sharky h. towers.com

I'm an artist, photographer and musician living in Santa Barbara County, California. I have several music projects including "Jaws", a rock project with former and current members of RKL, Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, Mad Caddies, King City & others. I also have a solo project tentatively called "1976". I record in my home studio which consists of gear & instruments I've collected in the past couple decades. Sometimes I produce, record, mix and write songs for other artists and friends. I shoot pictures using my Mamiya 6, Nikons D70 & F100 and a variety of esoteric 120 & 35mm film cameras (Agfa, Braun, Holga, Lomo). I also shoot moving pictures on a Canon HV20 and on my collection of 8mm cameras. I'm involved with several Websites/RSS feeds. A few of them are Liberation Media, Jaws Attacks!, Drunken Audible and SharkyTowers.com.

May 7

I’m pretty fired up about my new (to me) Mamiya 6 Rangefinder (the photo above is the actual kit I have). I’ve been putting it through its paces and I love the way it handles. The rangefinder is very, very bright. It’s a very simple, extremely high-quality Medium Format gem. I haven’t developed anything I’ve shot with it, but I have a hunch it will be go to for my photo work for some time.