might as well jump (2019) (Patreon)

I decided I was getting too stuck on my introspective themes and it was time to mix things up a bit. This shot is from Radwood 2019; it predates so many enormous events in my life it hardly feels like a real memory anymore. There used to be a giant indoor studio in Austin, TX called R.O.C. Austin—it has since shuttered, honestly probably not long after I did this shot—and I don't remember how it came about, but I ended up doing some shoots there after the main Radwood event was over. I invited a group of people with clean, cool cars, and I mostly did car shots there. It was part publicity thing, part me trying to get to shoot in the studio. 

This photo was actually just a side thing that I took for fun; years later, it's one of the only shots I still find notable.

The main stuff I shot was just the cars alone. I never got paid for it or anything, but I did make a run of posters afterwards (see this one above) that I think were perhaps the first time I ever sold prints. I've never done another studio shoot since then—studio time is insanely expensive and I've never had a project that paid enough to justify renting one—but I am honestly kind of curious what I could accomplish today. Obviously, a white background is kind of challenging to do fun stuff with, but I got some interesting stuff four years ago; I'd be curious to see what I could accomplish now. 

Either way, I hope the change of pace is fun for y'all!