I really can’t believe it’s November.

I feel like it was just summertime. Perhaps because it was 80 degrees yesterday.

I haven’t been running around quite as much in the last few days, so I don’t have a plethora of photos from different events and locations in San Francisco. This is probably good for me. I need to chill out.

However, I have been stumbling upon some pretty neat stuff lately while nerding out online.

For one – Mammoth Men.

I stumbled upon this website a couple of days ago and almost had a seizure. Seriously, how on earth have I not found this sooner. This is EXACTLY what I want to do with my life. Well. Maybe with a few tweaks. Bro-ing down with 12 guys in a tour bus for the rest of my life may be a little overwhelming. But it’s whatever. I’ve handled traveling around the country with bros. I can handle being homeless. I can handle the 12-hour drives and lack of showers. I’d redevelop my taste for terrible fast food combos and cheap beer. I’d deal.

Photo by Jeff Newsom | Mammoth Men

Anyway, more about Mammoth Men. These guys are photographers, and they tour the country. Not with bands, not with clients, not with any specific presentation or showcase… they just sniff out adventure, they pursue it, they document it, and they share it with the world via their well-crafted web presence and social media campaign. Fuck. If you know me personally, you know that THIS is what I want to do. This is it.

I did it to a degree this summer with Well Done Tour, my six-week national phototour with bands Bowerbirds & Megafaun, and photographer Tim Lytvinenko. But six weeks is not enough. I want to work constantly from the road, take photos, and be a liaison between relevant brands and my overwhelmingly large and devoted (this is also in the works) online public through sponsorships and targeted advertising and promotion. Sweet baby jesus. I get excited just thinking about it.

This will all take shape eventually. For now, I will continue living vicariously through them via their social media platforms and website. You should do the same.

I am actually getting a small dose of road back in my life in a few weeks – I’ll be joining Mark Growden and Alex Kelly on a short northwest mini-tour for the week before Thanksgiving. I am having serious tour withdrawals, so this will be good for me. The full schedule is on my Posterous blog.

Listen to Mark here.
Check out Mark’s CD Release concert on November 13th here.

Anyway. Here are some photos from a midterm assignment I procrastinated on and mostly finished last night. I wanted to shoot some night photos using existing lighting in San Francisco architecture. I rarely shoot portraiture in low lighting, so I figured this would be a good challenge for me.

So I kidnapped my roommates Cyndie & Hoa and we began our walk around the block.

Look how much they are enjoying themselves! Hooray for good sports.

That’s all for now. END!