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Furr Ball — April 18th, 2009

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

2009 Furr Ball

2009 Furr Ball


I know it’s hard to believe, but for the second time in as many years someone has taken it upon themselves to throw me a massive birthday party. I know, I couldn’t believe it myself, but it appears that the good folks at Camp Inspiritum have stepped it up and really went beyond the call of duty to throw me the biggest bash ever.

Me, being the gracious guy that I am, suggested, HEY, why don’t you guys make it a combination benefit party for your camp while you’re at it? And they were like, Why didn’t we think of that? All I could do is shrug.

So yeah, you can support one of the most awesome camps on the playa while you are also celebrating my birthday. And as an added bonus I will take some kind of amazing photo of you in your furry finest.

That’s right, in lieu of a gift there is an advanced $20 donation required. Hey, $20 bucks for 8 hours of solid rollicking partying, the likes you haven’t seen, well, since Erin threw me that bash last year. And this time there is going to be performances and fire and all kinds of insanity. It’s really going to be something.

Need more information? There’s plenty of it here.

But why bother with information. Just go buy tickets right now and save yourself some trouble. Buy tickets here.

Okay, so to be honest this doesn’t have anything to do with my birthday. It just happens to correspond with the actual day. And I will be shooting special portraits there, which will be posted in a gallery on my site and announced, probably a week or two after.

Coat Check Gallery

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Mary Mary Quite Contrary

Mary Mary Quite Contrary


The Coat Check Party had a very cool concept. Choose a coat to wear and cram the pockets full with whatever items you felt like bringing along. When you got to the party you checked your coat and they give you a number. After everyone has arrived they start re-distributing the coats. The result was a bunch of people walking around with funny looking coats that didn’t always fit. Then as you watched you see the wearers pulling out whatever happened to be in the pockets. Chewing gum, knick knacks, flasks with liquor in them, condoms, you name it. While I would have expected the majority of the coats to have had silly things lining the pockets, most of them had truly interesting and creative items.

I only snapped a few images, most of them either around the neon light in the bar or using an off camera flash. But I did get a few images I thought were worth sharing. It was a cold night and we ended up staying close to the fire in order to stay warm. Great idea for a party though.

Check out the gallery here.

Gone Beyond Gallery

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Our Hosts Erin & Lars

Our Hosts Erin & Lars

This has to be a record for my posting a gallery. 176 pictures. This party was a real blast. Lots of new faces (for me and my camera). Thank you Erin & Lars. And congratulations. I think there are some great shots of the two of you.

I mixed them up. Each page is consecutive in order, but the pages are not.

See them in the Gone Beyond Folder here.

Curt

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Curt with Large Mouth Bass

Curt with Large Mouth Bass


Today would have been my brother’s 47th birthday. Curt passed away in 2006 from complications due to pancreatitus.

Curt was the person I would call when I had exhausted all of my other resources. He may have been grouchy about helping out, but in all my life he never once turned his back on me. There were many times when he drove to San Francisco to help me do something at the last minute.

Curt was an avid fisherman and he was an excellent musician. Someone Curt worked for came up to me at his funeral and told me how Curt used to always talk about his younger brother and how great of a photographer he was. He said he was proud of me for doing something I loved so well.

Here's to Curt

Here's to Curt


That was how Curt was. Even though he had touched me many times in my life, I think that moment was the most touching of all.