So my personal project on Tinker Field in Orlando is on track to launch tomorrow. It’s been a lot of work for a 3 minute video but also very satisfying. And like most projects it’s been a combination of overcoming obstacles and a heavy dose of problem solving. And while it was a personal project […]
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Archive for March, 2014Since my last post address some of the changes photographers specifically in newspaper and magazine publications have faced since the 2009 Presidential election, that is a nice segue into revisiting Vincent Laforet and his Reverie video. That video was viewed by more than 2 million people in a two week period in 2008 and put […] “If you don’t like change, you going to like irrelevance worse.” General Eric Shineski, former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Please allow me to tell you a story about the good ole days—way back in 2008. It’s hard to believe that a mere six years ago dinosaurs walked the earth. But their sudden demise is […] “The overall importance of personal projects ranges from creative freedom to creating new work. Whether you are an established photographer or filmmaker or transitioning from assistant photographer /filmmaker this is an opportunity to produce something that has no boundaries.“ Andrea Maurio Why Are Personal Projects So Damn Important? PNDonline March 30, 2013 Here’s a shot […] “I’ve wanted to make these kinds of profiles for a long time. And I think it’s kinda the future of what I do.” Dustin Cohen It was a video about 91-year-old shoemaker Frank Catafumo that put Dustin Cohen on my radar. Cohen is a commercial photographer who started his Made in Brooklyn project in 2012 […] “I’ve wanted to make these kinds of profiles for a long time. And I think it’s kinda the future of what I do.” David Cohen It was a video about 91-year-old shoemaker Frank Catafumo that put Dustin Cohen on my radar. Cohen is a commercial photographer who started his Made in Brooklyn project in 2012 […] “When I say ‘personal work’, I’m referring to any body of work that wasn’t paid for by a client; work you created out of sheer passion.” Joey L 3 Undeniable Reasons To Purse Personal Work by Chase Jarvis “Personal and professional projects compliment each other.” Ji Lee The Transformative Power of Personal Projects (His personal Bubble […] Erik Bauer: Do you think a great science fiction film needs to have some kind of a social anchor? I mean, a social relevance, a metaphor, or a statement that it makes? John Carpenter: “It has to have a thematic concern. Every great work has something that’s thematic about it. Not a message, because I don’t […]
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Ansel Adams on the Creative SpiritPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.” Photographer Ansel Adams A couple of months after Ansel Adams died in 1984 I made my first trip to Yosemite. I […] “Every picture tells a story don’t it” Lyrics by Rod Stewart and Ron Wood My post yesterday stirred up an image in my mind of what I consider the most memorable Sports Illustrated cover ever. It’s of Tony Conigilaro photographed by the great Neil Leifer. The photo screams drama and begs you to know what happened. […] |
