For today’s Friday Favorite I thought I would do something a little different and bring you a few photography sites that I stumbled across this week. The first is the brilliant retro-cool pinball photography of Kevin Tiell.

Although pinball machines are probably more accurately associated with a generation before mine they give me a very nostalgic feeling. I worked at a game room in Tulsa as a part time job when Mary and I were first wed and I spent hours playing the pinball machines there.

Pinball machines themselves are a work of art and I would love to have a few in my basement. I really enjoy the way that Kevin manipulates the photographs to capture the ball’s movement.

I’m curious as to what he does to eliminate the reflection of both himself and his camera from the pictures. These are all so fantastic and bright and richly colored. Go check out his site as there are many more wonderful pictures.
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Accidental Mysteries is a site containing weird photographs collected by John and Teenuh Foster.

They call these vernacular photographs and they are primarily pictures that, in my opinion, are slightly creepy or funny based on either the subject matter or accidents in exposure during the development process.

Really old black and white photos often have an eerie quality in and of themselves primarily due to age, especially the really old ones where people didn’t smile. I especially like these pictures with the ominous shadows in them.

Check out their site for many more.
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I have always been fascinated with artist’s workspaces. Each part of the creative process interests me and I am thrilled when an artist has pictures of the studios/desks where they work. So you can understand my utter joy when earlier this week when I stumbled across On My Desk.

It is a site where artists of all kinds can send pics of their workspace and do a small post about themselves. Each artist has links to their sites. Many have both art sites and blog sites and I’ve already found more to add to my favorites!

Charlene Chua has a great, wildly colorful site with illustration similar to recent Friday Favorite artists. She also has a blog with various kinds of art that she creates.

I also really liked the work of J. Michael Stovall whose space is shown in the photos above. His work has a Darwyn Cooke vibe. I was excited to learn on his blog that he did some artistic work on the film A Scanner Darkly.

I am so excited about this site. It is updated several times daily and looks to be a source of many more Friday Favorites to come.

Well that’s it, I’ve given you lots to look at today and enough sites to waste many an hour on. Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!