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I am a Str8-But-Not-Narrow Houston-area photographer/art car artist/ex-photojournalist (retired from Houston Indymedia since 9.16.05 with no benefits). Usually considered as 100% outsider and/or raw talent, nothing fake and/or pretentious. Past photo assignments include the following:
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art car events
Houston Art Car Parade
a few informal modeling shoots
political coverage
My services are available upon request; I am a real-life starving artist/photographer in need of paid assignments or TFP shoots; since my mom's passing after 6.24.06, I am raising funds in response to probate matters. Since Fall 2006, I have done nightlife shoots @ a few Houston-area niteclubs (e.g. modeling shoots, live bands - have covered Sky Blue 72's live acts).
I also have profiles on Facebook and Model Mayhem since 8.07:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=539673314
Feel free to contact via e-mail: [email protected] or VM/txt 832.472.2647 for service inquiries and consultations:
Portfolios on CD (TFCD footage): $25+ (effective 10.28.08, overdue CD footage over 30 days after the shoot will include a $20 late fee per month).
Event coverage (live fashion shows et.al): $100/hr; inquire within
Photoshoot on location: $100/hr (first 4 hrs); email first since I only give my # to clients that I know well
Half Day (up to 12 hours max) Shoot (either studio or location): $500/job (BYOMUA - bring your own makeup artist or wardrobe; I have some wardrobe in my collection which I would score from HoustonFreeCycle.com)
Full Day (beyond 12 hours) Shoot (either studio or location): $1000/job (BYOMUA)
Work # available on request (if booking in advance - contact ASAP since I am booked for other events e.g. niteclubs, art car events, political coverage, and/or live performances - runway, live music, stage shows).
Will consider travel outside the Houston, TX Metro area if needed (a gallon of 87 octane is averaging $4.00/gal where I am using a hooptie SUV as a work vehicle instead of my art rig)...
Current vitae of photo assignments:
Houston Art Car Klub (since 2004)
events for Nurturing Dreams Foundation
Sky Blue 72 (live performances)
Mikki and Her Mates (10.29.06 - present)
Miss Envy Houston Finals (11.22.06)
Premiere Swimwear Calendar Release (12.8.06)
Swishahouse NYE (12.29.06)
Bikini-USA Calendar Release (1.5.07)
Miss Grand Prix Model Search (1.26.07 - 3.23.07 exc. 3.15.07)
Sophisticated Bitch/King Dick Clothing (2.25.07 - 11.26.08)
Official Fight Girl, Inc. Fashion Show (4.6.07)
Miss Golden Nugget Bikini Contest (4.15.07)
Gelusa Zaripova's Farewell (4.21.07)
Fashion Faceoff #2 @ Deco (4.25.07)
Premiere Swimwear Fashion Show @ FOX Sports Bar (5.23.07)
Gelusa Zaripova's Penthouse Swimwear photo shoot (5.24.07)
Bikini USA preliminary round, 6.9.07
Concrete Rose Cabaret live performance, 6.15.07
Official Fight Girl, Inc. Calendar Model Search (7.7.07)
Miss Clear Lake Finals (7.8.07)
Julin CD Release (7.12.07)
Presidential Rides Calendar Model Search (7.14.07)
Rogue photoshoot w/Carol Kirby (stylist) outside Scrap Daddy Studios, 7.14.07
Fashion Faceoff III @ Deco (7.18.07)
Hawaiian Tropic Preliminaries 7.20.07, 7.27.07, 8.1.07, 8.12.07, 8.19.07
Rod Ryan's Hottie Posse (poster signing), 7.26.07
TikiGlam Fashion Expo, 8.5.07
Carol Newinn's farewell fiesta, 8.25.07
Black Train 72 Fashion Shoot, 8.27.07
Carol Newinn rogue photoshoot, 8.29.07
Concrete Rose live performance, 8.31.07
Bikini USA final preliminary round, 9.7.07
Theresa Lara's b-day bash @ Buddha Lounge, 9.8.07
Planet Beach preliminary round, 9.15.07
Black Train 72 Fashion Shoot #2, 9.30.07
