Category Archives: Family

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!

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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!

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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

Ecuador is Over Here

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on July 26, 2009. No comments.

Hi all,

It’s been a busy month for me: the website look is finally being hashed out and collateral material printing for the Office of Michael Clinard, General Photography is gearing up.

Outside of the recent happenings, I found some time to steal away and edit through the 1600 or so photos from the recent trip to Ecuador. I’ve gone ahead and put them up on Picasa here.

When you arrive, I encourage you to click the slideshow option to see them larger; from there, you can pause it to click through at your own pace or turn off the captions if you’d prefer.

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Above is an image shot inside the monument La Virgin del Panecillo which overlooks Quito–Ecuador’s capital. It’s a large monument of the Virgin Mary constructed of large steel plates, each one welded and screwed together as seen above.

When I finally stopped to appreciate it’s inner construction, I found myself standing in front of plate 79. Specifically important to me given that it was the year of my birth: 1979.

More soon,

Mike

North American again

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on June 14, 2009. No comments.

I’m back from Ecuador after almost two weeks in that gorgeous country. It is so incredibly rich: cities, mountains, jungle and a beautiful coast!

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting pictures, stories and reflections to ye’ olde blog. For now, I present a couple pieces of art from my 100% adorable, 6 year old cousin, Paola.

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Literally everything she did was cute, and I found myself just smiling every time she was around. Paola made these for us on the night of our departure, and they read something equivalent to Mike + Jenna = Paola.

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So now you want to see her, right? Alright, I just can’t resist. . . here she is enjoying Parque Historico seven feet off the ground with Jenna.

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More always,

Mike

Screenprinting Party and My New Brand Identity: The Office of Michael Clinard

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on May 12, 2009. 2 Comments.

Had a little screen printing party at the studio over the weekend.

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Jenna, aka ‘The Boss’ (pictured above), made it happen. She engineered a low-cost, very effective way of making prints from a short list of supplies found at any Value Village, Goodwill or retail store. The list goes a little something like this:

1) Obtain a few frames from said store. These can be picture frames or those wooden frames that pre-stretched canvas comes on. You know, the canvases that you used to paint your high school masterpieces on. . . exactly, the ones that now reside at above-noted Goodwill store.

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2) Find some very sheer curtain tulle that someone has discarded. Probably on the back wall, wedged between the quilts with the stains on them and the Saved by the Bell sweatshirts.

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3) Rolls of Contact Paper. It’s probably the case the ones you find at Value Village are still tacky enough to affix to your tulle, but if concerned, feel free to go out and pick up a new roll.

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Basically, you staple your tulle very taut to your frame as if making a drum. Affix your contact paper with design cut out and you’re good to go. I found a couple nice tutorials on the process here and here that pretty much break things down.

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Above is my contribution. It’s the new brand identity I’ve been bringing into existence with the aid of a fantastic designer in NYC named Tim Lahan. I’m super excited to start the process of spreading the word and getting it out on market.

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That said, keep your eyes peeled for exciting new updates from the Office of Michael Clinard: General Photography.

Always,

Mike

Nelle, 2009.

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on February 3, 2009. No comments.

This is Nelle, my grandmother.

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Shot while home in Athens.

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I’ve had a few people egging me on to put this last one up.

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As well as this one test, which was shot on the eve of my 30th birthday.

More always,

Mike

King for a night. Maybe two

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on December 21, 2008. No comments.

I’m going home for the holidays tonight. Maybe.

I kind of feel excited as if it’s turning into this huge journey.

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

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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.

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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.

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After I’d tested to make sure all was firing back in my crypt, I had a ball photographing my brother in all manners of pizza slice revelry.

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Evolution of a Haircut

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on November 28, 2008. 1 Comment.

No secret: I’ve been going bald since high school.

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That said, I’ve always had a vision that my ideal haircut would incorporate this particular handicap into my favor. The vision is straight out of Mad Max, and if memory serves, I believe Tina Turner had this kind of doo in Thunderdome.

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Below you’ll find the more refined manifestation of my vision. I lived with it for a matter of hours (with newly cropped facial hair design) but alas, I gave it up with the foresight to know that a place like Athens, Alabama isn’t ready for such a revolutionary utterance in hair sculpture.

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Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on November 25, 2008. No comments.

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Bamaville 2 and Michael Clinard is the Son of a Biscuit Eater

Written by Michael Clinard. Posted on November 24, 2008. No comments.

Went fishing with the old man: the resident bassmaster in the family. He took me to all his favorite hot spots, but he was the only one on the fish.

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In fact, I had just cast my line into the water to turn around to Dad reeling this one in. He feigned as if he was hung up and tried to play it off as if it were a stick. Truth be told, I think that had I just gone back to my own line, he might’ve just cut the line because he just can’t not catch fish. The man is that good.

In other news, Michael Clinard is the Son of a Biscuit Eater.

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