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Tommy Draper

i am the grain of sand.

About Me

Photog extraordinaire, world traveller, goomba stomper, etc.
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Gear: Ansco Speedex (120), Canon EOS 10D, Canon EOS Rebel X, Canon 50mm f/1.4 ♥♥, Sigma for Canon 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6, Canon 28-90mm f/4-5.6, Canon Speedlite 430EX w/ Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce, Canon Powershot SD800IS, Holga 120 N, Holga 120 CFN, Kodak Brownie Hawkeye (620), Kodak Duraflex II (620), Kodak Instamatic 134, Nikon Photomic FTN, Nikkor 50m f/1.4, Nishika 3-D N8000, Nokia 6133, Panasonic PV-GS80, Polaroid One600 Classic, Polaroid Sun600 LMS, Stellar "Diana" (120), Vivitar BV35 , Yashica Electro 35 GSN, Yashica T4 and a few ' trashcams '...

Wish List: MacBook Pro , Olympus XA, lights, C-stands, Canon EOS 40D, lenses, an LC-A, Contax G2, Polaroid 690, Voigtländer Bessa R2A, red gaff tape, another Yashica T4, any Yashica Electro, a Smena (Cmeha), a Minox, Leica M6.

Recent Personal Work:

My Interests

paper aeroplanes, photography, fashion, travel, windex, rain, electronica, boomerangs, cellular telephones, 409, finance.yahoo.com

My flickr is only a part of what I do, but have a look!

flickr.com/tommybytes

I have a youtube channel that is not that cool and not worth checking out (right now), in my opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/user/tommybytes

Here's my model mayhem: http://www.modelmayhem.com/member.php?id=370127

Check out my deviantart account, because I don't. http://tommyd1989.deviantart.com

I'd like to meet:

1) talented people who may or may not know what gaff tape is, yet it affects their daily lives: models, photographers, PA's, musicians, directors, actors, makeup artists, painters, DP's, camera ops, grips, producers, editors, screenwriters, animators, etc.

2) people that inspire me.

3) people that use phrases like, "over the top", "out of hand", and "it's all about...".

Music:

the smashing pumpkins, at the drive-in, the mars volta, ladytron, dandi wind, nine inch nails, the kills, cky, the faint, kill hannah, bis, queens of the stone age, ryan adams, the blood brothers, haste the day, action action, horse the band, a day to remember, the white stripes, yeah yeah yeahs, tub ring, saves the day, billy talent, shiny toy guns, darkest hour, chemical brothers, armor for sleep

Movies:

Westerns and classics, Mean Streets, Memento, Fight Club, Jurassic Park, Key Largo, Pulp Fiction, 28 Days Later, Haggard, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Side Out, Face Off, Reservoir Dogs

Television:

CSI: Miami, Burn Notice

Books:

Any book that can tell me how to do something I want to do. I usually go for non-fiction. Michael Crichton, Jim Cramer, random photo books

Heroes:

Rodney Mullen, Terry Richardson, Alan Messer, Craig Kilborn, Woody Allen, Weegee

My Blog

The Funniest Thing

When I shop online, I need shopping music. I put on Blondie or Daft Punk. You can really get anything on ebay. That is all.
Posted by Tommy Draper on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:50:00 PST

passport photos? clicky this

Q: What could be worse that having any old place like, lets say, a pharmacy, take a picture of you for a document that will last 5 to 10 years, and have them charge you upwards of $15? A: Vomiting spa...
Posted by Tommy Draper on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:50:00 PST

my room

i was bored + i need to clean....
Posted by Tommy Draper on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:46:00 PST

get to work

Get to Work (Tomorrow)If you feel differently and get your sense of joy or purpose from going to movies or playing pool and hoisting a few beers with your pals, more power to you. But don't expect to ...
Posted by Tommy Draper on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:21:00 PST

eliminate clutter

i have to clean,and get rid of things i don't need.
Posted by Tommy Draper on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:22:00 PST

i voted.

i voted today.i am registered as a non-partisan.i think i'm cool.
Posted by Tommy Draper on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:28:00 PST

thieves ii.

i miss my subs...
Posted by Tommy Draper on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:35:00 PST

"take your camera everywhere you go"

i heard that today.-td
Posted by Tommy Draper on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:47:00 PST

subscribe!

...to my YouTube!!click here to subscribe!http://www.youtube.com/user/tommybytesi had been putting off getting an account because honestly, even tho i know my way around a set and what things are, i d...
Posted by Tommy Draper on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:31:00 PST

hoodie weather

yesssssssss!it's back. Currently listening : the shape of punk to comeby The Refused...
Posted by Tommy Draper on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:11:00 PST