BlUE TOE DESIGN

old meat

2010-02-19T11:08:00.001-08:00

Some old ones and one new one. Cheers to free time.

Hook up a high five when you see me.

Paul.

Bluetoe TV

2009-12-06T22:03:00.000-08:00

2009-12-06T21:12:00.000-08:00

THE POST UP! I've been uber busy lately. I started working on a Gus Van Sant film in October and have had little chance to work on my photo and design work. Stoked to be working on a great project with fun people but I lost sight of my blog once again..... You can't keep this dude down though, I've done a bit of work for a Salon in NW Portland, Visual F/X, and have been working on a collaborative blog with my shredder friends that I have attached a link to below. Hope you enjoy the latest....heads up for a big photo post sometime soon....and a trip back to this sweet land this xmas.

Hook up a high-five when you see me

Paul.

BlueToeTV

2009-10-02T13:26:00.000-07:00

Broadcasting on the youtube now.

Bluetoe TV just posted it's first video. It's an action travel video of moto taxi rides on the streets of Bangkok. Dig it. More video's to come! Click on the link, stink.

Favre T-Shirts are legit.

2009-09-15T11:00:00.000-07:00

These are straight off the press so be the first on your block to rock the "Real Men Don't Wear Purple" t-shirts.

How could Favre play for the Vickings after all that Green Bay fans gave him? We gave him love, support, stardom, infamy??? He slapped us all in the face. Forget about that dude, he's LAME! (I got respect for Adrian Peterson though, scary good)

We only have a limited amount of shirts so get on it soon! Check the posting for details.

plugged in and unplugged

2009-08-08T11:08:00.000-07:00

Visiting the beach for the last week was a much needed break away from cell phones, the internet, people and the noise of the city. This work was taken off the same cf card and illustrates the contrasts and the beauty of the city and the coast. I haven't really taken much interest in landscape photography. I always tended to focus on faces and features of people and their surroundings. Spending hours on the beach watching the sun and the waves was a break from what I had been shooting and something I didn't really understand how much I needed. It was nice to be unplugged but I appreciate being plugged in.

guilty in the 1st degree.

2009-07-27T20:20:00.000-07:00

I think every blogger tends to neglect their blog from time to time and I am definitely guilty of blog neglect. Sorry blog. I'm hoping to post more often...once a week.. or prob more like once a month.

To give this post an explanation: It is a combination of scraps that I've been holding onto. There is no real themes that connect these photos there are a few portraits and some other color and composition photos I really dig.

I promise more to come soon!

the remote control

Spring Cleaning

2009-03-21T19:02:00.000-07:00

Recently having shown a friend the city of Portland it reopened my eyes to a lot of great things going on around me. It gave me some need inspiration and reminded me that I need to let new people see the work I do. These recent photos have been taken over the last couple months in record stores and junk yards with a few from late nights around town. In some ways this a Spring cleaning of photo's that I've been meaning to post for sometime.

Hayward Williams

2009-01-02T18:02:00.001-08:00

Here are a few photos from a day I spent with a Milwaukee based musician Hayward Williams in late December. He is a good friend of mine and great songwriter. Check out his page at http://www.myspace.com/haywardwilliams for more info and to hear is work.

Thanksgiving

2008-11-26T19:51:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Too much to be thankful for. The list could go on for days. This blurb from the book "The Zanzibar Chest" shook things into a chilling perspective. Its taken from a chapter about Somalia in the early nineties.
"Inside the docks it was like a circus with various freelance gangs killing one another: militias, the private armies of grain and sugar merchants, stevedores, and unemployed members of the defunct police forces in tattered uniforms. Worst of all were the cripples. My guards were hardened killers, but they went pale with fear when they saw a squadron of these deformed creatures barreling across the tarmac toward us. They charged in wheelchairs, on crutches, or on trolleys like skateboards-paraplegics, victims of polio and land mines. One had the swollen legs and the gourd-sized testicles of elephantiasis. They bristled with guns and grenades and we would have to speed off before they could skid to a halt or drop their crutches to take aim at us." Aiden Hartley

Fresh Blood

2008-11-09T15:14:00.000-08:00

Fresh blood:
I'm always locked on my computer between making breakfast, taking photos, smashing on my bike, real work, playing on photoshop and endless cups of coffee so something mildly productive needed to come out of it. I created this spot to show my photos and design style. I hope that it will show off my prospective as well get my friends stoked on the what I've been up to. I'm really into working with other people and I'm open to sending designs to other people to work on and post here as well. Hope you dig it.

blue toe.