Category: Creative Life
Grit & Grain Photo Studio
Wherein In lay out a plan for something I’d very much like to do.
Week Notes – April 23, 2025
Notes, updates, and other things from the week ending April 23
Week Notes – April 16, 2025
A day late, a week skipped, but here’s what’s what.
The Burger Bar Sessions
Getting the amazing Izzy in front of my camera at Asheville’s Burger Bar.
The Wind-Down
Izzy made a lot of the images that were bouncing around in my head all of these years come to life one morning at the Burger Bar here in Asheville. It was the first shoot in a long while where I actually asked permission and got the venue on board with what I was up…
15 Hours
Taking a Severed approach to working with a single goal: keep things to a 15-hour work week.
David Lynch Visits The Copy Desk
David Lynch died yesterday. He was a titan in very specific circles. Be nice to the guy in your group who was always introducing you to slightly off-kilter stuff – they’re hurting today. Lynch was a massive influence on my earlier work, in my earlier years. Back in the days when I thought I would…
A Proposal for Superbowl Ads
$7,000,000 for 30 seconds. That’s the going ad rate for commercial airtime for Superbowl 59. In all, $31.5 million and change going to just ad spots, just air time. This doesn’t include the revenue from on-field ads, banners, online streams, pregame spots, sponsored content, etc. “I’m only here to watch the commercials,” was the line…
Tasty and Nutritious
In case anyone needed a reminder: everything on this site is created with 100% real, organic, aged and seasoned grey matter. Ten fingers type these words. On certain days, my wrists ache. The image is a stamp I’ll keep on this site. Yes, I drew it. A note: digital production can be organic. Every photo…
I Will Send You A Postcard
It might be a vintage one I pick up at a garage sale. It might be one I draw or paint myself. Maybe it’s some photo artwork. Whatever it is, you probably haven’t gotten something like this in a while. Shoot me an email with your mailing address david at dtpennington dot com.