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A wise quote

I didn’t start making films until I was 34. But that wasted youth was probably the most valuable asset for what I’m doing now. You see the world, you end up in jail three or four times, you accumulate experience. And it gives you something to say. If you don’t have anything to say then […]

The saddest commercials ever

I saw these linked to on Metafilter

Daddy
Grandma
Marry Me

If you don’t get a little teary watching “Daddy” you are one cold hearted motherfucker.
From a cinematography perspective they’re also amazingly well shot with some beautiful compositions.

I’m not sure what this is

There is a thing, you know.
A squirrelly thing. A flamboyant thing.
That writhes and shimmers in the moonlight.
It springs to life in dance.
Filaments of light drip off it’s body.
The dust of the ages wafts up from the ancient cobble stone floor.
The ushers rush in as the crowds scream for a place on the stage.
The band hits […]

Hummingbird feeder at dusk

Lights flicker and sunset fades while looking through the hummingbird feeder at dusk. All is soft and we await the hovering cuteness of the little birds.

The wonders of Photoshop

The only reason this photo works is because of Photoshop. The original was almost composed well but it had a lot of problems with lighting faded colors and whatnot. Taking it to B&W helped. Then fiddling with the levels helped more. Then I put a bit of a mimicked film grain on it. And then […]

Help at night

Was just playing with the camera and long exposures and thought I’d go back to writing with the flashlight. One of these days I’m going to figure out how to write a haiku quickly.
Crazy man at night
Plays with light and a camera
Too much goddamn time
Might be a good haiku to write in light.

No trespassing

I suspect that you’ll end up dead at the end if you trespass against that guy.
Just look at this shot up metal cow next to the trespassing sign!

The one sure legacy Americans have left to the future archaeologists digging through the remains of the American West is the certainty that we loved to shoot things.
Everywhere […]

Perverted Monkey Minds

A few weeks ago, in an email to a friend, I came up with the phrase “perverted monkey minds”. The next thought I had was, “That’s a great band name.”
Even more amazing than the thought itself or the band name off shoot is that a quick Google search turned up that no one had […]

Kill the TV and the bunny

This image was not staged. The little kind of a bunny doll was there when I stumbled into an apparent shooting range.
I’ve seen lots of makeshift shooting ranges since I started traveling all those years ago. People love to shoot TVs. People love to shoot bottles, lots of beer bottles since alcohol and guns go […]