How printing has changed - New business cards!

Hot right off of the "whatever the hell they print with in mass theses days" (presses), my new LIFE SQUARED business cards have just arrived and their SQUARE! Go figure! ;-)

Do you remember the days, if you wanted to do some thing like this. It would have been ten separate multi-image half tone plates, eleven press runs at a staggering number per run, just to keep the cost down per card and multiple trips to the printer to check and sign-off the image quality. And then, you would have been stuck with thousands of card that would last you a life time. Amazing how far we have come in "on demand printing". Hell, I could be issuing an new set every month! Enjoy them while they last. Only 200 cards per-set.

Found in the archive - "Sonny" Barger of the Hells Angels

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While fishing around in my archive, I came across this rare chrome from one of those assignments you were not sure about once you read the subjects name.

Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger - ©1988 Peter DaSilva

Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger - ©1988 Peter DaSilva

Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger, who was a founding member (1957) of the Oakland, California, U.S. chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. It was to make a portrait of Barger on his 50th birthday back in 1988 at his custom motorcycle shop in Oakland, CA. At first I was hesitant, especially during the walk from the entrance of the shop to the counter to ask for Sonny. I think it was the searing stares I got until Barger came out and advised his crew I was OK. The shoot went smoothly and he was gracious and pleasant to work with. But shortly after that shoot, Barger was found guilty of conspiring to blow up the clubhouse of a rival motorcycle club, The Outlaws in Louisville, Kentucky and spent four years in a federal prison in Arizona.

As I look back, I realize how special this opportunity was and glad I got to meet and photograph such a major figure in the history of the Hells Angels.

NEW UPDATED Website - DASILVAPHOTO.com

Hello all!  Just launched my UPDATED DASILVAPHOTO.com website. A new very clean and simple look for me, that's also iPad/iPhone compatible with a great looking mobile UI. Along with new works on digital, there are many galleries of my emulsion based images...film and wet plate collodion. Other new additions, I've also resurrected my Behind the Exposure Blog, taking tintype commissions and offering various workshops in the future.  Starting with a few Street Photography workshops in March and later this year I'll be conducting some studio lighting and wet plate collodion classes.

So please take a look and let me know what you think, and stay tune for updates in new galleries, my blog Behind the Exposure, Instagram feed @pdsphoto and workshops.

Introducing my two "Street Photography" workshop in San Francisco

Proud to announce I will be teaching two street photography workshops in March, "Street Photography • Practical Techniques" on March 17 & 18th and "Black & White Film Street Photography" on March 27th, 28th & 29th for budding and intermediate and advanced street photographers. I will sharing some of my 30 years of photojournalism experience on the streets. Teaching you practical tips and techniques in both digital and film to help refine your style.