Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Arizona Justice League of Photographers Ride


The Arizona Justice League of Photographers embarked on its inagaural mission to Prescott, Arizona on Saturday July 18, 2009.

Isn't this slick? I got a shot of Fellow Justice League member, Eric taking a picture in the Prescott town square.


I happen to be a member of the newly created Arizona Justice League of Photographers. We were inspired by the Bryan Frank and the original Justice League of Photographers in Los Angeles. My photographey background begins and ends with the photography class I took as a freshman in high school.

The five members of the Justice League stopped for lunch at the Palace Bar on Whiskey Row.


The building burned to the ground in the Whiskey Row fire of 1900. The bar you see above was saved. Patrons disassembled the bar and reasssembled it across the street in the town square. The bartenders continued serving drinks as the Palace went up in flames.


Junior Bonner with Steve McuQueen was filmed in Prescott in the early seventies. One of the major scenes was shot in the Palace Bar.


The newspaper clipping above is located in the men's restroom. That's Steve MccQueen without the shirt. The girl is his costar Barbra Leigh. I think it's a cool photo. Sorry about the weak photography on my part.


I snapped this photo because they were advertising $8.50 Budweiser draft beers. I went with a glass of water. If I want to pay $8.50 for a beer I'll go to an professional baseball game.



I had a Rueben sandwich and corn chowder. It wasn't bad.



How about a cheesy dog photo?


Fellow blogger, Blues Frau in Germany takes fantastic Bicycle photos. Thought I'd try my hand.


Here's a shot of a couple of Justice League photgraphers. That's Rick the I.T. Guy down low and his brother, Clif The Lawyer up high. They actually knew what they were doing.


This is Matt's Saloon on Whiskey Row. Legend has it that Bruce Springsteen rolled up on his Harley one night in 1989. Locals say he bellied up to the bar, had a couple of cold ones and proceeded to play a set with the house band.


Here's a photo of the Boss and the E Street Band, not Matt's House Band.


You never know who you're going to run into on Whiskey Row. Here's a shot of Kris Kristopherson. Pretty cool, huh. Bryan Frank and the original Justice League of photograhers got a shot of Shugg Knight of Death Row Records in Hollywood a couple of weeks ago. I think Kris Kristopherson trumps Shugg Knight. OK this isn't Kris Kristopherson. It's actually Wild Bill Kathan, but he looks a heckuva lot like Kris Kristopherson. He's planning on breaking the world pushup record next month. The standing record is 1,400 pushups in an hour. Good luck, Wild Bill.


This is Wild Bill's car.


And here's a shot of your's truly rifding in the back seat of Wild Bill's car.
The first potography excursion of the Arizona Justice League was a success. We plan to meet again in a month or so. The real photographers are going to send me some photos and I'll post them as soon as possible.
Bryan Frank and the original Justice League of Photographers, thanks for the inspiration.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

This is an awesome concept. Dude, if you'd sprung for the 8.50, you could have kept the glass--similar to the $5 Cokes at Notre Dame football games.

Bullshee said...

#167, you've been tagged from the other side of the planet!! Sending some traffic your way!!!

Cheers!

Blues said...

Hey Dad! You do photos, too!? I'd love to see more of your shots! Also, it's always exciting for me to read about what goes on at other parts of the world - Arizona - that's a few miles West of Cologne, very different from Germany (very!), so photos are always exciting to view!
Also Thank you very much! for the compliment, I really appreciate it, and I'm glad you could get something out of the Colognish cycles.

#167 Dad said...

David,
I've got an idea:
DAVID C. AND THE INDIANA JUSTICE LEAGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHERS

Bulshee,
I gave it my best shot...

Blues,
I'm a complete novice at the photography business. I did try a couple of Bluesfrau style bicycle shots.
How about a Cologne Justice League of Photographers?