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Adam Chilson  

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Life, Lemons, and Lemonade

Journal Entry: Mon Apr 28, 2008, 12:13 AM
  • Mood: Screwed
Friday morning *littlegett comes over to help me load about a ton of metal plates, set pieces, and props for my industrial lighting workshop. We load up the camper for a two day trip, driving down from BFE to enjoy the monthly open house hosted by =wynnesome at D.M. Gremlin studios in Long Beach. The workshop is the following day.

Driving down through the Cajon pass, even *littlegett can feel the truck getting a little squirly. Winds are brutal, the camper adds a dangerous high-center of gravity, and the trailer is making me work to keep the truck in between the lines. We figure it's just the wind and the load.

We don't even make it half-way.

There's a loud sound and the whole truck shudders. I look in my side mirror to see nothing but smoke, and bits of tire and metal spraying the vehicles in the adjacent lanes. It gets louder, and the truck is being yanked into the next lane. Foot off the gas, gradual brake, and try to keep from overcorrecting in a top-heavy vehicle. After what seems like forever we make it to a stop at the side of the highway, miraculously without taking out any other vehicles via shrapnel or multi-lane travel

Pulling well off into the dirt, we sit a few seconds. The truck isn't damaged. One of the rails has snapped, but the load is still intact. It's a best case scenario of what could easily have turned into one of those 45 car pileups you hear about. No major damage. No injuries.

We're fortunate to have come to a stop mere miles from ~Battledress studios, and help isn't far away. It's a broken axle. We're pretty much screwed. We get our "tow it or we will" warning from the HP. There's no way to get the set to its destination, I don't have the money to rent another trailer, so I start making calls to try and reschedule the workshop to another day. The model is not happy. Refunds are issued to attendees.

Lee Berczel arrives to make some emergency roadside repairs, we offload most of the props and set pieces into other vehicles, and then attempt a quasi-legal transport to ~Battledress studios. Pissed as hell, but safe and sound. Could have been a LOT worse.

Everyone decides to try and make a go for the open house that night anyway. It's "bring-your-own-prop" night, and there's always fun to be had. I snatch up one of my new "props", and it's off to new make the best of the madness.

It was great crowd and another memorable event. More images are sure to surface here in the next few days :)

Devious Information

  • Current Age: It's not the Years, it's the Mileage
  • Current Residence: BFE California
  • Interests: Too Many
  • Favourite genre of music: 80's Metal
  • Favourite artist: Hajime Sorayama
  • Operating System: Mac
  • Wallpaper of choice: Too much on the desktop to see a wallpaper
  • Personal Quote: Art should speak for itself

Devious Comments

~snoepws:iconsnoepws: 2 days 42 minutes ago
nice gallery mate
~eazycheeze:iconeazycheeze: 5 days 23 hours ago
that is one hell of a gallery. lol
/thumbsup
*VelvetEchoes:iconVelvetEchoes: May 5, 2008, 10:35:53 PM
Absolutely phenomenal gallery. :+devwatch:

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A true artist has had his heart ripped to more pieces than there are people on Earth. He knows loss, is unafraid and looks the Devil in the face each night as he brushes his teeth.
~JoonJoonJoon:iconJoonJoonJoon: May 5, 2008, 8:43:13 AM
i like the way you use naked body`s for your creativity

nice job!

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*Doomsday-Dawn:iconDoomsday-Dawn: Apr 29, 2008, 12:26:48 PM
Those are GREAT!

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Pain is fleeting. A picture lasts forever.
=wynnesome:iconwynnesome: Apr 28, 2008, 11:57:14 PM
Just found these fire icon/emotes and thought you would like them :)

:iconkillitwithfire:

:iconpyrodanceplz:

:iconpyroglompplz:

:iconflamingplz:
~Demira:iconDemira: Apr 28, 2008, 2:48:28 PM Mood: Stunned
wonderful photography work!!!
and the models u work with...jaw dropping

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Even infinity comes to an end...

Kiss me, it will heal but it won't forget
~dwingephotography:icondwingephotography: Apr 27, 2008, 5:52:10 PM
No worries, Google Earth is my friend! Just to the northeast is a cemetery and a bit further the ruins of Ripley. Plus I have the perfect model picked for this little soiree ;)

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Putting clothes on a model is akin to putting a parking lot over a field of flowers.
*Doomsday-Dawn:iconDoomsday-Dawn: Apr 27, 2008, 5:12:15 PM
Good meeting you, man! Hope you can find the site.
"Timbers" [link]

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Pain is fleeting. A picture lasts forever.
=DavidLawrence:iconDavidLawrence: Apr 26, 2008, 2:10:09 PM
Just found out about your gallery and work..I am enjoying the experience very much...

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~dwingephotography:icondwingephotography: Apr 26, 2008, 9:19:04 AM
It was really a pleasure meeting you last night, and thank you for the tip on Mojave, I'll be up there on the 10th :)

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Putting clothes on a model is akin to putting a parking lot over a field of flowers.
*princess-irulan:iconprincess-irulan: Apr 24, 2008, 8:26:53 PM
Scratched up broken mirrors - even better.

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*Doomsday-Dawn:iconDoomsday-Dawn: Apr 17, 2008, 4:55:47 PM
Have dozens in a prop shed somewhere. Plexiglass and stainless steel. Just never got around to using them. . .

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Pain is fleeting. A picture lasts forever.
*zyphryus:iconzyphryus: Apr 17, 2008, 3:39:53 PM
I had a thought. I wonder what would happen if Doomsday-Dawn worked with ~mirrors~.
...industrial, grimy, scratched up mirrors.
*cagric:iconcagric: Apr 16, 2008, 6:11:31 AM
Thanks for the :+devwatch: ;)

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live strong!
=SIADarkDrop:iconSIADarkDrop: Apr 9, 2008, 12:44:03 PM
nice work u have here..congratulations..:)

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*Living-Dead-Ghoul:iconLiving-Dead-Ghoul: Apr 6, 2008, 6:18:47 AM
Hi

You've been featured in my journal [link]

:)

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=Blood-Of-A-Pirate:iconBlood-Of-A-Pirate: Mar 14, 2008, 4:12:31 AM
Hiya :wave: thanks so much for the :+fav: on Twisted Firestarter :blush: :hug:

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~trinirover:icontrinirover: Mar 1, 2008, 9:22:26 AM
Adam, you have a spectular gallery. Well done & raw all rolled together.

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~Sganarelle77:iconSganarelle77: Feb 25, 2008, 2:01:13 PM
you do wonderfully creepy work, have you ever modeled yourself in one of your photos?

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~Phoenix-Flower:iconPhoenix-Flower: Feb 24, 2008, 10:04:13 PM
Amazing photography, I love how much effort is put into each shoot :)
~Dornenkrone:iconDornenkrone: Feb 24, 2008, 10:07:23 AM
Hi man,

Amazing gallery !
I'm fan of your works.

Greetings from Belgium...

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:gallery: my other DA account : [link] (HDR photographies)
Metalize-It (belgian metal webzine) : [link] and [link]
Solarkult (dark/industrial musik) : [link]