Irving Penn, RIP
Irving Penn, one of the greatest photographers passed away.
Photo of Picasso.
Wait ! Photographer not Ready!!!
It was 1995. Went to Huntington Beach skatepark, the one next to the high school. Tom Penny rolled up and wanted to jump down the stairs across the street next to the police station.
It was kind of a bust, it would have to be a quick one.
I set up my lights and walked over to a good spot to shoot from, I was looking down at my camera, making some adjustments, f-stops and such when I heard the distinctive sound of rolling wheels. I raised my head and saw Tom rolling towards the set of stairs and was barely able to raise my camera and fire off a frame of film. He made the kick flip with ease and we got the boot and I knew I didn't have the shot. I had no time to focus my zoom lens. The photo was out of focus so I never used it. "If it's not in focus, it's out of focus.", Stacy Peralta. Photos of Tom Penny are rare and they rarely don't get used. A while later Swift went back and shot a frontside flip at the same spot, so I guess it wasn't in my cards all the way around.
Flip Premiere of "Extremely Sorry"
Just some walking around photos I did last night at the premiere.
New Cover Design
Did you notice the new cover design? Why did we change it? Because we can.
Jim Muir Benefit Tonight in Venice Beach!
Help out Jim "Red Dog" Muir with some heavy medical expenses after breaking his neck! Ray Barbee and Duane Peters will be making noise too! And a bunch of Skatartists will be auctioning artwork, take your check book.
Ray Barbee and Mattson 2 at Dizzy's Sunday Night
Ray Barbee and the Mattson 2 will be performing at Dizzy's Jazz Club in downtown San Diego at 7PM Sunday night.
Photos: Brittain/ shot at the Mattson Family Benefit at the Elks Lodge, Cardiff, CA, 2009.
Big Daddy Hawk Skates The White House and on "Nightline"
Tony made a special trip to the White House to celebrate Fathers Day with the Prez and other celebs and Twittered
himself skating down the hallway. The White House, not to shabby! He was also featured on NBC's "Nightline", watch it. By the way, Happy Fathers Day!
Pole Cam Tees
Wear Chris Miller on your chest.
Pole Cam at Upland's Pipeline in 1987 by Grant Brittain.
These Posters Kill It!
Need some framable classic skate photos for your walls, office, skate shop or swanky art gallery?
A variety of Dave Swift's and Grant Brittain's photos are featured in high quality offset reproduction, on heavy paper stock and ready to get nailed to your wall. These are not some cheesy throwaway poster from some skate demo.
Atiba Jefferson and Jon Humphries posters are on the way in the near future.
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