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Todd

Tempus Fugit.

About Me

I was born in NJ and grew up along the eastern seaboard.
After college, I got in the car and drove into the sunset...perhaps looking for a way out of the 'sanctioned' universe, a better quality of life, and happiness.
Kudos to all those with dreams and aspirations that go beyond the wallet (but who still grasp the realism in life, and despite deep pockets -or a lack thereof- can maintain humility, a sense of 'lean and mean' and empathy for the world around them), and of course, the where-with-all to follow through.... dreams are nothing without chutzpah and the action to make them real.Know who you are.I am an individual. I believe in having an awareness of the world around me, and that life is for living-
I am a professional photographer, cinematographer and steadicam operator.
I love photography. All work on this page is mine, save for the ones I couldn't have taken myself (...that is, most of the ones I am in...).
I shoot professionally:
Motion Picture:Standard Definition/HiDef, 16/S16, 35mm in all genres
Stills: All Film Formats in all commercial styles(schedule permitting, of course)
.. portfolios-
Model Mayhem: http://www.modelmayhem.com/member.php?id=202352
Model Place: http://www.modelplace.com/toddliebman
Copyright on all images belongs to me, and all rights are reserved by me for my own usage. None of the images on this page are to be used without my permission, persuant to US and International copyright laws. If you really wanna use one, email me.
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion,
you must light yourself on fire. -Reggie Leach
...and ALWAYS bring a camera.
Some of my stills work-

My Interests



Photography, using REAL cinema technology (35mm/HD anyone?), lighting for the aformentioned discipline, screenwriting, steadicam, camping, archery, music, parasailing, hang gliding, telekinetic performance art. I like to write and play on the guitar and the keyboard to relieve stress, interacting with people who are serious about living and not just wasting time and space. I used to be a summer camp counselor- I miss it. Sports, hiking, cooking, a bottle of GOOD Syrah or Merlot, things that go very very fast....ic (and not so classic) Ferraris, sitting on top of Mount Tam, looking out over the clouds.... predicting the course of world politics (which has become very easy due to current trends of cowardice, religious fervor, industrial imperialism, and most of the other ridiculous recurring headlines). Sitting on the roof, THINKING, enjoying a sunset. People watching. (Does that qualify me as a voyeur? Probably.)
Have camera, will most definitely travel....

Model: M.C./Model Miss Tarah Lee/Los Angeles

Model: Actress Nina Kate/Venice, CA

I also wouldn't mind learning to dance better...

...and of course my favorite hobby, 'Pyrogami'...the art of folding paper into little objects and then LIGHTING THEM ON FIRE....

I'd like to meet:

The 'big cheese'. The real deal. The one upstairs. The landlord of all landlords. God.

-and-

Friends who can connect on a personal level.
Visionaries. The artsy. Fellow camera nerds. I am about as UN-cookie cutter as it gets.

Somone who understands the value of personal commitments. Call when you say you will, show up on time, and say 'Gesundheit' when someone sneezes....
Those with the right state of mind, the self-actualized, movers and shakers, thinkers, do-ers, lookers, the transcended, the enlightened, the confused, the hilarious, models and muses who need to develop portfolios or just love to ham it up in front of a camera, other photogs who have gone beyond their autofocus and buit-in lightmeter :) Those with the wrong state of mind, the undyingly subversive, the enigmatic, the dreamers, the wishers, the perilously passionate, the hopelessly obsessed...Real people with a solid grip on reality. I know true blue when I see it. Max Von Sydow, Isabella Rossellini, Steven Spielberg, Claire Forlani, Albert Einstein, Heather Kozar, Sammy Hagar, Edward Van Halen, Truman Capote, Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel, Jean Pierre Junet, Marc Caro, Helmut Newton, Ansel Adams, Anne Hathaway, Steve Jobs, Francios Truffaut, David Geffen, Colin Powell, Darius Khondji,....Mr. Frump, so I can see if his iron lung really makes that accordion sound when he breathes.... The self made, the self absorbed, showoffs, exhibitionists, humorists, motorists, fashionistas, philanthropists, entrepeneurs, the spicy, the bland, the sleep-deprived and well rested. Everyone who is anyone, and all in between.After all, what is the purpose of being here, really?

Todd's Friends List (in no particular order) Todd has 1804 FriendsJennifer

Miss Tarah Lee

Chris

Barb

Brian

Linda Lopez

THE NUT

Carter

Wendy Lady

Girlbob

Liza Rock

Uniquè Styles

Gregory

Cynthia

redladyblueyez

Kathy

Adryenn

Barbara

Kristina

Erin

erik larson

Island Supermodel

Amy and then some

Bud

Tiffany

Ariella

Pete

Robyn

Sam

Jerry

Wendy

Erik

Kwazar

Loren

Chad

*starduster

Elise

Laurie

Chele

Natasha

View all of Todd's Friends
This 'friends list' was hacked out with tender loving care, and 40 still isn't enough.

Music:

It would be untrue if I said I listened to any one kind of music and shunned all others, however at the heart of this being beats an empathetic, hard-rocking, and powerful soul that has many sides, and each side has different tastes. One day I could be listening to ZZtop, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Linda Lopez, Charlie Parker, Judas Priest, Bill Doggett, Jimi, Elton John, Marty Friedman, Tony MacAlpine, or the Ramones, the next Accept, Helloween, Coldplay, Metallica, Les Paul, or John Lennon, and the next, the Doobie Brothers, Chemical Brothers, Vinnie Moore, Alan Parsons Project (MUAHAAAHAAAHAAA..no really...) Velvet Underground, Missing Persons, Dream Theater, Enya, Kitaro, or Persechetti...or SILENCE. One thing is for sure, I am not a scenester, emo, or here to impress anyone. I like to party like no one else, and I hate pre-fab pleasure and opinion. To quote Popeye, 'I am what I am'. I have always been my own man, and I always will be. 'Clean shaven' or not.

