Tweet This month has been one of my busiest in my short freelance career, and while I am grateful to be working there have been two recent instances that reminded me that a photograph’s value often transcends how “good” I think it may or not be, because there is value just in what a photograph [...]
Tweet I keep putting off updating my site because I keep shooting new work, but I’m a bit sick of putting it off. It’s been busier lately, but it was time to finish the update for now (especially since I think I will be in NYC this fall) and let the new work fall where [...]
TweetCame across this quote by Josh Poehlein recently and I thought it summed up a few reasons why photography is appealing to me. Check out the blog post for a bonus video of Lizard Man explaining the history of the kickflip. You might only be interested in that if you are skateboarder but anyways… The [...]
TweetPart of the reason I came to grad school was to be around people who were as into photography as I was, and to be inspired by them. One such guy wasn’t around last year but came back after a hiatus to join our class. Check out Neil Ever Osborne’s portfolio … A biologist by [...]
Tweet2008. What an absurd year, for most people. If you spend enough time on the internet you’d get the feeling that the world was ending, or at least that the U.S. was. But, as garbage as things might seem I’m going to take a minute to say thanks for what was overall a great year. [...]
TweetOkay, so I realize that those photographers who are wisened up to self promotional norms like to portray an air of confidence through their online presence. Which of course, is good. You’d probably not want editors / clients to know that you always doubt yourself, or that you feel like you don’t deserve what you [...]
Tweetok, maybe not my biggest fear, but pretty big. slate.com has an article on photographing with Martin Parr, the kitschy, often hilarious and endlessly witty British documentarian. Summed up the author tells us something we tell ourselves endlessly, yet it never ceases to calm self-doubt. “The lesson is simple: Photograph what you love.” – my [...]
TweetMy buddy TimGruber recently turned me on to Conscientious – Jörg Colberg’s blog about fine art photography, where he recently has been questioning the effectiveness of traditional photojournalism. Over three pretty well thought out posts he argues that we as a society have become a bit numb to this form of delivery, and that photojournalists [...]
TweetA common topic discussed in grad school right now is what is actually journalism? The new wave of multimedia pieces and creative combinations have people discussing if certain pieces, produced by well known photojournalists, are actually journalism. A number of pieces seem to fall more under the veil of social commentary, to me. Even if [...]
TweetAs many of my peers are I’m sure aware, there is this underlying disgust for hummers and all things excess in our society. You can probably count me among one of the most aggravated for just witnessing excess. Thanks to a friend I recently was able to read an inspiring commencement speech by one of [...]
