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photograph ideology | inspiration

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:22:27 +0000

If you’re anything like me you have about 84 blogs in your RSS feeder. Besides all the fun shopping ones, I have photographers ranging from newborns to news coverage to newlyweds. I’ve never found myself to be a person narrowed down to one element in life. It’s hard enough for me to choose between restaurants, the color of my hair and what to wear for the day, but to lock down my photography to one area or type is difficult. I know there are experts out there that will call me naive or foolish, but I guess that’s part of my learning curve. Maybe one day I’ll look back on all this and “call me crazy” (which wouldn’t be out of the ordinary). There are those who preach that narrowing your focus or specialty is important to refining your talent and being clear with your clients. I totally see this point. But, my initial obsession with photography began with the the desire to capture a moment in time or the beauty of a person’s soul while telling a story of their life. To me this applies to all aspects of image capture, from weddings, to birth, to the daily perspective of a child, to my own family, to the beauty in a small tiny flower. It’s my connection with the subject that is (if you must put a name on it), my “style”. My relationship with my client comes across in the images my camera happens to freeze during the moment. While I am mostly a child & budding wedding photographer, I have a longing to travel the world and create social awareness for humanitarian causes as well.

The point of all this is to say, I think I really love photography. Well, I should revise and say I love photography. I love how powerful the medium is in conveying a story. Whether it is a story of love or famine or birth or death, it is a window into the souls of others. A medium that brings awareness to all and levels the playing field of life to reveal the humanity within all people, within in all places of this earth and within all belief and economic systems. It allows people to be seen as human beings. I know that I may excel in one particular area, but overall I love to take inspiration from everywhere, not just other people’s wedding photos (although I do stalk about 56 wedding blogs. i am guilty.)

One of my all time favorite photographers once said:

“ I don’t believe a person has a style. What people have is a way of photographing what is inside them. What is there comes out.” – Sebastiao Salgado

Here are a few photos that have had a huge impact on me. They are NOT my photographs (I wish they were):

by brett walker

Salgado, “Genesis” Project, yet to be released

Ira Lippke

Sebastiao Salgado

Henri Cartier-Bresson

James Nachtwey

Michael Norwood

The Parsons

And Because they don’t all have to be heavy hearted (even though I see joy in some of the above):

The Parsons

Saw this yesterday. Pretty much shows how photographs can tell a story, together:

http://www.world-of-pen.com/

paper heart

admin — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:48:05 +0000

looking forward to august 7th. coming of age, hybrid documentary about love. looks intelligent, self reflective and plain ol funny.

day trippin’ | the salton sea

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:01:43 +0000

Lost shoes, “beer and burgers” (‘restaurant’ that specializes in mexican food/pizza/fried aspargus), dead salt crystallized fish, in n out, homemade cookies, great people, nonstop laughs, sharing, experimenting, mentoring, falling in quick sand, shootsacs galore, equality for all (canon and nikon), strobes, more food, unknown smells…

These words are a lame attempt to summarize a day on the “town”, with fellow bschool photographers.

Tuesday, I carpooled out to “California’s Crown Jewel of Avian Biodiversity” (according to the .gov website), The Salton Sea with 3 other photographers, Jenny Smith, Heidi Ryder, and Kevin Wynn. I’m sure I talked their heads off all the way out and all the way back. But, as is the nature of the bschool, these 3 were up for answering my mundane questions and chatting about the one of the things we all love, photography. Once we arrived, we met about 2 dozen other bschoolers and continued the day gabbing, posing, experiment and shooting.

Personally, I spent the day trying not to “shoot” people. Weird, right? I know a weakness of mine lies in landscapes and inanimate objects, so i forced myself to avoid putting live things (hence the dead fish) on camera.

Many thanks to [b]ecker for creating an environment that breeds “pay it forward” (i’m totally cheesy, i know) & Joe Photo for spear heading these outings.

Here are a few shots from the day:

ok 2 people, but they are silhouette (matthew saville with camera)

Here are some of the other photographers that joined us out there, besides the 4 in our car (previously mentioned), so you can see their perspectives:

more to come…

newborn | maximus x

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:15:25 +0000

about 7 years ago i introduced the parents of this guy to each other. mom was a college roommate (i’m not being tricked into saying how long ago). dad worked with me on some TV commercial shoots. from the moment they met, they were madly in love. inseparable. first came love, then came marriage, now the baby carriage.

i’m so excited for them. maximus was a lil vocal during our session at first, but mom and dad knew exactly how to calm him. after only 4 weeks they already know aaaallll about him. love that.

here are just a few quick shots from our 2nd meeting last week.

welcome lil man. you will no doubt live up to your powerful name and conquer all your dreams.

-ps: no watermarks today. can’t distract from this lil man. (oh yeah, and i’m in hawaii on vacation, gotta go outside and enjoy)

Protected: newborn

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:56:00 +0000

julian geoffrey | sneak peek

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:12:13 +0000

so very proud to say I’m an aunt. first time in the USA (i have my godson, aidan, in the uk).. HOW FREAKIN EXCITED AM I (i’m writing in all caps, so i’m totally pumped). and, to top it all off they are only an one hour plane ride away, in half moon bay. congratulations to my brother, jason and my sister-in-law, julieta!

Julian Geoffrey

October 10, 2008

9:47am

6 pounds 10 ounces

21 inches