Dark Horse Photography

New Blog Site

2008-07-08T15:28:00.000-07:00

I am moving my blog site to this address: www.nicholasdraney.com/blog. After this month, this blog address will be terminated. The reason for the move is to protect my intellectual property rights. Basically, if you use a google service such as blogger, the terms and conditions are such that they own ANY intellectual property posted on their services FOREVER. Even after termination of services they still keep and can distribute any and all photos, videos, etc., anywhere and to any company to which they are partners. So I decided to protect my self and my images by hosting my own blog. For now it is built using wordpress, but in the future I wish to create a flash based blog. Anyway, this new blog address will not change from here on out.

Thanks, and any links that were on this site have been updated on my new blog.

Cheers,
Nicholas

An Update on the American Dream

2008-07-05T23:29:00.001-07:00

"Road trippin' with my 2 favorite allies…"

2008-07-05T23:19:00.000-07:00

Julie's Birthday at the Paris (French Bistro in SLC)

2008-07-05T22:07:00.001-07:00

Joyeux Anniversaire Juliette!

Oui, ce sont des escargots.

Aussi, j'ai mangé du canard.

Salt Flats '32 shoot

2008-07-02T16:26:00.000-07:00

The Bayou

2008-06-28T11:11:00.001-07:00

Silver Lake

2008-06-28T11:07:00.000-07:00

Went for a drive up the canyon.

…and a walk.

Maiden Voyage

2008-06-26T23:18:00.001-07:00

37 years in the making,

sometimes the end of a journey

is the start of a new one…

First stop: Texaco.

Gotta Black Magic Woman…

2008-06-24T17:38:00.000-07:00

If I still lived in Salt Lake, I would be broke from eating at this joint. Straight up ridiculously good sushi. Zagats described Takashi's sushi as having a "Peruvian" flair because Takashi uses things like mango and chiles paired with yellowtail in their caribbean roll and lemon zest paired with sablefish in my fav roll, "black magic woman." JULIE couldn't even resist trying that roll which is significant considering she has NEVER eaten sushi before.

Oldie

2008-06-07T17:31:00.001-07:00

I was going over old pics today trying to put together a decent portfolio for some upcoming internships and I found this image. It was from the prep week assignment for PHO 150.

Brew Co.

2008-06-01T11:46:00.001-07:00

Went to the Brew Co. for some tasty treats and to watch the Pens lose to the Wings. (Bollocks).

Taos comes too…

2008-06-01T11:44:00.000-07:00

Earl's Birthday Batman Bash

2008-05-10T20:35:00.000-07:00

Monterey…

2008-04-23T00:43:00.000-07:00

Start of new tradition(s).

Carmel Bar Food.

Wasabi?

Some Canlas Inspirato.

Point Pinos. Lighthouse.

Point Pinos living room

Waiting for the car in Forest Hills. Damn CPUs, Diet Coke and expired Budweisers.

To The Gods of Sea and Sky

2008-04-23T00:33:00.000-07:00

RockQuixote fighting windmills in Emma Wood,

"A Summer Soldier,"

"A Sunshine Patriot."

More Earl of McLoone

2008-04-22T22:24:00.000-07:00

Matt roughing it in Big Sur. (Sitting by the fire trying the internet on his iPhone).

Earl of McLoone

2008-04-22T15:24:00.000-07:00

What Matt looks like while editing right now, and after I fixed Brett's new 5d settings.

Chapel, Mont St. Michel

2008-04-06T23:59:00.001-07:00

Another one from France last summer.

Paris Rag-Time

2008-04-04T18:49:00.001-07:00

I was going over pictures today for a project and I came across our Honeymoon photos. I forgot about these; Julie hadn't even seen some. Ireland kinda stole my focus last year.

Bubble

2008-03-29T19:22:00.000-07:00

I was at the kitchen table editing photos while Julie was doing some dishes. All of the sudden this small little bubble floated across my field of vision. It made it around the kitchen before its tragic crash landing.

Things I want…

2008-03-21T21:57:00.001-07:00

A complete set of prime lenses, including this borrowed 85 1.2, and an iPhone. Anyone want to get me a belated birthday gift?

Behind the Scenes on Opening Night.

