Two by Three

Friday, November 2, 2012

Great new ZZ Top Video

I Gotsta Get Paid! Watch this full screen in HD.

Friday, March 16, 2012

The LA Wolfpack Hustle Marathon Crash Race

Love this video!

As the city sleeps, hundreds of cyclists gather at 3AM to compete in one of the largest under- ground urban bike races in the world. The Wolfpack Hustle Marathon Crash Race. During the early hours of the morning, the LA Marathon course is closed off to vehicle traffic in preparation for the foot race. 26 miles of LA streets with zero cars – a cyclists dream becomes reality!

http://vimeo.com/23613093

Friday, February 17, 2012

Maplethorpe Style Flowers

I was reading about Robert Maplethorpe again recently and looking at some of his images of flowers. He is truly a master of photography that I admire. I was inspired to take a few shots of the tulips I got for my wife on our 30th wedding anniversary.

Robert Mapplethorpe (November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, known for his large-scale, highly stylized black and white portraits, photos of flowers and nude men. The frank homoeroticism of some of the work of his middle period triggered a more general controversy about the public funding of artworks.

See his work here:
http://www.mapplethorpe.org/

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Ray Barton Racing Engines Photography

I recently spent several days photographing racing engines and parts for Ray and Dave Barton. What a blast. Great guys. Used on location studio lights (Alien Bee and LomoPro160 combination) Also had a chance to use the McNally 24" Lumoquest soft box. Really did good things for the shadows.

Seventeen, count 'em, seventeen engines!

Took this panorama from a fork lift up near the ceiling!

Ira Glass on the Creative Process

Interesting post.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Goodbye Kodak

Kodak files for bankruptcy on January 23, 2012. On the day when just about every photographer over 30 pauses to consider Kodak's filing for bankruptcy, a poignant video. The once-dominant company obviously knew it was already in trouble at this point, but still came out swinging in a refreshing appeal to the future.

Considering this was made in 2006 (and how quickly things have happened since) the video was pretty darn prescient. In the end, all of these things did happen. Just without the need for Kodak.

Five year old reviews logos.

A little off topic for this blog but a great idea and presentation. Enjoy.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Daily photo 1/4/2012

Tools

Daily Post 1/3/2012

Trying to post daily for awhile and see how it works out.

Light stripes on chair. Naturally occurring gobo.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The future of Advertising

This short video tells it like it is. Thank you to the visionaries who posted it on YouTube...unafraid to tell it like it is.

Check it out: Catvertising

Let me know what you think.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Photography this weekend

Photographed a Fender American Telecaster Deluxe in the studio this weekend. Used Alien Bee with shoot through umbrella, Lumopro LP 160 flash and reflector card. Like the drama of the B&W. Wish I had gotten a little more light on the head stock. Practice makes perfect.

Also photographed my bike...no flash, late day sun. Like the shadow of the bike eon the wall.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Maybe in Reading...??

Came across this post on Desert Air Blog. Well worth a look.

Made

Love the idea of Made in America. Maybe it's time to revisit this idea. Buy local. It applies to food and it can apply to many other things. It is a great way to support our local economy, help our skilled craftsmen and revitalize our US economy.

I'm already supporting local food producers. What else could we do?

Lots of skills here in Reading. I'm sitting here wondering what could we do here to tap into the vast underutilized pool of talent here...

Friday, November 18, 2011

Visiting Montana

My wife and I recently went out to Montana to visit my son at MSU in Bozeman. We spent a week; first vacation in a long time. Bozeman is a spectacular place and a really fun town. While there we took a short drive to Yellowstone (just an hour and a half away). It was the last week to visit the park before they closed it for about a month prior to the winter season. Perfect timing... we practically had to place to ourselves! I took a few shots while I was there: