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For the past several years, Richard Starkings has been self-publishing his offbeat creation Hip Flask through his own Active Images publishing. Thus far the series has been published about once a year, but that all changes this summer when Hip Flask returns in the new series from Image Comics, "Elephantmen." This is a good time to be Starkings, as just recently he announced the collection, "Hip Flask: Unnatural Selection," has sold out of it's initial print run of 26,000 copies.
With the series set to launch in just a couple of months, CBR News caught up with Starkings to discuss the series, why he's made the move to Image and much more.
Rich, thanks for talking with us today. Let's start out with a question for those reading this that are new to the characters and the world you've created. There's a previous series starring Hip Flask, so how much of that back story is referenced in the new "Elephantmen" series? Will new readers be able to follow the story? And, is this new series a continuation of what came before, or all-new look at the concept?
The Elephantmen stories are set in the two years prior to the events that unfold in the "Hip Flask" mini series. Ladrönn and I have spent many long evenings discussing what happened in the world of the Elephantmen in between the first two issues of the "Hip Flask" mini series, and you'll see those stories unfold in "Elephantmen" every month. Ladrönn was also eager to see Hip's associate, Ebony Hide, who appeared in just three panels of "Mystery City," take center stage, so we built this first issue of "Elephantmen" around him. New and old readers alike will rediscover the origins of the Elephantmen from Ebony's perspective, and from there on in, no previous knowledge of the characters is necessary, although I'm sure Hip Flask fans will be glad to know that he's back in action in the following issue. He is very much the star of the book, but we deliberately chose the title "Elephantmen" so that we could explore the stories of the other characters involved in Hip's life — including the human characters — Miki, Vanity Case, Sahara, Serengheti and The Silencer.
For those who've followed the previous series, the story seems to have developed more of a "social conscience" as it went on. What led to this change in the character?
I get that a lot. I don't really think it's a matter of a change in the nature of the story, but a change in people's perception of the character. When Hip was little more than the poster boy for Comicraft's line of fonts, people saw a big, goofy, wisecracking lug with a gun, and maybe he was a big, goofy wisecracking, lug with a gun, but I started to see him a little differently. I took away his gun, and tossed away the idea that he was some sort of P.I., and in collaboration with Ladrönn, we concocted his grim origins, including the sinister MAPPO organization and the twisted creator of the Elephantmen, Nikken. Having thrown the character into such a dark, dystopian future, it was only natural that we'd have to look at his place in society and the ramifications suggested by eight foot tall human/animal hybrids walking around Los Angeles.
You worked with Joe Casey on "Hip Flask," but you're flying solo in "Elephantmen." What led you to tackle this one by yourself?
Joe was kind enough to lend his considerable creative experience to the creation of the dialogue for the first two issues. Ladrönn and I put the first two issues together back to front, and then presented Joe with pages and asked him to make sense of them. He provided the harsh, menacing tone that I think the series still carries, and I threw in all the jokes. At some point during the dialoguing of the second issue, I realized that I needed to take over the reins entirely, and Joe happily let me do so. He's still our biggest cheerleader, and in fact I might not have started putting "Elephantmen" had it not been for a conversation he and I had while eating pizza in Orange County waiting on a press check for the "GØDLAND" trade. I was telling him how much I wanted to launch a Hip Flask monthly, but couldn't do so until Ladrönn was done with the mini. Without taking his eyes off the TV set in the pizza house, Joe told me "Yes, you can."
"Whu–?" "Huh–?" "Muh–?" I quite simply had no response, and no excuses… so I spent the next week or two figuring out how I could do it. A couple of stories very readily suggested themselves, and I had a few shorts in the works that I had earmarked for a one shot and before I knew it I had the first three scripts written up. Then, Moritat signed up as the regular artist and I got the thumbs up from publisher Erik Larsen and Executive Director Eric Stephenson at Image and Biff! Bam! Boom!, we were in business!
A monthly series is pretty intimidating, but having had such a ball putting "GØDLAND" together with Joe and Tom Scioli, I knew I just had to step up to the plate.
So, why the switch to Image Comics versus self-publishing as you've done before? What's the benefit to you and to readers?
Self-publishing is enormously exhausting, especially when you consider that I have two other businesses — Comicraft and comicbookfonts.com — to run, and I've been finding it more and more difficult to dedicate the amount of time and attention it requires. I've worked with Eric Stephenson on a whole bunch of books over the years and have immense respect for him and head honcho Erik Larsen, and not just because we all like the British band "The Beautiful South." Both Erik and Eric had asked me if I wanted to bring "Hip Flask" to Image over the past couple of years, but when you're only putting out one book every one or two years, it doesn't seem like that much work — but I'm not sure I could juggle all the balls I'd need to juggle to put out a monthly book. All the guys over at Image — Allen, Jim, Joe and Drew — are a breeze to work with and if they weren't doing what they were doing for "Elephantmen," I'd have to do it myself, and there are only so many hours in the day! The most important thing for me is creative control, and Image gives me that. I'll still be putting out a couple of graphic novels, trades and "Art of" books under the Active Images banner in the next year or two, but I want to concentrate on the creative side of putting "Elephantmen" together every month; dealing with distributors and printers is business I'm happy to leave to Image!
As a reader myself, I like nothing better than seeing my favorite books come out monthly — when I read about the problems of scheduling a book, or financing a book, I just don't want to know — where's my book?! Handing over the publishing issues to Image means I can focus on the stories, and turning the book in on time. And I know how to do that.
Tell us a bit about your artist, Moritat, and where you found him? He's got some pretty big shoes to fill! What convinced you that he was the artist for "Elephantmen?"
Moritat sometimes operates under the unlikely alias "Justin Norman" — he illustrated SOLSTICE for Steven Seagle over ten years ago and, funnily enough, my company Active Images collected it into trade paperback last year. Moritat 's not just penciling the book, he's inking and coloring it! If all you've seen of his work is "Solstice" then you ain't seen nothing yet! But most importantly, Moritat matches me in enthusiasm and ambition. He told his lovely lady, Jamie, that he'd probably be on the title for about ten years, and that's just fine with me! Moritat's been on the fringes of the mainstream for years and I know that his ability and range will surprise a lot of people — check it out at http://moritat.deviantart.com/gallery/
You'll be seeing Moritat's work in just about every issue, but we already have some terrific story sequences by guest artists, including Henry "Dredd/Aliens" Flint (issue #2), Tom " GØDLAND " Scioli (issue #3), Duncan "The Nightmarist" Rouleau (issue #10), David "The 198" Hine (issue #6), and a whole issue (issue #7), by Joe "Supergirl" Kelly, Chris "X-Men" Bachalo and Aron "Dead Samurai" Lusen, all of which mesh with the issue-to-issue continuity. And, each issue features not only a painted cover by Ladrönn, but also flip covers by the likes of Steve Skroce, Brian Bolland, Ian Churchill, Pascual Ferry, Tim Sale and David Lloyd.
That's quite a line-up you've got there and you've still got Ladrönn working with you, even if it's only on covers. How'd you convince him to squeeze room into an obviously busy schedule?
I knew that people who have become familiar with Ladrönn's definitive take on Hip Flask would be concerned that the book wouldn't be the same without him, and so I was very happy when he agreed to come onboard as cover artist, character designer and cheerleader for every issue. His role on the new title is very much like Alex Ross's involvement in Kurt Busiek's "Astro City" title. Each issue of "Elephantmen" will sport a painted cover by Ladrönn, as well as a peek at his sketches and concept art for the series.
How long will this series run? What's planned for Hip Flask's future?
Action, Adventure and Really Wild Things! "Elephantmen" is an ongoing monthly and I plan to work with Hip, Ebony, Horn, Vanity, Miki and Sahara for a long, long time. "Elephantmen" is to me what "Astro City" is to Kurt and "GØDLAND" is to Joe. Why should they have all the fun? There have been just three issues of "Hip Flask" in the last six years, and two more still to come. Meantime, I've been backed up with stories and can't wait to tell them. I'm quite sure there's at least 24 issues to take us up to
the events that unfold in the second issue of "Hip Flask, and I already know what happens in the sequel to "The Big Here & The Long Now."
All in all, "Elephantmen" is going to be one big long roller coaster ride. Strap in tight!
Thanks, Richard.
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When we drove back into Munising, I realized I had left my cell phone on top of the car. We circled back and we didn't find the cell phone but I ran over for another photo.
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And here, you might see the very faint bend of a 5 mile long bridge on the horizon. When we first crossed over, I saw a man with long jet black hair when we were still a few cars back in line. I turned to Matt and said, "Oh my, that's the same man who used to take my bridge fare in high school!"
"Yeah, he took my money in February. He's (so and so's) cousin. He's a really nice guy."
Later over beers, I told my friends who live three hours further northwest this story and they said the same thing, "I love that guy."
I love that bridge and what is on the other side. It means adventure. It means hold on, I'm almost there.
Yashica I snagged the other week, while visiting another favorite person in another part of the state that I claim as home, works.


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Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
yART Sale 2016
Sunday June 26, 2016 10am-4pm
Rain or Shine
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts will hold our 8th annual "yART" sale – a creative spin on the traditional yard sale – June 26, 2016. Adjacent to Mellon Park, PCA's tree-lined campus is at the corner of Fifth and Shady in Shadyside. Admission is free; and hours are 10:00 – 4:00, rain or shine.
The outdoor event features approximately 80 local artists, bringing affordable art, equipment, ceramics, photographs, jewelry, art books, fabric, prints, glass, and art supplies to budding artists and collectors; and, at the same time, providing artists a venue to sell inventory and materials. Participating Artists include: Kathryn Carr, Mary Hamilton, Amanda Wolf, Nicole Renee Ryan, Rebecca Noble, Amber Coppings, & Karen McKee. The PCA School, Shop and Exhibitions will also be offering items for sale. yART Sale prices range from 50 cents to $200, with most items at bargain basement prices.
Events at this year's yART Sale:
Scaife Building Screen Printing Studio: 12-2pm Screen printing activity with Conor McGrann. Bring a shirt or tote to be printed.
Upper Annex: 12-3pm
Ron Donoughe will be signing his book "90 Neighborhoods," Ron's year long project painting Pittsburgh's distinctive neighborhoods.
Ira Gordon Raku Pavilion: 2pm
Enjoy an acoustic performance by Michael Lindner, Frontman for 28 North.
Food Trucks:
Randita's Mobile Vegan Cafe http://www.randitas.com/menu/food-truck-menu-2/
Berlin Street Food http://www.theberlintruck.com/
Stickler's Ice Pop http://www.sticklerspgh.com/
We hope you can join us this year!


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Keywords:Singapore solar cell market? thin-film solar cell? equity funding?
Equation Corp. Ltd, through its subsidiary Solar Morph Pte Ltd, is poised to drive Singapore into the booming solar cell market.
Solar Morph will establish a 20MW thin-film solar cell plant in Singapore by mid-2008 and will continue to expand to its full 60MW annual capacity by 2010.
The initial 20MW plant will require $78.9 million to build. Solar Morph intends to fund the plant with equity and the remaining through debt financing. To date, Solar Morph has completed its first round of funding of $10.5 million led by Tembusu Ventures.
Eddie Chang, executive chairman of Singaporean investment holding firm Equation, will be the chairman of Solar Morph. Equation has a 69.9 percent stake in the solar cell firm.
"The future growth in the multibillion dollar energy sector is tremendous and Singapore has the right infrastructure and resources, as well as the governmental commitment to take the lead in solar energy supply in the region," Chang said in a statement.
Groundbreaking of the plant is scheduled to take place in Q4 2007. Production is scheduled to start in July 2008 and will be ramped up to full capacity by early 2009.
- Mark LaPedus
EE Times


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Ok so what, I fell asleep. It was way past my bedtime. When I woke up, we were still in the car! Then Mom and Dad told me we were going to Pittsburgh to visit Grandma, Grandpa and Auntie. I will also meet my half Maltese/Pekingese uncle name Yo Yo. I'm so excited. My first roadtrip! So I took more naps, Mom and Dad took breaks so Mom and I could potty, got some treats for looking cute, then napped some more...oh, and potty-timed some more too. FINALLY WE ARRIVED!!!!!
When we first got there I was going crazy from all the new sites and smells...hmm my Uncle smelled old. He did not play with cool ol' me because he's 11 yrs old. But all I wanted to do was play! After many barkuments between Yo Yo and I, we both passed out then restart the cycle all over again. We were driving everyone NUTS!
So Mom and Dad took Yo Yo and I to the park everyday...it was so much fun! I got to meet other dogs and I got to sniff their butts. There were many butts to sniff. I even dipped my paws in a small creek for the first time...I'm feeling my water-doganova skills begin to kick in. I had my Mom attach some pictures so you can see and I will narrate each one:
Me showing off my sitting skills at the park to Mom
Me, Dad's legs and Yo Yo
Chick Magnet (Moi)
We totally planned this pose
There I go again...sniffin' butts
Yo Yo
After a nice little dip in the mini-creek
Mom and Dad with Moi
Who says I can't fit on the stairs...pssssht!
My signature pose
So my Gma and Gpa and everyone I met loved me! But who could resist my sweet innocent face? I had a lot of fun out in Pittsburgh, Mom says too bad we couldn't stay there to watch the Superbowl. What's that? She says nevermind, she'll explain to me when I'm older. The ride back was not as fun because M & D says the roads were icy. But the three of us got home safely...finally! Let me tell you, I am all roadtripped-out for a while. Next one will be in June for my Auntie's wedding. Well, Koda signing out to go take a nap. Catch you guys later!


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Metal man made from reclaimed steel sheet finished with enamel.
Cut, shaped, sanded and painted during Autumn 2016. Comes in a slip approx 150mm tall.
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Peter heard a loud series of knocks.
He rolled over in his bed, half-asleep, and threw a forearm across his eyes.
He buried his face in his pillow.
The front door's lock snicked open. Footsteps echoed from the downstairs living room.
Maybe she'll go away, he thought. Maybe she'll leave me—
"Peter!" Another series of knocks—this time on his bedroom door.
Be absolutely still. You're a fucking genius that's taken down warlords. You can—
The door swung open.
Eun Yin's voice resonated in his ears: "Peeeeeeter…time for school."
"There is no Peter," Peter grumbled through a clump of pillow. "There is only Fucklor, the thousand-cocked demon king. So unless you want to fend off a legion of barbed dicks, then I suggest you—"
Eun Yin marched over to the window and yanked back the curtains, filling the room with dazzling light.
Even though Peter had his face in a pillow, slivers of sunlight crept through the cushion and past his eyelids. Hateful warmth lapped at his skin.
"AHHHH!" Peter sat straight up and threw his pillow at Eun. She side-stepped, caught it in mid-air, and flowed into a graceful spin. The pillow came rocketing back at Peter's face. His head snapped up and he fell back on his bed, clutching at his nose.
"FUCK!" he yelled. "Why the fuck did you—"
"Peter, you threw the pillow at me."
"Goddamn aikido," Peter muttered, throwing his sheets off and swinging his legs over the side of the bed. He looked at Eun. "Do you realize you're the only person who can actually use that shit? If you wanted to, you could destroy your instructors."
She shrugged. "I have a talent. It doesn't make me better than others."
Peter snorted. "The fuck it doesn't. Anyone who's gifted has a duty to unfuck the world and protect it from the fucksticks who—"
"That's my slave name!" he snapped. He glared at her. "My real name is Chongha."
"—do you know what the Han is?"
Peter kept glaring. Finally, he said: "No."
She clicked on her phone and tapped at its screen. "According to Wikipedia: 'Han is a theorized culture-bound syndrome among Koreans that denotes a collective feeling of oppression and isolation in the face of insurmountable odds, the overcoming of which is beyond the nation's own capabilities. It connotes aspects of lament and unavenged justice.' "
She clicked the phone off and gave him a weighted look.
He scoffed. "So? I was born here—I'm American, not Korean."
"But what if you're not in control of how you act? There's compelling evidence that certain behaviors are correlated with genetics—that they're independent of nurture."
Peter scoffed. "That's ridiculous Eun—nothing's beyond my control. All it takes is training and resources. Time and dedication."
"Is Atherton beyond your control?"
Peter fell silent and stared at the floor. After a long while, he muttered, "The Fuckrising."
"What was that?"
"Nothing." He shook his head and looked at her. "You want something to eat?"
"We're going to be late—we need to get going."
"Right." Peter slipped into some jeans, coated himself in Axe body spray, and threw on a shirt.
"I'll find food along the way."
When Peter was five, his parents had died in a horrendous car crash. According to Homeland's database, Peter had a brother named Kyle who had been given up for adoption. Kyle had done a short stint in the military, then disappeared into the woods and become a professional blogger. Curiously enough, the CURRENT WHEREABOUTS section in Kyle's dossier was classified top secret, and locked with extra compartmentalization. No matter what Peter did, he couldn't crack it. Peter didn't know if Kyle was alive, or if he was, where he lived.
Despite the adversity and lack of family, Peter got along just fine. The government had recognized his skills when he was four years old, and asked him for help on multiple occasions. Peter had provided invaluable assistance in defeating interdimensional threats, and he'd also served as a data facilitator on high-stakes operations. In return, he had asked to be left alone. Consequently, the feds ignored the fact that he was a high-school minor who lived by himself. Apparently, rescuing the world from Insectoid invasions earned you a little peace and quiet.
As far as his finances went…Peter knew where a lot of skeletons were buried. That was how he maintained a constant influx of loot and favors.
He was a blowjob king.
When it came to cradling the balls and working the shaft, everyone else was a distant second. Through the dark web, Peter solicited deviant men who wanted a toe-curling slob-job. He'd screen their financials, set the meeting up at some nameless truck stop, and secretly film them as they were getting blown by a seventeen-year-old boy.
Over the years, he'd assembled a vast collection of incriminating evidence. Powerful CEOs were beholden to Peter; they provided him with a steady flow of cash that would blow the socks off Warren Buffet (figuratively, in this instance; Warren wasn't one to indulge in oral deviance, as far as Peter knew).
He loved the irony of it: they thought they were paying to fuck his mouth, but they ended up paying him to keep his mouth shut.
It was goddamn beautiful.
Peter had tried to target higher echelon players, but it hadn't gone well. The true predators were meticulous and careful, and kept a tight lid on their unsavory behaviors. They'd sent tier-one teams after Eun Yin and Reptar and held them both hostage. After a terse standoff in an abandoned warehouse, everyone had went their separate ways. Peter had been unable to ascertain their true identities. Later, he realized that the assholes he'd been targeting were nothing more than front men. Decoys. Somewhere out there, there was a secret cabal of shadow-men, one that was comprised of unrequited cunts.
They were still watching him, still keeping tabs on him, and it was driving him fucking insane.
Despite his unmatchable mind, despite his enormous, pendulous balls, despite the vast fortune in his offshore accounts, Peter Lee—for all intents and purposes— was trapped in a prison. There was no escaping it. Shit, if the president couldn't change things, then—
"Peter, you need to eat something."
"Huh?" He gave Eun an irritated look. "Why didn't you say so when we were back at the house?"
She adjusted her backpack and rolled her eyes. "I did. You didn't listen."
"The Fuckrising," he muttered. "Once I complete the Fuckrising, it'll all be—"
"Huh?" He snapped out of his reverie and almost fell. He pinwheeled his arms, regaining his balance on the weighty unicycle he was currently standing on, and looked again at Eun Yin. "What?"
"Food. You need to eat."
Peter looked around and scratched his head. Now that she mentioned it, he was hungry.
What to eat, what to eat… Hmmm…
His gaze locked on a two-story Victorian a dozen yards ahead. His eyes lit up.
"Check it out—Ms. Powolski's flower garden."
She cocked her head, puzzled. "What are you—"
He took off, cycling towards Ms. Powolski's. Eun Yin shot her hand out.
It was too late—Peter was pedaling like mad, pushing the Bitemobile to its prothagonous limits. Sweat sprang from his brow as he pistoned his legs up and down, forcing the clunky machine to pick up speed and creak faster up the pavement. His breaths morphed into ragged, labored huffs. Eun Yin easily caught up to him, as she wasn't encumbered by a ginormously heavy unicycle.
"Peter! What are you doing???"
Peter jumped off the Bitemobile and hurdled Ms. Powolski's fence. He looked around with manic intensity, muttering heatedly under his breath.
"What to eat what to eat what to eat…" he trod through Ms. Powolski's yard, tersely scanning rows of flowers. Then he became still.
Directly in front of him was a beautiful row of red-pink blossoms. A small tinge of white graced their edges.
His lips split into an evil grin.
He began shoveling carnations into his mouth. His eyes bugged out in cartoonish rage as he stuffed his cheeks full of gorgeous blooms.
Eun ran up to him. "Peter! Why the hell are you ripping out flowers from—" Then she glimpsed his bulging cheeks. "Are you eating them?"
He kept chewing, meeting her gaze with Han-filled eyes. "Field expedient snack—fucking delicious!" (It came out as fillexpent snaa—fuffing dilisha!) Peter turned back to the flowers, ripping them up and jamming them in his maw.