2008-03-19T18:52:00.000-07:00

Where in the world is…

2008-03-08T20:24:00.001-08:00

High Surf

2008-02-24T20:18:00.000-08:00

Julie and I went down to the pier to check out the huge swells coming in. They said that the waves were reaching 18 feet in some places.

Sometimes what you are looking for is not what you find.

Pool

2008-02-12T15:37:00.001-08:00

A day in the life…

2008-02-12T14:22:00.000-08:00

Back and forth a proofing we will go. Oh the smell of ink and the feeling you spent the day in two different places at the same time.

www.nicholasdraney.com ver1.0

2008-02-11T02:47:00.000-08:00

My website is up and running, although I may tweak it in the next few weeks. Hope you enjoy! Thanks for looking. Cheers

"Blue Hotel"

2008-01-24T14:40:00.000-08:00

I'd like to say that I tried
It fits in with all the suggestions and lies and empty tables
With food untouched
I couldn't see the future I liked the past too much
I've been going door to door like I got something to sell
Wandering like a fool through the halls of a blue hotel

So go on and rain down on us
Go on and rain
Go on and rain down on us
'Cause I give up .... ooooh, I give up

Something about her that's cold
Blowing through the trees leaving me raw
The words come out and I get confused
I get shattered like a light bulb in an October moon
She's inside me like a secret and I got no one to tell
Wandering like a fool through the halls of a blue hotel

So go on and rain down on us
Go on and rain
Go on and rain down on us
'Cause I give up .... ooooh, I give up
I give up

--Ryan Adams, "Blue Hotel"

Thoughts

2008-01-07T00:25:00.000-08:00

Julie at Takashi with her point and shoot. Oh Takashi, how you've ruined me.

The Inevitable Ride Home

2008-01-03T10:00:00.000-08:00

Old gas station somewhere in Utah.

Outside Bishop, Ca.

WTF? I saw this while leaving Bishop, Ca., on the way to Salt Lake. I had to snap a pic on the way back to prove I wasn't crazy. I have to ask: "why?"

…and a Happy New Year…

2008-01-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

"Lets hope it's a good one…"

Dad's Car

2007-12-29T14:56:00.000-08:00

1929 Ford Model A. He's had this car longer than he's been married with kids, and yet, it's almost done.

Ryans House, Park City

2007-12-28T14:51:00.000-08:00

These aren't his Christmas lights. He leaves these up year 'round.

Salt Lake

2007-12-27T21:03:00.001-08:00

This last one I saw up on the hill behind the capitol building. How does one lose their shoe in twenty degree weather and a foot of snow?

The Day After

2007-12-26T13:55:00.000-08:00

The best part of coming home is visiting old haunts. This is the Bayou. Just us.

My brother makes fun of us because we like to go visit Kensington. He doesn't understand this was our first home.

So this is Christmas…

2007-12-25T20:00:00.000-08:00

Goodnight

2007-12-25T02:00:00.000-08:00

Family and snow

2007-12-24T19:47:00.001-08:00

Two things rare to So Cal.

Pups

2007-12-24T19:36:00.000-08:00

Joshua's Trees

2007-12-23T15:10:00.000-08:00

Apparently I started a new Holiday tradition. It seems when we road trip home for Christmas I become too fascinated with the trees I see along the way.

Over the river and through the woods…

2007-12-23T14:57:00.000-08:00

My mom and my grandmother and grandfather.

My grandfather's ceiling in his bedroom. When I was a kid this map scared me. I didn't understand how massive the country was or why I was able to see it while lying on his bed.

Ice Show

2007-12-20T00:44:00.001-08:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Ice shows are kind of strange. It's not quite theater. Not quite figure skating. It exists somewhere in between. Still it has its moments.

Tree

2007-12-11T13:50:00.001-08:00

I feel like this tree sometimes.

City of Angels

2007-12-11T12:01:00.001-08:00

This is for Matt McLoone who has reminded me repeatedly that I don't shoot enough. Julie and I headed to Anaheim this weekend to see Dane Cook at the Pond. This is LA taken with her point and shoot.

Coast House

2007-11-29T14:48:00.001-08:00

© Nicholas Draney

I was going through my photos from Ireland the other day because the other teams from the doc trip were looking for more images to use and I came across this little house from my trip up through the Bloody Foreland in County Donegal.

Mmmm … Turkey Day!