Terrie Barr's b-day bash, 10.6.07
Rod Ryan's Hottie Posse Fashion Show @ Zone D'Erotica (Galleria location), 10.12.07
Concrete Rose Cabaret live performance @ #'s during WestFest, 10.13.07
Planet Beach State Finals @ Crome Lounge, 10.14.07
Survivor Meet and Greet (Palau alumni with Houston City Council Candidate Jolanda Jones for At Large #5) @ Buddha Lounge, 10.19.07
Fight Girl, Inc. Calendar Release @ Crome Lounge, 10.20.07
Photoshoot with The Drop Spot @ Scene Lounge, 10.27.07
Rogue photoshoot w/AnnaFaye Schoephoester @ Scene Lounge, 10.31.07
Rogue photoshoot w/Gelusa Zaripova outside Sullivan's Steakhouse in the Galleria District, 11.3.07
Photoshoot with James Felton Body Art @ Truant Studios, 11.17.07
Masquerade Ball with AZAC Designs @ #s, 11.17.07
Ink Houston Model Search @ Drillers, 12.21.07
Charlotte Kemp signing/Houston Hotties event @ Pashaa Ultra Lounge, 1.4.08
High Fashion Meets Street Couture live runway show @ Next, 1.11.08
Monkey Bar Swimsuit Calendar Release (Kemah, TX), 1.19.08
Erotic Cabaret Meet/Greet (hosted by the Houston Queen of Clubs), 1.31.08
Couture by Nydia Fashion Expo @ Zeppelin, 1.31.08
Jaded By Love Fashion Show @ Bond Lounge (hosted by Torrie Wilson), 1.31.08
Bikini Bowl @ Rookie's Sports Bar Woodlands, 2.3.08
Miss Houston Rodeo Preliminary @ Stetson's Nightlife (Humble, TX), 2.8.08
Miss Houston Rodeo Preliminary @ Wild West, 2.13.08
Planet Beach Bikini Expo @ the Corvette/Chevy Expo (George R. Brown Convention Center), 2.17.08
Bootlegged photoshoot w/Julia Marantidi, Trinna New, and Brooke Michalcik (post-Planet Beach modeling shoot on several C5 and C6 Vettes @ the Vette Expo), 2.17.08
Miss Houston Rodeo Finals @ Stetson's Humble, TX, 2.22.08
Kill Bill Fashion Shoot off 19th Street Houston Heights, 2.25.08
Malibu Tan Preliminary @ Scene Lounge, 3.6.08
Jaded by Love Fashion Show @ Zeppelin, 3.13.08
Swim n'Sport Bikini Fashion Show @ Crome Lounge, 3.15.08
Jose Eber Runway Expo @ Status Lounge, 4.10.08
Photoshoot w/Jennifer Alose @ DTOX (portraiture and lifestyles theme f/Cristal Houston, Brooke Michalcik), 4.13.08
Miss Envy Model Search 2008 Round One @ Crome Lounge, 4.27.08
Miss Vito's Model Search Round One (Vito's Clear Lake), 5.29.08
NguyenNation Fashion Show (Project Runway) @ Roxy, 5.31.08
NguyenNation Fashion Show @ Fame, 6.6.08
Planet Beach Preliminaries 6.12.08, 7.10.08, 7.17.08, 7.26.08, 8.1.08
Miss Vito's Model Search Round Two (Vito's Clear Lake), 6.26.08
Hawaiian Tropic Preliminaries 7.24.08, 8.7.08, 8.14.08, 8.21.08, 9.6.08
Bikini USA Preliminaries 8.3.08, 8.10.08, 9.28.08, 10.5.08, 10.10.08, 10.17.08
Rookies Sports Bar Bikini Contest Prelims 8.9.08 (withdrew from the remainder of the preliminaries and finals)
Beaushion Runway Expo f/Lizzie London @ Bar Rio, 8.15.08
Erotic Cabaret Halloween Fashion Expo (hosted by the Houston Queen of Clubs), 10.3.08
Planet Beach State Finals @ Buck's Bar (Webster, TX), 10.11.08* (was made official photographer by Kathy W from Elite Productions since the staff shutterbug was not available; only milestone accomplished by a one-percenter shutterbug/100% outsider)
Bikini USA State Finals @ All-Stars Clear Lake, 10.18.08
Some of my portfolio shots can be viewed on my Model Mayhem and OTS profiles:
http://modelmayhem.com/montrosepatriot
http://www.onetalentsource.com/portfolio/4755
http://www.ujenatalent.com/masters/22151.html
Clientele whom I have collaborated with:
Mikki and Her Mates (10.29.06 - present)
Gelusa Zaripova (MM #208754)
Bikini USA (1.5.07 - present)
Jessie Rohmfeld (1.26.07 - present)
AnnaFaye Schoephoester (3.15.07 - 3.26.08; 6.12.08 - present; both modeling and club footage)
Fight Girl, Inc. (4.6.07 - present)
Fashion Faceoff w/the Houston Queen of Clubs (4.25.07, 7.18.07)
