meanderings

My First Album Cover

2011-03-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

I got to shot my first album cover last year with the incredibly talented Chris Schlarb. His album, “Psychic Temple,” is now out on heavy vinyl, released on the label of the venerable Sufjan Stevens, Asthmatic Kitty.

I’m very proud to have been a part of this record, because I believe in the music; it really is beautiful.

I also got to play the trumpet part on Chris’ first live version of the album! A good time was had by all.

Here is the artwork:

and here's the back side:

modern music

2011-03-01T15:04:00.000-08:00

churning

2011-02-28T10:41:00.000-08:00

on the 7th day, we had bbq, and it was good

2011-02-08T12:01:00.000-08:00

not so subtle... god bless voodoo donuts

2011-01-31T16:36:00.000-08:00

kinda' christmas-y

2010-12-08T00:27:00.000-08:00

April's Light Lines

2010-11-23T19:03:00.000-08:00

The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography

2010-11-23T16:18:00.000-08:00

I recently had some photography published in this book. A big thanks to Maxim Jakubowski for inviting me to be in it:

You can buy The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography here

hawaii night one

2010-10-08T22:39:00.000-07:00

the duke

2010-10-01T11:14:00.000-07:00

photography is a serious business

2010-09-30T20:07:00.000-07:00

taken when i went to the race with my beautiful nephew, brandin and my dad. a good time was had by all. it was great to spend time with the both of them. brandin wanted to take pictures.

here is one of the shots that he took with the holga:

pretty damn good, yes?

yellow

2010-09-29T15:29:00.000-07:00

spectator sport

2010-09-29T15:28:00.000-07:00

april 2010

2010-09-27T19:04:00.000-07:00

hangin' w/ april

2010-09-27T18:28:00.000-07:00

sound booth

2010-09-24T23:33:00.000-07:00

somtimes you just can't stop to smell the roses

2010-09-20T11:13:00.001-07:00

central park

2010-09-11T12:50:00.000-07:00

ghostbusters

2010-09-11T12:48:00.000-07:00

escape

2010-09-10T18:28:00.000-07:00

yoda

2010-09-06T02:08:00.000-07:00

tito

2010-09-06T01:00:00.000-07:00

green day

2010-09-03T15:06:00.000-07:00

teal2

2010-09-03T14:34:00.000-07:00

naming conventions

2010-08-30T17:36:00.000-07:00

... were easy with databases. photography? not so much.

i've never really been a big fan of naming photographs.

coming from the world of music, where only the limited realm of programmatic music provided meaning for the listener, i like to leave it up to the viewer to decide if there is any meaning inherent in a picture, or if it's just a "cool pic."

blogs, on the other hand, want a title, and i've started doing it.

come to find, i'm not very good at it. i still don't like titles. one of my fav photogs (a fella called aeric gujon (check him out... he's awesome)) has a really great non-relational way to title his pics, and that's why i think it works.

i dunno' - i just don't like providing meaning or stating the obvious. some pics have meaning to me, but why should i tell you what it means to me? or if there even is a meaning? does that guide help you to glean something out of a picture? hmph...

blinds

2010-08-30T17:20:00.000-07:00

middling

2010-08-28T19:14:00.000-07:00

on the hudson

2010-08-25T15:54:00.000-07:00

reason #934 new york is awesome

2010-08-22T22:57:00.000-07:00

this desert was 3 blocks from our hotel... amazing

and the gods parted the seas

2010-08-22T22:50:00.000-07:00

thoughts i

2010-08-22T22:47:00.000-07:00

i just noticed that i haven't posted a blog since the 17th! i dont' really know who checks this thing, but the advantages of filtering through pics and throwing stuff up is helpful way beyond any views or reactions (though they are fun, and could hopefully be useful in some way). i've found that having any choices i make put up all in one place has greatly helped me on the other side of the camera. it's helping me focus my style, and question less before i press the shutter release. this has been almost as helpful as using my girlfriend, angela's, awesome canon f-1 camera. that, more than anything, has been a really big part of my feeling a creative visual drive for the first time in a long time. i'm really enjoying it.

group think

2010-08-17T17:24:00.000-07:00

waiting

2010-08-10T22:20:00.000-07:00

april - talented photographer & model

teal

2010-08-10T10:37:00.000-07:00

believe it or not, this & the two pics below are unaltered to get the effect you see. these are film photos: velvia 50, processed in c41 chemicals. i did forget to push it a little bit on developing, because shots darken when cross-processed, but overall i'm stoked w/ the results. it took me a bit, as the color schemes (& brightness) were not what i intended, at all, but i finally came around.

