Been stuck inside all day. Would much rather be outside, taking pictures like this.
LOU O' BEDLAM
The blog of Luciano Noble II.
Photos & I = BFF
What I'm looking at, listening to, eating, doing, thinking (kinda), hating on, in love with, stalking, coveting, rocking out to.
Photography is Love.
Love is God.
Photography is God.
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Email me: louobedlam@gmail.com
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Where I write a lot, in teeny tiny bits:
twitter
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flickr
Where you can look at all the photos on this blog:
gallery
Burger Day: (where I try to find the best burger in LA, and write about it!!!!): MMmmmmm
Where I play chess:
gameKnot
Sites I Like:
Laura Taylor
Julia Galdo
The Last Days of Polaroid
Awkwardly Social
Grant Morrison
Photos & I = BFF
What I'm looking at, listening to, eating, doing, thinking (kinda), hating on, in love with, stalking, coveting, rocking out to.
Photography is Love.
Love is God.
Photography is God.
Fund my photographic endeavors:
Ask Me Questions!!!!
Email me: louobedlam@gmail.com
My website: LOUOBEDLAM.COM
Where I write every Friday: manolith
Where I write a lot, in teeny tiny bits:
Where most of my photos are:
flickr
Where you can look at all the photos on this blog:
gallery
Burger Day: (where I try to find the best burger in LA, and write about it!!!!): MMmmmmm
Where I play chess:
gameKnot
Sites I Like:
Laura Taylor
Julia Galdo
The Last Days of Polaroid
Awkwardly Social
Grant Morrison
Zoetica and I took some photos for her internet column about fashion and make-up and other fancy stuff I know very little about.
We shot at the beach, on what was basically the best light I’ve ever seen. There was this hint, A MERE SUGGESTION, of haze in the sky, diffused the light perfectly.
I wept, just a wee bit. I’m man enough to admit that. Strong men also cry.
1126pm. TELL SLEEP I’M COMING. TELL IT I’M COMING, AND HELL’S COMING WITH ME.
HELL’S. COMING. WITH ME.
I don’t even know what all that means.
I DO know that I’m sleepy, and that I’ve had an excellent day. Really awesome. Makes perfect sense, as tomorrow I’ll be spending the majority of the day cooped up at the Staples Center, making sure the folks don’t die during the Pac Ten Tournament.
Did I mention I care nothing for basketball?
I care nothing for basketball.
I do care for money! Tomorrow I will be making money. Mmmm, money.
AND SO, tonight I sleep, tomorrow I “work.” And if you have to work tomorrow, this shot of Alie, in the 2nd street tunnel in lovely downtown LA (I told her it’d be okay, we weren’t on the Hobo Side) is for you.
813am. It’s all happening.
More good news by email. Should get to talk about that next week.
Photo shoot, today, been trying to line this one up for weeks, our schedules had more than a little trouble lining up, but here we are.
And maybe I’ll just get my favorite burger, tonight. Yep.
Fine fine Wednesday ahead of me.
AND SO, if you see the sun shining today and find that you’ve got just enough time to sit back for a second and enjoy it, this shot of Amanda is for you.
IAMYOURFAVORITE (365 Days of Creativity by Casey Britt): March 3rd
“Things I Must Do: Think, Love, Create, and Move Forward”
“ Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (via psychotherapy)
talsit asked: What do you think about imitating someone's work? Flattery or theft? Or does it depend on whether it's credited or not?
Oof, this is a complex one.
I’m just gonna avoid the normal sayings that go along with this question (you’re thinking them as you read this anyway, yes?), and keep this specific to my work. I think the answer definitely varies depending on the art that’s being imitated, the level to which it’s being imitated (is it imitation, is it straight copying?), the intent in the imitation.
For my work, if someone’s imitating my style, be it technique or actual composition of my shots, that’s just fine. I’m not the first guy to take portraits of beautiful people using natural light, and I’m sure I won’t be the last. I like to think my work has a definite style, but I’d never assume I invented it, or have some patent on it.
