April 2009
8 posts
“in the silence, you’re the first one that i turn to.
you’re the...”
– PAPER ROUTE
Houston Street Portraits
I have made a promise to myself:
If I ever have enough rental gear to set up a street portrait station (and time before I have to take it back), then I will set up and shoot portraits.
However, this time, it was a much smaller operation. I called my friend Marc to have him come assist…
Again, first thing is to pick the location. I have been keeping my eyes open for good places to shoot...
This week’s Bill Moyers podcast (a frequent...
Dallas Street Portraits
I must confess, I love making these portraits of complete strangers. I have done this a few times over the last several months: simply throw up a backdrop, put up a single light source, and then start pulling people off the street to make photographs of… In a way, it is kind of like scooping fish out of a fishtank…your subjects have been removed from their environment, from their...
Film!
This past week, I shot the promotional materials for the new, yet to be titled, Robbie Seay Band record (which will come out later this summer). I have worked with these guys in various capacities for the last couple of years and was very excited to have been chosen by EMI for this project.
That really isn’t the point though. The point is that I did something while shooting that I...
A Technological Moment
I was in a store for a few minutes the other day and through the overhead speakers they were playing this pretty vibey 80’s inspired song. I just happened to notice it cause it sounded slightly out of place, like it shouldn’t have been played so casually in a “background noise” kind of way. Then there was this moment in the song where everything dropped out and it was...
Bruce Gilden
Another Magnum photographer…
I love seeing other photographers work. Especially a guy like Gilden. I have wandered NYC shooting images on the street, but I really can’t imagine being that forward and well, to put it plainly, aggressive…
Sebastiao Salgado →
If you aren’t familiar with Salgado, stop what you are doing and go pick up his “Africa” book, published by Taschen. It is fantastic, inspiring stuff.
PS: If you happen to have $200,000 lying around, you could bid on his camera system on ebay…