Sundancing On A Salty Lake

So we had an awesome time this year at Sundance! Saw some great films and some even greater friends! Didn't get to meet Robert Redford this year. That was disappointing. But I think I'll get over it. Park city was amazing! If you get a chance ever to go, do it! But if you can, get your tickets online early. It can get crazy going from theater to theater trying to get tickets. But even if you can't it will definitely be an adventure!
The Beehive Tea Room... Delicious!
One of the coolest places in Salt Lake was in the basement of Slowtrain Records. This little print art gallery called Signed & Numbered containing work selected by Leia Bell. She helped organize a collection of prints of all the Presidents by artists from all over the U.S. with fun little explanations for each. Some really great work!
Band of Annuals played an amazing show at the Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City! And Justin played some amazing pool!
And apparently Brian can't read...
The last night we were there we got to hang out at this artists lounge where we got to hear Beck's sister play her acoustic guitar and sing her awful music. And I got to try some absinthe! Not that great... Tastes like liquorish. But it was a lot of fun.
This place had some really good "secret recipe" homemade chai tea. Mmmm... Nothing better than a nice warm chai tea latte when you're in freezing Utah!
And then we went home and had the fun task of processing and organizing all of our film. Yay! The trip was amazing and I hope we do it again next year if we can. Maybe we'll see you there?

On The Road (To Sundance)

Vegas...
And beyond?
Salt Lake is Next!

Mug Shots

Contact sheets from the Mamiya C330 and Nikon FE2This one was taken with our Polaroid 195 Land Camera using 655 P/N film.We were going for a sort of cubism look with these. All done in camera! I think they turned out pretty good. What do you think?

Friendly Horses

On our way out Utah for Sundance Serra and I stopped off the freeway to play in the snow a little and met these delightfully charming horses. They were as friendly as any horse I ever met. Had a good time chatting but eventually we had to be on our way. They were very hospitable and I certainly intend on making a stop next time I'm driving through that section of Utah. Even if it's a little out of the way. After all, a friendly horse is hard to come by these days.
More from our recent trip to Salt Lake soon! Stay tuned!

The Best Engagement Photos Ever!

So I love Billy and Rachel! We had such a great time shooting photos of them and hanging out in beautiful Perscott, AZ. Thanks for the tasty Mexican food guys! ;) But seriously I think that these are my favorite engagement photos we have ever done! It helps to have really cool and attractive people to work with. And Serra was there to help also. Thanks Serra! So I think that the fun factor must have rubbed off on the the quality of the photos. Here are are some of my favorites...

I can't wait for the wedding! Oh, and check out Billy and Rachel's Blog HERE!
God Bless!

Lee Koch

Profile Shot

Late Night Rockers!

These were taken at like 1AM after Lee Koch's CD release show last month at this dimly lit bar in downtown Ventura. There was this rockin cover band and I had a few frames of 3200 left in my twin lens so I decided to give it a try. I think these were hand held at about 1/4 of a second. So sharp with so much detail in such low light! I love my twin lens!

Same As Blood

Just finished up the photos of Lee Koch that we shot up in Ventura. It was a bit of an improvised photo shoot, because we didn't have a chance to scout the locations and we trusted him to show us some good spots he wanted to shoot at in an afternoon. I think he is pretty stoked on them, so it worked out. It was fun figuring everything out on the spot, though I prefer to have a more concept driven shoot. All in all it was a good time. Live photos of his CD release show in Ventura coming soon. For now, enjoy...

Polaroid's Second Life

The Impossible Project669 may live again! Eventually...
An Austrian man named Florian Kaps has taken it upon himself to save instant film as an art form. He has recently taken out a lease on an old Polaroid factory in Holland and purchased the machines and with the backing of Ilford and in collaboration with Polaroid and many other experts in the feild of instant photograpy plans to come out with their first new line of instant film based on the vintage Polaroid emulsions within the year! Thank God! It will likely be more expensive than when Polaroid made it but at least it will be available. I think they will be starting with the SX-70 Time Zero emulsion first. I can't wait!
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