Photography, art, internet, pool, music, books, thoughts, questions, miracles, the inane, pretty colors, the color black, the color white, daydreams and fairy tales.
Cool models, photographers, Those about to ROCK, friends of friends of friends, the cute girl at Starbucks, pool players with attitude, bartenders, bar patrons, saviors, not so savories, and much much more.
Interpol, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Gangstaar/Guru, The Jacobites, Social Distortion, DJ Z-Trip, Pete Miser (and the Five Fingers of Funk), The Vibrators, Rolling Stones, old school Metallica and Guns n' Roses, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and much, much more!
Too many to name
Ummmmmmm . . .
Stuff by Salman Rushdie, Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman, Chuck Palahniuk, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, some Tom Robins, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
My advice:
- technique is a language: the better your technical skills, the more refined you can make images
- language is nothing without message: technique is only valuable in function of an image: search for content, then translate into technical choices
- to find content: look into your heart, into your feelings, fears, hopes and wishes.
- be always respectful to whom you work with
- keep smiling!
Kind regards,
Pascal."
From noted photographer Pascal Baetens.