The carnations were churned into dirt, stems, and dismembered petals. Peter stumbled over to a double-row of chrysanthemums; they were his next victims. The air became dotted with chrysanthemum fragments, infusing Peter's gluttony with an odd beauty, one reminiscent of falling cherry blossoms.
"HEY!" Ms. Powolski's angry face shone in a window.
She slid the glass open and Peter looked up.
"Oh FUCK!" Peter managed around a mouthful of flowers. He turned to Eun Yin. "Cheese it!"
He grabbed one last fistful of petals—this time from a pot of sun-bright marigolds—and jammed them down his throat. Ms. Powolski burst out her door as Peter hurdled the fence. Eun Yin began sprinting down the street, both hands hooked in the straps of her backpack.
Peter mounted the Bitemobile and began pedaling, his teeth gnashing fragments of chrysanthemum that were caught between his teeth. Due to the Bitemobile's massive, weighty frame, Eun Yin easily caught up to Peter. She squirted past him and he raised a hand, desperately reaching out for her.
Ms. Powolski pursued them for a dozen yards and stopped in the middle of the street, screaming in rage, shaking her fist like an old-school caricature of a thwarted villain.
After pedaling madly through the suburbs for a few more blocks, a sweat-soaked Peter arrived at Atherton High, his face marked by the colorful remains of pulverized flowers.


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May 6, 1935
THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, May 10, 1935
* Raymond Hamilton executed
* Southwest outlaw
* Bonnie and Clyde fame
This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 3: "Gangster Hamilton to Die; Final Appeal Fruitless" with subhead and photo of Hamilton (see photo).
Other news, sports and advertising of the day throughout during the depression era. Light browning with some margin wear and chipping, otherwise good condition.
wikipedia notes: Raymond Hamilton (May 21, 1913 – May 10, 1935) was a member of the notorious Barrow Gang during the early 1930s. By the time he was 21 years old he had accumulated a prison sentence of 362 years.
Little is known about Hamilton's childhood. He was born in Oklahoma and raised in Dallas, Texas, where he received his minor public education. He met Clyde Barrow who lived in the same neighborhood as Hamilton when both men were youths, and later he would join the "Barrow Gang". Hamilton participated in the killing of Deputy Sheriff Eugene C. Moore when Moore and Sheriff Charlie Maxwell became suspicious of the men at an outdoor country dance in Stringtown, Oklahoma. Sheriff Maxwell also sustained six gunshot wounds in the exchange, but survived. It was Barrow's and Hamilton's first murder of a police officer.
Hamilton's presence in the group was often problematic, with Clyde Barrow and other members of the gang commonly referring to his girlfriend Mary O'Dare as "the washerwoman." When Hamilton was imprisoned at the Eastham prison farm north of Huntsville, Texas, Bonnie and Clyde raided the farm to free him and four other prisoners on January 16, 1934. One of the other escapees, Joe Palmer, killed a guard and caused a series of events which led to Texas Prison System chief Lee Simmons to issue a shoot to kill order against Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Simmons hired Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, who formed a six man posse in order to execute this order. Hamilton left the Barrow Gang after a fight about O'Dare and was recaptured on April 25, 1934. He was in prison when Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were ambushed and killed by Hamer's posse on May 23, 1934.
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Just kidding. Except I'm not. Thursday night Jon and I stayed up reallllly late sanding the walls in the living room in a mad dash to get this room as ready as possible for Edith's party. We have learned quite a few lessons from this experience that I figured I would share in case you ever find yourselves in a similarly unfortunate circumstance.
First, prime the walls to help avoid bubbling when you add the wet drywall compound.
Second, I highly recommend buying premixed drywall compound, diluting it with water to the consistency of mayonnaise and rolling it on with a 1/2" nap roller. This is best done in teams of 2 so you can have one person rolling it and one person coming behind to smooth it. This is particularly important in second and third coats as the compound dries FAST. I had read somewhere to use a squeegee trowel but we couldn't find any in stores anywhere and didn't want to wait for one to be shipped to us so a regular drywall trowel worked just fine.
I should add that you probably want to spackle any holes and sand down the spackling before you do your first drywall coat.
Third, edge last and just use the premixed (i.e. undiluted) drywall compound for that.
Fourth, when it comes time to sand your top coat, you should wet sand! To do so, basically take a damp car washing sponge and rub it vertically or horizontally to smooth the walls. This is less physically demanding and I cannot emphasize the time you save in cleanup. Dust doesn't get everywhere and the walls still look smooth.
Fifth, curse at this project and swear you will never ever undertake such a task again.
We had gotten two different estimates to have the walls professionally skim coated. The first was around $550 and the second $850. Even though this was tedious and a definite learning curve, we found a rhythm after about two days and it went much quicker than we feared it would take when day 1 was abysmal. Now all that's left to do in our living room is paint the walls, fireplace and patio door trim; rip out / replace the remaining trim; rip out the carpet; add crown molding; install the laminate floors.
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Welcome to the Bradley Otto Photographic Services Blog! This is where I share my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences -- good or bad -- about the reality of earning a living as a freelance professional commercial photographer. Thank you for reading!
Would you walk into a Mercedes Benz dealership and say, "I see you want $100,000 for this new Mercedes. I saw a Honda down the street for $25,000. Can you match that price for this Mercedes?". Sounds silly, right? Yet, I get confronted with that "logic" nearly every day from potential clients who are seeking to hire a commercial photographer!
