Here’s a little mechanical celluloid toy. Its pose made it a natural candidate to challenge Superman.
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As a little boy, there were many things I thought I wanted to be, at least for a while. One thing I was playing with was ventriloquism, people who “throw their voice”, the concept intrigued me, I wanted to be able to do that too. I wanted a dummy too, I didn’t get one, and that’s a good thing.
The type the ventriloquist dummy in the image above is called Charlie McCarthy, and I’m happy I had the opportunity to shoot it.
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Abandoned
This mechanical toy was originally dressed and could crawl, not anymore. It looks to me as if it’s trying to reach out, sadly enough it doesn’t look like something you’d want to hold, that sense is what I went after.
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Little Boy and Sheep
I thought it would be sweet to bring these celluloid boy and rubber sheep together, for a photo-op.
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Hello Space Boy
Hello-SpaceBoy is another image from my vintage toys series. I love old toys and I am very lucky to have my friend Dannah sending me items I like from her vintage toy collection to have fun with; in the studio. I had this project on my mind for a while and I’m happy I finally got to it.
These toys surely brought a lot of happiness to kids, many moments of discovery and joy through the use of imagination, Just as it does for me.
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Synthetic and natural patterns
Since I started experimenting with Photoshop around 1996, I was fascinated by blending modes and the patterns I can make using them.
A natural progression to studying graphic elements through the artwork I drew myself, (that’s when photography was still chemical-based, and scanning was reserved for paid projects), Was starting to us patterns from natural elements I shot.
It’s pretty clear why natural patterns are so inspiring, unlike an empty canvas, they already contain rhythm, flow, and direction which makes them fun to explore.
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Happy Independence Day 2011
Last night (July 4, 2011), I joined a friend to a fireworks scouting flight over the Los Angeles area. Shooting fireworks from a Cessna Skylane 182 reminded me how important it is to be able to use a tripod for certain subjects. Here are some of the images, shot at about 3,000 feet above sea level, where a tripod is redundant because of the 3D movement of the plane.