Elite Productions (Miss Hawaiian Tropic International Model Search, Planet Beach, 7.20.07 - present)
Rod Ryan's Hottie Posse (7.26.07 - present)
TikiGlam (8.5.07)
AZAC Designs (11.17.07)
MarcFromTheDark Media (9.07 - 8.15.08)
Bay Area Media Services (includes The Scene, Houston Sport and Scene, 6.08 - present)
Savanna Smith (2.25.08 - present)
Photo equipment used (current and departed)
Canon Powershot S110 (8.01 - 8.04)
Canon Powershot S230 (9.04 - 3.07; CCD failure - replaced with a refurbished Powershot SD600, currently unused)
Minolta DiMAGE A1 (5.06 - 7.07; sold 10.8.07)
Canon Powershot SD600 #2223009432 (1.07 - 4.26.08; lost in the line of duty)
Canon EOS 350D/Rebel XT (6.07 - present; currently retired)
Canon Speedlite 550EX (12.14.07 - 6.26.08; current backup flash)
Canon EOS 400D/Rebel XTi (2.19.08 - present; current backup body since 9.27.08)
Canon Powershot SD1000 #5224638383 (4.28.08 - present)
Canon Speedlite 580EXII (6.27.08 - present)
Canon EOS 40D (9.27.08 - present)
Canon EF 28-135 IS 3.5 - 5.6 (9.29.08 - present)
DISCLAIMER - Those who I consider as flake models - these catz are the usual suspects who do not provide their # or e-mail address when it comes to CD archives.From time to time, I have known models who vent their aggravation @ my photo services for PICS DIRECTLY E-MAILED IN THE ORIGINAL 10MP SIZE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND/OR SERVICING AND 50+ OUT-TAKES OVER 30MB IS BAD NEWS FOR HARD DRIVES. I DO NOT CARE IF SOMEONE IS MAKING YOURS TRULY TESTING MY LIMITATIONS TO BEING WORKED OVER. I usually burn CD archives with the following criteria - valid e-mail address (no ***@myspace.com e-mail addresses since pics cannot be attached directly; this gets on my nerves more often where I have fired models who have done this. I know several, including those who have smeared my rep; these h*ez and/or flakes are served the Oxford Rule - see below.Some models that I have known have vented where I do not provide their out-takes; since my PC is a 2005 Compaq Presario without Windows Vista, hi-rez out-takes cannot be e-mailed at once without the compression software.
In my photo business, I ENFORCE THE OXFORD RULE (AS DEPICTED FROM THE FILM OXFORD BLUES WITH ROB LOWE) WHERE NO SECOND CHANCES ARE GRANTED (UNLESS IN RARE CIRCUMSTANCES). I HAVE FIRED SEVERAL MODELS FROM MY ENTOURAGE FOR VENTING ABOUT OUT-TAKE FOOTAGE (WHICH INCLUDES REPEATED E-MAILS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT PROVIDE THEIR #) OR THOSE WHO ARE RECEIVING ONE OF MY CD COLLECTIONS (I HAVE DESTROYED SEVERAL FILES OF PROSPECTIVE CLIENTELE WHO DELETED MY MYSPACE OR FACEBOOK AS IF THE DELETION WAS CONSIDERED RETALIATION). I DO NOT RUN A 100% FREE SERVICE AND BLANK CD-Rs COST $$$; IF U ARE A MODEL OR CLIENT WHO IS REQUESTING CD ARCHIVES, DO NOT ASK ME HOW TO TO MY JOB OR WORK YOURS TRULY OVER; I HAVE DEALT WITH THIS WITH THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER YEARS AGO WHERE I DISASSOCIATED MYSELF FROM A FELLOW ACTIVIST.
THOSE WHO RUB YOURS TRULY WRONG OR ABUSE MY PHOTO SERVICES:
FIRST OFFENSE - THOSE IN MY MYSPACE T40 WILL HAVE THEIR PROFILE REMOVED AND SERVED A COPY OF MY COMPANY POLICY TITLED 'RELATIONSHIPS WITH MONTROSE PATRIOT PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS AND PERSONAL'
SECOND OFFENSE - SAME AS FIRST OFFENSE WHERE MYSELF AND SUSPECTS WILL STAND MUTE FOR A INDEFINITE TIME PERIOD UNTIL TIME SERVED
THIRD OFFENSE - BANNED FOR LIFE FROM MONTROSE PATRIOT PHOTOGRAPHY & PROMOTIONS - NO HARD FEELINGS AND NO SECOND CHANCES - THIS MEANS ALL JUNKIE BITCHEZ, HOEZ, BIGOTS, CONSERVATIVES, AND PLAYA-HATAZ - THAT MEANS LEAVE ME THE F*** ALONE, PERIOD.
