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lillian revisted

i've been thinking about this for a while. always looking for a way to combine new and old. there is something so refreshing and poetic about working with my grandfather's slides...the ones that never made it into the family albums....

fun with lillian

discovering brilliance in my grandfather's slides. can't wait to delve into more.

noel

finley and snowflake

orange phone

getting back to a shoot i did with marianne, vu, nina and jonathan in november. i'm compositing with a shot from my hawaii trip. fun to combine contrasting worlds. i think i want to add some words...

cookies

my couisin becky, also known as homeky becky, invited us to come down and bake holiday cookies. my kids, needless to say, are ready to move in.

self portrait with fireworks

every year in december, marina del rey hosts a boat parade complete with a fireworks show to help bring on the festivities. a lovely show from my living room.

home

this is a great little structure that our neighbor, anais, painted and gave to my kids. i added the blocks for a stock concept. the funny thing is, this past year we've been adding a lot of color to our place and almost every room is a different color.

more rocks

continuing...

start from scratch

spent time with my son's preschool class the other day, painting rocks for the holidays. it was so satisfying, i did more on my own later that night and threw in some type which i love. hope to incorporate more words with images and have been thinking about creating more books, either through i photo, self made, etc.

contrasts

hiking along the aiea loop on oahu. once again, amazed at by the contrasts, and similarities between nature and human footprints.

blurry hawaii

now that we've been back from hawaii for exactly one week, here is what i remember.

lilly and her roots

how can i not love this image of my baby girl and the exposed roots along the aiea loop.

rabbit island

sunflower on akaka place

sea turtle

visiting family in oahu. taking kids to places i might not go if i were on my own. awakens a sense of discovery... can't wait to get back home to photoshop!!!

dylan for zalman

healing through art. make an image for a loved one today.....what are you grateful for?

boyz toyz

revisiting an image taken a couple years back. black and white film. am thinking about shooting some new pix w/ film. just luving the grain and it's nuances when i'm painting in photoshop. also have to dig through existing negs. having a blast...

twin palace

combing old imagery with new ideas....it's never ending....good or bad? just fun for now.

continuing

i'm finding that i'm looking for situations that are well lit and lend themselves to this technique. i usually don't like flash, but i think that might be changing....

inspired by fiction

some images taken for a new yorker fiction section story, on spec. a short piece about a young nurse who works with amputee patients in a veteran's hospital...thank you jacqueline for your participation!

via marina

down the street....falling apart.

line art

finding my bliss

i feel like i'm onto something. combining the fashion photography that i love, with the painted street scenes that i've been doing. can't wait to do more. tonight i'm printing out line art from photos i've done and printing onto watercolor paper. we'll see where that goes....

parisian writer

just did an amazing shoot with my favorite team...vu, nina, jonathan and meloni. superimposed this shot of meloni onto a shot of a parisian moment taken 12 years ago. too fun. might have to get into the darkroom to print from some more parisian and prague negs....

lincoln boulevard

the perpendicular, north-south running ugly stepsister of sunset boulevard. a good day for me is when i can stay west of this street. there are even t shirts for sale in santa monica saying "a.w.o.l." which means "allways west of lincoln"...had some great suggestions about doing a series just on lincoln boulvard. this is my first stab at it.

zone of erotica

this is another great corner of contrasts. still loving this process. i added a clip art photo from a victorian women's fashion photo clip art book... and some japanese dots...

mar vista

i pass by this corner everytime i pick my daughter up from school.

my backyard

i see this building everytime i pull into or out of my parking space.

old mud

finley playing on the muddy path by our house. we saved a couple of earthworms from being trampled to death. the sun came out on our walk back home.

floral face lift

still continuing on this suburban redecoration. just bought some dover cd's. think i need some patterns. saw some great contemporary japanese patterns at the amazing art/design bookstore, hennessey and ingalls.

painting suburbia

getting closer to a clear vision. i photographed some spots that i drive by everyday. i'd like to drive to the valley, where i lived the first 6 years of my life, and see what yummy suburban bliss awaits.

finley

starting to color on top of images more. enjoying that immensely. thought a lot about a series of suburban l.a. painted....

mini

i was obsessively shooting this cool blue mini cooper on my way home from santa monica tuesday night. i love blurred out city lights.

meloni and flag

meloni in palace costume. background taken in cloverdale at the county fair this past summer.

venice

so much texture here....i haven't shot at night in a long time. need to do more of that.

old and new

i've been shooting old prints so i can incorporate them into new work. i used to print in the darkroom and paint on my prints. i'm ready to go back to that. want to print and then paint on composited images....always want to get the touch of a hand in there. i love the computer, but there's nothing that beats the human touch.

lilly and birds

i've been digging through old photos of mine that i can composite. i've always loved this shot of lilly, taken on my birthday 2 years ago. got an old print that i shot in prague in the background and some illustrations from an old french dictionary. i'm really happy when i can work in words into my images. after going through some old explorations, i was inspired....

kenter canyon

lilly and bird

picked up a sculpture, a trio of birds, made in japan, at the council for jewish women thrift store on venice blvd. a fantastic treasure trove. combined with an old shot of lilly and a recent painting.

up and down

standing in a childs room. looking up, then looking down.

lilly's stocking

this is way too early, but i shot this for my friend liza samala who is starting a new magazine for kids called "kids la". my daughter, lilly, is standing on our brand new piano bench that was designed by ilan dei.

silhouettes

i am not creating today, but i am clearing clearing clearing and unearthing some great images i think i'll use in future composites. this i created yesterday and gave to my friend ann for her birthday. i love breaking everything down into shapes and colors.

farmgirl

so i got the maggie taylor photoshop book yesterday (thanks jacqueline!). of course loved her use of layers, collage, etc...got up at 3:30 a.m. with creative insomnia and worked till 5:30. i can't wait to do more!

a new scale

why this sudden interest in miniatures? just loving the ability to set the stage with small objects and creatures. i want to translate this into my people and fashion work....