Friday, February 27, 2009

Disturbing images

A photograph does not have to show graphic nudity to be disturbing.

I titled this image "Double Crossed (by religion)". Photographed in 1989, at an artists' house in Los Angeles. The model is wearing leg braces, a straight jacket and has a huge cross-shaped head clamp attached. Reflects the crippling effect blind adherence to (any) dogma has on someone's spirit.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Back to film




The Nikon N90s


Digital has it's place, for microstock and stuff where one needs instant results and digitized images, but for real B&W and especially Infrared IR, nothing beats film.

To this end I have resurrected my revered Nikon N90s. Heavy, solid camera. A very advanced camera - at the time it was released, it was Nikon's most advanced pro camera until the F5, then F100. Nothing I'd ever held had focused faster in Auto mode. First time I shot with it, my daughter was swinging on a swing set and it tracked her swinging towards me and away with ease. Heavy SOB, tho. With the battery pack attached, it was twice the size of my Minolta X700 with rewinder. Twice as heavy, I recall the first few shoots I did with it my right hand and arm ached.

I ma planning several projects, some nudes in infrared, and some landscapes. I've also ordered an Russian knock-off of the Leica III, called a Fed-3. Talk about "old school"... plus I've ordered some B&W film from Los Angeles that is formulated on a 1940s B&W film, so paired with the Fed I'll recreate some interesting 1940s effects.


This is the Fed-3...

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Mental Health Break

One of my favorite cartoons....

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Unlicensed Plumbers

Ok - "Joe the Plumber" who isn't named Joe and isn't licensed to even clean out a drain is now a GOP adviser. In the midst of an economic crisis, and after balking at a stimulus package, the GOP is turning to an unlicensed plumber/campaign prop to discuss legislative strategy on economic policy. The line between Republicans' approach to governing and satirical performance art blurs just a little more.

But being an unlicensed plumber can be very, VERY bad.

Case in point right here: