Category Archives: Broheme

Late Breaking News from the Office of Michael Clinard. . .

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on August 7, 2009. No comments.

It’s being reported that some of my images are featured on the Behance Network!

I got an email a couple hours back saying that the editorial team selected my project from the several hundred that folks post everyday. Pretty neat being that a couple days ago I decided to pull some images together that I’ve shot over the last year or so in anticipation for the new site that’s being developed. Figured I’d give folks a preview of some of the visuals to expect, and here it goes getting some neat attention!

I suspect that project will drop from the front pages after a week or so, but in the meantime, feel free to visit the gallery and let me know what you think. Hope you enjoy looking at them as I had a great time creating them. Big shout of thanks to all the nice folks that sat for me!

More soon,

Mike

MC Virus and Promo Sneak Peak

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on June 16, 2009. No comments.

I’m slowly adjusting to life back in the states after getting back last weekend from Ecuador.

Above and below are a couple of the many notes I wrote to myself as reminders on the days leading up to our Exodus from the Emerald City.

The more I think about the ‘Dor, I always find myself humming Palace Brothers’ ‘West Palm Beach’ track. Oh, sigh. . .

Anyhow, while looking through the images from the sojourn, I remembered I’d shot this interesting chap named Dan who goes under the moniker of MC Virus here in Seattle.

A super nice guy, his beats are unlike anything I’ve heard before. He played me a few tracks from an upcoming album he’s releasing on the label called Rarefied Heir. Go check him out!

In other news, I had a few of the upcoming promo pieces accepted onto Heather Morton’s Art Buyer Blog. Check it out here (scroll down to #4).

More always,

Mike

Ron from Arkansas

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on May 25, 2009. No comments.

Had the great fortune of photographing Mr. Ron Fulton for my Refugee project. If you’re unfamiliar with it, check out past explorations here and here.

Met him a few months back after finding myself in a conversation about The South and Jimi Hendrix. We hit it off immediately: he telling me about Arkansas, his time serving in the military and his 40-year-old parrot, Sailor; myself talking about Bama and my quirky, conceptual portrait style.

Since then we’ve been chatting every other week or so about getting together to do a little colab in the studio, and a few days back we finally had an opportunity.

What a treat to hear Ron move with ease from Hendrix to Skynard to ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow.’ I found myself smiling and kind of zoning out, rapt in his guitar wizardry. This man has got endless amounts of talent, and a damn fine bird to boot!

On this great Memorial Day, I wanted to get this post up to honor Ron and all the service men and women who serve or have served our country to give us the freedom we enjoy today.

More always,

Mike

Pouring it out for the Homies

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on March 19, 2009. No comments.

Today Brugen and I got into the studio to bless it appropriately.

It wasn’t our usual blood-filled chalice faire or endless rows of tables stacked high with freshly slaughtered fish and game. Today it was Nestle Chocolate Milk, Michael-made Salmon Burgers and an impromptu portrait session that brought dead artists to their knees in heaven/hell/purgatory.

After all the sugar, Bill had a hard time focusing. He kept yelling, “Beam me up, Scotty. . .” apparently mistaking himself for Geordi LaForge after his recent completion of a project for the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum at the Seattle Center here in Seattle.

All in all, it was good fun to hang with Bill. Peep the triptych below.

More always,

Mike

Tidbitterys

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on March 13, 2009. No comments.

Below is the smallest grip kit in the world.

Its being packed for a quick trip down to Sactown to cover the tent city issue that’s raging down there.

Amazing how a little storage bin can hold all this stuff. No hocus pocus, just straight gangsta packin’ on account of my mastery of protractors and intuitive grasp of The Golden Mean.

I also met Sian Kennedy the other day.

I’ve always loved this shot of his. This one ain’t so bad either, but that’s perspectival.

Mike

Uncanny Similarity

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on February 27, 2009. No comments.

Whilst readying myself for the morning’s work, I saw something so striking as to warrant my posting here on ye’ olde blog:

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My good friend/colleague Jacob Gerber is living a secret life in Hollywood. For years, we suspected he was in fact Shawn from Rescue Me. However, after further investigation–and seeing this photo of him attempting a disguise behind nice black specs–it is my duty to report that he’s been living for years as one Andy Samberg, from Saturday Night Live fame.

Only after Gerber ‘moved back to Minneapolis’ did Samberg’s rise to stardom begin. Coincidence? I think not.

Its time to stop living in the shadows, Jacob and embrace your new identity.

Joseph Reohm, Illusionist

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on February 12, 2009. No comments.

A couple weeks back I met Joseph Reohm while he was visiting Seattle. We got to talking and he’s like, ‘You know, I’m an illusionist. . .’

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This of course piqued my interest, and we decided it was high time for us to get together and work on a little shoot. He noted that he was oft photographed levitating or making things float, and I asked if he’d be interested in taking a more humorous look at the ins and outs (or dangers in this instance) of being an illusionist.

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Given his propensity to spoon and fork bending, I figured it might be downright frustrating at times to sit down for lunch.

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The Neverending Quest for the Sickest Nerf Jam, v. 2009

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on January 10, 2009. 1 Comment.

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My buddies and I recently got together to celebrate mankind’s neverending search for the nastiest dunk on a nerf setup in history.

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This is Joshua Collins’ contribution. It’s apparently pending review down at the patent and copyright office. If I remember correctly, it’s called the Reverse Jackhammer Undertow Revelation: Major.

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Collins’ execution of the previous dunk was so stunningly well orchestrated, that it caused the basketball to implode, and we were forced to play with a shrunken soccer ball for the remainder of our nerf study. A little Permacel grip tape, and we were back in business.

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Here Collins plays a little ‘D’ on Lakin “the Smiling Shark” Garth.

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Also in attendance was the renowned historian, Luke “Cottonmouth” McGuire, Ph.D–an expert in the history of Sickeningly-ill Gravity-defying Nerfdunkdom. We were very honored to have him observe our contribution to this very momentous and important moment in human history.

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Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on December 2, 2008. 1 Comment.

I’d given myself the assignment of taking at least one photo a day. Having already completed the day’s objective with the image of my mother and I, my brother, Ben, egged me on to break out the gear for just one more assuring me it’d be well worth it. With that, I kicked the recliner back down into ‘useless’ mode and headed off for my bedroom.

Below is the room I grew up in from 6th grade on through my graduation from high school.

If these walls could talk. Seeing as how a lot of interesting things have gone down in there, guess multiple lights firing within its hallowed halls were really nothing out of the ordinary.