max s. gerber(the latest shot)

my buddy denny is many things, most of which make little to no sense to a normal person. mostly he’s king kukulele, ukulele player extraordinaire. his act is almost more vaudeville than musical, and he’s the only professional ukulele player i know who also manages to be a property owner in southern california. for those of you in other parts of the country, please note that these days it is not exceptionally easy to be a property owner in southern california.

anyway, denny had a psychological break and wanted serious pictures. he left his silly hat and grass skirt at home, and was distracted by some very un-tiki-like neuroses that day.

denny has an 18 month old daughter who goes to his shows and dances when he sings. when someone else sings, she cries. this is brilliant: making your own fans, biologically. in fact, there was a post to this end recently on aphotoeditor.com that talked about how photographers should stop chasing a few big time photo editors and ad buyers and should start collecting large numbers of fans through other means, like the internet. i’m not sure that he thought of what denny is doing – making your own fans through reproduction! so now all i have to do is have kids and encourage them to grow up to be hotshot photo editors, right? oh, and hope they don’t also grow up to hate their dad.