Daily Sightings

A Transition

2008-07-27T00:08:00.000-07:00

I am sad to say that I will no longer update on this blog site. I am beginning the grueling process of building a website and the first step of this is by creating a Wordpress blog account. This new and most radical site can be easily reached at www.mattmcloone.com/blog . For those awesome fellers who have me linked in their blog it would be much appreciated if you could update the link.

New and exciting pictures will be updated most regularly.

Thank you and enjoy.

www.mattmcloone.com/blog

Paul's Opening

2008-07-26T15:32:00.000-07:00

Megan

2008-07-15T23:31:00.000-07:00

A couple Prepel Week Photographs for the Portrait class. I am very much looking forward to getting my ass handed to me during the next two months..

Bike Sesh on the 33

2008-07-12T14:59:00.001-07:00

A Wednesday at the Races

2008-07-03T12:39:00.000-07:00

HAHAHAHHA!

2008-07-01T23:01:00.000-07:00

Ventura Matt from Matsfro on Vimeo.

The Kitters

2008-06-20T15:07:00.001-07:00

Art Fooligans, Nanfooligans

2008-05-11T13:25:00.000-07:00

Option 2

2008-05-06T20:45:00.000-07:00

Back in MN I took some pictures of my friends in Option 2. Here are a couple.

Minnesota

2008-05-05T01:19:00.000-07:00

Too bad my CF card reader broke... Will be updating shortly. In the mean time here is a picture of a lake, Lake Calhoun to be exact.

Sunny

2008-04-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

My buddy's dog is insane

My sweet MinneSnowda Cruiser

2008-04-26T16:04:00.000-07:00

Can't go a week without my bike and since it costs $160 roundtrip I decided to bring my wheel instead. Now after 20 minutes of light work I present my new loaner mobile.

The Blue Hypotenuse or Mini-Apples for short

Sure it has its quarks, like an ugly handle bar, hideous brakes, and no toe clips, but I am still confident that this bad boy will make my week that much better...

Ryan and Liz's Engagement

2008-04-21T01:49:00.000-07:00

Today I went down to San Diego with Raxar and shot Ryan and Liz's engagement photos... here is a little taste

Santa Monica

2008-04-05T19:36:00.001-07:00

Shoes, Cota's, and Modo Brett

2008-04-03T22:15:00.000-07:00

Foursquare Brings out the Crazy's

2008-03-31T21:35:00.000-07:00

The Finale....Ireland

2008-03-26T23:45:00.000-07:00

Our year long experience has finally come to a close. Today, was our last meeting....

The Cup, the Duke, and the Colonel

2008-03-24T19:42:00.000-07:00

St. Paddy's Day and "4 Box"

2008-03-20T23:34:00.000-07:00

Ireland Premiere

2008-03-15T17:59:00.000-07:00

Ireland and MAYO

2008-03-14T00:02:00.000-07:00

Echo Park

2008-03-11T02:27:00.000-07:00

Went to the park with Mega, captured a birdy

The Hike Continued

2008-03-07T17:41:00.001-08:00

The other day, Zac Visco, Will Figg, Brett Ziegler and myself went on a little hike down Tar Creek to the Sespe River. We did this same hike last year during the record drought. This year, the water levels were insanely high and prevented us from repeating the same route. Instead we found a new return, although much different, it still kicked our asses.

Here are a few.

The Hike

2008-03-07T14:21:00.000-08:00

Nanfooled on a Saturday Night

2008-03-02T13:49:00.001-08:00

Victory...

A Few for 208

2008-02-26T13:52:00.000-08:00

Scott's a bike messenger working in downtown Los Angeles...

A Couple Few Refle's

2008-02-25T23:27:00.000-08:00

Saturday

2008-02-17T14:39:00.000-08:00

Good ol' Fridays...

2008-02-16T02:13:00.000-08:00

Friday's theme: Simple

And other Friday night Nanfoolery

Thursday

2008-02-14T19:12:00.000-08:00

Todays theme was Motion.
At the greatest place on earth...Costco

Below, TomShanigans dropped by....

Making a Difference

2008-02-14T11:47:00.000-08:00

Inside

2008-02-13T23:29:00.000-08:00

Inspired by what Paul Myers said in class Tuesday, about how he sometimes writes down various words or themes on pieces of paper and then randomly picks one to photograph that day, Brett and I are adopting this theme, hopefully this will be a daily occurrence.

Today's theme was "Inside".

Hey you.

2008-02-11T19:01:00.000-08:00

Hey would you look at that its Mike Eckelkamp

Pictures from afar

2008-02-11T00:03:00.001-08:00

I haven't been shooting all that much lately, largely due to the fact that I have been living on my computer for the past few weeks bustin' out the Ireland show. Looks like we are just about finished. In the mean time here are a few pre-Brooks photos that i recently came across. First three in Brussels and NYC 2005.

Farmer's Market

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

During my Farmer's Market assignment for PHO208 I came across Mike Kresky, a vendor of Earth Trine Organic Farms. He was quite a character and really enjoys interacting with the community. He also had some really good insight about the produce he sells. "There is an importance I think now, a really grave importance, that we eat more locally and discern the foods that we are eating and if we can choose organic over conventional then we are not only supporting local farmers but we are also supporting a healthier environment."

