HOLLOW DOUBT - the best of both worlds

Some people live life wanting to live the best of both worlds whether its wishing they owned a truck when their moving instead of a car or wishing they lived this world just a little bit taller...well if your into quality photography and the street art scene Hollow Doubt just made your world come true. Very recently the blog Melrose & Fairfax took them selves out of the blog game. Maybe the passion was lost or maybe it was feeling the pressure of websites/Instagrams like Hollow Doubt. An Iphone camera can only do so much. Until you learn how to play with a DSLR you will live life flatter than those who do. Hollow Doubt knows how to do it. There website is wordless, the name is random, the photos are interesting, the entire concept is smooth. The world just got better.

Melrose & Fairfax - Street art blog - calling it quits

So if you enjoy street art, one of the great city's to get your fix on is Los Angeles. It is an ever changing scene and to watch it unfold is an entertaining & inspiring experience. For the past handful of years Melrose & Fairfax was able to capture what it can in there walks or drives around the city. The blog created a fame for some artist that would get up everywhere but the fame for some of them artists wasn't always a positive thing. M&F was very opinionated and if they didn't like what they saw in the streets they would create a post that would express all there negative thoughts. STRIKE one... M&F has claimed to be the #1 street art blog in the U.S. so the power of there perception was strong. If you were an artists that wasn't liked by M&F you would know about it and they had a bunch of readers that would robotically agree. A very scary thought if your trying to get your name out in the LA scene. Often the blog would post there own paste ups and stickers and speak third party about it but that is just shameless promotion, you cant mark them for that. But a good thing, a majority of the blog posts were purely the documentation of art that didn't last too long, a very interesting blog to watch. Now that they threw in the towel, what will you do now?......Instagram has all the photos you need of the street art scene. So, in the end, it was a good run for Melrose & Fairfax, it will not soon be forgotten.The simple camera from an iphone, dedication, a skateboard, and a dog is proven to be all you need to start a blog. Get up Stay up!

Bandit - Street artist

About a year a ago So Cal street artist Bandit got with Wanderlust Industries and gave us a sneek peek into his elusive lifestyle. Not sure who Bandit paired up with this time but he is currently is working on another film project. Nice filming, good edit and some pretty good art. Sit forward and enjoy.

The Slanted Lens

What can be more disappointing than a broken lens? It feels so personal, its almost in describable. Well, a good way to get your mind in a better place is to click through the work being done at The Slanted Lens. They introduce an inspiring view of photography through their website and through their You Tube Channel .If you need time to kill or need a boost of inspiration, always remember, a slanted lens is much better than a broken one.

Photography top 10 tips

When your thursting for more education by searching the internet, don't forget to make some mistakes. When Goggling your thoughts, mistakes can open up a world of new information. Recently, a search for Photography 101 ended up as Photography 10. This mistake was a good one. Lots of good top 10 photography tips appeared and caused excitement and lots of new information. Imperfection is beauty.

Lab Art Gallery - Solo Show by Alec Monopoly

So if all it takes to be a very successful artist is to remix other peoples art and to make sure to do it well then cheers to Alec Monopoly . He has managed to use the Monopoly man in most of his street works to get his name out there. An already recognizable image is sometimes a short cut to the top. There are lots of zeros nowadays behind  some of his home decor pieces that sell in his gallery shows all over the world. Now its time for Lab Art Gallery to be the banker and make some money off of this guy who did it for himself and not for others.  Well have fun Lab Art Gallery, you'll be collecting more than just $200 for Alec's first solo show in his street art home town LA.