Kate Upton and Terry Richardson have been making some noise on the blogs lately because of these photos and especially this video that was banned from YouTube for a day. Naturally the video went viral and a Google search of “kate upton terry richardson” brought up a ton of search results with stories on the video being banned. The powers that be at YouTube have taken off the ban and the video is now available again. They made the right decision seeing how much other sexual stuff and even nudity can be found on YouTube, but of course the moment a famous model and photographer put up a silly video, the internet goes nuts. The photos posted here and the “Cat Daddy” video are out takes and fun shots taken from Terry Richardon’s blog shot around a recent Harper’s Bazarre shoot that you can see here. For a lot more Kate Upton, go here.
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Recent 35mm Photos
I just posted these photos on Flickr. I’ve had the same roll of 35mm film in my camera for a few months now so it was about time to finish it off and this is the best of the bunch. Check out the rest of my Flickr photos here.


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Somehow I forgot to post my photos from our PANIC! New Years party. It was an amazing night and I can’t thank our guest DJ’s enough. Kamar and Trancid nailed it and Pogo as always was excellent and a great MC for the countdown. Click here to see the rest of them and check out the poster for this month’s PANIC! with our dear friend Scary Lady Sarah.

I know I’ve said it here before, but I have some really talented friends. When the friends are coworkers who happen to be my favorite photographer to work with then it’s even better. Here’s a taste of the just launched site for James Trevenen Photography. Some of my favorite shoots and traveling for work have been with James, most recent being this holiday shoot with Kate Pietka and Ashley Johnson seen above. Check out his site for more work from one of Chicago’s best photographers.
Parklife Photos
I posted some photos from Friday’s parklife party over on the parklife blog. The hazy look of the photos is thanks to the glorious fog machine at Lucky Number Grill. My guest DJ Sir Eric Colin was amazing, and if anybody hasn’t heard him or been to his events go here and see what you’ve been missing.
Chicago Comic Con 2011
I spent a fun afternoon today at the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con. Running on just about 6 hours of sleep after my DJ gig at Three Aces last night I met friends for breakfast and an afternoon of awesome. I nearly cried at seeing the beauty of the 60′s Batmobile up close after all these years and I saw lots of great costumes and art in Artist Alley. The booths selling comics, toys, movies, etc.. were great as always. I scored a DVD of Electric Dragon 80,000V that comes with a soundtrack CD for $15. Not bad at all.
Below are my photos of everything from the beautiful Gina Lee Nolan being checked out by R2D2 and a zombie comic book artist we befriended towards the end of the day. The Star Wars costume people were great at photo ops as well as the female Master Chief. Also worth mentioning was the coolness of seeing Peter Tork of the Monkees in person and Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca walk right past me being escorted by a Stormtrooper (of course). The killer steampunk DJ mixer was handmade by my friend Joe Vourteque of Steampunk Chicago who had a booth there as well. Good times. Can’t wait for next year!
All photos by Arturo Valle.
New Diana Photos
I finally got around to using the last of the color film I bought at the Lomography store in LA last summer and these are some of photos. I had time to kill after work on Monday before a meeting so I walked over to the River East building, then to where the river meets the lake at Mc Clurg Ct. I definitely want to shoot more with the Diana before the end of summer and when I do they’ll be up here on the site.


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