I don’t think it’s common for a commercial photographer to have a fine art show, of his commercial work. Of course, one could get into the cultural ramifications of art as commodity, and discussions about the role of art in general – but really this is a simple post.
Iwan Baan has a show opening in LA. His work is amazing, and if you can, you should go see it.
Did a fast and fun backpacks shoot for the good folks over at Design Bureau Magazine. The issue should be hitting the stands later this fall – I’ll update you on when you can expect it. Tight deadline, but a pretty clear idea of what they wanted – and I had just enough time to run around the warehouse district, set up 5 guerrilla locations, shoot, and move on in one day of perfect light. Definitely learned a few things, and would love to revisit some of those ideas with the bigger cameras, and more time.
Julie Failey has been continuing to develop her lovely jewelry, and we’re changing direction a bit on how we are shooting new pieces. Keep an eye on her website. I feel like we’ve got a good tag team going on with Giana Sitzes doing on-model lifestyle shots, and me handling the the product shots. Julie is a blast to work with, and her vision and energy keeps us all moving forward. Always a good thing.
We took a family vacation to Blowing Rock, North Carolina to spend time with a good friend, and do the tourist thing. Really amazing part of the country. The Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains down there are spectacular. Kate even managed to get me across the mile high “Swinging” bridge on the top of Grandfather Mountain. I had forgotten how much fun landscape shooting can be – a couple decades in the flat midwest will do that. Once I process the rolls from that trip, I’ll share a few here. If nothing else, it was great to break out of my usual patterns.
I hope you all are doing well. Good Light.
or… Test Run with the Horseman.
I finally got a chance to head out with the Horseman. I had to wait to get a tripod sturdy enough (thanks Kevin!). Otherwise, I was pretty much limited to wishful thinking.
The weather was not terribly cooperative, so I headed to the Garfield Park conservatory to function test, and play with the 75mm ultra-wide on the Fuji 160S (three new things at once, MADNESS).
All in all I’m pretty happy. The camera and film performed well. The tripod will need some tweaking, and will be upgraded down the line – but all good for now. A few shots below. No portfolio pieces today, I don’t think. But still fun.
100% crop from the center grotto of the above. Nice little waterfall. (man, I need a new scanner. FYI Client work is drum scanned, not done on this old thing.)
All in all – I think things worked well. A few kinks to work out. But good tools, and I like the way this film scans. Once I nail the color balance, we’ll be in good shape.
Good light!
Far from it in fact. It may be the perfect solution for a wide range of photographic needs (especially architecture work). I think mostly, it is just suffering from a PR hit. It’s not new. It’s not shiny.
Maybe we should just start calling it: High-Def ExDR Silver-Polymer Media
It’ll be a hit. You heard it here first.
The original full frame sensors.
(A quick self portrait while waiting for the Brown line to the dentist…)
In other news.
I keep stumping myself about my blog. I outline these huge sweeping posts about Photography as aesthetic… Or Authenticity, and truth. Interpretation vs. translation…
Then I get overwhelmed and end up writing nothing. This is a problem that I intend to work on. Feel free to call me out on it.
A few new images to start the year, from my first trip to the new modern wing at the Art Institute of Chicago. Just playing with the Leica M4-2 and the BW400CN. A nice film. I like TriX better – but the convenience of lab processing is hard to pass up.
I hope you all have a healthy, happy, and otherwise gorgeous 2010.