JRN 422 students took a trip to NYC to shoot at Occupy, Thursday, November 17, and stayed until Sunday morning.
Here is a link to my flickr set of OWS pictures. I will make an in-depth blog post in the near future.
OWS, N17
~JD
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Still Life
I dig it.
I'm also attempting this "sizing" thing... It seems to be working.
The Music Box was created by photographing a small, clear, piano-shaped music box. Lit from beneath and the opposite side, using a light table, strobe and soft box.
Lit (I think) from below on a light table, with a soft box to the opposite side. I think this is the setup I used... There were lots of variations of more or less the same thing.
Thumbnails:
~JD
I'm also attempting this "sizing" thing... It seems to be working.
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| The music box, a machine that produces the sounds of life in a simplistic form. Music in simple beauty. |
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| The setup. Not quite as lovely. |
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| A Night Out; Preparation at its finest. |
Lit (I think) from below on a light table, with a soft box to the opposite side. I think this is the setup I used... There were lots of variations of more or less the same thing.
Thumbnails:
~JD
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tell a story...
About two weeks ago, famous documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Van Meter visited CMU to talk about her work. She was fascinating to listen to. She spoke about her work like a writer, painting a story as she talked of her experiences. But what was more interesting than her speech was talking personally with her afterward.
Elizabeth speaks like a photographer. She talks about the details of the world she sees, and I found it fascinating. She said in her speech that we do not experience the environment itself, but rather the projection we create ourselves. When speaking with her, the thing I found most important to her seemed to be her love for just telling stories.
She began as an actress, and when she decided to tell stories her way, people in power tried to influence her work. But to be great, she did it her way and followed the story in her heart that she wanted to share with the world.
An interesting lesson from her was one I have particular experience with myself, and will likely encounter again; She talked about being afraid of real emotion. She told the story about an argument about disrespect by putting her name on the sign for the library that she helped fund. However, she said she was scared to record at the time, and later regretted not having the cameras roll. Stemming from this and her passion to simply do what she knew she wanted to again reaffirms my personal doubts about shooting.
She says to stick to your heart, and your passion will make you great.
She really is amazing, to just go around the world to meet someone and do a story she'd only dreamed of, then to move on and do another. So personally, it was great to meet her. And more than that, she told me she could see a passion in me by the way I shot. Which is awesome. :)
Elizabeth said to find yourself in your work, to find something you care about and that there is beauty in everything-it's alive and it exists. If you can't connect to people, there is something you are fighting against. She said to experience life and be a student of life. And eventually, you will find yourself in a place you were meant to be.
~JD
Elizabeth speaks like a photographer. She talks about the details of the world she sees, and I found it fascinating. She said in her speech that we do not experience the environment itself, but rather the projection we create ourselves. When speaking with her, the thing I found most important to her seemed to be her love for just telling stories.
She began as an actress, and when she decided to tell stories her way, people in power tried to influence her work. But to be great, she did it her way and followed the story in her heart that she wanted to share with the world.
An interesting lesson from her was one I have particular experience with myself, and will likely encounter again; She talked about being afraid of real emotion. She told the story about an argument about disrespect by putting her name on the sign for the library that she helped fund. However, she said she was scared to record at the time, and later regretted not having the cameras roll. Stemming from this and her passion to simply do what she knew she wanted to again reaffirms my personal doubts about shooting.
She says to stick to your heart, and your passion will make you great.
She really is amazing, to just go around the world to meet someone and do a story she'd only dreamed of, then to move on and do another. So personally, it was great to meet her. And more than that, she told me she could see a passion in me by the way I shot. Which is awesome. :)
Elizabeth said to find yourself in your work, to find something you care about and that there is beauty in everything-it's alive and it exists. If you can't connect to people, there is something you are fighting against. She said to experience life and be a student of life. And eventually, you will find yourself in a place you were meant to be.
~JD
Thursday, November 3, 2011
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