I spent an evening with Trash Talk and my friend AJ in July during their show with Fucked Up at the El Rey Theater here in Los Angeles. I made these photos with my Aimex 35mm camera, Canon 430ex flash and Ilford 400 film.
If you have the opportunity to see this band perform, I highly recommend that you do.
Got some stuff back from the lab. I’ve been shooting 35mm black and white on this ridiculous dead stock 1984 manual advance point and shoot that I found in chinatown for 10 bucks.
Is it crappy? Absolutely. Do I like it? Absolutely.
Here are some shots from my recent shoot at Big Bear.
“Polaroid film died a while back, but then was reborn with plans to re-release the old instant film cameras and the famous Color 600 instant film. We got our first sneak peek at what the new Polaroid film cameras will look like when they hit the storefronts later this year. It looks like Polaroid will be offering some unique finishes for the new instant shooter, including a wood-grain finish as shown in the mockup above. The new camera will be called the PIC 1000 and should cost less than $100.
Supported by a strategic relationship with Summit Global Group, a longtime Polaroid partner, and The Impossible Project, the manufacturer of classic film for Polaroid film cameras, Polaroid will offer a completely redesigned, modern version of the Polaroid OneStep camera, the PIC 1000. The PIC 1000 will be available in a range of fun colors and use classic Polaroid Color 600 Instant Film to produce the brand’s classic white border instant pictures. The Polaroid Color 600 Instant Film will work with both classic and new Polaroid cameras and will be offered in packs of 10 pictures. The new classic PIC 1000 camera and instant color film will be available at national retailers in 2010. -Polaroid Press ”
via PhotographyBay
This is a project I’m very proud to say I worked really hard on. I’ve been working on some indie music videos in the past 6 months in the varying degrees of production. I’ve done PA work, Grip/Electric, etc. and it’s been fun.
But last month, I got tapped out of the blue to run the whole art department on a video for the band Metasyn and ended up with credit as Production Designer! So anything that you see in this that looks rad, I had a hand in it.
I built the set with my own two hands from the ground up for the performance shots. I sourced the dead pheasant for the creepy dragging shots. I dressed just about everything you can think of, from the mask to the ash in the breakdown shot. I also ran 4 banks of KINOFLOs during hours and hours of performance. So that flickering you notice when everyone is rocking out? That’s me on the ones, twos threes fours fives sixes, etc… hahah.
It was a ton of work and I was exhausted at the end. But I couldn’t be much happier with the final result.
Locations in and around downtown Los Angeles and at Enjoy Human Studios.
Directed by Chris Laughter
Director of Photography Darrin P. Nim
Production Design Justin D. Sullivan
But here it is, my first major foray into music videos:
Justin Sullivan Photography Blog 