I was recently contacted by a potential client who needed a business headshot and an "environmental portrait" of himself in his office. I told him I'd be happy to provide him with the photographs he needs for $200. He replied, "Well, I talked to a Brooks student who said she'd photograph me for only $25. Can you match that price?" Uh, no.
In a similar case, a potential client contacted me regarding product photography. After he described his needs, I told him I could provide his product photos for $25 each (which I considered to be a bargain low price). He balked and said, "Well, I saw another photographer on craigslist who charges only $5 each for product photography. Can you match that price?" Uh, no.
A realtor contacted me regarding architectural + interiors photography he needed to market a new listing. I quoted him what I thought was a very fair price for his project. He replied that his previous photographer charges only half my price and he wanted to know if I'd match it. Uh, no.
There is a reason a Mercedes costs more than a Honda. There is a reason an original Picasso costs more than an original Jones. And, there is a reason a professional photographer with 25+ years experience costs more than a photography student or a guy who just got his first camera and decides to advertise himself as a "product photographer" or a "real estate photographer" on craigslist. Talent, skill level and years of experience all count for something and it is only right that the price reflects all of that. I may not be able to match their low rates, but I believe I deliver work that is simply worth more than a newbie's or an amateur's photos. Not all photographers are equal.
I've been a professional commercial photographer in California since 1990. During that time, I've successfully done business with a wide variety of individuals, mostly small business owners. Naturally, the clients who've hired me have come in a variety of personality types ranging from reserved business pros to laid back and kooky creatives. I've always prided myself on being able to accommodate just about all types of people who choose to hire me as their commercial photographer. I guess I have the right personality to get along easily with just about anyone. At least that's what I thought until I met someone I'll call "Client X".
Client X contacted me regarding product photography of his custom baseball-style hats he sells via his e-commerce website. I first met with Client X in a public place where he gave me about a dozen or so hats to photograph for him. His instructions were pretty standard — the hats were to be well lighted and shot individually on a white background, positioned at approximately a 45 degree angle to the camera. Sounds pretty easy, right? That's what I thought. Boy, was I wrong!
Client X's surfer dude manner of speaking and his disheveled, unshaven, 30-something pothead appearance — all topped with a baseball cap — gave me the impression that he was a bit of a slacker who came up with the idea of selling custom baseball hats because he couldn't handle the responsibility of a real job. I sensed there was something "off" about him, but he seemed harmless. To be perfectly honest, the term "hobo" came to mind — a word I hadn't thought of in many years. Taking all of that into consideration, I felt some compassion for him so I offered him an exceptionally low "per item" price for my services. He looked like he could use my help and I figured this would be just about the easiest gig I had undertaken in a long time. Big mistake.
When I returned to my studio, I got to work right away photographing Client X's custom baseball hats. I used my best Nikon camera, sharpest Nikkor lens and studio lighting gear to ensure top quality results. After performing the photography phase of the project, I spent three or four hours doing the Photoshop post-production work to ensure a pure white background and to create a perfect "drop shadow" below each hat, just as my client had requested. In my professional opinion, my photos turned out beautifully, and I believe any reasonable client would have agreed. I eagerly posted them to a private online album and proudly notified Client X his photos were ready to review.
I was expecting the type of comments I typically get from my clients like, "Wow, these photos look GREAT! I can't wait to get them onto my website!" But, there was no such reaction from Client X. Instead, he criticized the images with comments like, "They aren't EXACTLY aligned. I can see the hat in photo #3 is at a slightly different angle than the hat in photo #5. He asserted that the height of the camera kept changing -- even though my camera was on a stable, unaltered tripod the entire time I was shooting his project. His list of criticisms went on and on. It ended with "This was a complete failure. You need to re-shoot ALL of them!" I was stunned. I've never had anything close to that type of reaction to any of my commercial photography.
It turns out, the baseball cap wearing, hippy-dippy slacker dude-hobo, Client X, is the most "anal", obsessive-compulsive human being I've ever met! Given his physical appearance combined with his particular psychological disposition, he inspired me to coin the phrase, "obsessive-repulsive". LOL
A trained psychologist would have immediately recognized Client X as a textbook example of someone with OCD, and probably a cluster of other mental health issues, too. I wasn't so observant nor quick to recognize there were some kind of mental health issues at play. I ended up shooting, re-shooting and re-re-shooting Client X's hats (all for no extra charge) in an attempt to win him over as another satisfied customer. I spent countless hours on this "simple" project. I even created a custom template to place each hat into to ensure consistent placement, which I thought would be fool-proof. But, my efforts were all in vain. He showed no appreciation for all my hard work. Instead, he kept riding me harder and harder. He even invented new complaints. He said he needed to see both of the eyelets on the front of each hat, that the flat billed hats needed to be shot approximately two inches lower than the curved bill hats, and many very odd and specific additional requirements that he had never previously mentioned to me in any way. His list of requested corrections and nit-picking complaints escalated and evolved over a period of several months. In effect, he kept moving the finish line so I'd never be able to reach it.
At some point, I seriously began to wonder if maybe I was an unwitting test subject in some kind of secret psychology experiment designed to see just how far a perfectionist (like me) will go to please an impossible-to-please business customer. I still wonder.
