Music | Lontano by Jose Padilla
Transparent Truth is launching tomorrow. In the works since mid October, Randy Kepple, Rod Jewell & I make up this new project where we'll try to capture a freedom that has eluded us for decades. In a concerted effort, we will be looking to push our envelopes beyond our norm. 1 image per week that allows us to shoot what we feel like without constraint or reason.
This has been a long time coming for all of us, but still not an easy venture to jump into. We've had our battles where this almost didn't happen. We also have had great philosophical ideas pass on between us that have inspired. It is the power of 3 that is making this work. It seems like at least one of us has the strength to push thru where the other 2 have not. And there lies the strength for this to work. I think this unit of 3 will be a positive experience for all of us.
So... I invite you to check out
Transparent Truth starting tomorrow. We're still working out a few kinks, probably up to the last minute. I think you will enjoy the varying perspectives of 3 photographers looking to find our freedom...
December 31, 2007
December 24, 2007
more Sunday Morning...
Music | Flashback by Fred Anderson
I'm back in my early days of college, my early days of assisting when everything about photography was new. This series brought back fond memories when I would go out and shoot for the sake of shooting. No agendas, no priorities, other than take photos that interested me.
I stopped the car on several occasions in the street to hop out and take a few exposures. I stopped the car and shot thru the windshield. When walking, it didn't matter if there was subject matter or not, I had an inkling to shoot something and I did.
The simplest of actions took to me to a place where I got immense enjoyment.
I'm back in my early days of college, my early days of assisting when everything about photography was new. This series brought back fond memories when I would go out and shoot for the sake of shooting. No agendas, no priorities, other than take photos that interested me.
I stopped the car on several occasions in the street to hop out and take a few exposures. I stopped the car and shot thru the windshield. When walking, it didn't matter if there was subject matter or not, I had an inkling to shoot something and I did.
The simplest of actions took to me to a place where I got immense enjoyment.
December 23, 2007
Night to Light...
Music | Berimbau For Mr. Low by The Supplicants
Sunday morning, early, very early. The the light outside is like midnight. The rain is at a steady drizzle and the sun won't compete with the darkness for another 3 hours. I get out of bed knowing I won't fall back to sleep. I've had some work to do, which I try and start, but I've 4 or 5 other things I need to do before I get to work. I don't want to work. I've got another hour before the sunrise and I decide to get my camera and get out. The rain still drizzles, the darkness still covers. I've got an idea where I want to shoot, but on the way, I start to see again. With the lack of light, the dearth of life outside, I've many stops, here and there to grab a shot, almost steal them because I expect on rushing cars to honk and warn me of idiocy. I eventually get to my destination, but now think I'd rather be where I was. As the light of day pushes forth, so do people, cars, noise... I grab a few more photos, no longer stealing them, but taking them, but without interest I had before the streets are taken away from me. I've been creative in the last hour and a half then I have for most of December. It's a good morning...
Sunday morning, early, very early. The the light outside is like midnight. The rain is at a steady drizzle and the sun won't compete with the darkness for another 3 hours. I get out of bed knowing I won't fall back to sleep. I've had some work to do, which I try and start, but I've 4 or 5 other things I need to do before I get to work. I don't want to work. I've got another hour before the sunrise and I decide to get my camera and get out. The rain still drizzles, the darkness still covers. I've got an idea where I want to shoot, but on the way, I start to see again. With the lack of light, the dearth of life outside, I've many stops, here and there to grab a shot, almost steal them because I expect on rushing cars to honk and warn me of idiocy. I eventually get to my destination, but now think I'd rather be where I was. As the light of day pushes forth, so do people, cars, noise... I grab a few more photos, no longer stealing them, but taking them, but without interest I had before the streets are taken away from me. I've been creative in the last hour and a half then I have for most of December. It's a good morning...
December 22, 2007
Count Down...
Music | 5 55 by Charlotte Gainsbourg
Not much posting going on because I'm prepping for Transparent Truth. I'm collecting ideas and saving them because I am gravely concerned about keeping up with the photo a week schedule. As the time nears for the launch, I'm noticing my stress level rising. Besides a lot of difficult transitions I've been having to deal with the last 1/4 of this year, for me to get to anything has been of trial and tribulations. The idea of Transparent Truth was a nice side track that was positive. But again, the time to launch nears and now I'm stressing...
Photos will be forthcoming, I promiss!
Not much posting going on because I'm prepping for Transparent Truth. I'm collecting ideas and saving them because I am gravely concerned about keeping up with the photo a week schedule. As the time nears for the launch, I'm noticing my stress level rising. Besides a lot of difficult transitions I've been having to deal with the last 1/4 of this year, for me to get to anything has been of trial and tribulations. The idea of Transparent Truth was a nice side track that was positive. But again, the time to launch nears and now I'm stressing...
Photos will be forthcoming, I promiss!
December 11, 2007
Transparent Truth
Music | Call me When You Get This by Corinne Bailey Rae
2008 brings on a project that began in early October. Randy Kepple from Vancouver, a bloke from Australia named Rod Jewell and myself are photographers with unusually similar backgrounds. We also have similar feelings that there has been a part of photography that has been missing for many years, although we do this for a living. This project launches in January and will require each of us to strive and push each other to find that missing element of what brought us to photography in the first place.
Since the launch time is near, we're starting to scramble to get the loose ends tied up. One of the big projects within The Project is to come up with some sort of identity, logo, something that defines what the site will be about. I had this vision in my head, which I can't execute in Photoshop, or thru drawings... This is the closest thing I came up with...
Things will start to make sense when the site launches. I'm just working ideas...
2008 brings on a project that began in early October. Randy Kepple from Vancouver, a bloke from Australia named Rod Jewell and myself are photographers with unusually similar backgrounds. We also have similar feelings that there has been a part of photography that has been missing for many years, although we do this for a living. This project launches in January and will require each of us to strive and push each other to find that missing element of what brought us to photography in the first place.
Since the launch time is near, we're starting to scramble to get the loose ends tied up. One of the big projects within The Project is to come up with some sort of identity, logo, something that defines what the site will be about. I had this vision in my head, which I can't execute in Photoshop, or thru drawings... This is the closest thing I came up with...
Things will start to make sense when the site launches. I'm just working ideas...
December 04, 2007
My Latest Lust...
Music | All Love Can Be by Chrlotte Church
Just found this on the internet...
Aluminum, carbon fibre composites and maple wood.
oooooooooow!!!
Just found this on the internet...
Aluminum, carbon fibre composites and maple wood.
oooooooooow!!!
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