Night shots from the last full moon

The half moon shows a face of plaintive sweetness
Ready and poised to wax or wane;
A fire of pale desire in incompleteness,
Tending to pleasure or to pain:-
Lo, while we gaze she rolleth on in fleetness
To perfect loss or perfect gain.
Half bitterness we know, we know half sweetness;
This world is all on wax, on wane:
When shall completeness round time's incompleteness,
Fulfilling joy, fulfilling pain?-
Lo, while we ask, life rolleth on in fleetness
To finished loss or finished gain.

By Christina Rossetti

Alexis Gregg

Alexis Gregg, an amazing ceramics artist had a show recently that I was asked to shoot. I love how much her characters take on a life with their own personality and humor, and jumped at the chance to shoot them.

...and I'm BACK!

So I've moved into downtown Long Beach and have fallen in love with the place. My new residence is filled to the brim with people, energy and music, which helps inspire more and more of my photography. Here's a day with my new place and neighborhood once the rain cleared.

Time to breath and catch up

the SPE conference in S.F., Thanksgiving, two galleries, a Christmas sale, finals, a birthday and just over a month since the last time I've posted anything... I am finally able to catch up on a little bit of my work. Hopefully I'll be posting much more regularly in the weeks to come (despite Xmas, New Years and Moving)

So for now...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

Election Day beauty

The night had brought rain in sheets, but the day brought crystal clear waters and rolling cumulus clouds. The site was worth standing on the roof of my truck to get past the barb wire, although it did add some good contrast on some photos.

Product shoot

I received a job from a company that wanted me to shoot some product shots of their electrical conduits. By spray painting the metal with a matte gray, I was able to neutralize the extra shine from the strobes.

Ian Patrick Interiors

These are some of the shots from a recent interior design job. This is the same job that I was coming back from, when i took the 24@55 photos. There was so much amazing designs within the house that I could have spent several days just shooting around for fun.

you can find some more images of the shoot at my site:
http://www.musedimagery.com/gallery

or you can check out his site at:
IanPatrickInteriors.net