When I was 14: Catie

Catie talks about her surrogate Internet dad and eating microwave popcorn:

When I was 14: Catie from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

When I was 14: JD

Being 14 was weird for most people. The other night, I videoed some of my friends talking about being 14. I'm going to run each of their responses here for the next week. First up, JD talks about owning Nintendo Web sites and how he ruined a friendship:


When I was 14: Jaweed from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Testing ...

A few weeks ago, I bought a depth-of-field adapter, hoping to make my videos look more cinematic. Last night, Aaron and I played around with it (it is super tricky). Here’s our test shot (we were also testing mics).



twoneil test from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Circular

Jasper's selling hula hoops:

Shy town?

Here are the rest of the Chicago photos, randomly:

Tab.

So many Chicago beers:

Walking on water

Reflexor

Chicago-style:

Saturday solo shots

Friday morning breakfast at the Waffle Window:

Alan does Portland

Day 1 of my dad's visit to Portland. I won Ms Pacman (They had a baby!); he won in shuffleboard:

My girl and her dog

Muscular

My friend Ed Muscle has been turning out some great 30-second video studies for his blog. Here is one:

First kiss

Various people talking about their first kiss, from age 5 to 19, from disgusting to sweat-provoking.


Describe your first kiss from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Seeing Better

at Randi's bowling birthday bash:

A story of mine is running in the paper today. This kid is so amazing:


Most people want to be different from their parents -- more patient, less annoying -- but Noe Araujo wants more than that: He wants to become like the men who put his father in jail.

Araujo was 8 when his dad was arrested and eventually deported for selling methamphetamine. Now he's 18, dark-eyed and serious, and unlike most high school seniors, he knows exactly who he wants to be.

The Parkrose High School student has avoided nearly everything that teenagers usually do. He doesn't drink or party. He's never skipped class. In his free time, he is interning with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.

Yeah, he gets lonely, but he's been lonely his entire life. At least now, he hopes, he'll have something to show for it.

See the rest of the story on Oregonlive

Also, here's a video I made of him (I posted a draft earlier, but this is much better):


Noe from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

First person: Colin

Colin talks about playing the drums:


First person: Colin from Casey Parks on Vimeo.