Some new portraits of the grad students in the MFA program at WCU. There are a few more students still to photograph and add to the series. I wanted to photograph the students in their studios and with their art. Normally I don’t work serially but this was a good opportunity and a good subject.
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Nice weather now that fall is here. The light improves so much.
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Bowie owned the 1970s, his body of work in that decade is simply amazing. “Look out all you rock ‘n rollers.”
They’re new
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The last rolls of Kodachrome I’m ever going to shoot just came back from the lab. Its nice to have been able to shoot through a few rolls before its discontinued. I’ve been scanning some of them, but they’re best to look at on a projector and next week I’ll be doing just that. But here are a some that I liked from the scans.
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The fair.
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Some new work, steady as she goes.
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Here is a cool little video about some of William Eggleston’s new work in Paris.
Some football excitement from this weekend. Also a little bit of taxidermy and a festival.
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Today was the Goombay festival in Asheville. Its always interesting taking photos at festivals, there is so much going on that there are endless possibilities. The food is a big part of any festival and unless its a food based festival, most of the time you run across the same fare of corndogs, funnel cakes, meat on a stick etc. Not necessarily too many foods you eat outside of a festival. I wouldn’t even know where to go about trying to order a funnel cake when not at a carnival, fair or festival.
The colors are a big part of any festival too; bright colors to attract crowds and shoppers as well as convey a sense of excitement and fun. The food even has a lot of color such as bright containers, and explosive condiments and dyes.
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Last month I shot my first video for a film short I wrote. I’ve wanted to work with video for awhile now and finally joined the public access channel, URTV. For a nominal fee, you have access to their equipment so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I think in the future there were will be a lot closer relationship with still photography and video. Already the presence of multimedia is being felt and even expected for much of journalism and online content. Slideshows combining audio or music and still photographs have been commonplace for some time now and I think we’re starting to see the inclusion of video within that framework.
A lot of photographers are naturally resistant to the idea, and while there will always be a place for still images, I believe that place is shrinking. Journalism and editorial are in a free fall with the web taking away their market. In order to survive, they have to improve and expand their online presence. In many cases, stories and features have a multimedia aspect now. No longer are the publications limited by the confines of the printed word and image, they have a new medium at their disposal and in order to retain interest and captivate their audience they need well produced work, with audio and video components. Storytelling lends itself to the audio and visual aspect and combining them often does make a stronger statement.
Also advertisers are cutting back on print advertising as the magazine and newspaper industry migrates most of their content online, so the advertisers now are no longer restricted to just print ads, they too can have a short video or multimedia piece. And we can’t discount the fact that DSLRs are now including HD video as a feature. This fact is huge and maybe the most significant in changing the landscape. The quality and price of this product is unbelievable. You couldn’t touch anything this good at this price before. So now that photographers have video in their hot little hands, its only natural that they’ll use it. Add to the fact that they can use 35mm lenses, which have a charming bokeh and you’ve got an entirely new crop of videographers.
I think that making a video short is a good way to jump in and start using video. You become familiar with the equipment and editing. Using audio is probably new to most still photographers and can take getting use to. I’m looking forward to incorporating more video into my work, especially some of the documentary photography I’ve been doing. Danny Wilcox Frazier has done a great job of this with his Driftless series. He worked with MediaStorm on editing the piece which premiered at Look 3 earler this summer. Its a great documentary and a great marriage of still photography, video and audio. So anyway, hopefully you enjoy my little foray into film.
Found this photo from last year taken on a trip to Buffalo and wanted to share. Later this week I’m picking back up photographing some subjects for my ongoing project documenting life through the highway corridor in WNC. There is a high school football game on Friday I’ll document.So I’ll have some more recent work to share soon.
Today I also picked up a 4×5 camera to use from the photo dept at school. I’m psyched to start shooting with it once I get my film in a few days. I thought using my medium format camera was a slow process, but just setting up a shot on the 4×5 takes a minute or more.
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I’ve launched a new website. Be sure and check it out. Its always challenging getting a new site up, but I’ve changed the domain name too, so please note the new address. I’ll be updating the galleries with new work shortly as well. Stay tuned.
Man, I just can’t seem to finish this last roll of Kodachrome. I burned through the first three rolls fairly quickly, but am now on my last one, ever! I’ve got about 8 frames left and can’t seem to pull the trigger. Of course, each remaining picture becomes a question of is this really good enough for the final shots ever on Kodachrome? At least I don’t have the pressure, okay its not pressure, its all just good fun, but Steve McCurry’s final roll of Kodachrome is to be displayed at the Eastman House.
I wish I had some Polaroids to shoot.
