Crazy for Cult - Art Show @ Gallery 1988

Woo-Hoo! Another art exhibit in Los Angeles!

Crazy for Cult is the current art exhibit at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles dedicated to the classic cult films. There are 100 contributing artists and work is available for purchase at the show. Check them out online at Crazy 4 Cult.
Show starts tonight Thursday July 16 and runs through August 8. I am excited to see works for Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka, and Edward Scissorhands just to name a few...

Ink-N-Iron 2009 w/ Eagles of Death Metal, Tattoos, Hot Rods, and Art!

I look forward to Ink-N-Iron every year for the chance to see portfolios of amazing artists that come from all over in the beautiful Queen Mary in Long Beach. I have been to my share of tattoo conventions and this one takes the cake! There are amazing tattoos being made at every turn, greasers and pinup gals, classic movies, amazing music and hot rods on display.

Eagles of Death Metal took the stage around 10pm and rocked it! It was so much fun, I went crazy when "I really wanna be in LA" was played. They seem like some really cool guys and delivered a good old rock and roll show.

Lomography

I LOVE FILM~! I just got my mail order film processing in the mail. I love how I never know what I am going to get from my lomo cameras. I had a couple rolls that I had developed from my Diana + my Holga and my Horizon cameras. I still need to scan the Horizon photos...go check them out on my flickr or at http://www.melissacerda.com/

Scott Kelby's 2nd Annual Worldwide Photo Walk - July 18, 2009

The Photo Walk falls on a Thursday this year and will be the first one I am participating in. I am so excited to get the chance to explore the cities that I rush by all the time and stop and take it slow with my camera. 2 hours dedicated to photos. I am also excited about the opportunity to talk and share tips with fellow photogs! The groups are limited to 50 per city and I have narrowed it down to three: Malibu @ the Paramount Movie Ranch, Santa Monica @ Camara Obsura as the starting place making our way around to the pier and farmer's market or Universal City with details coming soon. I can't wait and already have my camera bag ready with about 4 different cameras, film, memory cards and lenses. This should be a workout!

Happy Mother's Day

This polaroid was taken of my moms bouquet in our back yard. My mom loves sunflowers, she got tons of flowers since that is what makes her smile...

I hope all of you had a wonderful Mother's Day and were able to show your moms how much they really mean to you. For all the moms that have passed, that have acted as a mother and a father, that have made tough decisions, that have held their heads up high and let love conquer all I only have one thing to say: Happy Mother's Day! You deserve to be celebrated all year long.

Go Green in Los Angeles!

Nature is trying to fight back! Here are some small changes you can commit to to make a difference in your community: Use the energy star program and purchase appliances, light bulbs, etc with the energy star seal. Once you make the switch you will forget you are helping make a difference because the products are just as good as the ones they are replacing. If every household in the U.S. replaced one light bulb with a CFL(ENERGY STAR qualified Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs), it would prevent enough pollution to equal removing one million cars from the road. That's HUGE and is not "inconvenient" so no excuses! Recycle and get some dough! Some cans that you can recycle instead of throwing away can add up to some nice change and I KNOW we can all use the extra cash right now....there is alot we can do so get to it and remember that every day is earth day....I willl leave you with this photo I took in Los Angeles that gets me in the eco-friendly mood:

2 MUST SEE MOVIES IN 2009

Public enemies starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale is sure to entertain. Based on the true story of legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger. Out this summer but if you are lucky you already saw it at a screening ;) Honduran teenager Sayra (Gaitan) reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a feateful journey of unexpected events. She meets a young man that saved her life when he decides that he has had enough of the gang life. The Mara Salvatrucha gang places a hit on him for turning his back on them and will stop at nothing to make sure he pays for what he did.