What’s Inspiring Me NOW

New season, new inspiration. This morning I came into my studio and it was a wreck. Admittedly it was a wreck yesterday too. And, well, last Friday also. Truth is I have been slacking on the housekeeping as projects old and new have been piling up and cluttering my creativity. Time to tear down the walls and start over. This is What’s Inspiring me Now:

1. Film! Recent contact sheets from my 35mm (Ilford Delta 3200 is SO cool)

2. Funky fashion shoots I like – flaws, blur and all. Kudos to the brave creative directors/editors.

3. “You Never Know.” Still my motto.

4. Various membership cards (MoPA, REI, etc.)

5. More great images. Coach eyewear nails it. Paul Smith: Cool guy, great threads and slick ads.

6. “OFC” (Off Camera Flash) magnet from David Hobby at Strobist.com. I met David last month at a party in Seattle. Great guy that has built an amazing photo community.

7. Urbanist city guide. Loads of great spots listed around San Diego.

8. My expired passport with some really great stamps inside (Singapore! China! Osaka! British Virgin Islands!)

9. Promo postcard and various prints of mine from the Mamiya.

10. Killer Bose headphones. Simply amazing on the plane.

11. New [old] Mamiya m645 and spare body. These are so fun and so cheap right now.

12. 120 film for the Mamiya and Holga (also pictured).

13. Box of 1,000 Thursday Happy Hour business cards for our Super-Fun side project.

What’s inspiring you? Tweet it to me or hit me up in the comments!

~ by Gary Allard on October 6, 2009.