patrick roddie photography

Last Sunday was the Burning Man decompression party in San Francisco and I took the opportunity to pass the 1,000 mark in my hips series - 1,068 to be exact.

They’re in no particular order, although the first one is the hip that inspired the whole series. I think 1,000’s enough for now - all I have to do now is find a publisher and collect as many model releases as possible for the 600+ I shot before I realised it would make an interesting book. So if you’re one of my subjects, or know someone who is, please contact me. Your hip might become famous!

Oh, and you’ll need a fast computer and connection. Each index page has ninety thumbnails - I’m too lazy to imagemap 1,000+ files.

While it’s true I mostly take pictures of beautiful women (my excuse: they’re soft and they smell nice), I am capable of shooting inanimate objects. Here’s an image I did for a chai tea company which funded my Burning Man photo expenses this year, bless ‘em.

The last product shoot of note that I did was entirely different, but extremely lucrative. I’m still getting visitors to my site daily via http://badvibrations.com because of that one . . .

I’ve got a piece in a APA Charity Photo Auction this Thursday, with proceeds benefiting the Edgewood Center For Children and Families. (Update: It sold for $150.)

I got back from Ecuador and the Galapagos on Saturday and I still can’t believe I went. For two weeks I got to swim with sealions and penguins, travel on luxury yachts, stay in five star hotels and shoot as much as I wanted.

The Galapagos Islands are incredible; achingly beautiful with fearless wildlife - you actually have to be careful not to trip over sealion pups and boobie chicks. I also got to play with an underwater camera for the first time, with mixed results. I’m not the greatest swimmer and had never snorkelled before, but I did get a few cool pictures of penguins, sea turtles and a bunch of sealions.

Mainland Ecuador didn’t disappoint either. It’s by far the most beautiful country I’ve visited and surprisingly free of tourists. The indiginous children are extremely cute, if camera shy. If you’d like to go yourself, Metropolitan Tours can arrange it.