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You love it! I hope your trip up I-70 was more enjoyable than the last ;)

I have to admit, I've been following the Fake_FredEgan's twitter for the past week and I get a real good laugh from it. It's pretty genius. :)

Down with the 'boys....Bucs need in....I'm a Tampa fan...sorry...but I love Thai food...panang and thai tea!!!

Just when I thought I was hitting the holiday blues...I check out the Fake FredEgan on twitter. I feel so much better! Thanks!!!!

Scratch that, the albums are only 5 beans flat!

Thanks for the tip regarding The All-America Rejects Album. MP3-happy Amazon is also selling a number of other notable albums for only $5.99 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/dmusic/1252438011.

Hi Fred! I'm a Colorado native, so I share your LOOOOVE for Swing Thai! I always get the same thing too. I also can attest to the radness that is the hot springs. Glad you enjoyed our wonderful state! :) Boo on the snowboard injury though. I once but my lip on my own board (don't ask) and left a huge red snow pile at Copper Mountain, so yeah, I feel your pain. Oh and GO BRONCOS!!! ;)

why would someone fake you?! that's a bit weird. glenwood springs is awesome. we should be going in a couple of weeks! I can't wait to get back! glad you had fun!

I just have to through in a big "woot" for the Big-D victory. P.S. D.Ware is killin' it this season. Not that he doesn't every year, but extraordinarily so lately. Love it!

Man, I wish I knew you were going to be in Denver...I would have loved to have you take pix of my fam! Swing Thai IS awesome food and I'm addicted to Muddled myself

Derek Webb is one of my favorites! "The Church" is one of my all time favorite songs... i know a couple is extraordinarily awesome if they play that one at their wedding :0)

5 stitches? pffff ;)

the sufjan is so right this time of year!

there are sites with instructions on how to tie a bow tie. usually they're a mirrror image so you tape them to your mirror and can look in the mirror while doing it!!! good luck!!! :D

Will we get to see pics of you in said bow tie? :)

Sufjan is amazing! Hands down the best Christmas cd ever! You should check out the "Welcome Wagon" from Asthmatic Kitty and Sufjan.

i loove sufjan's christmas album, as well as everything else he puts out. his music always makes me cry... in a good way. good luck with the bow tie! i have to tie them all the time in my line of work. ;-) there are some great tutorials on youtube.

I was able to see this while I was in India last month after visiting some of the slums. That is an experience I will NEVER forget! Everyone needs to go see this movie.

Definitely agree. Amazing. As is your work.

Just saw this today and I agree, it's absolutely incredible!

Definitely the best movie of the year- I've feel like a fanboy the way I've been promoting it to everyone.

Just found your blog and website through twitter. Had to post on this because I've torn out all the GAP ads from this year and put them in my inspiration 3-ring binder. I love the simplicity - they let personalities shine through.

I am cracking up that you wrote about that Gap ad! I saw it the other day and my first thought was wondering if you were IN the picture...or if you had taken it...because it seemed so fred egan!

fab! Mammoth Men rule!

fab!

I just saw this ad today in Elle!... and I did a double take to see if that was some of you Mammoth Men!

Fred Armisen is one of the nicest and funniest guys! Thanks for the pop culture update. I can always count on you to keep me informed on the cool stuff :)

i always enjoy mammoth men.it's inspiring to watch your journey. btw - monument valley is one of the most awe inspiring places at sunrise...

great post, fred. i'll be on board next time.

Would just like to say how generous you are with your knowledge in your Business Socks posts. Where others are charging outrageous $$ for tiny snippets of knowledge, you are willingly sharing so much - wonderful things come to good people. You are very kind, and AMAZINGLY talented. My absolute favourite blog to read. Thank you Fred.

I'm referring to your twitter about the Hatorade...:)

They just don't get it Fred...

i am dying about the DWF comments...can i just say i loved following you all during 2 and 3! can't wait for the next installment of the...""made for blog" realty show featuring a cast of happy go lucky photographers who rent a rock and roll tour bus and seek an adventure across the Southwest." frickin' classic! i love it.

Just wondering when you guys are gonna hit up the great midwest on a tour....The Land of 10k Lakes, Chi-Town, Field of Dreams, Corn Fields, Farms, Cheese Heads, Great Lakes...etc. Come out thissahahah way.

I *heart* Ron Paul. Woot woot... 2012 here we come!

