My first real photographing started when I decided to study it and that was when I turned 18. The why-study-it-before-ever-having-handled-a-camera-seriously makes for too long a story to include here but that's where it all began almost 9 years ago. … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : James Heaslip
My love of photography started in that fateful fall of 2000 with my first day of high school photography. There I was introduced to the photographers that would shape my taste and style, and who would inspire me to press on in my education (formal and self-sought) to become a better artist. Of course there were the usual suspects: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Paris Visone
Through human senses, experiences can be remembered and relived. Different forms of documentation not only capture these recollections, they immortalize them. Change is a natural progression. Although time and life are often perceived as a straight line, they are not. These concepts are vast yet narrow and complicated yet, clean. These photos are what exist in-between, and are … [Read more...]
Flickr : Bokeh in Black and White
May's photo challenge was a hard one. Originally it was Bokeh and through discussion on the flickr group we upped it to Bokeh in Black and White. Here are the submissions. Thankfully June's theme is considerably easier. Check it out here. … [Read more...]
A Photography Guide to Shooting Movies
Working on a film set is interesting, rewarding, challenging, compelling, frustrating and lots of other words ending in ‘ing’! Pretty much all of the rest of the crew on a film are there for an intense period, working every day for weeks on end. As a stills photographer you drop in for a few days here and there, which can be a blessing and a drawback. I love many different … [Read more...]