2007-11-23T11:44:00.000-08:00

2007-11-19T17:26:00.001-08:00

First Guinness

2007-11-09T11:50:00.001-08:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Matt McLoone enjoys his first of many Guinness in Ireland at the Kings Head pub in Galway on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007.

2007-11-08T23:25:00.001-08:00

VII Seminar in Pasadena

2007-11-05T16:08:00.001-08:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Gary Knight discussing conflict photography at the VII photo agency seminar in Pasadena, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007.

2007-11-05T15:57:00.001-08:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

From foreground to background, Jaochim Ladefoged, Lauren Greenfield, Christopher Morris, Marcus Bleasdale, Eugene Richards, Antonin Kratochvil and Ron Haviv sign books at the conclusion of the VII seminar in Pasadena, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007.

2007-11-01T14:50:00.001-07:00

2007-10-30T14:53:00.001-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

A young student at the Gealscoil de Hide learns the cello, a traditional Irish instrument, as part of the curriculum of the all Irish speaking school in Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007. Students also learn instruments such as the fiddle and the tin whistle.

Road Bowling

2007-10-29T23:33:00.001-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

A contestant in an international road bowling championship throws the "bullit," or 28 ounce iron ball, for County Cork outside of Ballincurrig, County Cork, Ireland on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007. Road Bowling is an old traditional sport played mainly in County Cork in the Republic and County Armagh in the North (versions are also played in Germany and in West Virginia, U.S.). The sport is scored similarly to Golf and is competitively gambled on by bystanders.

2007-10-25T17:55:00.002-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Two horses stand in a paddock on a private horse farm in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. This horse farm is the private venture of one man and employs 80 staff members. Although they do not breed horses for selling these two young foals might sell between a hundred thousand euros and a million.

2007-10-24T23:48:00.001-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Sheep stand precariously on the edge of the Bloody Foreland (a particularly rugged stretch of coastline) in County Donegal, Ireland on Sunday, Sept. 30 , 2007.

Ireland I miss you.

Kilkenny Castle

2007-10-11T15:17:00.001-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Kilkenny Castle at night in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland on Thursday evening, Oct. 11, 2007.

2007-10-07T07:36:00.001-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

A toilet stands guard over cut turf in a bog at the Bloody Foreland in County Donegal, Ireland on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007.

More sheep dipping

2007-10-05T04:30:00.001-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Seamus Boyle dips one of his sheep in a chemical bath in order to kill ticks and maggots which otherwise would destroy the sheep in Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland on Friday, Sept. 28, 2007. (Photo by Nicholas Draney/Brooks Institute, © 2007)

2007-10-01T04:30:00.000-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Semus Boyle, Paddy Boyle and his dog Jim move sheep across a stream on Seamus Boyle's farm in Carrickcar, County Donegal, Ireland on Friday, Sept. 28, 2007. (Photo by Nicholas Draney/Brooks Institute, © 2007)

St. Columcille Church

2007-09-28T10:55:00.001-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

St. Columcille, Church of Ireland in Drumcliffe, County Donegal, Ireland on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. St. Columcille is the site where W.B. Yeats is buried. He penned his own epitaph in a poem ("Under Ben Bulben") which reads, "Cast a Cold Eye/On Life, on Death./Horseman pass by". (Photo by Nicholas Draney/Brooks Institute, © 2007)

Under Ben Bulben

2007-09-28T10:51:00.001-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

W.B. Yeats' grave sits under Ben Bulben (the mountain in the background), which is also the title of a poem ("Under Ben Bulben") which he penned for his own epitaph which reads, "Cast a cold Eye/On Life, on Death./Horseman pass by," in the graveyard at St. Columcille, Church of Ireland in Drumcliffe, County Donegal, Ireland on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. (Photo by Nicholas Draney/Brooks Institute, © 2007)

2007-09-21T10:04:00.000-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Local Galwegian, Martin O'Driscoll stops for a cappuccino and a cigarette in Galway, Ireland on Friday, Sept. 21, 2007.

2007-09-21T08:13:00.000-07:00

© 2007 Nicholas Draney

A traditional Irish music session at the Crane Bar in Galway, Ireland on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007.

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© 2007 Nicholas Draney

Local Galwegian Anthony Canavan stands against a wall near the Wolf Tone bridge in Galway, Ireland on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007. (Photo by Nicholas Draney/Brooks Institute, © 2007)

2007-09-19T16:39:00.000-07:00