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Having to take some time off for minor medical procedures, but should be back shooting near the middle of September.
My Heroes
The Man I respect and admire the most is My grandfather, while he was never famous and not many folks knew his name that were not in the family or from around Tuscumbia, AL. I have to admire a lot of what he did and while I never got the chance to tell him while he was alive at least in my book he was a Great Man and I hope someday my grand kids can be half as proud of me as I am him...
My Inspiration
I can't call them Heroes, but these are a few of the people that have inspired me as a photographer and influence what styles I prefer to shoot.
The Pinup
artists as well as the models of the past. Especially the 40s and 50s, but I also admire many of the modern ones
bringing the art back that inspired me to become a photographer as a child.
Just a few of my absolute favorites are:
Greg Hildebrandt; whom may be a
distant relation,
Boris Vallego and Julie Bell,
George Petty,
Luis Royo,
Gil Elvgren
and last but certainly not
least Olivia
These amazing artists have
worked with some of the best and most beautiful models of the past century,
Pamela Anderson, Dita Von Teese, Bettie Page, Marilyn Monroe and many more. To see more of these amazing artists be sure to swing by one of my favorite sites
www.thepinupfiles.com
I'd like to meet:
Local Photographers, Models or those interested in Photography
I would especially love to find a great lady close by with an interest in Photography. Someone that would love to join me on shoots and be a part of them on either side of a camera.
I am pretty open minded, love to chat .. and get together with friends to
hang out and/or shoot. I am not easily offended, but I can also be pretty hard
headed when it comes to my views. I am never afraid to Debate about a topic that
I really care about, but I do have the ability to agree to disagree and move on
to a better and more solid friendship.
My Inspirations
Since I can not meet many because they are gone and odds are I will never become
friends with the ones still around I would love to get to know others that are inspired by them. Much of my inspiration comes from great Photographers, Stars of the Silver Screen and musicians from many genres. Just to name a few; Ansel Adams, Milton Greene, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, John Wayne, Hank
Williams Sr and Jr, Elvis and Kid Rock.
Cool People
I want to meet new people from all over. I mainly want to meet some cool people with some of the same interests as me which includes a lot of things, primarily the Arts especially
Music, Photography and Modeling.
Old and New Friends
The main reason I signed up on here was to get in touch with old friends as
well as meeting new ones. Over the years I have met a lot of people online and
in the real world. I would love to get back in touch with most of my old friends
I have not heard from or seen in ages. Bands, Dancers staff and regulars from
the old clubs I used to work and party. Especially the Gang from the 19th Hole,
the Silver Dollar, all of my old friends from the Chicken Shack, Bobby
G's, Chicks, Visions and Jimmy's; Classmates from Schools I attended;
Photographers and Models involved with SEMPA
(a local photography group) and the old Bama Board on Southern-models; and folks
I have worked with on the various other jobs I have worked around North
Alabama.
I have ran across many of those friends and have been
contacted by others on here. Since I want to network some as well as get back in
touch with my friends I decided to create a separate profile for friends and
leave this one as my networking profile. If we are friends online or in the real
world be sure to add me on my Friends only profile.
http://www.myspace.com/rlwyld1
A few other ways of contacting me
Post a Comment about me
Message Me
Sign my guestbook
message me on MySpace IM or best bet is contact me directly by visiting my website
Censors think it is apparantly too hot for MySpace so you have to copy and paste my links for them to work. I am sorry for that, but the site is PG rated with nothing explicit.
www.DBatesPhoto.com
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