Building the stage for 'Live 8' in Philly...

Out for a stroll on the 'Boulevard'...

Movies:


City of Lost Children, ROAD WARRIOR!, Raiders of the lost Ark (really, any Spielberg), Aliens (really, Any Ridley Scott), Time Bandits (really, Any Terry Gilliam), 5th Element, Strange Brew, Casablanca, True Romance, Better Off Dead, Fight Club, ANY HITCHCOCK, The ROCK, Stargate, Un Chien Andalou, Bloot of a Poet, Man With a Movie Camera, Battleship Potemkin, Buffalo '66, La Jete'/ 12 Monkeys, Brazil, All three 'Lord of the Rings' films, First three Star wars, Castaway, Matrix, Schwarzenegger movies, Requiem for a Dream, Dog Soldiers, Stranger than Paradise, Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch has a wondreful sense of the understated and the colorful) Original Rocky (Garrett Brown is a genius!), Silence of the Lambs (or anything by Johnathan Demme), Kevin Smith's work (most of it) Anything by Robert Rodriguez (Even Bedhead), Most David Lynch, 'Die Hard' Movies...Conan...Red Sonja ...oh yeah...I really dig the Full Moon projects...anyone seen 'Trancers'? Jack Deth rocks. Anything with Isabella Rossellini. Anything even remotely connected to Andy Warhol. I am a cinematographer, this list could go on for weeks....If the screenplay was good enough to get made, and achieve moderate box-office, then it is obviously good for SOMEONE. If I like it, it doesnt mean someone else will. If you dont, I really dont care. Get over yourself.
Heceta Head Lighthouse in Florence, Oregon. Taken November 2000.

Television:

If it interests me, I watch it. If not, I turn it off.
I am really diggin' "Medium". Numbers. All CSI's (except 'Miami'), 'Supernatural', and 'Cold Case'.Seinfeld (bring it BACK already willya, Larry?), The Office (BOTH series), Stargate (SG1 and Atlantis)... I really love cartoons too. South Park, Ren and Stimpy, Family Guy! ("I SAY!") There is a lot ot be said for early 1930's and 40's Tom and Jerry, Droopy Dog, and others of that time, also. They were funny to me as a kid, but NOW they are sidesplitting. So much more humor in there then we realized as children. Some of it not-so-clean.Can anyone tell me who sang that version of "Is You Is, or Is You Aint"? It sure as heck wasn't Cab Calloway...

From my reel: Allison Janney, on the set of the 'West Wing'...

Its the little red button at the top of the remote that turns perception back on, and restores clarity, priority, and purpose.

I kinda look like that 'Chiklis' guy here....

Books:

Anything from Focal Press, David Sedaris, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Pasternak, Graham Hancock, Manly P. Hall, Lovecraft, Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, The Zagat List, Tobin's Spirit Guide, The Popul Vuh. ....zillions of others...
MySpace Layouts

Heroes:

Anyone who has successfully raised a child. Henry Lewis Mencken, Garrett Brown, John Petrucci, Buckaroo Banzai, Tony MacAlpine, Abraham Lincoln, Leif Erickson, Steven Poster, vilmos Szigmond, Ferdinand Magellan, Darius Khondji, Indiana Jones, Clarence Darrow, Capt. John 'Hannibal' Smith, Ash (from the Evil Dead series),Gilgamesh and his pal Utnapishtim...but never underestimate self reliance. Find the Hero within yourself.

Wizard's Island.

I am 90% Evil Genius.
.. I am pure evil. I lie awake at night devising schemes of world domination, and I will not rest until all living souls bend to my will. Take the
Evil Genius Test
@ FualiDotCom

My Blog

Looks like it is official...lessee if they can make it stick this time.

LOS ANGELES - The rumors were true. Van Halen will reunite with original singerDavid Lee Roth for a summer tour of North America.ADVERTISEMENT"I am very excited to get back to the core of what made Va...
Posted by Todd on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:28:00 PST

Only Time Will Tell

I know, I am a sap. I do love this song, though... ...
Posted by Todd on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:27:00 PST

Snowzilla

If Frosty and Mr. Staypuft had a love child, this would be it...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070106/ap_on_fe_st/snowzil la...
Posted by Todd on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:17:00 PST

TG2006

I have to say that this years turkey was the best on record- very juicy and tender and after about five mouthfuls, I was uncharacteristically defeated. I have no idea why that happens. I can eat a cas...
Posted by Todd on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:05:00 PST

Silence

Sure is quiet here at 4:24 a.m. I can hear the guy in the next building taking a leak.He should shut the bathroom window.
Posted by Todd on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:26:00 PST

I'm back.

Well, kiddies, looks like I made it back from the land of cheesesteaks and snow unscathed (relatively) and in semi-decent spirits.What a wonderfully strange trip it was...I'll write more later, once t...
Posted by Todd on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:00:00 PST

Shakira Shakira

Dear GOD...     Now THIS is a music video.     LMFAO.... http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=871872850105629073 1        ...
Posted by Todd on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:20:00 PST

No dips, chips, chains, or whips.

Interesting. Draw your own conclusions-http://www.wethepeoplewillnotbechipped.com/
Posted by Todd on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:51:00 PST

Yet another funny-ass cat animation...

Smile.Yes, this IS how they make 'Persian' cats!...
Posted by Todd on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:59:00 PST

Nightmarish.

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Posted by Todd on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:17:00 PST