I do like to think that it’s not necessarily easy to do what I do, but that actually feeds into me being okay with imitation. I think it’s a perfectly valid means at education to break down how & why someone takes certain pictures, try to replicate that as a way of furthering their own process.
As long as they don’t just go ahead and study the style, use it as their own and never progress beyond imitation. That’s neither fair to the original artist nor is it healthy for the imitator. Each artist’s style, that’s not just art, it’s their point of view, their unique perspective on the world. No person should want to imitate or copy another’s POV. It belittles their own, cheapens personal experience.
Now, credit? That’s a completely different story. I say, no matter what, it never hurts to credit the original artist. Keeps the imitator honest, it does.
SHORT PROGRAMMING NOTE: for those (3 or 4) folks who have sent me messages that are not questions? THANK YOU. Your kind words are much appreciated.
But I won’t be responding to them in public, only questions will be responded to. My narcissism only goes so far. But again, Thank you.
913am. I’m just gonna go ahead and let today just slide on by. No important decisions, no big ideas. Not enough sleep last night has me feeling like I’ve just had my cup of tea poisoned by the by some shadowy group. Soon they’ll whisk me away to a remote and nondescript island, using arcane and increasingly inexplicable methods in order to break me.
I WILL GIVE YOU AND YOUR MYSTERIOUS OVERLORDS NOTHING! I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN! MY LIFE IS MY OWN!!!
I probably need breakfast and a nap.
Oh, but tomorrow, that should be quite fun. And yes, I’m looking at you with a devilish smirk on my face.
Ooh, and just got an awesome email.
But never mind that, for now.
AND SO, if your fingers are crossed that Tuesday has the good sense to just leave you be, this shot of Carré is for you.
griffith night (via drew…)
**IF YOU LIKE THIS SHOT, GO TO ITS FLICKR PAGE, LET THE ARTIST KNOW! SHOW ‘EM LOVE!!**
Drew’s a buddy of mine, one of the original Polaroid crew. Back in ‘07 we’d all run around the fair state of California and take as many pictures as humanly possible.Unfortunately, past few years, man’s been busy with other endeavors.
Which is a damn shame, because, as you can see here, the man’s got himself an excellent eye. Glad he’s back into it.
maitababy asked: Hi Lou! I'm a big fan of your work. I read on your last post that you wrap your camera w/ plastic when shooting in the rain. Just wondering, what kind exactly and how? I'd love to shoot in the rain.
Awhile back I went to my favorite bagel place, the Bagel Broker. I was ordering a few dozen bagels for a shoot, so they gave ‘em to me in a giant brown paper bag.
They also tossed in several plastic bags, I’m assuming in case I wanted to save some of the bagels, the delicious delicious bagels, for later.
The bagels did not last too long. But I held onto the bags. They’re clear plastic, fairly strong.
But I figure any clear plastic bag would do.
Now I want bagels.
My weekly Manolith article is up!
THIS WEEK: gender semantics, OR, why I try not to use the term “girl” when describing a woman.
FEATURING PICTURES OF TUMBLR’S OWN MEAGHAN O’ CONNELL!!
829am. Three full days of shooting, four excellent shoots, spent most of yesterday at a park deep in Malibu, lunch was Twizzlers Saturday & Sunday, saw Amanda play in a river, saw Alie play in latex, Zoetica on a beach, Caitlin shake her rump, good photos, better conversation, criss-crossed town. Oh, and I worked a wee bit, too.
Here’s to the weekend, couldn’t have asked for one better. Here’s to the Army and Navy and the battles they have won; here’s to America’s colors, the colors that never run.
(sorry, after a long weekend, it’s all madness & Big Trouble in Little China quotes running around in my head)
AND SO, if the weekend was good enough it made you glad for Monday and the rest it brings, this shot of Caitlin (who showed up after Amanda, so she had to dance, too) is for you.
