so worth the wait. Being that we're both artists we had tons of ideas floating around for this latest shoot. We knew we wanted a movie-esque type of shoot with a very dramatic look. Today was the perfect day to achieve this because of the dark and cloudy skies. So now choosing location. We stumbled across an old building up in Winterthur that looked as if it could be an old insane asylum. It was the perfect backdrop that gives the photos a very gloomy look. After some quick edits, here's what I came up with...
I took this picture of an old tractor at Winterthur today. We found it by accident and then later found out we weren't even supposed to be there because the whole place was closed on Mondays. I think the picture came out pretty decent.
Went out with Alex tonight after a photo journey all day and came up with this idea on the way down I95. We went back home and got my car and I rigged my tripod practically on my lap to get these shots at a high shutterspeed. I got a lot of pictures but I liked this one the most. All the lines are from Alex switching lanes on the highway and this was at like a 15 second shutter. I like this picture because highway driving is like therapy for me. You get on the open road and blast some music and let it all out and don't come home until everything feels good again. This was a good first attempt and surely won't be my last. I want to experiment some more in areas with a lot of different colored lights and what not but for now this will do just fine. 
drying I found a scrap of black suede so I glued it in
those crazy ones that end with you waking up, sweating, and breathing heavily. I really like this piece because I feel like it shows panic with the contrast between the black and white and the splattered paint in the background along with the lines of black acrylic representing a chaotic mess. I'll update this with a new pic after I finish it.
Any 19 year old car enthusiast would kill to be me in my shoes on any given week. There are so many days and nights to remember that I tend to forget just how lucky I am. Sitting in a $2 million Bugatti Veyron, riding shotgun in a Ferrari 550 Barchetta for 3 hours, that first ride in a $4--,---Lamborghini Lp640, or just off roading in my beloved Heidi (My first car, 99 Audi A4). Having worked for Porsche and Audi I have quite the list of cars that I've driven/riden in and having some connections always helps to see some of the most expensive and exotic cars in the world up close and personal. I learned to drive stick on a 420hp Evo 8 that was built for the track with a stage 3 clutch, could barely see over the steering wheel and under full boost the car down right scared the crap out of me. I remember the first time I saw a Porsche Carrera GT in person. It was leaving a car show and I ran through the parking lot just to get a few quick clips of it revving. The sound it made gives you goosebumps just thinking about it. This passed summer I watched a Lamborghini Reventon get loaded up for delivery and just seeing that car in person was incredible. There's 20 in the world and just seeing it and hearing it and having it right in front of your very own eyes is a
feeling like no other. You can't forget the great back road drives with friends either. Whether it's getting lost in a Honda Element or taking turns twice the speed limit in a brand new Porsche that's practically not even out yet, it's that undescribeable feeling you get. We sometimes lose perspective on life and happiness. When you're in these moments it's so easy to forget how happy you are. Everytime we go out on a drive I like to take in everything we pass. There's so much out there. So much to see. So many different people. I can't even count how many times you pass people on these little tiny country roads and they stare at you like you're in a space ship and you can see the envy in their eyes wanting to be you right then and there, but you don't think anything of it because that's everyday life. So the next time you're doing whatever it is you love to do, take a step back and let it all soak in. These pictures that I took and posted are just a few that I've had the pleasure of meeting face to face.
So I was looking around on Deviantart and found an artist that did some pretty cool abstract paintings. I loved this one that he did and he titled it "relaxation". A couple weeks have gone by and everytime I'm painting something this piece comes to mind so I figured I'd give it a shot. It's 3 12" by 30" gallery canvases painted with acrylic paint with the word RELAX stenciled in and painted with a stone texture paint and the thin lines are just acrylic squeezed out of a bottle. I think it came out so sweet and exactly how I thought it would. The artist that I got this idea from didn't have the word relax in it but I thought it was a good idea and I think it really completes this piece. After a couple tough weeks of barely painting anything worth keeping or selling, completing this and actually liking it felt like
a huge accomplishment. I've been struggling to get the desire to paint or photograph anything lately. My mind seems full of so much garbage that I can't take anything else in and I just get so frustrated when I try to get anything done. Being unemployed and selling artwork as a means of making credit card and car payments is extremely hard when you can't do anything right. It's so overwhelmingly frustrating to get an order for a painting and all you can think about are the things that mean nothing. Even little things seem like the biggest obstacles when your emotionally drained. Things go well for what feels like 2 minutes before something happens that breaks you back down again. People tell you to not worry, and just smile and everything will be okay. It's easier to say that when you're the one that feels great, with nothing on your mind at all times of the day. It's easy to get lost in emotions and understanding why you feel the way you do. I wanted to make this painting ever since I saw it titled "relaxation" so that everytime I looked at it, it would remind me that everything's going to be fine at the end of the day and I need to just relax. At the end of the day everything will be fine, some of our biggest problems are the littlest things in the world and always remember that it could be worse so just relax!
