100th Post

Just found this site, CodeOrgan from my buddy (and famous beard purveyor) JD Beebe - plays what your site sounds like.

CodyGantz.com sounds pretty cool - http://www.codeorgan.com/?url=www.codygantz.com
This blog? Unfortunately awful - http://www.codeorgan.com/?url=www.codygantz.blogspot.com

New edit from knife catalog

Spent a couple hours this event editing this photo from a catalog I photographed last year.  Reminds me of Nip/Tuck, except without the weird ménage à trois vibe.  I like the texture on the metal, and played around with blending to make the background more subdued and get the knives to shine.



It's funny the different directions you can take a raw image.  The background is a light blue, button-down shirt, but I decided to make it dark to match the edgy look to knives.  Let me know what you think

Ridiculously awesome video

Synchronicity! Old cameras? Just got sent a box full of goodies - a couple Twin-Lens Reflex, Polaroid, bunch of filters. Architecture? Started working with an architectural photographer in LA.  Now, there's this sweet video by Alex Roman at Third & Seventh combining the two! It's 12mins, so give yourself a nice long break. Love the swings in depth of field, and it's paired with awesome music.


The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

b-uncut - new art marketplace

 My friend Sydney Townsend sent me news about this site.  From what I gather, it's an online art gallery, or a place to get emerging artists' work out to people who might want to purchase it.  You can read the background at b-uncut.com. At the very least, it's a collection of like-minded creative people, which is pretty cool.

Anyway, one of my photos was featured today - Floating Donut. You can see it online here, and I've also posted it. One of Sydney's images is right next to mine, too!

Gas Station - Beverly Hills

Took some photos the other night at a gas station nearby. Just playing around with processing and exposure blending - really crunching it up. Looks nothing like it actually did at capture - the sky nearly dark when I took these. That's the power, good or bad, of digital. Let me know what you think.

Angeleno Magazine event photos

Angeleno Magazine - a high-end fashion/food/entertainment publication in LA - used some of my event photos in their January issue!  I photographed their 10th Anniversary party in December, and it's pretty cool to see my images in print.

You can see the issue online at the Modern Luxury Media, I believe it's page 59.

Bokeh Video

Just playing around with holiday decorations and street lights, making super out-of-focus balls of light.  I like how the colors overlap. Plus, who doesn't like a little Otis.