One night, I had finally had enough and I told him I was giving up on his project. I wrote him a polite and professional email to explain my position and my ongoing frustration with his unusual behavior. I made every effort to be diplomatic. I told him it had become very apparent that we were a mismatch and that I was not the right photographer for him. I suggested he find another photographer and I even provided him with the website URL and phone number of another local commercial photographer. He responded to my thoughtful email with rage, hostility and anger -- all while claiming I was the one being hostile and angry! He peppered his email with insults about my lack of professionalism, sub-par photography skills, laziness — even accusing me of not understanding the basic photography concept of composition! All very, very strange. Delusional. But, I was confident I had finally done the right thing by cutting him loose. He'll have to become some other photographer's problem.
Happily, Client X is now an ex-client. This unfortunate experience has taught me is that there are people out there with serious mental health issues. Some of them own small e-commerce businesses, and some of those people will occasionally hire a professional commercial photographer. I hope I never meet another "Client X". If I do, I hope I can recognize it right away and avoid another unpleasant ride on the crazy train.
Let's say you own a business that sells a product we'll refer to as "widgets". Not very original, I know, but I want to keep this as simple as possible. Now let's say your widgets are manufactured by a factory based in Bangladesh. Naturally, you'd like to get your hands on the widgets at the lowest possible price and sell them to your customers at the highest possible price. Donald Trump said it best, "Buy low, sell high". Business 101, right? So you negotiate back and forth with the manufacturer and you finally wear them down to the point where they agree to sell you their widgets at a record-breaking low price. Score! You pat yourself on the back and celebrate your business acumen and negotiating genius. Visions of a skyrocketing bank balance are dancing in your head. Life is good.
Here's the problem. Although that kind of price beatdown strategy may be appropriate and smart when it comes to purchasing mass produced goods stamped out in large quantities by a factory in Bangladesh — it's naive to think you should apply that same strategy when hiring a commercial photographer to produce strong and beautiful images to sell your widgets. Yet, so many business owners, art directors, or those responsible for hiring a commercial photographer don't seem to understand the difference! They negotiate with the commercial photographer in the exact same penny-pinching way they negotiated with the manufacturer in Bangladesh. Big mistake. You see, there's a huge difference between the production process of widgets vs. the creation of effective commercial photography that your business relies upon.
The widget machine can be programmed to spew out thousands of uniform and nearly identical products day after day. It can continue stamping them out for years on end, if necessary. The widget machine doesn't know or care about the price of the product, so consistency in the product is mindlessly maintained by the machine. Your bargain hunting tactics have not insulted the widget machine in any way. The same cannot be said of the commercial photographer.
The professional commercial photographer utilizes a skill set that includes visual arts, aesthetics, psychology, and marketing insight. He must be attuned to the the current social climate (zeitgeist) to produce strong images that will have the appropriate impact — attracting buyers for your widgets. Each photograph is a functional work of art that is the product of the photographer's many years of training, highly developed aesthetic sensibilities, and a very clear understanding of how and what the image will communicate to the viewer/customer. If someone were to ask him how long it took to take a particular photograph, he could honestly answer, "My whole life".
When you hire a commercial photographer, you're not hiring a machine, you're hiring an artist and professional. We're human. We are affected by our sense of just how much we're being respected and valued by our clients. If you expect your commercial photographer to perform his best, you need to demonstrate that you respect his expertise and that you value the importance of his service. Chiseling away at his price for or making comments like, "Your price is too high. I'll just get my stock boy to do the photography" just insults the photographer and it won't encourage him to deliver his best work to you. Keep in mind, no one will buy widgets from your e-commerce website if the photos look amateurish and they don't show your product looking it's best. Pay your photographer what he's really worth, maybe even throw in a bonus — my favorite clients typically do — and save the bargain hunting for more appropriate times.
Architectural photography is a specialty within the commercial photography field. There are many unique challenges to properly photographing the interiors and exteriors of a large structure, whether it's a commercial space or a private home. To ensure the images are successful and pleasing to the eye, special attention must be given to vertical lines, composition/vantage point, and the high dynamic range of the lighting, where there is often a huge disparity in exposure between indoor light vs. outdoor light. Proper architectural photography requires special lenses and other gear, advanced photographic techniques such as exposure bracketing and/or HDR processing, significant Photoshop/post production skills, lots of practice, and often many years to master.
Unfortunately, the experience and high skill level of the architectural photographer are too often underestimated and undervalued by those who are in a position to hire the photographer. Many whose businesses rely on professional looking architectural imagery to promote their own services to the public — interior designers, architects, builders/contractors, property managers/realtors, etc. — often resort to snapping their own promotional photos with an iPhone or other point-and-shoot camera and posting them on their (otherwise) professional website! It doesn't make any sense to me that someone who has so much riding on the beauty and presentation of the architectural imagery would think of it as a quick and easy DIY project. Why would a business person who has no photographic training nor the proper equipment, suddenly think he/she is capable of stunning and memorable architectural photography suitable to promote his/her business? It puzzles me. But, I confront it every day.
