Harrison Long Photography Blog » Lifestyle http://www.harrisonlongphotography.com/blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:14:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New gift to adorn the house walls! http://www.harrisonlongphotography.com/blog/new-gift-to-adorn-the-house-walls/2011/07/23/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-gift-to-adorn-the-house-walls http://www.harrisonlongphotography.com/blog/new-gift-to-adorn-the-house-walls/2011/07/23/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:05:26 +0000 admin http://www.harrisonlongphotography.com/blog/?p=2681 Our close and talented friend Mo surprised us this past weekend with an incredible post-wedding gift. Look at this thing…isn’t it amazing, it reeks of pure awesomeness! We were totally floored and at a loss for words when he presented this painting to us. Everything is hand painted with an airbrush – the detail is absolutely remarkable. Hah, maybe too remarkable…it’s almost scary how realistic he captured ourselves in 2-D airbrush action! Mo totally rocked this painting and brought it to life not just with the astonishing portraits, but also with a ton of personal details that he incorporated. In past lives, we had an affinity for trainspotting and graffiti. Everything from our favorite colors to our interests and even to including our wedding date, Mo made sure to make this painting uniquely our own. Even the format of the painting is golden.  Do you see it…he designed the canvas to look like a polaroid photo.  Way cool, huh.

I’ve known Mo for years and he’s probably one of the best Los Angeles portrait airbrushers in the business. His airbrush skills and video work are simply amazing. We’ve long been fans of his work and he’s been a great friend over the years. Here are some photos I quickly snapped of the painting he gave Annie and me.

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los angeles airbrushing portraits

Finding a home for this on our walls was a bit tough…so many choices!  In the end, we decided it would be nice company right next to our woolly wally.

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los angeles airbrushing portraits

A closeup shot.  Look at the amazing detail…all handpainted!

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Thanks Mo, the painting is awesome and it’s hanging up proudly in our living room.  We owe you big time for this.

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Night photography and the Leonids!  It’s been almost eight years since I actually watched a meteor shower.  So when I found out the Leonids were going to rain fire late last night, I grabbed the beanie & the thermal mug and ran out with the camera in hand.  Haha, it’s been a while since I’ve stayed up into the early hours of the night aimlessly but it was a lot of fun.  Never shot the stars or a meteor shower before…maybe I’ll have to make a habit of this.  I have a ton of wedding photos to post, but thought I’d share this with you in the meantime.

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Hah, my photo reminds me of the mac desktop image.

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