Veg

2008-01-23T01:35:00.001-08:00

Don't let your kids try this at home.

Sightings

2008-01-22T23:22:00.000-08:00

Shanfoolery

2008-01-20T19:30:00.000-08:00

Waldo Nanfoolery

PHO208 Assignment: Sequence

2008-01-17T13:33:00.000-08:00

Here are a few from that assignment....however, they are not in sequence

A little Minne a little apolis

2008-01-13T15:52:00.001-08:00

Big Sky Montana

2008-01-13T15:32:00.000-08:00

A little Shantomfoolery mixed with tomfooligans with a dash of nanfoolery equals ghost riding the whip in ghost town Montanta

Option Two

2007-12-29T15:29:00.000-08:00

Some of my Boys played their first Gig last night. They Killed it.

Walker with Jeff

2007-12-29T14:59:00.000-08:00

Today I went to the Walker Art Center with my bud Jeff to check out the Frida Kahlo exhibit. Once we arrived we found out that there was about an hour wait to look at the exhibit so we decided to grab some coffee instead...

I kind of really like the Walker.

Maybe I should have posted these first in this series of posts.

2007-12-26T10:59:00.000-08:00

At my buddy Davids house. Tippy Cup and an 8 foot Santa

Some around the house

2007-12-26T10:54:00.000-08:00

Lobsters!!!

2007-12-26T10:48:00.001-08:00

As a family tradition, we usually hold lobster races during the holidays. Which basically means lining them up on the kitchen floor and seeing how far they crawl. This year, what the lobsters lacked in spirit were made up in their delectableness.

Savannah Ann Marie Davis

2007-12-21T11:58:00.000-08:00

This is Savannah, my niece. She is adorable.

Friends, Family, and Punch

2007-12-20T14:30:00.001-08:00

Savannah

And Punch Pizza

Home

2007-12-20T14:27:00.000-08:00

Getting a Tree.

I just got home...

I met a Chief today.

2007-12-16T00:23:00.001-08:00

And a Hippo named Larry,

And a Fella named Steinberg,

And a Vampire name Brett

Recording and then Brett

2007-12-15T10:23:00.000-08:00

Brett's Day of Doom

2007-12-11T02:15:00.001-08:00

And he thought he got away scott free...

Wells Fargo messed up my loan,

2007-12-11T02:12:00.001-08:00

I wonder why.

On the positive side it became infinitely clear as to why I chose to become a photographer.

Home

2007-12-09T17:07:00.000-08:00

On December 18th I get to go back home to Minneapolis. I cannot wait.

Last Christmas

My dad holding my niece Savannah.

My Mom with Savannah and sis Kristi.

Megan, Jeff (Frizzelton) and myself.

Friday

2007-12-07T23:54:00.000-08:00

For those of you who do not know, I am a part of the Brook's Ireland Documentary group. Right now I am working on the Audio Visual presentation with Mike and Maggie and we have been totally consumed by the workload. We are allowed little free time as the amount of work we must do is still quite massive. So, at the moment the pictures I bring to you are just the ones snapped in between meetings and work hours...

However, we did eat ice cream today.

Wednesday

2007-12-06T00:49:00.000-08:00

Shooter, bustin' it old school

Maggie's Caddy seems to have a bit of the smokes as of late...well actually as long as I can remember.

Classic Maggie

Mike

Mike and his Shenanigans. Seriously he has an infinite supply.

Damn you Newcastle

2007-12-03T21:28:00.000-08:00

So as we shopped at Costco we found an amazing deal on Newcastle. A beautiful pack of 24 refreshingly delightful beers at the low price of $21.99. Of course we grabbed it. And to our amazement as I was loading them into our beer fridge, I found out that one beer was EMPTY. DAMN YOU COSTCO! DAMN YOU!

Monday

2007-12-03T21:01:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when you work on an Audio Visual Show.

Zach works on his photo-story

The recent snow storm back home in Minneapolis made me take a look at my surroundings...

35mm 1.4

2007-11-30T18:34:00.000-08:00

Click for better quality...

Sometimes its just fun to take pictures

2007-11-29T21:05:00.000-08:00

Mike being Mike.

Leo Being Leo

The Funk Machine. Press Button, Get Funked.

Sometimes its almost cool.

Brett Heads to Bali

Day of Doom...

2007-11-28T19:00:00.000-08:00

Finally got my 5D.

Mike Always Causes Trouble

2007-11-26T23:24:00.000-08:00

The Weekend

2007-11-25T16:01:00.000-08:00

Irish times

2007-11-24T00:36:00.000-08:00

2007-11-20T12:58:00.000-08:00

Fun with night.

