http://markcolman.tv Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:52:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has come to my attention that our Portland, our weird Portland is under attack- from within! You will have to stop a massive horde of weirdos, beyond the reach of your partitioned "normal" mind! You will have to stop... http://markcolman.tv/?p=554 My wife and I went on a walk today in our neighborhood. It was a lovely day in the mid-sixty degree range. We visited a place called: As one sometimes does, we found Santa Claus shopping for some LP's. He's a vinyl kind of guy who carries a fire extinguisher in ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=546 I recently created the art for Trey Gunn's amazing new album Modulator. The concept of is a unique one. Drummer Marco Minnemann recorded a 51 minute live drum solo and invited certain musicians to record over the top of it. Marco is no ordinary drummer and his solo is insanely ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=533 I continued my photo walk this week. Here are a few of the images. The discipline of photographing daily has been very good for me. I'd love to hear your comments/feedback. http://markcolman.tv/?p=521 This week, I am going on morning photography walks. It's a bit of mild personal discipline. I set some parameters for myself. Today, I made a few images that I like. My new studio is in a bulding that once housed the club La Luna. Nirvana, Fugazi and many others played ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=508 I recently started buying cheap manual focus lenses for my digital SLR. I've used Nikkor manual focus lenses quite a bit, but wanted to try some Russian lenses and some Pentax SMC Takumars. The lenses I got are all in screw mount M42. I took all three lenses out for a ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=484 So you're thinking of moving to Portland? You say you're from a boring "normal" place like Chicago, Paducah or Boise? Or maybe you are just on your way to Vegas and wanna have a little fun?! This is the place for you! You look like a nice person. Tell you ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=477 I live in Portland. It rains every day in Portland. This is the actual view, out of an actual window, in a actual cafe in Portland. If you google "most depressed cities", Portland scores high, if not at the number one slot. Oh woe is me, I live in Portland. If ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=458 My first nude image, shot back in 1983 on Kodak HIE infra-red film (now extinct). I was in my last months as a photo assistant after graduating photography school and assisting for two years. Not bad for a beginner. http://markcolman.tv/?p=354 I had the huge pleasure of seeing HoBoLeMa (that's Allan Holdsworth, Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin, and Pat Mastelotto) at The Aladdin Theater in Portland a few days ago. Spelling is not the Aladdin's strong suit! The show featured totally improvised music. It was as wonderful as one might hope for, with ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=336 I had the pleasure of seeing The Adrian Belew Power Trio at The Aladdin Theater in Portland and they blew me away, yet again and moreso even! Every time I see them, usually about a year apart, I always say, "They just keep getting better!". Still true and it's really beginning ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=310 This is the final installment in a series of four posts on my images for Adrian Belew's CD, "e". Oddly, the building above, an abandoned remnant of the civil rights riots in the 1960's (in Cairo, IL) already had an "E" in it (despite being upper case, I gave it a ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=289 Part of the music has some rather strange and perhaps even dark vibe to it. There's even a small section of "e" that reminds me of the theme from The Twilight Zone. For those who know me, it won't surprise you that I wanted to explore this dark side and maybe even ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=271 If you missed the opening for this exhibit, it will be up for the rest of October. The exhibit is open during weekday afternoons. Please tell the good people in the offices of PIE that you are "here to see the art" as you go in. Know too that there are ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=252 This is part two of a four part series on the making of art for Adrian Belew's new CD "e" which features powerful playing by his amazing bandmates, Julie and Eric Slick. Adrian provided me with some roughs of the music so that I could get a feel for it. The ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=241 As a long time fan of both Adrian Belew's music and that of King Crimson, I was thrilled to be commissioned by Adrian to create the art for his new CD, "e". The music is a forty plus minute instrumental work divided into five sections, a-b-c-d and e. If you don't ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=215 Much of my commercial photography career consists of making photographs with a crew of people. Make up artists, hair stylists, wardrobe stylists, art directors, creative directors, clients, assistant are often all on hand- not that there's anything wrong with that. Even most of my fine art work requires, at least, ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=136 Kram Namloc, Mark Colman, has over twenty years experience in fine art, fashion, and advertising photography. In this episode, Mark teaches of the benefits of crappy plastic cameras! Want to be critiqued? Email pictures at 800 pixels in the longest dimension to: colemanpix at yahoo dot com Where to buy film, classic ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=129 This image was created for a self-promotional piece. It was a postcard with red text, "We are here", and an arrow in pointing at Los Angeles, where my studio was. It was shot with a vintage Crown Graphic camera (below) circa 1960. I wanted the option to print it poster size. ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=119 I recently created the art for King Crismon alum Trey Gunn's new CD "Music for Pictures". This was a very exciting project as I am a huge fan of Trey and King Crimson (and his other band TU). I thought it might be interesting to show you how my creative ... http://markcolman.tv/?p=86