Category Archives: The South

Henrietta Reindeer

Written by Michael Clinard. No comments.

It seems that the holidays are finally upon us: it’s snowing in Seattle as I type and been that way the entire week.

henrietta_reindeer_web

Battery on the auto decided to conk out the day before I’m set to leave again for Bama, so I figured it was as good a time as any to head down to Les Schwab and pick up a new mega-Duracell. While there, I brought Henrietta Reindeer into existence.

After Santa reads this blog entry, he’s probably going to be calling on her to help Rudolf and the gang out, so keep your eyes peeled for Henrietta over the Holidays. With that in mind, I wish you all Happy Holidays and a hard rocking entry into 2009!

1122

Written by Michael Clinard. 1 Comment.

slice1_web

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.

bright_nights1

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.

slice2_web

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.

slice3_web

Evolution of a Haircut

Written by Michael Clinard. 1 Comment.

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

haircut_1

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.

haircut_2

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.

haircut_3

haircut_4

422

Written by Michael Clinard. No comments.

420_1

420_2

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

Written by Michael Clinard. 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.

dad_with_bass_web

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.

son_of_a_biscuit_eater_web1


Bamaville 1

Written by Michael Clinard. 1 Comment.

I’m home for the holidays visiting the folks.

parents_yawning

Whenever I ring from Seattle, this is approximately what I picture in my mind’s eye.

mom_dad_tv_web

I’ll have more soon in the coming days,

Mike

Coming Uppances from Clinard

Written by Michael Clinard. 1 Comment.

jackson_of_olympia_web

What was that you say? Coming Uppances? Are those even words?

Here on the Blog of Michael Clinard they are, and its my way of saying that I’ve got some big things on the horizon. Besides heading home for the holy days, seeing the family and tackling some portrait subjects down there in the Southland, I’m doing a conceptual Paul-Prudhomme-meet-E-40-in-the-kitchen photoshoot sometime in December (shout to my boy Fridge: big ups kid). Stay tuned for that.

The shot above is one from today and of my man ‘Jackson of Olympia.’ I say it like this as I was out at the Emerald City Gamefest photographing the enthusiastic attendees. Tonight as I review the film, I’m super excited by what I’m seeing. Many thanks to all who participated. I’ll soon have a bigger blog post about that in the coming days.

More always,

Mike

Four New Years!

Written by Michael Clinard. No comments.

Brothers and Sisters. Sons and Daughters. Moms and Dads. Grandmas and Grandpas. Cats and Dogs. Earthworms and Beetles. Small birds and Eagles. Sharks and Little Fish. Sun and Moon. Wind and Water. Up and Down. This and That. All and None. . .

A new day has dawned. Barack Obama has won the 2008 Presidential Election! Four New Years!

barack_obama

To commemorate this historic event, I created this “Barack Obama wins the Presidential Election 2008 Pizza.”

president_pizza

Here are the ingredients:
*1 frozen Safeway Thin Crust Supreme Pizza
*10 minutes of plucking fresh thyme off the stems as I watched  folks crying in joy over Barack’s win
*6 little slices of Yellow Pepper we got from Jenna’s Mom the other night
*3 Green Tomatoes from the Magnuson Pea Patch this lady gave us but sat long enough to turn red
*More Cheese (of course)
*Twenty twists worth of fresh ground pepper
*3 Pinches of Cayenne Pepper
*Some lump crab meat that I felt would be better served on a pizza rather than suffocating in a canister
*Dashes of Hope, Democracy and Change

To all my Southern folks lamenting over McCain’s coming up short. Don’t fret, your native son will be home for the Holidays to serve you a slice of this delicious new creation.

slice_of_hope1

Xavier from Florida

Written by Michael Clinard. 1 Comment.

This is Xavier from Florida.

Had the great pleasure of photographing him for the personal project I’ve been working on about folks from the South living in Seattle. Caught him just as he was about to move out of town for the sunnier (yet arid) locales of in and around the Phoenix, AZ area.

As the post notes, he grew up in Florida, and on top of being a French linguist/translator, he’s a damn good martial artist. Threw this gem out as we were wrapping the shot.

Its some kind of flying-crane-fist or something. Regardless, it looks painful if one happens to be on the wrong side of it. Thanks again, X, but I should also thank Jenna for helping me out.

She was indispensable as prop stylist, ‘going in’ whenever le’ croissant gave us gravitational and wind issues. I’ll have more projects up soon, so stay tuned.

More always,

Mike

Shannon from Virginia

Written by Michael Clinard. 1 Comment.

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of photographing Shannon from Virginia for the Refugee project I’ve been working on. A former paranormal investigator, Shannon’s got a great sense of humor and equally interesting specs to match.

A couple of outtakes:

Switch to our mobile site