TRANSPLANTS SHOW OPENING 4.30.10

I am really excited to be apart of the upcoming group show at THIS Los Angeles. Its a pretty great line up, more info here.




Love to see you there.

Some stuff coming soon...

Pictures from my trip to the Middle East, decent size website update and I will be part of a group show opening on the 30th of April at THIS Los Angeles...

Eastside, Westside, Lancaster...

Its funny, living in LA you are so much closer to nature, your constantly reminded of it. On a fairly clear day, even from downtown you can see the mountains. If your on the west side its the ocean.




Stadium Way
Elysian Park
Los Angeles, CA 2010






Had to post this, its similar to this picture from a few weeks ago but I think its a bit more dynamic, I also spent more time on the color.

View from Elysian Park II
Los Angeles, CA 2010







Daniel Wiener
Venice Beach, CA 2010








Venice Beach, CA 2010





In the desert outside of LA there are these fake gas stations and fake motels that have way too much character. If you passed them you might think how quaint or how "americana" these places are. I guess thats what they are supposed to be.


Old Airstream
Lancaster, CA 2010








Abandoned old movie props
Lancaster, CA 2010







Old armchair
Lancaster, CA 2010








Corner of a bed
Lancaster, CA 2010







Two old pickup trucks
Lancaster, CA 2010





Trying to pick up the pace. Hoping to have a big update on the site soon and finally some video coming in a month or two.

Landscapes

I've been slow with posting my photos from my day to day. This should start picking up.



Griffith Park rock slide
Los Angeles, CA 2010







Remote control truck drivers
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Los Angeles, CA 2010







Indoor tree and plants
Los Angeles Times Building
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 2010








Pleather Couch
Los Angeles Times Building
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 2010







Interior Hall
Los Angeles Times Building
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 2010








Two Trees and Two Crows
Elysian Park
Los Angles, CA 2010


Digging the on camera flash lately. My views on lighting these days is show it or hide it, in between doesn't work.

From Xmas to New Years and a little beyond

Catching up on some snaps from the past few weeks. New projects are in the works and I'm really stoked on the outlook of 2010.




Marion, one of my favorite people in my life.
Santa Monica, CA 2010









Kate, my amazing wife
Santa Monica, CA 2010







Santa Monica, CA 2010








Santa Monica, CA










Santa Monica, CA 2010









Goodbye to our Xmas tree.
Downtown LA, CA 2010











A view from Elysian Park
Los Angeles, CA 2010








Known from coast to coast, Daniel Wiener
Downtown LA, CA 2010

xmas

Little Tokyo
Los Angeles, CA

tungsten light tests/visitor portrait

J.S. Mildenberg
Downtown LA

a few snaps from the last few weeks

Trying to shoot everything everyday again. Not sure why I haven't been as motivated as I was in the last few months before I moved to LA. Might be the amount of assisting I've been doing or just getting settled in general. I feel the itch again so hopefully a lot of new stuff in the new year, a few cool projects in the works and a website update.




Kate on a short hike.
Somewhere near Altadena, CA










Griffith Park, CA








Yuma, AZ










Santa Monica, CA










Downtown Los Angeles, CA








Kate out for a walk
Downtown Los Angeles, CA








Alexandria Hotel
Downtown Los Angeles, CA









Valentino Suit, Alexandria Hotel
Downtown Los Angeles, CA









Danielle Atkins
Downtown Los Angeles, CA








Riverside, CA









Men setting up a tent wall.
Riverside, CA









Riverside, CA










Riverside, CA











Riverside, CA

Quote

"Real photographers don't wait for the phone to ring; they go out and take pictures."
-Unknown


Told to Terry Richardson and mentioned in his book Terryworld as a piece of advice that really pushed him.

Quotes

“Whenever anyone asks me how I got the photographs I did, why I was often the only photographer present or got such unique access I reply simply, ‘Trust’.” – Jim Marshall

via APHOTOEDITOR

more SX-70 Polaroids 2

Angeles National Forest, California 2009








Santa Monica Pier, California 2009







Only one more sheet left, can't wait for the Impossible Project to kick in.

Charlotte

Charlotte

Los Angeles, CA 2009

Marty Mar in LA

Marty is in town from NYC for a visit. If you haven't before check out his jewelry line OCD.



Marty Mar

Los Angeles, CA 2009

more SX-70 Polaroids

Concrete skate park at during sunset.
Venice Beach, CA
2009







Surfers walking home.
Venice Beach, CA
2009








Palm Trees
Venice Beach, CA
2009

SX-70

Kate and I went hunting for a posing stool for the our loft at the famous Rose Bowl Flea Market in Pasadena. I didn't find a stool but a pretty cool old wooden box which you'll see in a post in the near future. The other find, which I was a bit hesitant to get at first, was an old SX-70 Polaroid camera. I had heard that The Impossible Project was going to be making film for the SX-70 again and it was in really good shape. Kate helped talk me into getting it as well which I am so stoked we did. I ordered some expired film just to make sure the thing worked because The Impossible Project isn't supposed to be producing anything for another few months. We figured the worst case scenario was that it was broken and would just look cool on our shelf, but it does work! So here are our first two pictures.





Parking Lot
Downtown, Los Angeles 2009







View from Runyon Canyon
Los Angeles 2009
by Kate Amengual




I'll scan the rest as we shoot them.

Morgan

So the two year anniversary of this blog has just passed. I planned on doing something cool for it but things are still a bit crazy here with assisting and getting my head straight with shooting on a frequent basis again. I'm looking forward to some things that are in the works shooting wise. In the mean time I've started doing some "test" with a model agency here in LA called PhotoGenics thank you to those of you who hooked that up. I am approaching them more as portraits and I'd like to keep that vibe with them.



This is the first one I've done. Just shot another girl today but had hair and makeup.




Morgan
Los Angeles, CA 2009


I've also just started a blog for my iPhone snaps on tumblr. Check it out: http://adamandhisiphone.tumblr.com/