There is another category of client that bears discussion here. Namely, the business person who acknowledges that he/she probably should hire a professional photographer, but grossly underestimates the time and effort that the photographer must commit to complete their project. For example, virtually every day I see ads on craigslist from realtors looking to hire an "experienced and professional architectural photographer" to photograph their latest listing — but, they're only offering $50 for the complete set of images! Keep in mind, this may be for a home that's listed for $1M and the realtor is expecting a $25,000+ commission. Something's clearly wrong here. So, I've taken the time to speak with some of these realtors. It turns out, they all share a common misconception regarding how long it takes a pro to photograph the interiors and exteriors of an average size single family home (Answer: 4 hours), and they have no clue how many hours must be spent to properly Photoshop edit the images to make them ready for publication (Answer: 10-15 hours). When one considers the negotiations via phone and email with the realtor, prep work, travel time, photography, post-production/editing, and digital delivery of the images, the photographer has at least 20 hours committed to the project. Offering a pro commercial photographer only $50 to photograph a single family home is equivalent to offering him only $2.50 an hour!
In addition to underestimating the real time required to produce professional looking architectural images, clients often misunderstand and undervalue the specialized knowledge and techniques that may be employed by a professional photographer to get "Architectural Digest" quality images. For example, architectural photographers are often confronted with the problem of bright outside light visible through the windows vs. the relatively soft and weak artificial light of the interior spaces. We've all seen amateur photos where the indoor scene looks okay, but each window is nothing more than a bright white rectangle, looking like there must be a raging blizzard outside — even if the home is located in Palm Springs! The opposite effect is also very common — the outside view is properly exposed, but the interior looks like a very dark cave. Although our eyes have the ability to take in and properly expose both the indoor and outdoor lighting simultaneously, today's cameras simply aren't capable of that kind of simultaneous exposure range. The camera has to choose to expose properly for the indoor lighting and color temperature or for the outside lighting and color temperature, but it can't do it all in one image. A professional architectural photographer will have certain tricks up his sleeve and knowledge of a variety of suitable methods to defeat this problem. The resulting image should look very close to what we can see with our eyes — balanced and complimentary light both indoors and outdoors in the same image. Of course, the issue of proper indoor vs. outdoor exposure is just one category that requires specialized knowledge, and there are several others.
If you own a business that relies on great architectural photography to attract clients, to promote your work, or if you're representing a building or home for lease/sale, you owe it to yourself to hire an experienced professional photographer to create those images for you. If you're not a trained and talented photographer with the proper equipment, skill set, specialized knowledge and Photoshop expertise, architectural photography is not a DIY project! Amateur photography on your website or in your promotional materials won't impress anybody, and it only makes you appear to be an amateur — and very possibly you'll be perceived as a cheapskate, too. I'm hoping that someday professional architectural photography will be recognized and appreciated by all business owners as a smart investment that brings a significant ROI for their business.
Lately I've noticed an undesirable pattern of behavior coming from certain clients and potential clients. This has become such a troublesome issue that I must address it publicly in hopes of deterring this irrational behavior in the future. If you are one of my clients, or you are considering becoming one of my clients, please don't make this mistake.
Many of my clients first discovered me via craigslist.org. There appears to be a general assumption that service providers (like me) who advertise on craigslist are only semi-professional and/or desperate for business, so we're willing to work for rates far below the "standard rates" in the business. This assumption is completely UNTRUE!
Just because I advertise my services on craigslist.org, it doesn't mean I'm less professional, less experienced, less skilled, less talented, or that I deserve lower pay than a similar service provider who doesn't advertise on craigslist. Yet, there are people who apparently make those illogical assumptions.
I received an email inquiry via craigslist from a potential client who wanted me to quote him an estimate for a particular photography & Photoshop project. His query included the admonishment that my quote should be "a craigslist appropriate price". I don't even know what that means! I assume he meant I should be offering my services at a discount, based solely on the fact that he found me on craigslist.org.
I was prompted to write this post due to a recent unpleasant exchange I had with another potential client who had requested a Photoshop project quote. He telephoned me to explain his project and to get a cost estimate. Right from the beginning, he peppered the conversation with hints that he was very wary about doing business with someone he found through craigslist.org, and that he expected to receive my services at a bargain-basement price. He even added, "I would do the project myself, but my time is too valuable to spend doing Photoshop work". What a snob! Despite his insulting attitude, I quoted him a very reasonable rate for his project. Apparently, it was higher than he was expecting, because he became noticeably irritated, and rushed off the phone with the parting comment that my rate was "far too expensive" and that he'd just have one of his employees do the project instead. The exchange is even more pitiful when one understands that the price I proposed for his Photoshop work was only $2 per photo!
Another craigslist client contacted me regarding product photography. He explained that he had five products (I believe they were jewelry boxes) that needed to be photographed at his location about an hour away. He needed them to be photographed on a seamless white backdrop, five different views of each product (25 total photos). In addition, all the images were to be professionally Photoshop edited by me and delivered ready to use on his e-commerce website. I quoted him a very good rate for his job, but he balked. He said my quote was much higher than he was expecting to pay. When I asked how much he thought my services would be, he stated his budget was "$10 - $15 total"! Ah, the craigslist effect.
I understand that craigslist.org is an open forum for just about anybody to advertise just about anything with almost no oversight or regulation. That means there will be shady characters, desperate people, and creeps to be found there. However, that open forum also attracts the exact opposite -- legitimate, talented, professionals (like me) who are simply utilizing craigslist for it's intended purpose. Please don't make the assumption that I'm desperate, only semi-professional, or just looking to build my portfolio so I'll work dirt cheap. I treat all my clients with respect and I handle every project with professional care, I deliver professional quality work, and my rates reflect a proper compensation for great services -- even if you did find me on craigslist.
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