Dya Bolical...NSFW!

Sunday night I had the pleasure of photographing a friend of mine, Dya Bolical. We collaborated on a particular style and posing. I setup my garage studio, taking me a week to setup the lighting. I got plenty of exercise, hitting the camera timer, running into the stage, take the shot, run back and see the results! I must have done that trip a thousands time! lol! Oh yes, I deleted all the shots of me.... ;)

Well I guess you want to see some of the images... Here ya go...

Standing Tall

Yoga Pose

Innocence

Lean

Landscape

Curled Up

Squeeze

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Well there you have it! It was fun shooting with Dya and I'm hoping we can do some more.

Later
-Mark

Cute Chicks!

Oh man it's been over a month since I last posted...but you knew that already! Sorry sorry.. I've been soooo busy...ok I lied...I've been lazy...I've shot lots of stuff! Of which some cannot be posted until 31 July 08...I have some awesome stuff cued up and ready to upload :)

For now check out these cute chicks! At my house...under my doorway :)

SPARTA!!!!!!!

Stay tuned, something big is in the works. If it pans out....things will get VERY interesting :)

-MArk

Ride em' Cowboy!

Went down to Cleburne with my buddy Dave and his truck load of kids + friends and wife. I show up and parked my Honda...Think about that for a second...a Japanese car in the middle of a cowboy town! The sneers were plenty coming from the overly jacked up Dodges/Fords/Chevy trucks with the Yosemite Sam mudflaps and gunracks. I parked my car at the rodeo and waited for Dave to show up. Of course as I was waiting, every horse in the county(and it's associated rider) had to stroll by and poop near by. If you've never seen a horses bowel movements before, let me tell you, it's bucket loads!

Dave et al shows up and we tried our best to mosie/strut our way in. Trying to blend in while not wearing cowboy hats, stirrups, and boots is quite the task. Here I am wrapped in the latest in Nikon technology with a backpack full of Pocket Wizards and lenses!

We get inside and quickly rush to the back where all the behind the scene action is. There we are, right next to Bulls, with names such as: "Wants to Kill and Gore my Rider", "Death to Those Who Get Near Me" and my favorite "Tinkerbell the Mutilator." Well, ok not quite accurate, but thats certainly not far from the truth. These beasts were massive, made of solid muscle and ready to explode. The whole time I was hoping the fence didn't give way and the bull decided to play kick the cameraman!

Here's some of the shots of the night.

Pure raw evil...

Ready for the fight...

Redbull!!!

Free chiropractic work.

High speed, low drag.

Twister!

Mean Ride!


The riders are constantly praying...

...always praying.

Chad Eubank..pre ride.

Chad Eubank..post ride.

Amazing Lauren

Today, I had the fantastic opportunity to shoot a cool girl, Lauren. It's not often a 6ft 2in, blonde bombshell visits the studio! She was a great sport and even laughed at my stupid jokes :)

Ok here's some of my favorites. (click for bigger versions)








Natural light is so much fun!










This is Lauren's friend Cody.



I hope we can shoot Lauren again! She's got some talent!

Enjoy!
Mark

They Come Out at Night

Friday night, Dave "Black Eye" Koslowski from DallasPhotoWorks and I rendezvoused Satat's domicile. We were not sure what to expect from the party she was throwing. Part artist get-together, part Halloween the charachters in the house ranged from everyday school girl to full on Punk/Goth. Not to place anyone in a particular genre! For everyone attending, thier philisophy of life, thier uninhibited charachter and image created a rare mixture of creativity and enjoyment for all.

It's refreshing to run across those who feel free to dress and see the world in thier own way, without a care of who or what someone says. Not one person held up a social filter to thier personality as much of the "main" line of our population does.


Here are a few of my favorite shots, of some the nicest, friendliest people you'll ever meet.















Enjoy :)

-Mark

Lightsabers and Chainsaws

Today I visited the http://www.all-con.org comic/toys/anime/Star Wars/medieval convention today. I also visited the Texas Fear Fest!

Both of which gladly took my hard earned cash...for nothing more than about an hour total of my precious time... of which I'll never get back... I guess I'll have to compress two hours of fun into one, to make up for this experience!

I felt compelled to post something, just so my day wouldn't feel like a total waste. Being surrounded by 45 year old's dressed as either
a. Stormtroopers on crack.
b. Wigged out, cross bred Smurf-Voltron composites.
c. Poorly crafted Freddy Crouger costumes, complete with a glove..of which the blades were most certainly made from their mother's finest butter-knives.

...made for quite an odd day....Now don't get me wrong, I'm not one for growing up, I still giggle like a schoolgirl at stupid jokes, and would rather play video games than do actual work..but man, these guys really take it to extremes! Gotta give them credit for their passion in life...whatever that may be...because it's certainly not moving out of mom's basement... j/k! Come on guys take a joke! Texas doesn't have basements!

Anyways here's King Arthur or king something or other...I'm sure he's king of something.




Here's a Stormtrooper armed with the latest in full auto nerf weaponry. Probably why they lost to Jedi's armed with nothing more than a laser pen...


Here's Luke taking one for the team..right to the pre-frontal cortex, as Leia gleefully takes in the show of pure manliness.


Here's a nice photo of a very cool chick, Shyla. She makes Ugly Art Dolls http://www.uglyart.net/ Of the people I met, she was the coolest and had the most interesting display at the Texas Fear Fest. I hope she's up here next year, I'll take some more cool shots of her I hope!





Well that's it for today...Oh bought a printer HP D7260..Wicked photo printer. Dare I say the prints look better than the screen! Wow!
-Mark