Ron Paul! he delivered me in Lake Jackson, TX 1986! I guess I would have to vote for him :)

I'll be awaiting your review off the All-American Rejects new album.

Fred you got me all excited about the all American rejects. It doesnt come out till December!

I wrote in Ron Paul as well! Ron Paul 2012 baby.

We wrote in Ron Paul too!

ah yes. Chris and I wrote in the great Ron Paul as well. The only way to go. Ron Paul Revolution. ready. set. go.

I was wishing the video was about 3x's longer! I needed to laugh today!

You dudes are not scared. Is there a NO on 8 sticker on the bus? hahaha

i dare you guys to come to HAWAII!!!!

WOW, just WOW!

So RAD! Cannot wait!!!

Holy crap! Freaking fantastic!

cool video. catchy song - who sings it?

Thanks for adding me as a Twitter bud, Fred! Love your video!! I am soooo jealous of you guys with the trip!!

I can not wait to see more!!!!!

I've just done a little wee of excitement. Freakin'. Awesome.

i have seriously watched this like 10 times and laugh every time i do...you guys are too freaking awesome...hope you guys find your way to NY someday....can't wait to see what craziness ensues in your next adventure!

H.I.L.A.R.I.O.U.S!!!

the allure to your blog was the Mammoth Men 3 Trailer (first time Fred Egan buyer) beyond humorous, I might add. the true reason I stayed (for the last 40 minutes, I do have things to, do I promise) was your simple honesty. you have skills with your camera, but your person rocks! I suppose that would assist in your photog skills, but that aside, thanks for your insight to the business (ie business socks). your words are the best I have found so far (new one in the business). I will be a faithful stalker, thanks...I think...

so fun!!!

OMG...that is so funny...both my kids are watching it and are like "again again"!

You guys kick some serious ass!!!!!!!!!

Haha this made me smile and I so definitely needed that today :)

I know it's called Mammoth Men, but if you ever expand your membership to women, I am so freaking in like Flynn.

ahhhhhhh i can't wait! that was so exciting it made my cramps go away.

Awesome!

Awesomeness! Looking forward to the next round of craziness!

so great! i can't wait for the next one!

oh wow. that was ... special!

great job on the video dude. really well done (who is that song by?)

oh man! we need eight more women for our hawaii mammoth men tribute in December.

oh you guys are so funny.great.

JUST PEED MY PANTS

That's hilarious. Love the roller skates. :) I'll be sure to follow the adventures of the Double M.

I don't think I'm one of the two that were added, however I'm available. This is gonna be awesome!

Hey Fred, Follow a starving artist around NYC. I'm always interested in seeing the begining stages before making it!

you could do snippits of the crashing financial world of new york...aww sad. or a tour of parks in new york...washington memorial with the arch, central park, botanical gardens...i think big black umbrellas should be used.... OR you can be corny (not always a bad thing!) and follow some of this... http://www.jazzhostels.com/blog/49-10-famous-things-to-do-in-new-york-city/ my mom and i just went to the top of the empire state building (total time, 1 hour!) and it was really incredible! not to be missed!! :D

NYC needs boots and a horse...maybe a lot of horses. on a subway. yes. definitely a subway.

Um, no. No to Pete Wentz. Ew. No.

Pete Wentz is cute. But you are way cuter! Can't wait for Mammoth Men 3 :)

Here's my NYC story: Pack lots of fabulous heels & cute clothes thinking I'm going to be like Sex & the City girls trapsing all over Manhattan. After day one of walking 10 blocks on 5th Ave, duck into a shoe store & buy a pair of Pumas. Then buy a sweatshirt at AE because those coats are way too heavy to carry around when not outside in the 35 deg.weather. Not as glamorous as I imagined, but a much happier NY experience.

Looking forward to the NYC story and Mammoth Men p.s. Pete wentz could only hope to look like you ... !

I've got a few ideas.... just visit http;//jasongphoto.net - :) Sorry - couldn't help myself! You better look me up when you're here! So does that mean Mel is in for MMII?

