365 Day Project - Day 314

Waterbottle shoutout:

 

This be my waterbottle foos. 

It be makin sure Im'all hydrated, n' shit.

Respect.

Me As Pop Art

Happy Friday, everyone! 

I spent a good chunk of my afternoon (at work...shhh!) fiddling in Photoshop during my "down-time."

This is the result. 

It started out as a decent photo that I didn't like enough to use as a POTD, but DID like enough not to throw it away. (I scrapped the original version prematurely  on accident, so I can't show before and after, but basically I ran a TON of levels adjustments, upped the contrast, and converted to Moody Pop black and white.)

  I think it works in this dramatic, pop-art style. 

I kinda feel like James Bond, but with a camera.

What do you think?

365 Day Project - Day 257

Judging in the "Best Overall Male" category at 

Hell's Kitchen & Tsunami Tattoo's 6th Annual Tattoo Extravaganza.

(This was pre pants-removal.)

365 Day Project - Day 225

"Dramatic still life of some grapes"

was the clear winner over "Ill composed snapshot of a blurry rat."

This one's for you, Sis!

365 Day Project - Day 161

Tacoma's newest piece of public art.

Here is local artist Shaun Peterson finishing up work on the 22-foot "Welcome Figure" statue to be installed at Tollefson Plaza in Downtown Tacoma Aug. 15. 

I interviewed Shaun back in January 2009, right when the real "work" was begining on the project that had existed conceptually for years prior.

It was really cool to meet back up with him today and see this large-scale carving of a traditional Salish woman coming into the final stages.

Shaun is an awesome artist, and I truly admire his amazing work on such a highly-visible and monumental undertaking of public art. 

365 Day Photo Project - Day 145

Cardboard and Gasoline

This was certainly as dangerous as it looks.

* Shooting the final scene for Bloodhunger's "Brainfreeze" video

365 Day Project - Day 141

 Classic

This is my friend Ryan (a.k.a. the "door guy" at the Top and Sean's new roommate) and his super sweet vintage Dodge pickup truck. 

To me this photo is fully All-American  (you know, some propaganda they would use to advertise to other countries how "cool and confident" us American's were back in the '60s).

It may just be the truck and Ryan's matching vintage hair, glasses, and cigarette...

...it could also be the subliminal patriotism of the American flag flowing over the back of the bed?

Either way, it works.

*And much thanks to Ryan for being such a willing POTD subject.

365 Day Project - Day 73

Africa is in da haus!

Our good friend Alexandra "Ali" Cameron is spending the weekend with us between her six weeks on Safari in Africa and her who-knows-how-long stint in Maui... (jealous? I know I am...)

The masks are only staying with us for the weekend too (which is unfortunate because they are awesome) so I had to capture and share their awesomeness via my blog, of course.
My favorite is the big-ass one in the back on the left.