It has been exactly 99 days since our last entry. 99 days since the last time we checked our Ugly email. As any good photographer should know, 80% of a successful photography business is marketing.  We at Studio Ugly have decided to divide our time into 20% real life client photography and 80% research. Please regard this as an empty promise to bring you more Ugly in the near future!

We here at Studio Ugly take our jobs very, very seriously. So much so, that we have taken a small hiatus from the blog in order to study with a few of the minor deities of Faux-tograghy. I would mention their names but we were forced at butter-knife-point to sign an exclusive NDA, because they are so massive and important to the survival of mankind as we know it. They are also so totally attractive that everyone envies everything about them, at all times. We have also taken a few courses with Annie Leibovitz to learn how to handle our stock portfolios and bank accounts.  These household names have helped us immensely, as we had so obviously lost our way. To make up for our absence, we will be sharing a bit of inspiration, garnered from the countless minutes we spent in study. For example, the ever popular and totally groundbreaking new trend in the art of fake bokeh has inspired us to revisit the finer art of selective de-saturation. As a result, we bring to you an exclusive behind the scenes view of studio ugly at work...self portraits in Selective De-saturation. This underused and very difficult to master skill set is a sure sign that you are dealing with an experienced Faux-tographer.  See if you can find Max and Julia. The first 1 million people to spot us will win a free ear of corn, a gallon of Oxygen or a brand new Cannon Mark 25d x, this new prototype camera / robot will take pictures for you and wash your car.

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a skull pop?