1. Couldn't agree more about Heroes. 2. TOTALLY PSYCHED for Mammoth Men. Like, maybe more psyched than I would be for my own vacation. Not sure what to make of that. 3. I refuse to believe blogging is dead. 4. Was acquiring 2 thumbs #34 on the list? 5. No on the Pete Wentz thing.

holy crap, i didn't realize how long that was! HAH! sorry :)

i'm going to have a spread a little "comment hate" :) haha...jk!!! what i mean, fred e., is that i half-heartedly agree with your (and the referenced article's) statement that blogging is dead. i think that artists (especially) continue to gain much from blogging (if not, solely based on the need to create and share and express and breath out that which is their life--art). what better canvas is there, aside from the other avenues they are already taking for their career? i can see why certain bloggers may find themselves suffocated by the onset of bigwig corps hogging the limelight...however, in the artist's world (not just photographers, but poets, painters, world-travelers) blogging is a perfectly suitable space to create and inspire. simply, contrary to the article's statement that [the point of a blog is to get noticed by google results] this is not completely true for an artist using his blog as a palette and canvas. a blog supersedes a gallery/website any day. not to mention, the basics of networking, which you have already established in previous fredegan.com/blog posts :) not to mention...if you automatically get rss feeds from your blog into facebook...isn't that sort of the same thing? then, for argument's sake, facebook becomes a blog. with email capabilities. which my intense debate commenting system on my blog provides anyway. soooo....needless to say, once again, very interesting article. very debatable statement. and that is what art should be...debatable, distinguishable, and provoking. thank you for sharing. i, for one, am glad i stop by to visit every now and then. :) <3k.

Dude. No resemblance to Pete Wentz. That is a good thing. Yuck.

Hey Fred! I'm a long time blog stalker, first time commenter :) Your planned shoot in NYC has totally got me thinking....what if you told the story of a small town girl moving to the big city of NYC to follow her dreams? Yeah,...I know...kinda sounds like the plot for the flick "Coyote Ugly" but I'm sure you could come up with something way cool! Keep up the awesome work :)

Hooray for Route 66!

Mammoth Men 2 is where I actually first found your website. I can't wait to see all the crazy shenanigans from this trip!!

That story you are wanting to tell in NYC better be in February N:{

hey @fredegan, this is @tacobunni from twitter - I DID see you at Mraz (rocking that lettersweater) but I can't message you back on twitter unless you're following me, so until then looks like you'll have to settle for blog comments. Hope that Jamba rocked your world like it always does mine.

wow. i got so many other peoples sweat on me dancing like a fool, but i didn't care, because you and cesar didn't care.

*now inspired to go work out to them

Oh wow! I so badly want to see Girl Talk live. I missed the Seattle show but I'm not inspired to go work out to them so thank!

Nicole <<< There's one rule about not dropping your iPhone...you NEVER talk about not dropping your iPhone. I boasted about not dropping my iPhone the day before I dropped it for the second time. Watch out.

Around the water cooler?! I love it! Now I can get my fill of gossip/discussion with out actually going to the water cooler at work. By the way... I have not dropped my iphone once...in my house hold of iphone owners, I am the non-dropper champion...... YES!

Cesar, you crack me up. Fred, lol part 2.

wow, chaos. I love it, looks like such a blast!

crazy that you should mention Taylor Christian Jones...his website is currently featuring my favorite band NEEDTOBREATHE. what a strange collision of events on the internet. you should check them out.

Okay Ive seriously been wondering what a Girl Talk "show" whould be like. Def not what i am used to as far as shows go, but that seriously looked like a blast.....by the way....you guys are insane....and I like it ;)

I saw HSM3 too... I love a good musical :) I LOVE Sharpay and Ryan, they are so over the top....just awesome! But I thought the rest just a little too cheesy. My 5 yr old LOVED it......my 11 & 13 yr old made fun of everything.....they're a sarcastic little duo....good times

Cesar <<< OMG is right my raving cohort...that night goes down in the books of all time fun shows!!!

OMG what a night! I looove the part where the guy tells us to back up...and then we run right back to the same spot. Good times... =)

i think this just pushed me over the edge as i was debating to finally go see girl talk this thursday in slc...i've waited too long to see this guy.

I LOVE the first image sooooo much!!! can u share this technique?

Wow! I love the processing on the first image. Any insight on how to create this effect or is it a trade secret? :-) I love your work and am a huge fan!

Britney <<< Thanks for coming out of the blog reader closet :)

Carl <<< Yeah, I could teach the technique/theory behind it...camera cruise?

AWESOME!!!!

The 2nd shot absolutely fantastic...do you teach this "viewfinder" technique!??!

Amazing photos!!!!

