Photography Songwriting Drumming Skateboarding
“Aloha” Hunter Long, a bail shot story. Hunter asked me if we could hit Pedlow skateboard park. And just a few hours after the session ended, Hunter was on plane bound for Hawaii.
The next day I edited the photos. And I felt she might like this “bail shot”. So I text her this photo along with some “makes”. And Hunter immediately text back that she thought this image was funny.
Back in the day when change seemed like nothing but a fantasy, instead of giving into the way things were going she believed in women skateboarding and even built a refuge for it thrive in.
These images are from a skateboarding session Amelia Brodka invited me and my camera to on the morning of the Girls Global Qualifier Huntington Beach. Amelia has been a heroic figure for me ever since I heard about her movie and annual skateboarding event Exposure. You see when I throw a Skatopia reunion its me cooking chili dogs over a old coleman stove at Chino skatepark. When Amelia throws a event it is somewhat larger. So I am always honored to photograph her and always happy to pick her brain on things like Women’s skateboarding.
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Im a drummer from way back in the 1970’s. Drum machines where supposed to replace drummers back then too. Although drum machines did carve out their own niche in music production the human drummer’s imperfect and individual nature was the thing that made him or her unique. I personally think the same will be true for human photographers?
If you have been messing around with the guitar, piano, bass, even drums this is a wonderful overview from the legendary Leonard Bernstein. Why not play with the big box of crayons? Not saying it will make you great, but you might like some of the colors?