travels with tim -

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tim is on the road quite a bit these days,

his new role at charlotte russe 

has him scrambling to relaunch and rebuild and redesign

their ecommerce,

their photography,

and other things that get handed to he and his team on a daily basis.

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he loves it.

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i miss him.

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but when your partner is lit up with the challenge,

and electric with possibility,

there is joy in the knowledge of his growth.

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so when he gets home,

you save your pennies

and have dinners out at places like cecconi's,

where you can sit outside,

and remember each other,

live:

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playing with color :

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much of the learning curve in photography

has been the extreme ways you can adjust film

(well, digital imagery)

after you shoot it.

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for example,

nearly a year after shooting them,

i found adding a vintage feel by dialing green into the lowlights

and softening the highlights with gold,

gave this shoot 

a whole new appeal:

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and dialing a bit more blue into keifer grimm

gave him a slightly more menacing edge:

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and that, basically,

even someone named Nero

can take a bit more black in the shadows:

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most of these experiments are on skin tone,

but you can see the range,

and i promise,

i'll keep expanding.

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BEHIND THE SCENES : men's fashion editorial shoot at CHURCH boutique, los angeles

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BEHIND THE SCENES : GUAPO PHOTO SHOOT AT CHURCH IN LOS ANGELES from landis on Vimeo.

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more to follow . . .

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ADVICE : YOUR CALL

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out for sushi the other day and found this printed on the chopstick case:
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and i was half reading it, half listening to the business meeting we were at,
until i hit the last phrase:
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oh yeah.
that phrase NEVER got me into trouble.
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the six chicest things about april 2010 :

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ONE

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carolina amaris finding this picture of my favorite mcqueen piece, ever.

from his shipwreck collection,

a gown worthy of a modern bride:

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TWO

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"the STAM" in harper's bazaar.

styling and attitude inspired a shoot i have coming up . . .

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THREE

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my official obsession with myself,

and the fact that i love this image from a recent editorial shoot:

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FOUR

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these rick owens wedges on oki-ni:

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FIVE

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the illustrator danny roberts of the blog

igor & andre

whose work gives me palpitations:

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SIX

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being able to preview some work from a recent shoot that i LOVE:

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different kinds of porn (april edition) -

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architectural porn:

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shoe porn:

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(god bless rodarte for light up heels . . .)

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gearhead porn:

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(tim gets the ducati, i get to restore vesper to this state.  in dream-land.)

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fashion porn:

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(balenciaga for men, mcqueen for women, celine for whomever grabs it first.)

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and oddly,

yellow neck accessory porn:

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compelling.  and sooo yellow. 

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behind the scenes with landis :

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a sneak peek of something rather cool to come,

a new direction in the photography,

and a really great video shoot.

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work work fashion, baby.

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nap-time, pit bull style -

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swing by,

any day around 3:30,

and join us for the ritual.

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my little buddy -

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meet fred.

he's my handy stand in for lighting

when working on my own in my studio.

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he was going to be a lamp base at one point.

or a garden gnome.

but he works great to judge depth,

focus,

shadow,

etc.

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and he works for scale.

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brunch one sunny sunday with the girls . . .

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tim just HAD to introduce jo and bic to the DESAYUNO burrito

at asia de cuba.

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apparently,

they were dazzled by the grandeur

of the burrito.

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shades, ladies.

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