This is from one of the shoots I recently shot. It seems that I have just been really slow to get back into the swing of shoots as much as I was this time last year.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
A Recent Shoot
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Last Minute Labor Day Shoot
A few days before Labor Day weekend I had seen this building that was in the process of being torn down - and I thought I just HAD to SHOOT THERE!! =) .... BUT.... the construction crew is there ALL the time and then there are people around from morning till 11pm... PLUS 24 hour security!
I wasn't sure if it would even be possible to get into the location to shoot.... but on Fri. afternoon when the construction crew had left I tried to get inside of the fence. I quickly walked around the site but was seen in minutes and had to take off running! I wasn't sure if it would even be possible to get in there and shoot ... the only time that I thought I might get in there was on a Sunday - BEFORE they finished clearing the area. I just figured that I would not be able to get in there and shoot since my sister was getting married on that Sunday and by the following weekend they would be finished disposing of the building and rubble.
Which would have been correct.... but it was LABOR DAY weekend which meant that the construction crew would take the Monday off - so at the last minute I got a model - got over there, snuck thru the fences and started to shoot! After a little while we saw the security guards coming by and we took off thru the rubble and archway - thru the bushes and fence and got away with some cool images! Here are 2 from the shoot.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
La Municipal Art Gallery Reception Images
The Reception at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery was great!! 3767 people showed up for the reception -it was nice and crowded! I added some images to show the size off the gallery and the amount of people flowing in and out of each of the rooms. The people were just as interesting as the artwork on the walls! I saw all kinds of different cultures, different types of dress, different personality types, people in wheel chairs, in casts, with different types of dogs -yes IN the gallery. My favorite interesting site at the gallery was an old couple. The man was guiding the blind woman- her cane was feeling the room out in front of her - BUT she would still "look" at the artwork! =) The whole mood of the gallery was energetic and exciting!
The first image below is looking into the two rooms that I curated. Three of the awards that were given were pieces that were from the 2 rooms I curated. These other images give you a little idea of the space in the gallery, but do not show 8 more rooms filled with artwork! If your interested in taking a look it will be open till September 27th!! (Info and address below.)
(click on the image to view)
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
LA Municipal Art Gallery Reception: The Little Flower
LA Municipal Art Gallery: Open Call Reception
Sunday Aug. 16th from 2-5 PM
The show will run from Aug. 13th till Sept. 27th.
Hope you get a chance to drop by and check out the more then 550 different artists! I am featuring the piece below, titled: "The Little Flower."
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Music
Well.... I had wanted to share some of the music that I like or am listening to as I work. Music is such an important aspect to my mood and inspiration. I like a wide range of music... just about everything .... well almost- hahaha. Anyway I had wanted to connect a youtube video but can't seem to figure out why it won't work.... so I am just going to link it for now and figure it out later. =) I won't say who the band is... make you have to go visit the link!
I found them back in 2003 just before they were released in the US. Loved one of their songs and found out it hadn't been released here yet. So I had to wait a month to get the cd-- But it was worth it! Hope you enjoy!
I found them back in 2003 just before they were released in the US. Loved one of their songs and found out it hadn't been released here yet. So I had to wait a month to get the cd-- But it was worth it! Hope you enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZk-LJ_KCMg
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Welded Sculpture Update
I got sooo busy with Magu's exhibition and then with everything else... I just realized that I never showed the finished sculpture work!
I had been taking flat sheets of metal and welding them together to create shapes. I wanted to practice welding to think about some other larger sculpture pieces I want to create that will have metal frames and bases. -- Here are a few of the finished shapes.
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LA Municipal Art Gallery
I have been curating two rooms at the LA Municipal Art Gallery -- and decided to post some teaser pics of the IN the PROCESS of hanging the exhibition. For those of you that haven't been in this gallery - It is really big! These three shots are taken from the middle of the gallery looking towards the north and south sides BUT doesn't even show all of the rooms in the gallery.
The exhibition runs from Aug 13th - Sept 27th and the reception is Sunday Aug 16th from 2-5 PM.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
3 Part Series
3 Part Series: Photography, Mixed Media Artwork, Sculpture
I started this series to be able to try and maximize the amount of work that was created for art galleries and publications -- While taking less time to do it. The photography focuses on the human figure in nature, the contrast of shadow and light, of textures, and the beauty of the natural in nature. The Artwork focuses on the human figure, and the blending of digital and traditional art forms. It has also allowed me to use photos as references to attempt new processes of mixing medias.
1. The 3 part Fine Art series is: Photography / Artwork / Sculpture*. The Photography and Artwork are created from the SAME SHOOT. (It is like a 2 for price of 1 deal!! - I am all about multi-tasking... saves time, energy and creates more work with less effort.)
