Sometimes I hate color. Sometimes I can’t decide. My wife likes to tell people I’m color blind. They believe her because she’s a doctor.
Word on the street, in Kodak Portra 400…
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Last take with Adrianna in the studio back in June, with yet another not so thinly veiled homage to Helmut. Still miss that ladder…
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Last of the weirdness with Jessie in the studio, a thinly veiled homage to the late, great Helmut Newton… my contractor ran off with the little old wooden ladder in these photographs and I’m really bummed about it…
Check out Jessi’s work here… https://www.instagram.com/epicallyjessically/
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Snapshots from a summer that’s almost gone, at least by San Francisco standards… Hoping to be back to a semi-normal post schedule soon…
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So we had a baby about 2 weeks ago, and I’ve been laying pretty low ever since. Hoping to post more work soon, I’ve got quite a bit on deck, but as was expected, I’m a bit busy. Here are a few Polaroids, because sometimes me and the boy get bored at night so we take pictures.
Thomas Eveland Szymanski, born September 26th, 5:21AM, 8 pounds, 8.9 ounces. Nice ears, close to the head, as my Polish grandmother used to say. He’s got my wife’s nose and my perpetually grumpy scowl…
I don’t typically plug others on my blog, but I’m making an exception… I’ve always been a great admirer of Josef Koudelka’s work, he’s by far one of my favorite photographers of all time. There’s a kickstarter for a DVD run of a film about his work in the West Bank… well worth the pledge in my humble opinion… link is below…
Been shooting with Sarah off and on for some years now... doing another shoot with her in a few weeks in fact. These polaroids are from the last session of ours a few months back.
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Adrianna came back through town, was able to squeeze in a quick shoot. More scans to follow. See her Instagram here.... @_mungbit
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I'm not much for vacations in the traditional sense. I get bored, dislike crowds, lines, forced participation, structured entertainment, tours etc. (I'm fun at parties though). I do however enjoy being left alone to read books, consumption of Jack Daniel's, long walks on the beach and poking dead things with sticks. So we went to Kauai. We stayed in a little house on an old sugar plantation and read books and drank (at least I did) and walked on the beach and were generally left alone. Couldn't have been better...
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"You know, I had a meeting with him [Henri Cartier-Bresson], one in particular, it was at this party in Lyon. Big event, you know. I was seated with him and a couple of women. You’ll never guess what he said to me. “William, color is bullshit.” End of conversation. Not another word. "
- William Eggleston
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Shot with Jessi awhile back... a new(ish) model... she's been shooting like crazy latley... check her out on instagram, she's always posting new work: https://www.instagram.com/epicallyjessically/. More scans coming...
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Last take with Sarah in the studio from April... Check out take #1 here... Still have a few Polaroids left to post from this shoot, stay tuned...
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And a few from the Mendocino Coast, in no particular order... May and June of 2018.
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Had the chance to work with Kristy (@purerebelmodel) for a day in the studio back in April... so behind on scans I'm just getting to them now... Just can't go wrong with the window light in this place.
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San Francisco weirdness just never gets old... May of 2018...
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Sarah was good enough to come by and shoot last minute after another model flaked. Always good shooting with her... Been working on and off with Sarah since 2010...
Great window light in this new space I found, looking forward to shooting more there in the near future...
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It Technicolor... From April and May, some local color from around The City...
I've known Amber for some years now, and even though I haven't shot with her as much as some other models, regardless of how long it's been since we last collaborated, it usually takes us all of 30 seconds to get into a groove and start making good images. She's fun to work with, energetic, and always brings something to the table...
We decided we were going to attempt to shoot in the rain. How hard could it be, it rains all winter in Northern California right? Queue drought...
The first go round it was literally 68 degrees and sunny. So much for emo weather, but it was a good shoot none the less. We postponed for a bit, mostly due to my talent for breaking bones. After healing up, we gave it another go, this time it rained all day, stopped for the 2 hours that we were shooting, then picked up again later that night and didn't stop for a week.
Third time is a charm apparently. We did this shoot in my backyard late one afternoon. It was absolutely pouring and we had an hour and a half worth of light at best. Things finally seemed to go our way. Then we got drunk and ate stir fry.
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For whatever reason, while feeling nostalgic I suppose, and sifting through images for the Word On The Street gallery, I started sorting out some of the self portraits I randomly snap from time to time. I've plugged 30 or so of the images into a new gallery, Self Esteem...
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The gallery goes back about 15 years, I've certainly got a lot less beard (and grey hair) in most of them. See if you can pick out when I got married, my wife started feeding me, and I promptly put on 30 pounds...
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#0567_19 - Elevator. Washington, D.C., 2017.
Dumped a bunch of new images in the Portraits, Figures, Et Cetera gallery... a few highlights are posted below. Always looking for new people to shoot, if interested, please reach out...
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