Snap 2 show at the Armory

So, the commissioned portraits for the Art Alliance of Pasadena are finally on exhibit at the Armory. The show was a fundraiser that helped to raise money for over two-dozen organizations that include the Armory and other arts based organizations. The show was a great success, and includes the long awaited viewing of the final image I produced with Skip's car from Craigslist. I worked with two different patrons, and ended up with two successful pieces, that I am finally posting, after who knows how much time! Have a look.

MOMA - Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West

After a few days in S.F., I was off to New York to visit, yet more old friends, and check out some some great photography. Right now, the photo exhibit at MOMA is amazing!! I tried to visit the Center for Photography, but it was closed to hang their next show. This ended up working out just fine, when I realized that there was a great show just up the street. My friend Erica and I hit the MOMA for the free entry time, and couldn't have been more pleased. The show had images from all the greats, people like: Richard Avedon, Cindy Sherman, John Baldessari, Edward Weston, and many more. One person that really stood out for me was Joel Sternfeld, a photographer whose name I've known, but not had so much knowledge of. The prints were incredibly rich with color, and his palettes were slightly haunting and beyond beautiful. After looking up a little info about him, I was not surprised to find that he was one of the forerunners of putting color photography on the map as a serious medium. Anyhow, if you are in New York anytime from now until, June 2, you should definitely go!
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/97

Amanda's Wedding

So, I have been away for a while, and this is a sample of what happened while I was gone.
First I stopped off in San Francisco to visit some old pals, and also photograph my friends Amanda and Sonny's wedding. This was the first wedding I've shot, and I have to say it was a lot of work, but surprisingly fun as well. It's fun to go to a friends wedding and to have a purpose. Anyhow, luckily I didn't rely on good weather, as the wedding was supposed be outside, but it ended up pouring rain. The wedding got moved to the inside venue, and I brought the back up canon speedlight 580ex along with a quantum battery. I was really hoping for natural light, but this ended up working just fine.

Yes! My new website is up!

Have a look friends, I'm really happy with it, and I think it suites me much better.
http://www.ambergress.com

More Monochrome

So as I have mentioned before, I am working on a series of monochromatic portraits. I have been trying to figure out a way to pursue the project beyond the white on white, so I tried this for a change. Instead of just the single color, it has now become sort of a duotone, just meaning that there are only two colors now. Anyhow, this is Nellie, an amazing dancer from Denmark that I met on the set of the music video I posted about earlier. We had a great time, and it's really great to work with people who have a real awareness of of their bodies and how to move. I couldn't have asked for more.

Shelf Life

Shelf life is an event put on by the amazing Ewa Wojciak at USC, this was hopefully the first of more to come. The event was a day to bring independent publishers, artists, writers and designers together to share their work and meet other like minded peeps. This is a poster I saw that was being sold by the awesome people over at primary information. I have to say I was very amused. Check out their website at
http://primaryinformation.org

Found Still Life

I found this poor birds decapitated head on the side of my house today.
I'm sure it was one of the kitties around here, but I thought it made a really cool still life at the expense of the little parakeet :( So sorry buddy.