Old Man

This is Grandpa Clark. I had the chance this past weekend to visit with him, it's been too long. I brought my gear along and wanted to get some shots. I always remember my grandpa with a cigarette in hand sitting by his desk in the garage, tinkering on and off with whatever car happened to be in there. I wanted to capture that. One light to work with and an impatient model... Grandpa says to me, "Hey Mikey, do you remember when I used to blow flames past your head?" *Laughs* "Do you want a picture of that??" In my early teens I spent most every afternoon at grandpas garage. He liked to sneak up behind me and blow a butane flame past my head and scare the eff out of me. So I agreed, good idea!

I'm happy with how they turned out - I did a bit more experimentation with post processing on these images... too much? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

Time Warp

Tonight I bring you a photo that I made back in June of 2007. This was about the time I purchased my first DSLR - a Nikon D80. Not the slightest idea how to use the thing... I was one of those people that thought a good camera made you a good photographer :) At any rate, I had a concept in mind. Too many people go through life at a hectic pace, seemingly unable to catch up. People tend to look, but not see; hear and not listen; touch and not feel... This is the photo that came out of it. Essentially a challenge to change the way you perceive things through everyday life - in a "stop to smell the roses" kind of way :) It was fun to make - Jessica couldn't stop smiling/laughing so we had to re-tape a couple of times. All I had was a desk lamp set-up camera left for light. Most of the contrast was added in post and I was very pleased with the results. Anyhow, hope you enjoy!

Chaos Theory

Good evening Clark Creative fanatics. Jessica and I have been searching for ways to decorate our home with original art for a long time now. We are always on the lookout for custom and unique pieces. Although this may not be unique (we stole the idea from a movie ;) it certainly is custom. We recently watched a movie titled "Chaos Theory" and we noticed this cool portrait art of the couple hung above their bed. It was 4 different photos of each person making some goofy, serious, whatever face. So Jessica and I jumped on it and took some goofy, serious, whatever photos of ourselves and hung them above our bed. So that's it, just thought I would share! It's easy to make custom art for your home, if you're feeling inspired or have an idea you'd like to live out then let's talk about making it happen!