Website Updated

Bringing 2014 off to a positive start, I have finished the rework of the website for now. Again, thanks to everybody for their extraordinary talents. Let's keep sharing auras.

Before the end of 2013

It has been quite a year full of family, travel, adventure, new projects and inspiration. As inspiration goes, I am excited to have replaced some of the website categories here such a 'lifestyle' and 'men' with rich new images. Through the process of sorting, evaluating and curating the new categories, I realize I want to take a moment here to give pause, a dramatic musical-like pause before the coda ending a great piece of music or one closing the end of a great year. The pause I would like to extend is a jumbo thanks to those amazingly talented people who, through kindness, trade or just plain easy to work with rates, have helped me express the varied colorful stories and narratives on this site. I try to say thanks as I go along but work has a way of making us focused so I would like to take a step back in this musing and shout out a broad "thank you" to all of you who have helped me over the years. Each and every time I look at your faces, gestures, vulnerabilities, beauty and spirits, I am stricken by you. Call it what you will, but I see a collection of experiences that I am grateful were mine and that I can share with you here. Cheers to all of you for everything. I hope to see you again in the coming year. Be happy and prosper.

f8 and be there - Opening - Aug 4th, 2012

Redondo Beach photography show features 11 pieces by Eric Raptosh as well as some great work by four other photographers. The show will be diverse: South Bay and West L.A. scenes of course, but also Africa, Ireland, India, and New Orleans.

The attached link shows all the photos to be exhibited.
http://www.artslant.com/​la/events/show/​225437-f8-and-be-there----s​erendipity-in-art-photogra​phy


Eric Raptosh, Winter Storage, 2006, 18 x 27


Eric Raptosh, Pelican, 2009, 18 x 27


Eric Raptosh, Salmon Creek, 2008, 18 x 27


Eric Raptosh, Snoqualmie Falls, 2009, 18 x 27


Eric Raptosh, Santa Monica Pier, 2004, 18 x 27


Eric Raptosh, Port of Los Angeles, 2009, 18 x 27


Eric Raptosh, Giant's Causeway, 2010, 18 x 27


Eric Raptosh, High Tide, 2004, 18 x 27

Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp

Great article about Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp by Mike Fisher for UP! magazine. As an ex musician, this was a fantastic gig.  Samy Hagar is a sweet guy, Mark Farner still wears really tight jeans and Maria Lawson is just beautiful.  We all need lots of R&R. .

Entrepreneur Magazine - December 2011

Back to back shoots with two really great startups: Poketo, www.poketo.com, where art and commerce come together, and International Pet Solutions with a product called PetLawn, www.thepetlawn.com. Both in the December 2011 issue of Entrepreneur.

Eric Raptosh Photography giving Sport and Style to Adidas.

New York - Day VII

WEDNESDAY

After hanging around the village thinking about having to head back to California later that evening, we decided to take a quick trip uptown to The Met to seek out some inspiration. We walked most of the way enjoying the sun and trek up 5^{th Ave} and Central Park. We spent some time shooting Micael CP again at the Carmine Street flat and then packed and headed to midtown to have tea with my cousin Matthew and his friends. We had a great visit and headed back to say our goodbyes to Jeffrey and Carmine Street--for now. We took the A Train to the Airport and had a long safe flight back to California and that was that.  Period.