and a bit rainy for about 45min. as we went out snorkeling and diving.

Then the weather really cleared up as it did without fail every day in the early afternoon.

Ended up spending a ton of time at this beach later in the week...really chill spot with no tourists and really good for body surfing.

Did a bit of shopping on the way up to the north shore (got a sick patagonia duffle that I needed for impending travel), and spent a few days up there.

Got up early every morning for this.

visited a friends place in Waikiki, spent the day at the beach before going out to yakiniku, and waaaaaay too much shochu.

some rural north shore action. the landscape of this place is insane, never seen anything like it.

coming back home from the north shore on the H-3 just after the tunnel under the mountains.

to be continued with some randoms, and then a few iPhone pics.

[-Z-]

This hotel our friends were staying at had freakin' dolphins, IN THE HOTEL!!!!!!!!!!!!

The lobby was very posh.

and of course there were weddings. 2 of them while we were there for the afternoon...

and our last dinner, at a fantastic japanese place with $8 pitchers of Kirin during happy hour.

you sat on sake crates

iPhone sunset pic (obligatory given the fact that its Hawaii...)

the view from our friends place...

diamondhead crater is right behind their condo...

one more post coming....FOOD!

[Dr_Heech]

This hotel our friends were staying at had freakin' dolphins, IN THE HOTEL!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF! Are you freakin kidding me!?!

Man... It's another world out there...

Lovin' your photos/posts as always, Z. Good luck with the move.

.

[-Z-]

consumed items while in Hawaii include...

Conveyor belt sushi

Really good Ramen and gyoza

pork belly

more sushi

fried tako

a ton of goodness here.

Unagi handrolls

The best fish tacos I have ever eaten

The prize of "Best Food on the Island" goes to the Pupukea Grill. A food truck just north of Waimea Bay...I have never had a better lunch, met nicer people (so much so that they come over and join you at your table and buy your daughter desert) so if you're ever in Waimea go there, you will love it.

and then I went home.

[vespr^1198s]

must spread Z, but there are some really great photos and moments in your post. looks like you had a blast

[servealoha]

Woah Z. I actually live in Hawaii and I can see that you traveled probably around the whole Oahu island. Contact me when you come back!

Sushi-san and Alamoana! Can't tell where the fish tacos are from? Wahoos?

[zissou]

Wonderful photos, Z. I like how everyone focuses so much on food in their posts here. Never fails to make me hungry.

Good luck with the moves! Mind if I ask what you'll be doing in Beijing?

[ranonranonarat]

-z- these shots are so crisp i miss seeing them. some really good stuff you shot, made me catch a bit of the traveling bug. it must be hard to leave the wife and little girl behind for 2 years, but time will pass really quick and with skype they're only a buzz away. hopefully things work out real nice for you!

[Forbidden]

Call me selfish -z- but as much it will suck to be without family for two whole years, I am ecstatic to know another person with the love of jeans will be in Beijing. I will treat you to a beer when you get here.

[almostnice]

located straight across of the Redwing Hamburg store you find Feldenkirchen,who share our passion for quality garments.today they held a little party,showing two lovely bikes from Ehinger Kraftrad(http://ehingerkraftrad.com/),a Hamburg based company,building classic bikes with their distinguishable design blended perfectly in with todays standards.

if you cant effort a complete engine rebuild go for their classy merchandising stuff

their trademarkdesign,a true peace of art

what a beauty,so bad i sold my soul to Lambrettas and Vespas

the bellmouth is needed to protect dogs and kids to get sucked in

any clue what used to be in that canister?

surprise of the day was meeting my old friend Dan,which i hadnt seen for years.was very pleased to see him wearing LVC and RW engineers.good boy.

and no,it didnt stop there,i had about four more beers.and cigarettes.oh well.