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"Big and heavy" are the best ways to describe the Exclusive Premium Format Sideshow Uruk-Hai Bezerker that arrived at my desk yesterday. For me this is one of their best sculptures as reference since it covers anatomy, armor, skin, gore and stone. Since we are at work so much lately trying to wrap up God of War 3, I have not had the chance to blog some photos of the team working hard trying to

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What would E3 be without booth babes? Here is what the return of E3 brought us this year. The use of booth babes to attract guys to the media booths is like attracting bees to honey! In retrospect, there were not as many girls there as in years past, but I am sure next year should bring more for us to see.

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This year's E3 is much more chill than years past. Not as many people, meaning a lot more room to breathe and take in all the games. Here are some random images from the show itself--not so much about the masses as it is the intimate experience of the individuals in my images. Coming on Monday: The Girls of E3! Stay tuned.

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With people lining up for two hours to play it, the God of War 3 demo showed up big at E3 this year clocking in at over 40 minutes of gameplay. Shown here are Game Director Stig Asmussen and Lead Designer Todd Papy overseeing the reactions of the gamers. Max Ancar and Sean Cunningham worked the booth to make sure the gamers were getting the full experience. Tech Artist Richard Greenspan and

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Complete photographic coverage of God of War 3 and everything else at E3 coming on Thursday June 4th, 2009. Stay tuned!

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West Los Angeles, CA - Bearing your artistic soul for everyone to see--that was the feeling for every artist showing their work tonight at Otis School of Art and Design. Cecil Kim and Izzy Medrano, co-workers and instructors at Otis brought us around to see their students work before they move on to the "real world." Personal favorites of the evening for me were Nigel Sanders, Saul Espinosa,

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Here is another set I shot from Taiwan. No real theme to these, but more of some of the quick flashes and memories that I hang on to when things in life get rough. Can a traveler feel "homesick" for a place that is not originally their home?

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A lot of people wondered why I stopped posting after Day 2. Well my uncle took us on a 4 day excursion through the south of Taiwan. With no internet, and my laptop back at home base, I came back with thousands of photos. With minimal time to edit, I found myself wrapping up my trip and returning home. I wish I could have blogged everyday, but now I will have to post in retrospect. Now I

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More to come!

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Hey everyone! Sorry for the late post. I got here safe and things are amazing! I have eaten spectacular food for the last 2 days! Here are highlights from my first day here. Not much time to write, I am on my way out again to photograph more of spectacular Taiwan!

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No this car is not mine, but I had to take spy pictures of it since it is the first 2009 Nissan 370z that I have seen up close. I don't have any dramatic lighting, and in fact I took these pretty quickly in case the owner was around. Lots of friends I have talked to say they either love it or hate it, with nothing in-between. Thumbs up or down? What do you think?

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Image captions from top to bottom: 1) The God of War 3 press demo in Hi-Def. 2) Louis Lu working hard on characters. 3) Game Director Stig Asmussen addressing the team. 4) An overview of the office from my desk. 5) A rare smile from Pat Murphy, with Kevin Anderson, Peter Tumminello and Tyler Breon looking on. 6) Katon Callaway steadily working. 7) The famous George Takei visiting our studio for a

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It has been a long time coming, but I finally got my first digital SLR! I have awesome flashbacks of my photography classes in college shooting on campus for assignments and then spending hours in the darkroom and lab exposing myself to dangerous chemicals. Now minus the chemicals, this blog gets a major upgrade as well a new direction for me in digital photography. There will be "photos of

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Freshly delivered from Hong Kong: The Dark Knight Batman from Hot Toys. I couldn't decide which one to get so I snagged both and took some quick images with my camera. These figures are 1/6th scale, sporting some super fine detail with rubber suits, multiple hands, heads and weapons.

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This is where I have been spending my mornings lately scribbling and doodling. I know I need to get outside and be amongst people, but there is a lot of work to do. This is a promise that the blog neglect will end soon.

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Century City, CA - About a month ago, Century City Mall installed these "parking space lights," to tell you which spots are taken or open. This idea is brilliant! The days are gone of slowly creeping up aisles and seeing an open space, only to find a motorcycle sitting in it.

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Hollywood, CA - Saw Dark Knight this weekend like everyone else. The Dark Knight is a richly layered crime story filled with drama and tension. I had not felt this much despair for my heroes since The Empire Strikes Back. Here are some shots from the Arclight theater in Hollywood displaying the new Batsuit, the Joker suit, Clown Masks and the awesome new Batpod. And yes, Heath Ledger is

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Rowland Heights, CA - Instant Summer with temperatures rivaling Las Vegas--with some added humidity to make you sweat!

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Hollywood, CA - Iain McCaig electrified us all with his presentation today at the Gnomon Live Workshop. His presentation included random previews of his coming book titled "Shadowline" and a sneak-peek at some secret projects he has been working on. At the end, he wrapped it up by doing a quick character demo involving people from the crowd to pose for him! He is best known for his work on all

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Rome, Italy - On the streets of Italy and most likely all over Europe, the Smart car has taken over. I have seen this car on the web many times, but to actually stand next to one and see it zipping throughout the tight streets of Rome and Florence was impressive. If you take it out of those tight streets and place it on an L.A. freeway next to massive gas-guzzling SUV's, it looks ridiculous!

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