Labels: Anathallo, Inspiration

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PieLab

I had the pleasure of traveling to Greensboro, AL, this week, and met folks from PieLab. Do yourself a favor: make the drive and get yourself some pie.

Labels: Assisting, Inspiration, iPhone, PieLab

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Inspiration: Richard Avedon - Performance

Laura and I were perusing Anthropologie on Sunday, and off of the bookshelf jumped a very pleasant surprise.



Performance is a journey through Richard Avedon's fascination with theatre, music, movies, comedy, and anything involving.....performance.









Basically, I'm telling you to buy it.

Labels: Anthropologie, Inspiration, On White, Performance, Richard Avedon

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You need to see this... - Rodney Smith

Rodney Smith is one of my favorite photographers ever. Fact.







You should do yourself a favor and:

1) Check out his work

and

2) Buy This Book

Labels: Inspiration, Rodney Smith, You need to see this

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You need to see this... - Corey Godbey

On the subject of illustation, Corey Godbey pretty much blows my mind.







When I stumbled across the Portland Studios websites two years ago, I also found Corey's blog "Light Night Rains". If you use some sort of blog reader, please start following Corey. He does an incredible job walking his readers through step by step of his creative process.




Corey's latest project is called "Terrible Yellow Eyes, a blog solely dedicated to the celebration of the Children's book "Where the Wild Things Are">. Every Friday, a list of incredible illustrators post their own tribute to the book.





Make sure to check out Corey, and tell him I sent you!

Labels: Corey Godbey, Illustrations, Inspiration, Terrible Yellow Eyes, Where the Wild Things Are, You need to see this

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Inspiration: Dwarfed Punk

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Inspiration: MediaStorm

MediaStorm is an organization dedicated to the presentation of story.

Take 10 minutes, and be inspired.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Inspiration, MediaStorm

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Inspiration: Nyle

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Inspiration: Ina Jang

Today, the work of Ina Jang was featured on Corduroy Magazine's Blog (a fantastic blog in itself).



Really inspiring images. Makes me contemplate the idea of created and creating space.



Check her out.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Corduroy Magazine, Ina Jang, Inspiration

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Inspiration: Billy Collins

Forgetfulness - Billy Collins Animated Poetry from smjwt on Vimeo.

On Tuesday of this week, Laura and I spent the afternoon listening to vinyls, and reading the poetry of Billy Collins.

Corny? Absolutely. Yet still awesome.

I only own one collection of Poems by Billy Collins, and it's this one:



My favorite Poem from this collections is called:

On Turning Ten

The whole idea of it makes me feel
like I'm coming down with something,
something worse than any stomach ache
or the headaches I get from reading in bad light--
a kind of measles of the spirit,
a mumps of the psyche,
a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul.

You tell me it is too early to be looking back,
but that is because you have forgotten
the perfect simplicity of being one
and the beautiful complexity introduced by two.
But I can lie on my bed and remember every digit.
At four I was an Arabian wizard.
I could make myself invisible
by drinking a glass of milk a certain way.
At seven I was a soldier, at nine a prince.

But now I am mostly at the window
watching the late afternoon light.
Back then it never fell so solemnly
against the side of my tree house,
and my bicycle never leaned against the garage
as it does today,
all the dark blue speed drained out of it.

This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself,
as I walk through the universe in my sneakers.
It is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends,
time to turn the first big number.

It seems only yesterday I used to believe
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.
But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,
I skin my knees. I bleed.

Make sure to watch the video at the top. So amazing.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: BIlly Collins, Dark Blue Speed, Inspiration, Laura Vandal, Love, Poetry, video

posted by Caleb | 10:24 AM | 1 Comments

Inspiration: Iron & Wine

Listen to "Homeward These Shoes" from the new album: HERE.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Inspiration, Iron and Wine, music

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Inspiration: DM Stith

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Inspiration: Fredo Viola

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Happy Easter

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Everlasting Moments

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Today I'm Watching: Sigur Ros - Heima

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Fredo Viola...

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Elizabeth Gilbert

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The Great Anna Bond

You should check out here work: HERE.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Anna Bond, Illustrations, Inspiration, RIFLE

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The Album Leaf - In a Safe Place

Please, for your own sake, buy this album.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: In a Safe Place, Inspiration, Love, Sigur Ros, The Album Leaf

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Inspiration: Glass Plate Negatives

Check the rest of them out HERE.

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Classic, Glass Plate Negatives, Inspiration, Old

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Chase Jarvis: Song for Eating & Drinking #2.1

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Inspiration: Glen Hansard (The Frames, Once) talks about Jeff Buckley

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Two Things

1) I went fishing with my brothers and my dad this weekend. I'm sending off the film today, but here are a few iPhone shots.




Dad


Matt


Jon


Josh








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2) This guy is amazing! (Cheers Chris!)

Check out some of his work HERE!



Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Chris Koelle, Fishing, Inspiration, Takagi Masakatsu

posted by Caleb | 10:28 AM | 2 Comments

God's Grandeur

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Fredo Viola, Contact Sheet

Here's a glimpse at a contact sheet I just got back from my shoot with Fredo Viola.

Fredo doesn't really like being in front of a camera (which I totally respect), so we just ending up talking for a few hours, and I took 4 frames of Holga during that time.

I think these shots are very honest representations of his personality: reserved, contemplative, and, above all, very joyful. This seemingly small shoot really taught me a lot about the importance of not forcing something to happen, and really just being aware and letting things be. If I had tried to take more than these few pictures, the atmosphere would have been uncomfortable, dishonest, and the friendship we developed would have been tainted.

After I took these, I handed the camera to Fredo, and he ran off the rest of the roll while we walked around the city (which by the way Fredo, your shots came out great!).

Thanks Fredo, and I look forward to hanging out again in the future.

I'll post the final prints when they come.

Peace. - Caleb

P.S. Sorry, but the scanner I used to scan the contact sheet was pretty dusty....

Labels: contact sheet, fredo viola, Holga, Inspiration, New York

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Inní mér syngur vitleysingur

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Inspiration: Meeting w/ Fredo Viola

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Portland Studios New Site

My friends over at Portland Studios just launched their new site! On top of that, they even decided to use some of my pictures on the site. Go check it out!

Peace. - Caleb

Labels: Inspiration, Portland Studios, website

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