J.Baxter Photography

I'll be in LA October 21st through 28th, if you want to book me for a shoot please send me a message. :)

please add my Photography page on Facebook :) , http://www.facebook.com/pages/J-Baxter-Photography/125701458417?ref=nf

My work is featured in a new book called "Tattooed Girls Rock". The book is available at Amazon, Barnes and Nobel, and Borders. I shot Sylvia, Antietam, F3tish Kitten, and Megan Massacre for the book.

I put up some material on my website. I'm going to be bloggging more and putting up behind the scenes photos and videos. If you have a moment PLEASE check it out and leave me a comment or two!

 http://jbaxterphotography.com/

P.S. I'm going to be posting blogs here too!

I'm going to start posting more journals. What do you al want to see? Behind the scenes, movies of shoots, talks about photography, tutorials? Please left me know what you think.

 

Thanks :)

So I FINALLY have a website up. It's still under construction but please take a moment to check it out.

http://www.jbaxterphotography.com

Please take a moment to check it out. Special thanks to Ryan Rohypnol for setting it up for me.

I plan on blogging alot more here and on my own site.

Orphaned Works Bill, please read and watch video

I think we all need to be concerned about this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqBZd0cP5Yc


I actually am well aware of the bill. The whole of my company seems to be blogging about it and trying to raise awareness. After reading the entire document, I'm very concerned. The wording in some key areas seem to be far too vague and leave far too much room for interpretation. It seems as if our rights as artists are in jeopardy. The major problem is a lot of us lack the patience to read such over embellished dribble. One of the most troubling lines has to do with the concept of a "reasonable" search for the author of the work. That is the kind of thing meant to tie up a less wealthy person (the artist) in expensive litigation with a larger more wealthy company. The other insane request is that we all "register" our work to protect it. This makes it impossibly expensive to even show your work publicly without incurring a huge expense. Either that or risk it's theft ad someone else getting rich off of your work. I feel the worst aspect of this bill is it is being misunderstood by the politicians. They are being told this bill is meant to release old stock pictures that no one alive has the right to claim. The sad part is under our current copyright laws, almost all of these works fall under the statute of public domain. The art community in all mediums will suffer a huge blow should this bill come into law.

I urge you all to do some research and find out more for yourself, don't take anyone's word for it. If you feel strongly about this, write to your local politician, there is a lot of money and special interest behind this bill.

Repost of David Van Allen http://inwinethereistruth.deviantart.com/

Model: Megan Massacre http://www.myspace.com/meganwoznickitattoo
Makeup: Lanie Ball  http://www.myspace.com/alaynaball
Photo Manipulation: David Van Allen http://inwinethereistruth.deviantart.com/ 

Megan came in and with Lanie we did some photos in the style of Pinky Toast, well Dave took those photos and made her into a real life version :)




Original:

Model: Atilla the Han

Model: Megan Massacre

Makeup: Lanie Ball

 

 

 

 

In my quest to become a better photographer I've been reading a lot.  Lighting books, Photoshop, and theory. Right now I'm reading Annie Leibovitz book "At Work". It's really quite interesting how she has evolved. I wish I could take 2 days to 2 weeks per portrait.

PLEASE remind me to NEVER recommend what to wear when my friend asks :-/

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrities/disaster/audrey-kitching-fashion-disaster

Model: Jessica Romano

Makeup: Lanie Ball

Hey guys please check out my friend Audrey Kitching's Hot Topic clothing line. It will be at these stores or online at www.HotTopic.com!

Mall City State

Ctr Phoenix AZ

Boulevard Las Vegas NV

Bellis Fair Bellingham WA

King Of Prussia King of Prussia PA

Concord Wilmington DE

Rockaway Rockaway NJ

Hamilton Mays Landing NJ

Crystal Waterford CT

Springfield Springfield VA

Holyoke Holyoke MA

Oakland Troy MI

Glenbrook Square Fort Wayne IN

Brea Brea CA

Walden Galleria Buffalo NY

Haywood Greenville SC

Vista Ridge Lewisville TX

Carousel Center Syracuse NY

Lakeside Mall Metarie LA

Tippecanoe Mall Lafayette IN

Northstar Mall San Antonio TX

Altamonte Mall Altamonte Springs FL

Capital Mall Olympia WA

Arbor Place Mal Douglasville GA

Tyrone Square St. Petersburg FL

Cherryvale Mall Rockford IL

Kaahumanu Kahului HI

Scottsdale Fashion Square Scottsdale AZ

College Mall Bloomington IN

Quail Springs Mall Oklahoma City OK

Circle Centes Indianapolis IN

I just wrote Congress to oppose the Orphan Works Bills. Please go here and do the same. It takes two minutes.

Click on this URL to take action now

http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/utr/2/?a=11980321&i=90298899&c=&u=capwiz.com%2Fillustratorspartnership%2Fhome%2F

I never do this but this video is BRILLIANT!

As an artist, you have to read this article or you could lose everything you've ever created!

 

http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=Columns&article_no=3605&page=1#

http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/SuicideGirls_com_Sues_lead_Photographer_for_100_000 

I need say no more GRRRRrrrrrrr

Lithium Picnic is going through hell if you can support him in any way PLEASE do so.

 

J.Baxter

I tried to move my friend Kristin to my top people. I clicked SAVE and it DELETED all 1000 or so of my friends :( I'm so PISSED OFF! :(  I tried to add people back and I can't it's like they are my friends yet I have no friends.