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The Naked Artisan Photography

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About Me



I'm a photographer who prefers producing images where the art comes from the original capture, and anything I do in post production is merely icing on the cake. I have found a love for digital manipulations and can get lost in Photoshop for hours. Check out this page for samples. Need some photos of yourself? Got an idea for an image and want me to help execute it? Want me to use you as a model? Let me know.

My Interests

Photography, Belly Dance, Belly Dancers, Joss Whedon, Paranormal, Barbie, Poetry, Cooking, Pin-ups, Cameras

I'd like to meet:

Artists, dreamers, and people full of integrity.

The Art of Woman Celebrating the si... By Gladys White aka Book Preview

Music:

Fiona Apple, Maroon 5, 5 for Fighting, Tenacious D, Jem, Evanescence, The B-52's, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Christina Aguilera, Van Morrison, Garth Brooks

Movies:

The Princess Bride, Moulin Rouge, The Others, Anything by M. Night Shyamalan, Amazon Women on the Moon, Lilo and Stitch, Finding Nemo, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Bagdad Cafe, Psycho Beach Party, Jumpin' Jack Flash, The Queen, 40 Year Old Virgin, The Gay Divorcee, So I Married a Witch, Mommy Dearest, Clan of the Cave Bear, The Color Purple, The Shining, Poltergeist, Nightmare on Elm Street, Connie and Carla, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, Mixed Nuts, Fried Green Tomatoes, Noises Off, The Illusionist, Boondock Saints

Television:

Mad Men, Ghost Hunters, Bionic Woman, LA Ink, Journeyman, Chuck, Three Sheets, Have Fork Will Travel, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Scrubs, Medium, Boston Legal, Gilmore Girls, Ugly Betty, Super Nanny, Grey's Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, Desperate Housewives, House, Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, Heroes, ROME, 80s/90s TV and cartoons on DVD

Books:

Harry Potter Series, The Young Wizards Series, Aurian Trilogy, Jedi Academy Trilogy, Witches of Eilenann Series, White Oleander, The Secret Life of Bees

Heroes:

PHOTOGRAPHERS: Annie Leibovitz, Diane Arbus, Chris Anthony, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Dorothea Lang, Duane Michals, Martin Scholler

HISTORICAL WOMEN: Queen Elizabeth I, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth II

My Blog

A good weekend!

Sword DancersThis weekend turned out to be a pretty good time.  I spent Friday night with Corin, Howard, Elena, and (later) Zach.  We played Wii and laughed and had pizza, and it was a total...
Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:06:00 PST

My Adventure into Lomography

This image was taken with a toy camera called a Holga.  It's a little plastic bodied, plastic lensed camera that takes 120 film.  I got 3-4 images off my first roll that I liked.  Here'...
Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Thu, 08 May 2008 12:43:00 PST

Looking for your thoughts on this one.

Hi All,The hotel has asked me to create a second "series" collection to add variety to the suites.  The first one is my Seasons piece, so with this one I was looking to try to capture some of the...
Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:07:00 PST

Cosplay

Even though Elena knows me well, I think she thought she was going to get quick and dirty snapshots out of me before she ran to Costume Con this morning.  Nope.  I do dirty.  I do quick...
Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:00:00 PST

Spring!

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Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:25:00 PST

Hotel Project Update

SongbirdI got a call on Friday from the people I'm working with for my hotel project. They finally got a chance to look through the catalog of images I presented them with two weeks ago for the Phase ...
Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:04:00 PST

Photos and a Random Survey

Basics: Name: Gladys Date of Birth: A cold December many moons ago Birthplace: Suburbia, New Jersey Current Location: San Jose Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Darkest Brown Height: Average ...
Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:30:00 PST

Exploring My Name

San Mateo Bridge at DawnSo I have an "old fashioned" name, to say the least.  According to most websites that track such things, my name was most popular at the turn of the 20th century!  Go...
Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:07:00 PST

Belly Dance Is So Fun

I love dancers, especiallly belly dancers.  I have the delima of wanting to dance and wanting to take pictures.  I realized last night that I won’t be able to do both.    I&r...
Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:28:00 PST

The Naked Artisan Photography is Back in Business!

The photo that started it all!As of this morning, I’m officially back in the photography business!  I got both my seller’s permit and my business license.  San Jose seemed way ea...
Posted by The Naked Artisan Photography on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:52:00 PST