Sunday, October 26, 2008

"Bloodbath" Weta Halloween Party 2008

This past Saturday was "Bloodbath", Weta's Halloween party held at San Francisco Bath House down on Cuba Street. I'm not usually one to get excited about dressing up for a Halloween bash, but knowing my fellow Weta'ans and how Kiwis like to roll in general, I was pretty stoked for this one. A lot of people went all out on their costumes (James above and Dan below are only two examples).

At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to bring my DSLR to the party, but after regretting only bringing my P'n'S to Jen's Trash party, and knowing that others would be bringing their DSLRS as well, I decided to bring it along and not make the same mistake twice. What a bunch of photo nerds we are. I guess only in our industry could it be considered somewhat 'normal' to see several people filming with video cams and shooting stills at a bar :) These are a few of the snaps from that night.

Jose as "Nurse Joker". Having been a popular movie, there were quite a few "Jokers" that night.

Fellow Canuck Julia getting her Viking on.

As always, Marco makes me laugh...Mad Clown.

Raqi looking better than any Trekkie ever has, scanning for paparazzi with her tricorder.

I don't know what name to put to Caj's costume...kind of a Genghis Khan-Warlord getup. And Jenny the Pirate.

This photo reminds me of a Rick James album cover..haha.

Jenny just couldn't resist the softness of this dude's crazy fluffy headwear.

Sunny, Raqi and Alistair Trekkin' it up.

Christine and Flo...watched closely by Death (I have no idea who was in there).

Glen as the dapper Werewolf.

Pete Godden as Edward Scissorhands. There were TWO of them that night! ...I wonder if that's as bad as two girls showing up to a party wearing the same dress?

Andreas Van Helsing about to shoot off Marco's nose.

Some of the boys. I think Paolo was a Death Angel from Death Notebook? Marco, Andreas, and Maurizio as Dracula sans coat.

Way to bring it Old School Jesse!!! If you don't know what "...wax on...wax off..." means, then this bad ass costume won't make you smile.

HAHAHA...Jenny just threw a sour sour candy into her mouth...what a priceless expression :)

There's that fluffy headed guy again.

Jogle (James) and Sarah creepin' it up for the camera.

Ula had some awesome body paint done on her by one of the local body paint companies...they obviously do good work.

Freddie and Fluffy?

Nick and Jose...Nick did the sick prosthetics for himself and Dan's Two Face.

Puppy Love...Alessandro and his squeeze.

My "niece" Jasmine Wong Vamping it up :)

Jen as the blushing...ummm...Corpse Bride?

I like this shot...Andreas looks like he's posing for some liquor commercial. Colt 45...works every time :)

Some random Rastafarian DJ. Tunn up di muzic Selectah!

...umm...in case you didn't realize it, yes, that IS me :) Here Matt is just in utter amazement of my mad skills :P

Playing around with pulling zoom on Sarah and Jogle.

The obligatory "heads in" group shot.

In case you didn't figure it out earlier, here's a wider shot of Jesse's bad ass costume. Yes it's a shower stall...if you still don't get it, don't worry about it. And I think that's Caroline sneaking into the shower (my friend Lesa's sister).

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Chez Homer

Homer's BBQ...sort of. The weather went from sunny and warm to not so sunny and not so warm. So his BBQ turned into an indoor dinner party. I had steaks with the boys prior but I stopped by to hang out for a bit with the other kids.

Yes I usually do have my camera with me, so before I left I took an opportunity to grab some laughing faces.



...and some long overdue pictures of Homer's cat Noqui (spanish spelling of gnocchi). I don't really like cats but she's pretty cool as cats go. These have been sitting on my computer for months so I finally decided to get them off my desktop :)