Cafe Artemis

Last night, Quynh-Nhu and I ate at Cafe Artemis in The Pruneyard. Like all Mediterranean food joints, its nothing too outstanding(in my opinion). The atmosphere was nice, I guess it gives the impression of being somewhere in the Mediterranean. I haven't been to Greece or Croatia or any Mediterranean country. I'm being biased and comparing this restaurant's interior with all the other Mediterranean restaurants I've been to. Point being, its a typical Mediterranean restaurant. Warm-colored lights with Cool-colored paintings.
Quynh-Nhu ordered Kiremit Kofte which is lamb patties in marinara sauce with some cream cheese. I ordered this pizza but I can't remember what it was called. Basically it was minced lamb, vegetables and spices on slices of thin bread. Oh, for the appetizer, we ordered Saganaki which is breaded cheese(the best thing we had there). For dessert, we had Chocolate Tartufo(powdered brownies) and Kazandibi(custard with caramel and raspberry sauce).
4 out of 5 stars, worth trying if you enjoy Mediterranean food. The waiters are nice and your cups are refilled every 13 seconds.


Cafe Artemis
1875 S. Bascom Ave. (Pruneyard- Next to Barnes and Noble/Across from El Burro)
Campbell, CA 95008
Tel: (408) 626-8100
Fax: (408) 626-8116

Open Daily
11 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Yelp

3rd Video of project Blog Lapse

Shot a video of one my best friends doing what he does at home. After knowing him and his family for 17 years, his home is almost liking being at my own. Enjoy.

Photography by: Darren Hirose
Editing by: JP Flores

Song: Isley Brothers- Footsteps In The Dark

project Blog Lapse: #3 Daniel Cortez from Darren Hirose on Vimeo.

Macro with Some Ink

Today my friend Anthony Cortes came over to collaborate ideas about future projects. Since he had his macro lens, I wanted to have my try at ink and water. I've always wanted to try shooting ink in water and I was pretty excited to start. Hopefully, I could spend more time and try other techniques. Not the best captures, but I've got to start somewhere.

Favorful Friday

At this very moment, I feel like I've saved the world from destruction. I feel like a whole new man, ready for adventure. In the next remaining hours of this Friday, I will create. I will create something, whether on the digital camera or sketch book. Today has been such a good day and I feel creating something will open up a new dimension. A still dimension in reality, but with my very own imagination, I can create the world that is perfect for me. High on life and low on time.

Huete ist Dienstag

Today is Tuesday, and I feel like I have a lot of things to take care of today. I'll blog whatever I plan to do today on another day. Let's recap..

Met up with Anthony and Renee to watch them do a photo shoot of a baby(I don't remember her name). It was pretty chill because Renee's mom is the manager of an apartment complex at Avalon Skyway, so they get to use the demo apartments as a studio. Here are some pictures I snapped before I headed out.



After the photo shoot, I headed to Huy Dao's place to shoot the 2nd Installment of my project Blog Lapse. It was the first time I've shoot a time lapse in that style. I don't think its really a time lapse, its just a video with motion blur. I don't really know the term of that, but I was really happy with the final video. I had to shoot on a small cf card(2g) so I had to lower the dimensions(quality) to save space. I should have edited the pictures just to correct some coloring and some details, but in the end, I think the video is fine the way it is. I messed around with my friend Anthony's flash by making it fire overhead. Here are some stills.
Huy Dao and..

Russell Rabanal

2nd Installment to Project Blog Lapse

project Blog Lapse: #2 Huy Dao from Darren Hirose on Vimeo.

Huy Dao of TMC(Turnable Movements Crew)

So Far So Good..

This week has started off very good for me. For some weird reason, I'm pretty confident to say, this week will be a good week. Sunday started on the sour side, but as the day went on, I finally got into the creamy center and the day turned out to be pretty good. On Monday, Q and I decided to go to Carmel-by-the-sea(near Monterey, just down the highway). Yesterday(Tuesday) I had my job interview at ReMax Real Estate as a front desk receptionist. I thought the interview went well, but we'll see how I did when they call me back(if). Later that night, shot a little time lapse video and made an awesome dinner with friends. Today, I have a telephone-interview with The First Bank. Hopefully, all goes well.

Some pictures from Carmel-by-the-sea.