Gallery 27 December 6, 2012

Thursday December 6, 2012, I am included in a group show at Gallery 27 in Santa Barbara. It will feature this image I made of Billy Ruiz from cowboyflavor.com based in Santa Ynez, CA.

Billy Ruiz Cowboy Flavor Catering Santa Ynez CA

I have had the honor of photographing Billy twice for two different magazines. 

Food & Home Magazine and American Cowboy Magazine.

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Gallery 27

Gallery 27 at Brooks Institute is has selected this image of mine for an upcoming show.

Opening May 3 - June 15 2012

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395 Revisited, Again

During the time of my Master's thesis project 

I was determined to make something here.

One trip out to Lone Pine I stopped and sat

waiting for someone to show up. 

No one arrived, left, or even wandered by

during the best time while the sky was still aglow. 

Before I packed up my camera to continue on I made this exposure.

For me this gas station has always been a symbol of a trip on 395.

It is usually the moment when I actually roll onto

the pavement of 395 from CA-14. 

As far as I know it is the last Mobil gas station

to still have the Pegasus logo lit each night.

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Red Car Cover

Santa Barbara, CA

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Horse

Equine.

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Cherries

I made this image a long time ago. It was published as a poster and sold all over the world.

Every once in a while I will get a Google alert that somebody, somewhere is trying to sell their framed version on ebay.

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The Secret Life Of Koi

At the main entrance of the Mauna Lani Hotel on the island of Hawaii there is a fantastic collection of Koi fish. Often I will be seen there taking in the kinetic energy of the water made by the fish as they scramble for food tossed in.

I have spent hours there making photographs with different cameras. The one I used here is a Holga camera. By deliberately not advancing the film enough each time I made images overlap. This blending together of exposures created one long strip of film without the typical breaks between frames. 

Once the film was developed I scanned it. Then, I bookended and overlapped two versions of the image. By masking out one side I revealed this strange yet captivating image. 

Kind of a Rorschach test to the max.

What do you see here?

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Still Winter

Just because we can doesn't mean we should.

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Christmas Forgotten

I forgot and left these bulbs outside. 

Sometimes the mistake we make is the inspiration we need.

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Christmas Past: Spain 1978

I remember seeing these hanging across the streets of Pasadena when I was growing up. I don't see them much any more.

I was visiting Spain during the 78-79 winter and found this one. I think it was in Granada.

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Christmas is Coming

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The Santa Clause

With all the Santas around, how are you supposed to know which one is real?

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The Mrs. Clause

Years ago I made this photo for a printing company in Los Angeles. I thought is would be fitting to put it here this season. 

Enjoy!

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Airstream Travel Trailer Part 2

This is my Airstream Travel Trailer. It is a 25 foot Safari built in 1999 or 2000. It is parked in one of my favorite camping spot in the Alabama Hills on the Eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.

I've camped in this exact spot many times. The afternoon sun sets early behind the Sierras to the West but still shines with Alpenglow on the White Mountains across the valley. Sunrise starts on Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the lower 48 states. If you get up early enough you can watch the golden light as it slides down from the tip-top. With foothills in between this spot and Whitney there is a truly beautiful moment when the mountains are completely aglow and the nearby hills are still in a cool shadow. That alone is worth the trip.

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Airstream Travel Trailer

I own an Airstream travel trailer. It is a 25 foot Safari built in 2000, or 1999. I bought it used originally to use during my Master's of Fine Arts Thesis project. You can see even more of that work on this blog. This image here is not my trailer but someone else's. I found it at a vintage trailer gathering in Buellton California last September. 

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Lone PIne 2

Back in Lone Pine I found this guy. 

Yep, that's a fanny pack worn in front and a bluetooth earpiece.

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Lone Pine, California

Yep, in Lone Pine there is a museum dedicated to film. The Hollywood type of films. I was watching Iron Man, with Robert Downey Jr. last night and I was reminded, it too was filmed in the 

Alabama Hills.

The Alabama Hills are the foothills just outside of Lone Pine. Mt. Whitney lies just beyond them to the west. Every year Lone Pine has a film festival. Usually in the first week of October. I've been to three of them to make photographs. Twice during my MFA thesis project and once just this year (2011) for another art project.

I captured this gent right there in front of the museum during my thesis visits. This particular image did not make the final cut as I was limited to only 20 photos, but I always liked this guy's expression and stance.

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In Training

Plum Lake, Sayner, WI

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Ignacio

I met Ignacio one afternoon while he was waiting for the bus. I had my camera and lights in the car, so I stopped and asked him if I could make his picture. He agreed and this is what I made. Ignacio has a knowing, weathered face with kindness written all over it. 

If we don't take the time to stop and make the photo then it has been pre-edited... out. I believe it is better to edit after the exposure has been made, not before.

Take the picture.

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THE VIEW FROM HERE

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