2. I shoot during the daytime with natural light - in nature. Modeling is NUDE. Nudity is taisteful - Exactly the SAME as you can see in my ports. Also if a model doesn't want to show her face or reveal her identity -- That is totally fine, just let me know in advance. (Remind me at the shoot and pose accordingly.)
3. Just to repeat: "Nudity is required." -- My Non-nude work is VERY LIMITED and typically ONLY for models that I have ALREADY worked with. I prefer models that I have trust/ a connection established rather then working with multiple new models = it makes things easier, more comfortable, and creates better images!! At the shoot I WILL shoot ALL of the following: nudes, implieds, headshots, and might even shot a few clothed shots. Shoots last typically for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
4. If model desires she can bring someone to the shoot - no problem. - I have had models bring husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, or just come alone. All the same to me - just give me a heads up. =)
5. All Artwork is based off the nude in nature shoot. Almost all work in the MM Artist/ Painter port came from nudes in nature shots. I will NOT set up a shoot JUST to create artwork from it - it is not worth my time.
6. I offer ONLY trade: 12 edited images sent via email WITHIN 2 weeks of shoot and 1 artwork images within a month via email. (artwork takes a lil longer to create) -- I choose the 12 to edit. Image size is exactly as seen in my MM ports w/ logo on them. Sometimes I send more edits then I offer - just because =) and I also often go back and do artwork of models I have shot in the past -- So my models often get lil surprise bonus images/ artwork even years later! =)
7. Model must be 18 -DUH! =) and must bring ID / sign model release.
8. My style and work is very unique so I'm only looking for models who are seriously interested in the different series I am working on. Images/ Artwork is NOT used on any porn or sexual adult content sites. Work will be created for the Fine Art World usages** - for exhibition and retail at galleries, museums, and website/ profolio.
9. Because I work on both modeled and non -modeled art / photography plus curating gallery shows I am VERY limited on time. I typically do a LIMITED amount of shoots and typically ONLY for the series that I am working on - with some exceptions as favors for models I have worked with repeatedly.
10. MUA, Hair, Stylist - ask me about it when I give you a call.
11. My website is at www.howardhillstudio.com - Where you can find more links to my social networks, etc.
12. If your interested in the series leave a name and number on one of my MM ports and I'll give you a call.
*(sculpture is VERY expensive to make so it will be limited to only a few of the models chosen from the photoshoots. This will be discussed at a later date.)
** (read model release for more details)
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Reception Night Update
Tonight was the opening reception for the "Artistic Vehicles de Magulandia" and I just owe a ton of thanks to everyone who helped bring all three of our exhibitions to life! Each of the exhibits were so different and wonderful! I loved hearing different people express what they liked about each of the different aspects of the different artists and their work. If anyone is still interested in seeing the show it will be open on selective days thru June 11th. (For times and dates / other info check the website: www.isitenough.com/magu )
Thanks again for all the efforts that each of you poured into making the show happen!
Monday, May 25, 2009
I spent the weekend arranging and hanging the Artistic Vehicles de Magulandia exhibition!! There are two other exhibitions going on at the same time and I got to say I think that all three shows are very different and wonderful!
-- All three shows are FREE to the Public!
--The Artists will be in attendance and available to speak too.
The exhibition opens THIS Tues! 11 - 2PM and the Opening Reception party with live music and orderves - is THIS Thurs. 5 - 7PM!! -- Hope you'll get a chance to drop by!!
(Here is a teaser pic of me hanging one of the paintings along with the 3 fold mailer which includes the information about other 2 exhibitions.)
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Don't let the Bed Bugs bite
One of my friends recently moved and found her new place filled with bed bugs. She has since had to move out and get all of her cloths and everything cleaned -yet she is still dealing with them. (She is also left waiting for the return of her deposit)
Anyway - So she was telling me all about the bugs and what they look like, how she'd wake up and they would be on her in the middle of the night! -- ect. ect.
Well, tonight I am FINALLY getting into bed and I feel this lil tickle on my leg.... and I think to myself... hmmmm what if? but then dismiss the thought. .... I lay there and Smile and think NAHHHH it is just my thoughts going wild and is really the hairs on my leg adjusting to the sheets... but then i wonder if I felt something again... and then I just laugh and think about how dumb I am being.... BUT... the longer I lay there the more curious I become... and the more my mind starts imaging that there is something under my covers...
I finally reach for my cell phone and flip the sheet up to look .... and there in the dark is a lil ball of lent from the sheets being recently washed. -- So I am totally lol at myself for how funny it was that this ball of lent was tickling my leg -WHEN SUDDENLY something moves... and right then my cell phone turns off... I pop the phone back open and the light comes back on.... I catch site of it... something is moving... but it isn't a bed bug, but rather a lil old tiny moth that had come in because of my light. It must have landed on the sheet when I pulled the cover up.
I just wanted to share the story of my paranoid thoughts making me question if something was really there in the dark or if it was just all in my head.....
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