Old Pictures

A couple of years ago my good friend Seth and I went out to Ellwood Beach to shoot some pictures. I found the negatives and finally ended up scanning them the other day. Here are a few of the shots.

Congratulation

My good friend Alex just graduated this weekend with a BA in Anthropology, and in my opinion he also earned a Masters degree in Fisheye Lens.

He has started a blog Houston BMX and is working with The Houston Press now and has some pictures up with them here.
Congratulations Alex we wish you all the best.

More Bugs

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Road Trip Casualties

These are some of the bugs I found on my car after the road trip.

Road Trip

Well if you don't already know Jessica and I moved from LA to Austin. And I am just now getting caught up on things and posting some pictures form the road. Jessica and I both drove, her car and my truck were packed to the brim. My Truck was with out A/C and the radio had just stopped working, which is just as well because with the windows down at 70 MPH I wouldn't have been able to hear it anyway.

As you can see it was a long, hot, and boring drive.

Someone broke my drive side mirror the week before we left.

Also on the trip we stopped and saw The Thing?!!!

We did some shopping.

Raced some trains.

and drove well into the night. more than once.

Well it was a dark day for photographers rights today. The Photoshelter Collection, the stock agency that set out to change the industry, announced today that it will close its doors early October. The news caught me way off guard to say the least. I had just recently become a member but I had been on board from the get go. I went to a town hall style meeting in LA a year ago when they first announced the Collection. What the Collection aimed to do was create a remarkable collection of quality and innovative imagery, give buyers access to imagery that they couldn't find anywhere else, and give photographers a fair share of money being made (70% of all sales whet to the photographers, unlike some traditional stock agencies where photographers get 30% or less) and the opportunity to set the price of there work, and most of all set up a sustainable system for the industry. It is a shame to see The Photoshelter Collection lay down its arms, it is not often that companies base a business on fighting for photographers rights. I think at the end of the day we as photographers only have ourselves to blame for letting our work become under valued and our creativity under appreciated. I really feel like The Photosheler Collection was a chance to put our money(content) where our mouths are. It is a shame to see that chance slip away. I must say that a future with out Photoshelter looks very dim, I now feel all alone, with out a place to make a stand. I wonder if photoshelter was the last glimmer of hope for photographers rights or just a jumping off point for more good things to come. We will just have to wait and see.

I never made any money from photoshelter, and probably wont before they close, but I was/am proud to take part in a really good thing. Today was not only a sad day for me, but also for anyone who was a fan of photoshelter's Shoot! the Blog but the good news is that Rachel Hulin is still blogging here.

Well I guess I will still have pictures up for sale until October 10th so feel free to check them out.

Images for sale

Well a lot has happened since my last post. Two weeks after we got back from Miami/Louisiana/Texas trip we went back to Miami to shoot and attend Anali and Mark's wedding.

Well we got back from Miami again and I had time scan some film from New Orleans.

You Go Girl
Jessica and I are trying to get a zine together with are work and stories from that trip, more on that soon.
My sister Annie started going to FIT in New York for jewelry design and she started blogging at anniesallans.blogspot.com
I finally have images available for stock licensing with photoshelter

and I almost forgot .... we are moving to Austin!!!!
we are moving mid September, so any advice on places to live or people to work with is much appreciated.