Former clientele (DISCLAIMER - THEY HAVE BEEN SERVED WITH ONE OF MY PRESS RELEASES OR FLAKED; PARTIAL LIST):
Crystal Elizabeth (2.7.07 - 3.17.07)
Playboy Models (too many to list especially playa-hataz)
Wild West Houston (terminated 2.21.08 - owner/manager E.T was rude)
Leisha Renee Tartamella RIP 1972-2008 (4.10.08 Jose Eber Fashion Show)
Kristen L (7.27.08 - 9.11.08)
Inversion Finale, 9.05
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Montrose Patriot (a.k.a. Dirty Harry, Shaft, Willie Dynamite)
Birthday: 08.27.72
Birthplace: Houston, TX
Current Location: Houston, TX
Eye Color: brn
Hair Color: blk
Height: 6'0"
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: mixed-race
The Shoes You Wore Today: wore-out Reebok sneakers
Your Weakness: public speaking
Your Fears: failure and failed relationships
Your Perfect Pizza: pepperoni
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: a TFP/TFCD photoshoot with a freelance model and/or working on an unfinished art car project
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: 5 smiley faces
Thoughts First Waking Up: I wish I were on a sandy beach with an ice-blonde as my best friend and soulmate
Your Best Physical Feature: athleticism
Your Bedtime:&..39;>
Your Most Missed Memory: a former classmate from middle school that ended in a splintered relationship because of educational displacement
MacDonalds or Burger King: Burger King
Single or Group Dates: either (prefer group)
Chocolate or Vanilla: I prefer both
Cappuccino or Coffee: coffee
Do you Smoke: NO! (never had since my dad was a chain smoker; this is why I would not date a smoker in my lifetime. All of my art car entourage (and some of my models) smoke; they have black tar in their lungs.)
Do you Swear: sometimes, but usually only think it-Im around kids too often!
Do you Sing: my vocals are not soulful (it seems that I had a few shots of Vodka Martini)
Do you Shower Daily: yes
Have you Been in Love: no (my relationships never last and/or exist in real life since a majority of them are failed attempts; this is why I am the 100% dateless (and unloved) art car artist (the August 2006 issue of Envy Magazine, art car artist Noah Edmundson (one of my influences) created an art car back in 1973 as a chic magnet long before art cars were part of the mainstream.)
Do you want to go to College: I already have (both undergrad and masters); would consider a Ph.D in the future.
Do you want to get Married: someday
Do you belive in yourself: yes - one must be the change to affectuate change
Do you get Motion Sickness:&..39;>
Do you think you are Attractive: no
Are you a Health Freak: yes
Do you get along with your Parents: no - my dad is a conservative mental case
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes
Do you play an Instrument: the guitar (not too well)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: NO!!! (not in my lifetime)
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no (I never have and never will since my models are usually taken (either dating or married) and I am stroking 3-tone Maine Coon catz; as a known art car artist; I am the usual, unloved dateless car artist usually seen with a pimp costume. I was robbed of my adolescence @ Willowridge High School between 1986-90 because of my dad's statement towards African Americans where his co-worker stated that a "N***** is a n*****" (along with my late mom's position on half-Black grandchildren) which I consider sick to my stomach in response to interracial dating; this led to being diagnosed as severely depressed @ a young age despite their inherent conservatism. Although considered Str8-But-Not-Narrow in real life, being dateless in the art car community does not make an individual openly gay (or GLBT) although I was once gay-baited working with the Tony Sanchez for TX Governor campaign in 2002.)
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no
In the past month have you been on Stage: yes
In the past month have you been Dumped (and 100% unloved): frequently since childhood (those who are usually dumped and/or abandoned are usually strokin' Maine Coon catz, and I am one of them who uses a cat as a substitute)
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no (would consider this with the Natural Hori-Sun Nudist Camp)
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: no
Ever been called a Tease: no
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: no (I was once accused but was exonerated - this is why I have fought racial profiling since 2000)
How do you want to Die: peacefully
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: a successful public servant/officeholder
What country would you most like to Visit: Jamaica
In a Boy/Girl..
&..39;Favourite Eye Color:' blonde
Favourite Hair Color: blue
Short or Long Hair:&..39;>
Height: 5'3"+
Weight: 110+
&..39;Best Clothing Style:' sazzy
Number of Drugs I have taken: none
Number of CDs I own: over 100+ (CD-ROMs and audio CDs)
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: a few
Number of things in my Past I Regret: not making peace with my mom before she passed away and failing grades (both in H.S. and college)
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!
From those who stuff corazones...
"U represent the Art Car lifestyle 24/7. Thank you for your enthusiasm and friendship!"
...Phillip Marshall, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art (8.27.08 - from my b-day bash card)
