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matt’s page

i made a permanent page to host links to photos etc of matt steele (see "matt steele" link in the pages section.) i also uploaded photos from his last birthday party from back in july 06.

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f/1.0 candy

i have been enjoying a leica mp with a 50mm noctilux lens that opens up to an amazing f/1.0! here is an unedited slideshow of the entire first roll. the film is expired iso 50 velvia that i shot and developed at iso 100... i cross processed the roll because it is...

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right and wrong

it so happens that i do a couple of things right. maybe even perfectly. i make the world's best margarita and i grill the world's best tri-tip steak. tonight i tried something new; tequila in hot eggnog. this combination, it turns out, is very wrong. hopefully i just...

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kite

wig reminded me of this kite flying video that matt made, poignantly set to u2's song called "kite" it was posted on the now priceless steele family blog that matt maintained.

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song for matt

email from mike this morning: greg, thinking of you this week and all in the community surrounding matt and his family. this song made me stop and cry... even though i only know matt through photographs. mike Listen Joe (by Golden smog)

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see you later matt

matt steele (34) died early this morning after a 2 year battle with brain cancer. matt loved music. once he gave me a dvd full of his favorite mp3s, the jacket contained all the band names by genre with notes and ratings next to them in his handwriting. that dvd...

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holga shirt in action!

todd roeth beat me to it and received his holga tshirts already! hopefully mine arrive this week before the show... (fyi, that is not todd in the photo, he has shorter hair.) you can buy your very own holga shirt over here...

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plastic fantastic!

join us for an evening of toy photography at the mercury lounge. This Saturday at 8 PM! featuring music by DJMark and photography by: else wolff - alan owens - hallie mcdowell mark regester - gabe friley - greg lawler allan tucker - guy dondlinger - tad wagner and...

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big sur camping trip

We spent the weekend camping up at Plaskett Creek in Big Sur. Fun times including an amazing drive up Plaskett Ridge Rd. Here are some images from my digital camera, I'll post the film shots later...

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buy more stuff

i added a few more items to my awesome online store including an amnesty international t-shirt, an openraw.org t-shirt and a south african flag bumper sticker...

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chris mundell on prime time nbc!

chris mundell made a short (20 second) movie promo for nbc's "the office" as part of a promotional contest... the video was one of 3 "grand prize" winners and, as a result, will be aired on prime time nbc! here is the nbc press release and chris' post anouncing his...

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Raw deal..

if you would like to join in a fun exercise, head over to photothursday.com and download the zip file containing a camera RAW image. process the image as if it were yours and then we'll put all the results side by side in a slideshow. it will be interesting to see how...

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now you can dress like me!

i used the sweet tools at cafepress.com to make a few t-shirts and put them online for you to buy! it is pretty sweet, check out my first offerings... as time passes i'll be adding more designs 🙂

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catalina island family camping trip

we had a great time on catalina island for four days last week. i picked up a cheap waterproof reloadable camera for $25 and shot 3 rolls of iso 800 fuji film. i had the lab pull the film by 1 stop and it turned out pretty well... here is a slideshow of the film...

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funny shiz-nitzel!

chris mundell has released a website update which now gives us access to archived hilarity as well as a new look and feel! if you need to waste a lot of time at work today, head over to his "did i hate it" section for a series of funny movie reviews. note that each...

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