I was looking through some old skateboard pictures, on this day we shot at three different locations.
2012, Lizzie Armanto skateboarding Channel Street San Pedro California
Pet Photography with John Stamos
I shot this photo of John Samos and his dog a few months back. Pets do so much for us and it is important to save memories with them.
Rouge One (Spoiler Alert)
This image was created on the Day Carrie Fisher best known as Princess Leia from Star Wars died. I found myself with a little extra time this day and so I contacted a few skaters to see if any were interested in making a skateboarding picture. Once I learned of Carrie Fisher’s death I send a second communication to the skaters asking them to bring something Star Wars related to the shoot (if they cared to). Julz ended up being the last photograph of the day and when she showed up to the skatepark I was amazed at how much she had done. Now I must interject that I was amazed at how much thought and time Julz put into her Star Wars concept but I was not surprised, because Julz gives 200% to everything she is called to do.
If you have not seen Rouge One read no further. I have a few thoughts after seeing Rouge One last night with my family. I was amazed at the Forest Gump components of the film. When I began tinkering with 3d animation back in very late 1980’s I wondered if films would someday be made without any physical actors? Rouge One was yet another Star Wars film that used CGI characters. Where I was a little disappointed was with the fact that the quality of the cgi didn’t seem to improve much since the day of Forest Gump. The characters looked sort of low rez and like Forest Gump didn’t seem to be looking directly into the eyes of the other live characters they were sharing the scene with.
The other thing that bothered me about Rouge One was that it was the least Star Wars feeling film I have seen to date. It instead looked and had the rythm of any other film i might see in 2016. Star Wars used to have a a very special unique feel about it. It is possible I feel this way because just saw The Force Awakens a year ago?
Would I watch Rouge One again and recommend it to friends? The answer is yes. Although it seemed to lack some of that Star Wars mojo, it had enough to keep me intersted. And it had my kids asking about episode 4, so it even ignited some interest in the movie that started it all way back when.
Skateboarding Star Wars Tribute to Carrie Fisher
On the day of Carrie Fishers death I asked Julz Lynn to help me pay tribute to her , Julz exceeded my expectations. And little did we know her mother would pass the next day.
“take your broken heart, make it into art” Carrie Fischer
Mikayla Sheppard skateboarding at Brea Skateboard Park
Arrived at the park after a Home Depot run, for a screwdriver (had to build a new deck).
Julz Lynn from Exposure 2014
The sun was going down, and the edge of the ramp was messing with parts of the skaters bodies. I should of turned up my lights or relocated downstairs. Well I ended up just talking to some of the skaters, and I did not get many usable images from the deck.