Linhbergh <<< Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me :) I'm not sure if you are familiar with the "through the viewfinder" technique but it's defined as taking a picture of any subject through the viewfinder of any camera with another camera. So I can appreciate your opinion that the framing takes away from the image, but that's just how the image is created.

Fred, it was so great to meet you the other night! Definitely let me know if you come through A-town! Lovin' the second shot there. :)

I absolutely love the first one. The only thing I'm not liking is the distressed/film framing. I personally think it takes away from the image. I see what direction you're going for, but somehow it just isn't coming across like, I think, how it should. The second one is fantastic though. The framing works well here.

While both of the shots are amazing, the second is just downright inspiring. I dig it so much I wish I taken it. Never have posted on here, but always check in to see the "latest and greatest of Fred". Keep it up.

Ack, can you please stop being so AMAZING? Sheesh. I love that first shot; feels so personal and up-close--I love when I get that feeling from an image.

Nice TTV shots! I love using my Duaflex and various other viewfinder camera...haven't used them in a while though, you've inspired me to get them out again!

Awesome. Thanks for this 5 minute break. Haha

The word 'success' in Hebrew is translated: "the ability to make wise decisions". i think that is extremely wise

that's an awesome way to view success! i also love this perspective... "Success is not the key to happiness; happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." -Albert Schweitzer

Great post! And our chat the other night has really forced me to reevaluate how I do define success for myself. Thanks, Fred!

Talk does not cook rice. - Chinese Proverb Success is doing something, your way and making it your own.

You didn't tell me you saw Priscilla Ahn! I've been playing her CD nonstop for about two weeks now. Fantastic.

Great line up. Cant wait to see MGMT in November!!!!

Good times!

Well I have to admit you got me started on Iron and Wine and now I'm a huge fan...amidst others. And thanks for reminding me of how badly I want a snow cone today!

Woohooo! Tegan and Sara, my Canadian girls! And Priscilla Ahn is also amazing. I would have loved to be there!

good times indeed

sounds like an awesome lineup. i am in LOVE with fleet foxes; have listened to their album non-stop since buying it thursday.

totally not surprised about jose...he is phenomenal in concert....mesmerizing, even. what an adventure..soooo jealous. and patty? oh lordy! you and jory cordy.

I'm glad you enjoyed MGMT at ACL. Their performance at Lollapalooza was a snooze fest, and I heard the same about their set at Bonnaroo.

Jeal. Ous. Very.

i hear the clouds are really nice in austin. especially at ACL. is it thursday night yet?!?!?!?!

I'm soaringgg.... Weee!!!

De... wait for it... lightful!

great timing. i was just recently thinking about how much i miss the big poofy white clouds in texas!

My brother. if that is not a timeless question for all existence than I don't know what is. We live in a brainless, ignorant world. As for truth, we all have our own truth and acceptance of. But truth itself, as a societal whole, is a million different deceptions that will never unite...to an acceptance of any perception.

As some who falls into the 'ideal' range in terms of size (b/c of genetics, not by choice), I'm actually glad when I see real women instead of rail thin models in advertising campaigns. I know I don't look like a model and wouldn't want to -- at least by being average, its my brains and talents noticed first :) Add in that most clothing designers designed for the 'ideal' -- forgetting that average women actually eat and have curves. I have to agree with Melissa though, beauty is in the eye of the target audience.

If I think that I'm better looking than everyone else, do I have a perception or a deception problem?

Both of those videos are completely powerful. A photographer in the city where I live recently petitioned for "average" women to be a part of a photo shoot for a new bridal store. She requested brunette, blonde, and redhead models to contact her if they were interested. The catch: they had to be between 25 and 35 years old, 5'4-5'7, and 105-115 lbs. I was shocked! ...If I was perusing bridal store websites and campagins I'd feel pretty bad looking at women who were that thin as I was trying to search for my perfect dress for my perfect day! But on the other hand, the spread was going to be publicly displayed as a marketing campaign, so of course the store owners and photographer are going ot want "model" types. It got me thinking, where do we draw the line? what is real beauty? Perhaps it's just as much to say that in the minds of some people: beauty is in the eye of the target audience. --M

i believe he is 72...

I learned how to drive a manual while I was living in England. The very first time was when I was in Wales and I had to drive, on the right side of the road, on the right side of the car, shifting with my left hand down this tiny winding mountain road with a cliff to the right and a giant mountain to left and semi trucks going fast as hell all around me. YIKES. Then I lived in Dublin and had to deal with their crazy driving, too.

