Flutter
One tweak in Lightroom and here it is. Shot out of the front of a bike shop in Clifton Hill.
Really pleased with this shot
Happy snaps
A select few…
Tim and I with my It’s not a toy piece freshly inked.
Kelly and I. Kelly was one of the people I really wanted to me so this photo is special to me.
Kate and Trina.
Steve and Haley. Two of the most gorgeous people I’ve ever meet. I’m missing them both terribly.
Steve, Lisa and Rich.
And finally…
Tim Sale and Matt Wagner.
The rest of the photos can be found on Tim’s forum. I have no group shots because I was actually in them and I can’t just hand my camera over to someone because it’s not a point and shoot. Probably should’ve taken a point and shoot with me. Oh well. Other people took group shots so I’ll be collecting them at some point.
I’ve also added three new pieces to my RedBubble folio
1. Master at work
2. Work in progress
3. Lincoln
Photos with famous people
Well-known at least. By some…
Me with Dawryn Cooke
That Matt Wagner. He’s a crazy man. (Tim Sale, me and the crazy Matt Wagner)
See, Matt can be normal when he wants to be.
A lack of photos
There will be photos at some point. I’ll probably leave it until I get home and have had some sleep. Personally, I can’t believe I’m still awake. It’s 7pm LA time and I’ve had about an hour and a half’s worth of sleep. Super-human effort from me!
I’m thinking of putting my trousers on (still wearing my jim-jams and a t-shirt) and heading downstairs to find a bottle of water and maybe some fruit. Getting a hotel room was a brilliant idea. I haven’t slept but at least I’m comfortable and I’ve had a shower. Only a few hours left in America now. I’ll be going to the airport in about two hours. Eugh. Not looking forward to the insanity that is LAX.
Then plane, loooooooooooooong flight, Melbourne and finally home.
The Getty Centre and the Walt Disney Music Centre
Today was a more cultural day.
Jackie took me up to the Getty Centre which would have to be one of the most amazing places I’ve ever been. The contrasts are amazing. The buildings are stark white, there is creamy, yellow tinted stone all around and beautiful gardens with lush green grass. Being California, there’s plenty of blue skies as well. We had a brief wander around, checking out the art but we were more interested in being outside.
Stairwell at the Getty Centre
After this we meandered our way to the Walt Disney Music Centre. This building is truly astounding. It would have to be one of the most amazing pieces of architecture I’ve ever seen. It sweeps up into the sky, all lusterless, curved metal that can be lit different colours. Every time I looked at it, all I could say was it’s amazing, just amazing. There’s an amazing blend of glass and metal so hence this photo of the front entrance:
So, a few days into my trip and I’m still freaking out about the traffic. Part of my brain is telling me we’re on the wrong side of the road and we’re going to be crashed into. The whole left-hand turn from the centre stresses me out because I can’t help but think someone is going to smack into us. I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to but I’m trying. When we’re on the freeway it’s okay because all the traffic is moving in the same direction. I’ve promised myself that I’m never ever going to drive in America. I think I’d have an accident in about two minutes flat.
But now I’m going to have a grumble because I checked my flight details today from Baltimore back to LAX only to discover it’s been moved forward by two hours. So now it’s leaving at 7.05am which means I have to be at the airport by 6am. Which means getting up obscenely early. I have no idea how far away the airport is from the hotel. What really stings is that I now have to work out what I’m going to do for 12 hours at LAX. Sigh. Thank god I checked.
Tomorrow is possibly a trip to Golden Apple comics. We were at Borders this evening and I was so tempted to buy a hardback version Runways vol 3 because it’s a good $10 cheaper here but I couldn’t bring myself to give money to a global business when I could give it to a local trader. (But how do I explain buying stuff fro Amazon?) I did buy myself a diary for 2009 because yet again, well cheaper here than at home and it’s exactly the same as the one I have for this year.
Maybe tomorrow I’ll actually buy something. I’ve bought hardly anything at all.
Everything’s blue in this world
Much to my surprise, this is a minimally edited photo. I tweaked the exposure down one step to remove some of the white burn in the corners but it really did come out of the camera that blue. And many thanks to Trent Reznor for such a great title. It’s a lyric from a NIN song but I have no idea which one.
And now we have…
Scarecrow
I’m still not 100% sure about it. I think I blew out the white too much but the hands look really cool and I like to think I captured a little of why scarecrows are so damn creepy. Not being able to see his face makes you start filling in the details and there could be anything under that big, pointy hat.