ascension

2010-08-09T16:13:00.000-07:00

splash

2010-08-09T15:48:00.000-07:00

mojave

2010-08-09T15:19:00.000-07:00

riley

2010-08-08T20:34:00.000-07:00

leopard crawl

2010-08-07T14:26:00.000-07:00

smokin'

2010-08-06T01:44:00.001-07:00

trailer

2010-08-06T01:41:00.000-07:00

steph - photographer and model

halo

2010-08-05T23:32:00.000-07:00

chris schlarb.
i would highly advise checking out his record label. great music.
www.soundsareactive.com

without you, i feel like this

2010-08-05T23:16:00.000-07:00

clean yourself up, you pussy

2010-08-04T16:54:00.001-07:00

toil

2010-08-04T12:33:00.000-07:00

danny, from the ventriloquists

our new album, 'bailout,' is getting mastered soon!

keep your eyes out & your ears open.

www.theventriloquists.com

musica

2010-08-03T23:59:00.000-07:00

dm stith at spaceland

www.dmstith.com

bridge

2010-08-03T23:52:00.001-07:00

Eehrgolaytooor

2010-08-03T23:49:00.000-07:00

tequila + camping

2010-08-01T21:53:00.000-07:00

your back yard

2010-08-01T21:43:00.001-07:00

the long road

2010-08-01T20:27:00.001-07:00

love hurts

2010-07-31T11:48:00.000-07:00

communication

2010-07-28T01:24:00.000-07:00

home of the brave

2010-07-28T00:06:00.000-07:00

there's a song in here somewhere

2010-07-27T23:13:00.000-07:00

silence

2010-07-26T15:31:00.000-07:00

hacienda

2010-07-24T13:03:00.001-07:00

memories

2010-07-24T00:24:00.001-07:00

foreboding

2010-07-21T12:47:00.001-07:00

the great outdoors

2010-07-20T23:35:00.001-07:00

stage

2010-07-20T10:12:00.000-07:00

silverlake

2010-07-19T18:40:00.000-07:00

travels

2010-07-19T18:35:00.000-07:00

the inlets at spaceland

brooklyn in the house!

http://www.myspace.com/inlets

stories

2010-07-19T11:56:00.000-07:00

dm stith at spaceland

www.dmstith.com

campfire

2010-07-19T01:33:00.000-07:00

musica

2010-07-16T17:42:00.000-07:00

dusk

2010-07-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

when we were care-free

2010-07-14T10:17:00.000-07:00

american-indian history

2010-07-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

Chumuash Indian cave paintings. The sad irony? They are behind bars. Practicality aside, it does kinda' hit you as a fitting metaphor.

the new pike in long beach

2010-07-12T14:29:00.000-07:00

black widow

2010-07-12T11:31:00.000-07:00

alley

2010-07-12T11:22:00.000-07:00

european history

2010-07-10T23:29:00.000-07:00

mikey

2010-07-10T14:54:00.001-07:00

Boids III

2010-07-09T18:36:00.001-07:00

cookin'

2010-07-08T14:36:00.000-07:00

Living in LA

2010-07-06T22:17:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th!

2010-07-06T12:29:00.000-07:00

ok... it's the 6th, but whatever.

my first publication

2010-07-05T11:10:00.001-07:00

i'm getting some images into the 3rd volume of The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography

I think this is one of the ones chosen :)

naval ships

2010-07-02T09:33:00.000-07:00

danny

2010-07-01T23:30:00.000-07:00

french fries

2010-07-01T23:19:00.000-07:00

saxophones

2010-07-01T23:15:00.000-07:00

danny at the mixing board

2010-07-01T23:11:00.000-07:00

bicycle

2010-07-01T23:06:00.000-07:00

desert hotel

2010-04-01T15:22:00.000-07:00

boids

2010-03-18T17:03:00.000-07:00

and the rockets red glare

2010-03-15T02:48:00.001-07:00

4th of july

2010-03-15T02:47:00.001-07:00

Rat Race

2010-03-07T00:31:00.001-08:00

America

2010-03-07T00:30:00.001-08:00

Rain in LA

2010-03-07T00:29:00.000-08:00

Rain in LA

2010-03-07T00:24:00.000-08:00

happy in the* oasis... *the = our

2009-05-11T23:34:00.000-07:00

on the way home

2009-04-03T18:01:00.001-07:00

topsy-turvy

2009-04-03T17:39:00.001-07:00

pierre de reeder

2008-11-06T01:25:00.000-08:00

2008-11-06T01:24:00.000-08:00

ascention

2008-11-06T01:22:00.000-08:00

talent

2008-11-06T01:19:00.000-08:00