Photoshop Beta “Remove” Tool

first effort Pre-and-post using the new Remove Tool that Photoshop Bata has recently added. Taking out spots and dust artefacts is so much faster with it in this 35mm black and white to digital conversion. The censorship swath was put in after the edits for Instagram safety. Original black and white negative from 1989 shot in the Del Mar Avenue […]

Texas Terri live, 1998 or so

She was topless, like usual, and her fake boobs looked good with those little black electrical tape strips on her nipples. But she was always topless when performing. It was sort of what Texas Terri was famous for. So I wanted something different.

New Year Resolutions

[Fresh Beginnings] Plans For 2023 I’ve never been one for new year’s resolutions, party because speaking about plans can be like allowing them to be jinxed. Yeah I know that’s superstitious. I never had to quit smoking or begin a weight loss campaign. I’ve also never wanted to start something that’s historically been doomed for failure according to popular thought […]

Issue 1 cover, Stephanie

[Archive] Cover Model Here’s the cover image of Reviewer Magazine #1, summer of 1996, premier issue, with Stephanie on the cover. I was planning on posting it in the previous entry but guess I didn’t just save it as a draft and tapped enter before I got around to it. AGFA black and white 25 speed film, a specialty German […]

Colorization Process

[Digitalizing] Playing With Photoshop’s New Feature 35mm analog digitization process progression Here’s a black and white and colorized version of a photo from 1989 I shot at Rio’s nightclub in Point Loma. It was shot early in the night on a weekday evening where I used to go out every single night and drink and shoot at various clubs and […]

Analog: sculpture

[Future installation] “Pieces” 35mm color film photo from a December 2005 shoot with an art model who was also a sculptor. Film-to-digital conversion from a Nikon NEF image.

Spring’s a Girl from the Streets at Night

[Hippie Vibe] She asked to clean my apartment Unscheduled 1997 maid service from a girl I met who was window shopping barefoot while I was driving home from work. While driving by I saw her and immediately pulled over to say hi and asked her if I could shoot art photos of her. She’s wearing a sundress and, it turned […]

Coffeshop Distroing

[35mm archive] Jumped Out of Her Pants and Shoes Before large corporate coffeeshop chains totally took over global control and the Covid pandemic wiped out our desire to go out and be where people were there used to be a lively social scene in neighborhood corner caffeine joints. This shot is from early 2005 I think, in a San Diego […]