Girls Skateboarding

Allysha Bergado at Ojai Skate Park

A couple of weeks ago at Ojai Skate Park. Need to shoot with Allysha more. She rips and on top of all that? She’s fun.

Mimi Knoop’s “My Teeth Are Bigger Than Yours”

I’ve been lucky enough to become friends with Mimi Knoop who’s not only an awesome pro skateboarder but a wonderful artist as well. I saw her piece here at an exhibit at Tony Alva’s shop over there on Fairfax and … Continue reading →

Gear Check: The New PocketWizard TT5′s for Nikon

20 Jun ’11

I’ve been waiting for these things. The radios there. The bigger one is a Pocket Wizard FlexTT5 Transceiver. The little one only transmits and it’s the PocketWizard MiniTT1 Radio Transmitter. After suffering the rueful wrath of somewhat-reasonable, but definitely-curmudgeonly friends … Continue reading →

Petty Annoyances

16 Jun ’11

No problem shooting. It's for everyone, after all..what's the big deal, Culver City?

I seem to find projects for myself that are sufficiently unusual or unexpected, yet benign in their overall goals that I get into “trouble.” By “trouble” I mean that people have no real frame of reference to put the project … Continue reading →

Photo Gallery

9 Jun ’11

Oh — I put a bunch of the project photography up here: http://thegirlsskatebook.com/photography Have a gander.

Northeast with Nora

6 Jun ’11

We had a terrific time in Massachusetts and New Hampshire interviewing, shooting and hanging around. Thanks to the Vasconcellos crew for giving us a place to chill and sleep and catch up! We arrived Wednesday early afternoon after an uneventful … Continue reading →

Hunter Long

1 Jan ’70

Hello, Skater Girl Book Prototype Hand Assembly

10 Apr ’12

I printed out all the spreads for the book, and cut them *almost down to size. This is taller than the book would be but I got a bit tired of cutting all the pages — so it’s too big. … Continue reading →

Book Design Review // There’s No Other Place Like This Place.. // Thomas Giddings

10 Apr ’12

There’s No Other Place Like This Place.. by Thomas Giddings and designed by Brian Paul Lamotte Lamotte has a video flip-through of the book:

Book Design Review // Skate Park // Arthur Tress

10 Apr ’12

Skate Park by Arthur Tress.

Book Design Review // The Skatebook // Bart Simpson Edition

10 Apr ’12

Book Design Review // Stoopz // Ari Marcopolus

9 Apr ’12

Stoopz by Ari Marcopolus. Here’s Ari Marcopolus talking about the book

Back To Mystery City // Andreas Laszlo Konrath & Brian Paul Lamotte

9 Apr ’12

My book design review of Andreas Laszlo Konrath’s Back to Mystery City designed by Brian Paul Lamotte and published by Dashwood Books. I found a flip-through of the book on Brian Paul Lamotte’s Vimeo feed.

Designing A Book Part II

1 Apr ’12

More designing of the book. We spent the afternoon into the evening working through the layouts, tweaking the design and the transitions. It’s enthralling and exhausting at the same time. I’m trying to find the way to do something a … Continue reading →

Packing Photos

22 Mar ’12

Designing a Book

19 Mar ’12

Well, we’re getting close. Pica by pica..pixel by pixel. It’s becoming a book. Sebastian and I noodled around on some prototype spreads he has done and we talked about character — who is like what and how do we tell … Continue reading →

Final Selects

27 Feb ’12

Yesterday, I thought..’enough already..make the final selects..’. And so I did. With my brother’s help, who fortuitously was visiting — I just sat in front and did the impossible..did away with photos I loved, but would not be in the book. … Continue reading →

Posting, Picking, Pruning

12 Feb ’12

Well, we’re still at it. Picking photographs from amongst the first 2,000+ wasn’t too difficult, I have to say. Picking photographs from the next 400 has been a bit, well — emotional. I have picked the photos for the postcards, … Continue reading →

Clustering Photos On The Wall

1 Feb ’12

Hired a guy called Sebastian Bettencourt to help me design the book. We met and talked about the photography and about book design possibilities. I mentioned that I had begun thinking about it as a “light” mobile portable thing rather … Continue reading →

Video Book Review: Old School & New School — Two Views on Skateboarding

19 Jan ’12

Hello. So, hopefully this sort of update keeps you engaged in the project. It’s helpful to me to talk about what I’m thinking in terms of the book design for the project. I’m dividing things up a bit and first … Continue reading →

Book Design Update

11 Jan ’12

There’s a lot going on here at Hello, Skater Girl HQ, especially on the Book Design floor. I’ve been thinking about the book since I started the project over a year ago — every and all aspects of book design … Continue reading →

Nicole Dodson, Venice Skatepark

29 Nov ’11

Nicole Dodson, Venice local going to school at the Otis College of Design. We met up the other morning, cause the light at the beach is cool and crisp even if its still and can get a bit warm when … Continue reading →

Abby Zsarnay Vans Combi Pool

23 Nov ’11

Abby Zsarnay Saturday November 5 2011 14:46:01:29

Abby Zsarnay at the Vans Girls Combi Pool Classic 2011.

It’s All In Good *Fun

19 Nov ’11

They’re not skating but they’re having fun. These are the top Jedi mind trickers in skating today — Allysha Bergado, Nora Vasconcellos and Lizzie Armanto, rocking post Halloween just before Nora heads back east to have her winter. It was an … Continue reading →

We’re In The Skateboard Mag!

14 Nov ’11

..sorta. Just a coincidence that Nora and I were shooting at the Combi Pool when J. Grant Brittain, noted director of photography at The Skateboard Mag rolled in to shoot with Chris Miller. I was cowering a bit — not because … Continue reading →

Justyce Tabor Front Side

6 Nov ’11

Yesterday was the Girls Combi Pool Classic competition. It was *super competitive — really sporty. Hellzafun. There’s lots to share. Some I’ll save — but I couldn’t resist this one of Justyce Tabor coming around frontside. I found the other one … Continue reading →