Goodbye 2007

As it is in my life, the sun rises and sets over my beautiful wife. So it would seem fitting that my last image that I post for 07 is of her. We were on a walk in the neighborhood and I was playing around with my new Nikon D300. We stopped in front of a large hedge that had white Christmas lights all throughout. Donna walked by as I shot using a slow shutter speed creating a series of surreal images. This is my favorite.

We wish everyone a blessed 2008.

Happy Holidays 2007

O-Tay!

For those of you who like to expose yourself to Pulitzer Prize caliber journalism… check out my photo in the November 12th issue of OK Weekly Magazine. It’s the one with Tom-Kat on the cover!!! Page 85 features the shot I took of Joel Madden and JC Chasez at the Guitar Hero III launch party at Best Buy back in October.

Tjade

It’s always fun to shoot musicians. On Tuesday night Donna and I were at the The Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills to see my good friend Marabina Jaimes’ band, Tjade. Their sound of jazz and latin fusion had everyone on their feet by the end of the night. Marabina’s infectious stage presence and the bands' smooth sound is impossible to catch on film so I highly recommend you visit their site and seek out an upcoming show.



Tjade Latin Jazz Ensemble

Holiday Sale '07

On Sunday December 9th from 12-5pm, Eiko Battle and I will be hosting a holiday sale at Makespace Gallery in Downtown LA. Eiko will be showing her line of hand made fine jewelry and I will be showing my line of clothing for toddlers and kids as well as canvas tote bags with hand printed designs.

The Makespace Gallery has plenty of street parking and ample structure parking just next door. The Gallery entrance is in the driveway to the right.

Hope to see you there. If you have questions, give us a call.
Vince Gonzales: 323.707.7789
Eiko Battle: 310.600.1568
See the map below for location.


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Plastic Fantastic

A few months ago I shot stills for a Nip/Tuck segment that will appear Tuesday on FX. What you’ll see in the end is our two favorite plastic surgeons featured in a parody opening title fending off models and paparazzi on the red carpet. The talented director Paul Westergard created this piece at ka-chew! studios using the images I shot to create final animation with a paper cut-out feel.

The first two images are frames from the final segment. The last image is a sample of the raw shots I took in front of a green screen. This was an exciting project for me and the first time my work appeared on a popular network show. Check it out, the episode airs Tuesday December 4th, 10pm on the FX Channel.

Genius Horrendous

Congratulations to our good friend Gav who just launched his blog HORRENDOUS FIASCO. Not only is he an all around great guy, he's also a wicked talented artist and animator. Take a look and wish him well. Tell him Vince sent you.


http://hfiasco.blogspot.com

Wrinkles

I got a great response from all the pictures I took at the Pup Casso shoot a few weeks back at Doggie Styles. Usually from these events I get drawn to one image of a dog that inspires me to create new art. In this particular case it was Wrinkles the pug. In the shot below you see Wrinkles on a bare floor with leash trailing out of frame and an earnest expression in his eyes. I wanted to take it a step forward, extend the leash out and play on all the negative space around him.


In the end Wrinkles looked more graphic and the leash almost makes him look like he’s tethered in space.


My final concept was to put this on a bag and make full use of the big square space on the tote. Let’s hope Wrinkles approves.

Santa Paws

Mike and Eva who own Doggie Styles hosted a “Pictures with Santa” day offering their customers an opportunity for their favorite pooch to take a snapshot with the big man in red. Overall everyone had a good time and I was able to capture some great memories for the pet owners. Just like when you photograph children with Santa, there was some crying, some snarling and a few accidents on the floor. The best part was by the end of the day we raised over $1000 for Jill Blackstone’s Thumping Tails Animal Rescue. Check out their website (http://www.thumpingtails.org/Home.html) if you are looking to adopt, want to foster or even just give a little donation. They do amazing work.



Thanks again to Doggie Styles for putting this all together, all the volunteers at Thumping Tails for keeping everything moving along, Vaughn for enduring a day of dogs in a Santa suit and Donna for being my pillar.

Write On!

Donna dug in the Writer Strike trenches today joining her good friend Christopher Painter. The pair were a force to be reckoned with especially since
Donna was sporting the custom made “Write On” t-shirt.



The art was Inspired by Donna’s spirit of protest. I photographed the “W” from our old 1932 Underwood typewriter and letters are not a font but actual type from it.


Good luck writers!

Viva Realidad!

This week I shot publicity stills for VH1’s upcoming reality show “Viva Hollywood.” The idea is that contestants live in a house together and vie to become the next Telenovella star. On the day I shot, show hosts Maria Conchita Alonso and Carlos Ponce welcomed Daisey Fuentes as a guest judge. The three posed for me in great dramatic style.



Below, contestants keep their eye on the prize.

USC School of Cinematic Arts, 2008 Catalogue

The USC School of Cinematic Arts Spring Catalogue for 2008 features on the cover photographs I took from the Herb Farmer collection at the Moving Picture Archive. Included are three front lenses from antique motion picture cameras and a Super 8 film reel. The reel actually belongs to me and is part of my Grandfathers' collection of home movies. It's nice to see something so personal in print.

Halloween 07

By Vince & Tammie

Joanie Loves... Exercise!

This past Sunday I shot publicity stills for VH1’s upcoming new season of “Celebrity Fit Club”. Having watched Erin Moran on TV since I was a kid and then to photograph her was a trippy experience. Erin and the rest of the cast were very warm and made the shoot totally fun. Here are a few.

Show Judge, Sgt. Harvey Walden

Dawn Robinson from En Vogue

Erin Moran

Party at... Best Buy?

Last Saturday I shot the launch party for Guitar Hero III at the Best Buy store in West LA. They turned the whole roof into a giant party that attracted a wide variety of celebs. The party wrapped up with the band Poison (yes, Poisen) playing to a very enthusiatic crowd.

Guitar God, Slash

Rikki Rockett of Poison

Missy Peregrym from the show "Reaper"

DJ Ashba from the band Sixx A.M. and Playmate Tiffany Holiday

Brett Michaels thinks to himeself... I still got it.