Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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camouflage cell towers – ominous sort of cool
You know you’re a city boy when your road trip travel photo subject of choice are camouflage cell towers… These faux trees inspire thoughts that range from blade runner landscape visuals to the Twilight Zone episode where the people discover they’re in a tiny model set world and nothing is real. Then I imagine the politics behind…
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bodymetrics – the science of fit
I was pleased to be chosen to photograph the bodymetrics pod, or rather, glowing orb like variation to Woody Allen’s orgasmitron.. This is one of the stranger things I’ve photographed since it’s lit from the inside and pulses in different colors, it really has no point of reference for someone to say, ‘oh yeah, that’s a..’ Therefore,…
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visually intimate sounds better than nudes
I don’t often do figure work, but occasionally the inspiration occurs. Throughout the history of photography nudes are a well traveled road making the subject an intriguing challenge to create work that speaks to the heart while being unique and consistent within the work that I do.
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farewell to my best friend and inspirational muse
Last month I made the difficult decision to put my loving dog and inspiring muse down for the big sleep. Earlier this year, Leica, the dachshund /min pin mix had surgery for two herniated discs – that’s when the cushions between the vertebrae turn sandy and mineralize. The surgery was a a financial and emotional behemoth with a 3-4 month…
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Equestrio feature on the Arabian Saluki ‘sons of the desert’
Equestrio, a beautifully printed publication based out of Dubai, asked me to do Arabian Saluki dog portraits in America. Not an easy task since very few are in the bay area at all. Happily, I managed find just about all of them and bonus points go to Tesse, the Saluki who had a resent litter of pups – score!…
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Equestrio magazine – portfolio feature and interview
See more of my horse / equestrian photography here. Update: Visit my new artwork purchase prints site, psarteditions.com, where you can browse my horse / equine and other animal pictures for sale with framing options too.
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the donkey that wasn’t an ass at all
Update: Visit my new artwork purchase prints site, psarteditions.com, where you can browse my horse / equine and other animal pictures for sale with framing options too. Last week I got to photograph a donkey in the studio. Since I’ve often photographed horses on location in studio settings, I was thrilled at having a small horse…
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Meet Duke, the stellar and beautiful Afghan Hound
I always enjoy testing with new subjects that catch my eye and when I saw Duke, the afghan hound, in my neighborhood, it was a classic scenario of ‘excuse me sir, but I must photograph your dog. I think I even used a British accent due to a wave of properness that came over me..
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botanical, meet mechanical – may the stamin not be jaded
I did some work with an Los Angeles based agency a while called Boom Bang. They asked me to do some images of flowers and vibrators for a Trogan pitch they were working on. I recently went through the files looking to build a new image for that incorporated my still life and flora work, I think…
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lucky happy vibrant kitty
This image came about both to fill a need in the portfolio as well as a recent art show at project one in San Francisco. The original image was photographed against white and while liked the image a lot, it needed something extra to pull it together. Without the art show request or the portfolio…
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