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The Accordion Repertoire

December 14, 2012 10:52 PM | filed in:

Franklin Bruno is a music critic for The Village Voice and Time Out New York. He's also a writer, musician... and mighty-fine fella. A while ago, I was flattered to receive an email from Franklin inquiring about using my photography on the cover of a forthcoming book. Once the deal was made, I had to wait... and keep the secret... and wait some more. I'm happy to report that The Accordion Repertoire was released by Edge Books on November 6. The cover features tilt shift photography of my Los Angeles neighborhood, Los Feliz, which was taken while Griffith Park was glowing...

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3 Great Things

September 5, 2012 9:55 PM | filed in: ,

Tomorrow, I will write about some not-so-great things -- allegations of questionable practices within the design department of a well-known major brand -- but today am focusing on great things. Six weeks ago, I gave birth (to a boy), and I was lucky enough to have all of this time free, just to get used to him and concentrate on family and home stuff. I did manage to do a bit of work too, but only for an hour or two here and there. I'm only just getting back into the swing of a normal-ish schedule, which includes regular work...

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Where Children Sleep

September 4, 2011 3:51 PM | filed in: ,

James Mollison has created an enchanting series of photographs about where children sleep. With a simple premise, taking photos of children and their sleeping areas (not necessarily bedrooms, tragically), Mollison has provided a global glimpse at our cultural differences and the real disparity between the haves and have-nots. I wish I had heard about this book in time to have ordered a copy before it sold out, for it is at once touching, heartbreaking, provocative, and precious:Look how seven-year-old Nepalese Indira already has the hardened stare of a manual laborer; Kentuckian Alyssa wears the dirt and expression of desperation beyond...

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Photo in Italian Flair

July 11, 2011 5:39 PM | filed in:

One of my photos of Christian Filippella on set was used as the main image of a recent profile of the filmmaker in Flair Italia (a leading fashion magazine). Congrats, Christian, on being featured!

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Spring Portraits

April 17, 2010 11:05 PM | filed in:

I recently got a new five-in-one reflector (thanks to a surprise gift from my mother-in-law), and since I got a haircut today, I thought it would be fun to try out the new toy for my quarterly self-portrait. Dan also posed for me, and doesn't he look handsome? We've both lost weight over the past year, and (of course) it shows more on him than me... he's getting narrower by the day. I love how bright these shots are, despite having been taken near sunset. Want to try it? I set a custom white balance (around 4300K) while shooting to...

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Crazy Bad Photoshop

April 7, 2010 3:24 PM | filed in:

In previous episodes of Crazy Bad Photoshop, we've dissected newsstand images of Demi Moore and Drew Barrymore. Today's subject is Kimora Lee Simmons, who this month released an ad for her Baby Phat line's "Dare Me" fragrance. My, the web is atwitter with talk about her body's resemblance to the infamously over-retouched Ralph Lauren ad a few months ago. Are celebs and designers now purposely morphing their models into impossible freakshows as a tactic to generate buzz?Here is the ad in question: Anyone who has seen even a commercial for her reality show, Life in the Fab Lane, can tell...

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When It Comes to Work, Always Overprepare

January 5, 2010 4:40 PM | filed in: ,

Right before Christmas, I did a product photo shoot with the fine creative team at ferroconcrete. I was anxious to see their office, since a) I'm always curious about the spaces in which other designers work, and b) the work on their site shows a sleek, modern aesthetic. Indeed, their loft space at The Met is just the kind of office I'd like to have... tall ceilings, tons of windows, concrete floors, and that touch o'Ikea that's a pre-requisite to loft living/working. (Also, The Met has a cool entrance feature, where blocks on the ground light up -- and sound...

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Crazy Bad Photoshop

November 27, 2009 11:59 AM | filed in:

The last edition of this game showed Drew Barrymore getting her back hacked off for the (?) beauty of a magazine cover. A Boing Boing article last week paints Demi Moore as the newest victim of bad high-end Photoshopping, this time for the cover of W. Skip over the enlarged eyes, smoothed skin, too heavily pronounced collarbones, and digitally cinched waist, and set your eyes on her left hip (that's the one that appears on the right).Here's the cover as it appears: Here's a quickly altered version that shows her hip with the missing chunk restored: And here's a third...

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Summary of Lighting Seminar

November 15, 2009 11:07 AM | filed in: ,

So, yesterday, I went to a lighting seminar presented by Holly Randall. She's an adult photographer--which I am not interested in being, though I'm not a prude--but since she takes photos of people on a full-time basis, her knowledge of lighting (models) is applicable to the fashion and portrait photography I like to do. This seminar was presented as part of Glamourcon, a small convention that takes place twice a year in Chicago and Los Angeles. Based on the descriptions provided on the website, I thought it would be a mix of bikini models, classic pin-ups, and Playboy types, an...

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No Time for a Real Post...

October 25, 2009 3:53 PM | filed in: ,

Not today. Instead, enjoy this trip inside the photo booth of a Hawaiian wedding we recently attended. Classy Photo Booths (P.S. great name... boo) can provide this fun, crowd-pleasing service at your event.

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Crazy Bad Photoshop

October 10, 2009 1:03 PM | filed in: , ,

I just saw the new issue of In Style at the grocery: It immediately looked weird to me, but I asked Dan, and he didn't see the strangeness of the image. So I quickly roughed in what SHOULD show for comparison: Someone hacked off half of poor Drew's body! Help.

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Did Someone Request a Dead 'Possum?

May 5, 2009 9:09 PM | filed in:

This was in my yard one day when I got home. Fortunately, after a call to Animal Control, the thing was picked up sometime after bedtime and before "Reveille." Click for a close-up.

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Lizard with Mushroom

May 3, 2009 10:14 PM | filed in:

Shot in sunlight in my backyard.

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Our New Place

July 1, 2008 10:23 PM | filed in: , ,

As of July 15, we will be living at Daly Street Lofts. Home sweeeeet home! Check out these pics of the new digs: More images at Flickr

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