Factory

2007-11-18T21:13:00.000-08:00

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Good Times

2007-09-30T05:56:00.000-07:00

Things are going well for me. Yesterday Darrien and myself got a private tour of Crumlin Road Gaol, a jail that has been derelict since 1996 but once housed many of "The Troubles" criminals. Among those we were touring with were a few people who were actual residents of the jail at one time! It was really interesting because we were one of the last tour groups allowed a tour and were invited by some loyalists friends we have met. Afterwards we were given a private loyalist tour of Shankill road and murals and then headed back to their bar, (keep in mind it is about 1pm) Rex Bar and were were bought round after round... you know how that goes! And we ended up by 8pm sauced, given a bottle of Black Bush Whiskey and invited for a dinner on Monday!

The day before, i was down in the lobby on my comp editing pictures when all of a sudden Bridget McLoone came down! Seriously that is the second time that we ran into each other in the most random places. Apperantly she goes on tours of Ireland every weekend and this weekend she stayed in my same hostel. We were not able to schedule a time to hangout while I was in Galway so these random coincidences are very nice! Off to the pub we went with a few of our friends and had a grand ol time... I would post some pics but they are on her camera...

Here are a few more shots from Holy Trinity Boxing club.

I followed the Holy Trinity ABC boxing club to the Dockers club for the weigh in for Tuesday nights fight . Before each match, boxers must be weighed and checked out by a doctor. Coach Michael Hawkins believes that his club has a very good chance of coming out on top. In total 5 fighters from his club will be boxing Tuesday. More photos to come.

Holy Trinity Boxing Club

2007-09-27T13:27:00.000-07:00

Finally some action. Here are a few pictures from the Holy Trinity Boxing Club located in West Belfast. Holy Trinity opened in 1972, 3 years into the troubles and has since produced many world class fighters. Here are some pics from my first days shoot. More to come

West Belfast

2007-09-25T03:02:00.000-07:00

West Belfast has been marked with violence over the past 30 years. "The Troubles" a guerilla war between Catholics and Protestents fighting for or against unification of Northern Ireland with the Republic. I arrived here yesterday and here are a few pics from a days walk. We wandered off the main roads and walked through a few staunchly Protestant areas and you could definitely still feel the tension in the air. Empty roads, houses with caged windows and people who avoided looking you in the eyes. Here are a couple things i found, In the coming days i will hopefully be working with some peace organizations and will be posting some pics.

Bobby Sands Mural in West Belfast. Bobby Sands, a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer died in the Maze Prison during the 1981 Hunger Strike after going without food for 66 days.

An Ulster Freedom Fighters graffiti is tagged on a wall off of Shankhill Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland Sept. 24, 2007. The Ulster Defense Association (UDA) began in 1971 by Charles Smith and is an outlawed loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland whose main goal is to reject Northern Ireland's union to the Republic of Ireland. At its peak there were more than 40,000 members.

The Peace Line on Lanark Way in West Belfast, Northern Ireland is a separation barrier between Protestant and Catholics neighborhoods. The Barriers, consisting of iron brick and steal walls reach heights up to 25 ft high and were created to reduce sectarian violence. At the height of "The Troubles", the peace lines were manned by police allowing passage during certain times of day and locked at night. Today, the peace lines mainly remain open.

Adventures through Ireland

2007-09-17T16:18:00.000-07:00

Driving with 5 people in a car the size of a VW Rabbit can be quite exciting. Especially when you drive 40 minutes to a fisherman village only to find out that its just a harbor with a parking lot and that gail force winds are holding them at bay for at least another week. Then having to drive 40 minutes back south to Galway and taking another 40 minutes to drive about 5 miles. Then getting lost for about 2 hours trying to find some caves that end up being the worst tourist trap on the planet. But with all adventures it ends with excitement and a few nice pictures. Not to mention the realization that you have to drive all the way back home with the fuel light on not knowing if the next petrol station will be 5 km or 50 km away. Anyways, here are a few pics from the day.

Oh, and Troy, landscapes are awesome! ...(not really) but they are quite challenging to make something interesting and also totally different to from what i have been shooting for the past year.

2007-09-17T02:45:00.000-07:00

Ireland is very indecisive about its weather, it can be sunny and blue one minute and the next it will be lashing out rain and wind. although overall it has been very nice weather-wise for us. Here are a few pictures from the past few days. We drove up north through Conamara and to Clifden, a very small town up north. Also some pictures in Galway.

Kylemore Abbey

Graveyard 15 minute north of Galway.

A man walks out of the Galway Bay after an afternoon swim.

A Connemara Pony

Day 1 and 2

2007-09-14T20:42:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pics of out arrivale and first and second day. Jet-legged, sleepy and feeling good. I will do my best to write tomorrow

Final Details

2007-09-11T10:49:00.000-07:00

So this will be my PhotoJournal of Ireland. I will try to update this as much as i can while i am on my journey and post some pictures.

So I leave for Ireland tomorrow and the bugs are beginning to bite, but my final preperations are in order. But of course i leave the packing and supply getting to the last day, but how can you travel? I need to run up to Santa Barbara to get a camera, then stop at Samys to get some more cards and finally head over to Costco to grab a new Hard drive. Soon, if i catch some sleep tonight i will be up in the air tomorrow morning.

Here are some pics from the last couple days.