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Joe Curren Art!

Greg Lawler — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:02:23 +0000

Ever since I saw some of Joe Curren’s framed photos at a gallery in Laguna Beach a few years ago I have wanted to get my hands on one!
Somewhere along the way I must have mentioned this to Chris Orwig who just gave me, not just any, but THE Joe Curren framed print that I have lusted after! (this link requires flash, sorry iFriends)
The amazing thing about Joe’s art is that the hand made frames are as enjoyable as the photos they present.

The photo is of a classic old Banyan tree and the frame is walnut – it reminds me a bit of Durban…
Anyway, you have got to see this in person, it’s still at my office at Cota, swing by if you’re in the area.

Now go get your hands on some beautiful original art at joecurren.com…

Shaun and Skyla’s wedding

Greg Lawler — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:23:37 +0000

Congrats to the newly wedded Waltons!

I shot some candids of the wonderful affair, enjoy

My photos at Color Services dot com!

Greg Lawler — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:08:53 +0000

Color Services has just launched a beautiful new web site which was designed in-house by their own Gabe Cano and produced by NDIC. Gabe used dozens of my images throughout the site, it is really fun to see the familiar faces on almost every page.

So head over to the beautiful new ColorServices.com and poke around :

Bill Adkins’ playground

Greg Lawler — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:12:47 +0000

I had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with Bill Adkins at his workshop/studio/playground today while he cut a piece of steel railway track for me to use as an anvil on my ring-making workbench.

Click here for more photos of Bill in action:

Black Death Vodka

Greg Lawler — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:31:19 +0000

I needed some props for my 80s party Slash costume last weekend so I made a Black Death Vodka shirt (iron on) and bottle label. (In the 80s Slash was sponsored by Black Death Vodka. No one has heard of BDV before or since, however…)

If you are looking to DIY your own Slash costume props, here are two high res files of the logo I made:

Black Death Vodka logo white background

Black Death Vodka logo black background

Dan and Mo’s 80th birthday party!

Greg Lawler — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:20:12 +0000

Dan and Mo both turned 40 and held an 80s party to celebrate

Lots of funny photos!

Moonshine Labels

Greg Lawler — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:58:08 +0000

After a fruitless search for cool moonshine labels for a project, I gave up and made my own.

Using a scan of some paper from a 1890′s document I downloaded from the Library of Congress as the base, I layered fonts and textures to end up with a pretty cool label.

Download the layered Photoshop document here if you’re looking for a starting point for your own labels…

Fire Lanterns on New Year’s Eve

Greg Lawler — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:31:27 +0000

Chris got a bunch of fire lanterns that we took down to Hammonds on New Year’s Eve with the kids. It was a blast, definitely to be repeated

Slideshow here…

Hipstamatic named a camera after me!

Greg Lawler — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:23:00 +0000

I have been enjoying the awesome new Hipstamatic Disposable social camera app for the past week but did not notice the little gem that Gabe pointed out to me last night…

The splendid Synthetic crew built and named a camera after me! How cool is that!

The camera is called Gregory GR8 and is described as follows: “Warm rugged and worn like a pair of boots on a beekeeper. This desaturated camera is the essence of epic”

Go pick up the Gregory GR8 and invite me to shoot a roll with you!

Thanks y’all!

Overnight in Alcatraz Prison

Greg Lawler — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:40:27 +0000

This weekend I got to spend the night in cell #36, Cell Block D, Alcatraz Federal Prison. It was an awesome experience to spend time on Alcatraz, the island has a rich history and is very photogenic. You can find info on applying for the lottery for this amazing opportunity on the National Park Service site here…

Click on the images below for many more photos from our epic Alcatraz sleepover…