Bodie in his Lion-O costume for Halloween

ostume time is here and Bodie went all out this year as his favorite Thundercat; Lion-o.  He has been watching the show since the early summer and has excitedly been collecting the original action figures as well.  His red hair is actually colored -it’s not a wig- and he was a good sport about holding still as it was teased out and styled. And yes, while most of the color has since washed out (turning the tub a distinctive and vibrant shade of pink of course) and his hair has returned to it’s natural color, his pillow sadly,  has not been so fortunate.

Behind Bars in Aisle Five, Currently On Display at the L. Nowlin Gallery

was recently excited to discover that one of my submissions to the first group show at Austin’s L. Nowlin Gallery was accepted. It is the image above and is on display at the gallery as part of the show “The Portrait” through August 14th, 2010. It is from a roll I shot with my Leica as part of my “Day in the Life” series. This is an ongoing time-capsule project where I shoot one roll across one day, of our boys and often focus on the more mundane aspects of childhood; for instance, shopping at the local grocery store. My hope is that many years down the road these more candid images will provide our family with an intimate look at our lives in years past. In case you are wondering, the cans in the foreground are one of the things our four dogs look forward to the most at meal time.

Taking a break

odie and I spent a few particularly patient hours together making some pictures with the 4×5 Sinar. Here he is taking a break between set-ups. I also came want to share this wonderful quote I found in a book of Eduard Steichen’s prints from the French sculptor Paul-Albert Batholmé, “I am irritated by most of the photographs in which the authors have intervened to create works that are no longer photographs and are not drawings. They suggest to me only imperfect imitations of etchings or of reproductions of paintings . . . . I do not mean to say that one cannot produce fine works with photography, but one should stick to composition, to selections, to the variety of lightings, to his own preferences in arrangement, and I assure you, that if he lets it go at that, then gradually the machine and the light will give him results entirely personal. Think, compose, prepare your subject in all possible ways, use feeling, then open the objective [lens] and put your hands in your pockets, or else have someone put handcuffs on you.” October, 1908

Bodie tips his hat.

Bodie models his vintage polyester tuxedo jacket

Sometimes it is worth getting the Sinar 4×5 out to shoot the boys with. Bodie looked downright debonair in his paisley tux jacket so out it came.

This is scanned from the Fuji instant print.