Digital + Analog=

As promised here are a few more photos. This time rather than print them on water color paper, they are printed on plywood. I rather like the warm, fuzzy look to it. What do you think?

An analog lifestyle in a digital age.

In this age of digital music, digital television, digital recordings, digital watches, digital radios, digital books, and digital photography, creativity can become pent up pixilated and frustrated. Fret not my friends there is an escape from the conformity of digital cubism. All that we are and all that we see isn’t always a serious of 10101000001110100. Many a time the hands and mind desire the old fashioned way of doing things, the analog way. The warm fuzzy tones of our past analog life are like a comfortable pair of old shoes that we just can’t bring ourselves to throw away. I swear to you that listening to a Fats Domino 45 on an old Silver Tone record player produces notes and bass tones that somehow were cast aside in the digital process of burning a CD. I will put my hand on a stack of Bibles and swear to this.

Lately the desire to get back into alternative photography has been overwhelming. After all its been years since I’ve done it. I think digital and analog can coexist just fine, and mixed together can create new methods to old processes. Take for instance this print. A digital photo printed by an ink jet printer onto iron on paper, then ironed onto a cotton water color paper. It looks identical to a Polaroid transfer. Stay tuned for more alternatively processed photos and prints! They are on their way!

Tis' the season for Capitalism!

Yes, it is time for another capitalist blog. Another Bonneville poster...11X17....only $12-bucks each$2 dollar postage and poster tube. Only 100 printed.If anyone is interested, send me an e-mail to automotivephotos@gmail.com, I will then reply with pay-pal link. You don't need a pay-pal account in order to buy. Thanks for reading this worst of all blogs.

Shameful plug!

Posters...11X17....signed, sealed and delivered...$13 bucks each. Only 25 printed, get them while they're still here. If anyone is interested, send me an e-mail to automotivephotos@gmail.com, I will then send you the pay-pal link. Thanks for reading this worst of all blogs.

Winter Siege

Old man winter and his minions have laid siege to the northern hemisphere. Battlefronts are slowly grinding their way across the continents. A Canadian invasion has begun, frost biting atmosphere is assaulting the southern clime, one by one elevated passes are closing and mountains are becoming impassable. Despite the economic cesspool California has mutated into, these are the times that I’m actually glad I live here. Though it will take but a tick to push me in the opposite direction; momentarily I’m still glad to be here. Where would I rather spend my winter months? Look at the photo above and look at the one beneath. For now the choice is obvious.

I messed with Texas!!!!

Im back from Texas. Way too tired and afflicted with Jet Lag to tell the whole tale. It was a very productive trip and and a great time. Thanks to my new friend Bob Owens and his wife Linda for putting me up, and putting up with me. Here is a shot of Bob's Mercury. More stories photos to follow later.

The anti-pin up girl photoshoot.

So I've had this vision in my head for a while now. I've been wanting to do this anti-pin up girl photo shoot. While there are many, many amazing pin-up photographers, there are more out there that just don't cut the mustard. By the way it's really easy to cut mustard, I really have no idea where that saying came from, but I digress.

I see too many poorly thought out pin-up girls and pin-up girl shoots. It seems that many people have this idea that a girl needs to be covered in tattoos and have barrel rolls in her hair. NOT SO! I think you can create dangerous and sexy without having to subscribe to the whole greaserbilly imagery.

I wanted to create a shoot where the girl has attitude, looks and so does the location. A real Pachuca type of anti-pin up girl. She'll steal your heart and your wallet all at the same time. Think of Rita Hayworth in Gilda. A beautiful woman, with flowing hair, but one you can't trust for a minute. But mix it with a back alley raw and gritty feel. Yeah, I know Rita Hayworth wasn't a Pachuca or homegirl, but her character Gilda was still beautiful and bad all at the same time.

Let me know what you think, did it work or did I flat line?