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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…

Remember: life is epic!

Greg Lawler — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:01:56 +0000

Chris Orwig delivered the best talk at the 2011 Tedx American Riviera sessions, I highly recommend that you watch the video below!

Chris weaves an inspiring story using his poetic style and photography. One of the features of this talk took me back to this slideshow I posted in June 2000 from Nate’e bachelor party.

I am constantly reminded that I have epic friends but sometimes I forget just how long I have had these friends and how deeply they have impacted me and made me who I am…

Life is epic!

Web development projects

Greg Lawler — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:29:50 +0000

This week I finished building two new web sites for a couple of good friends.

The first was for Trish Geyling, indefatigable mom to little Rudy. My goal was to get an easy to use e-commerce site set up quickly using existing photography assets. If you need to pick up some gifts for the ladies in your life, check out the beautiful jewelry on the new Silver by Trish site:

The other project was for Sean Tubbs’ Audiology practice – I started with a portrait I took of Sean and then worked towards creating a friendly and inviting site from there. Check it out:

2011 AYSO – U8

Greg Lawler — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:23:58 +0000

Phoebe also had a great soccer season including scoring the winning goal in a tough 1-0 victory over the Pink Panthers.

2011 AYSO season – U10

Greg Lawler — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:01:15 +0000

Trevor and I coached Maddie and Macey’s U10 AYSO team this year. The Killer Bees were a great team, we had a ton of fun and even won more than half of our games