Rocky Smooth Productions

The official Tumblog of Matt Mendoza and Rocky Smooth Productions.

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October 17 - Winter Flower

I’m excited that someday I’ll get to use this photo as the background to an invitation.

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Jan 5 – Lovebirds on a sunny day

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Jan 5 - Lovebirds on a sunny day

This is one of my favorite iPhone photos I’ve shot thus far (I remembered that I took it, but I…

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January 4 - Kaijudo in Dallas

In December, I was hired by Legion Events to produce a short highlight video of the Kaijudo Winter Championships in Dallas. It was an incredibly fun weekend and I was able to incorporate some new equipment into the shoot. Not to mention, the experience…

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January 3 - The writing part

It dawned on me the other day that I had completely neglected the third reason I started this collection: to showcase my writing. So, I scoured some old essays and found an excerpt I particularly liked concerning the relationship between semiology and…

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January 2 - Learning by doing

I started this collection of sorts partially to show off my best work. But, sometimes, while…

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January 1 – Art against the law

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January 1 - Art against against the law

For a short time I became enamored with street art and tagging. I like this one for its differing…

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December 31 - The Mug of a Champ

One of my duties doing coverage photography is to photograph the champion. This is my friend Brian…

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December 30 - Love aka Tolerance

Another cat photo. This one I took on my phone and fiddled with in an app or two. I especially like…

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December 29 - Where are we again?

Every time a tournament happens at our store, I try to capture an image that “explains” the event…

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December 28 - The Top 8

This photo is a fun take on the typical “Top 8 pic” from a Magic tournament. The idea popped in…

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December 27 - The Chicken and the Paparazzi

This is a fun one I captured with my phone on the way home for Christmas. I happened upon a chicken…

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December 26 - Home on the Range

Here’s a photo I took of a mansion-turned-museum on the Kansas prairie. It was an incredibly cold,…

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December 14 - Sunrise and the Washington Monument

This is another I took in DC while my girlfriend suffered for 26.2 miles. I don’t usually shoot…

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November 19 - While she was running...

So, my girlfriend decided to run for six hours in her favorite city (DC) and I tagged along. The…

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November 18 - Ken Burns Would be Proud

Here is a video I made for our Theros prerelease. It features some of the best photography I’ve shot and the time lapse turned out okay too. I also concluded that all Magic tournaments should be naturally lit (wish in one hand…). Thanks to Spruke…

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