Archive for May, 2010
hot town, summer in the city – my hood #4
Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on May 27, 2010
yesterday’s freak heat wave almost broke a 130 year record. it just kinda snuck up on us. a humid 95 degrees is no joke – especially in this brick-oven of a city.
- the paparazzi got paparazzied
- guy has a baby carriage converted into some icee cart or somethin
- the girls chillin
- a guy cleaned this drain spotless with a broom handle so it would drain – then about a minute later this is what it looked like.
- so i’m takin this picture of the kid’s feet and all of the sudden a plate with a chicken bone floats by
- grown ups playin bones
- the ol’, “‘take a picture of us pouring water on our heads” and then pour the water on your brother at the last second” trick.
- water fight in front of the roach coach
- gettin ammo
- the livery cabs drive by the open hydrants really slow to wash their cars, stopping for a few seconds on each wheel to make em shine
arizona
Posted by mareadyphotography in fashion on May 20, 2010
if you’ve never been to the desert before, i have three words for you: PRICKLY – PEAR – CACTUS. it was pretty obvious that neither me or my assistant had ever spent much time in desert-like conditions because within 30 seconds of getting to our location, we were covered with cactus needles. big ones, small ones, heat-seeking ones… holy moly. the first one to REALLY get me was mr. prickly pear himself. i felt a nice jab in my ankle and i looked down to see a happy little ball of death spikes hanging from my leg. when i tried to pull it out, i got stabbed about 27 times in my fingers. i walked around to find a pair of gloves and it just dangled from my ankle like some gothic christmas tree ornament. when i got the gloves i tried to pull it slowly, but it just pulled my skin with it (like if you pinch your skin with your fingers and pull it). so i snatched it out real quick-like, and the cute mace-like ball was replaced with a dull burning sensation pretty much all day. that was the first round in a long, heated fight with the desert landscape. later i was shooting and my assistant yelled “yowwwwwwww!!” i looked over at him and he said with big eyes, “man, i just bent down and sat on a cactus.”
models: rachel and ariel from S.I.M.
hair: kelly marie from S.I.M.
makeup: samantha from S.I.M.
colin kane is unzipped
Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on May 8, 2010
i shot a promo for colin kane’s comedy show at Comix called “unzipped” the other day. this wasn’t the shot he picked, but it was my favorite. colin’s a pretty mellow guy on stage, but it’s like this picture is showing the beast inside that fuels his brutal humor. maybe that’s why i like it so much. andrew schulz and josh accardo are his guest comedians this time around and i pretty much love their faces in this picture. kinda priceless. tickets are selling for the may 24th show now, so buy your tickets HERE.