Haha! That is so funny!! Thanks for sharing. I also love the photo on Victor's blog of you bustling the bride's dress. :-D

Fun times! Thinking about driving a stick shift on the left side freaks me out!

Dude that was a fun video. Thanks for sharing! :) wow, if it's not bad enough to drive on the passenger side, you guys had to drive stick?! :)

Seriously, thanks for sharing your Irish adventures. I seriously LOVE Ireland. I've been meaning to get back there for some time now. Awesome, awesome...

good to hear you're enjoying yourself!

Despite the jet lag, you've managed to cover a lot :) Enjoy the Irish weather for us Texans not so fortunate to escape it...

BRILLIANT!

Ahhh! I spent two of the BEST summers of my life in Ireland....the Brazendhead and Temple Bar were my favorite hang outs!! I hope you post more photos from your shoot around Dublin. It is, hands down, my favorite city in the world!!

Go see Bottle Shock, it's a great film. My friends produced it and i got to cover the premier here in SF. It's a real life story and getting to hear from them at the event was pretty neat. Pics here...http://www.flickr.com/photos/gafl/sets/72157606586874216/

Chantal <<< Guys who love LOVE ;-)

Stacy <<< That makes me feel a "little" better ;-)

Lyndsey <<< I'm not sure what's a greater accomplishment: getting you to come out of the woodworks to comment or you making me blush...? Thanks Lindsey :-)

Katherine <<< I saw the previews for Bottle Shock and it looks like a great film with an emotional journey. Plus, I love movies about California! We'll be getting together for another meeting soon, stay tuned and I'll announce it here :-)

i don't know whats better...LOVE, or guys who love LOVE. fred egan really IS for lovers :)

Fred, you are so cute! so honest and open! If you really liked Babbling Aunts... you might like the new movie Bottle Shock, which is set in 1976 and tells the story of the California wine vs French wine, and it also throws in a really nice love story! More of a guys movie, so you might like to check it out! Are you still doing the Misfits group? would love to attend if you do...Katherine

Oh Fred Egan. I never comment, but I just have to now. You kind of rock for saying this. And I love you more today than I loved you yesterday. And that's saying a lot because I really liked you yesterday. :)

Me too... makes me smile just thinking about it

Well, if it makes you feel any better, it's also a line from an awesome song ("Inches and Falling") by an awesome band (The Format). "I love love / I love being in love / I don't care what it does to me" :)

Jamie <<< I saw it after one of my girl friends saw Dark Knight with me...movie double header. It was entertaining...in a chick flick kind of way. I was one of three guys in the theatre :-/ Needless to say I was wearing my hoodie.

I love that you have seen that movie. Hilarious. You make me laugh!

BABBLING AUNTS? hahahahaha...fun times, fun times.

Fred~ I know what you mean. I came across an article about him and his work when I was learning photography seven years ago. It was hugely influential on me as a photographer!

Abi <<< Tears were rolling down my cheeks when he spoke about his love for what he does...I couldn't help but fall in love with his work.

Joe Buissink has always been one of my faves!

I agree! We met Joe a few months ago and fell in love with him! Good post :o)

I'll second all these on your short list. Hell, you are even on my short list. But I have a feeling my short list is slightly longer than yours. It's a shame I only plan to marry once...how will I ever choose?!

wow....that top center picture is insane......woa

Fred your writing rivals that of J*... that is all

I love how you write FRED.. you are awesome... and you are an ok photographer too..hahaha J/K

oh i love her work :) thanks for sharing...gave some link love on my blog today :) hope all is well and not to hot in TX :)

single of the year, the shortlist of your wedding photographers, all we need now is a craigslist personal... oh btw you're in luck... I have a copy of goldyfly...

Amazing work. I'm in love.

aww look at you a being a romantic!

I am loving this series you are doing! Fabulous!

nice pics

Sweet idea Fred!! Now since you're doing all this already... any interest in picking my wedding photographer(s) for us!?? Waaaaayyyyy toooo difficult a decision now that it's finally pickin'-time! Haha

Dude....these Rock! I definitely see what you are saying about film having a romance...thanks for the e-mail the other day, really inspired me! I used your advice on my recent shoot!

I heart Jose Villa! I'm in love with the bottom middle pic!

you are so incredibly talented.