I originally started traveling to New Zealand for commercial photo and video work. Visually, there are few place on earth that exude the beauty of that place AND it has the benefit of being opposite seasonally (opposite hemisphere) from most of the brands/agencies etc that I work for. Great 6 month lead time for campaign creation, media buying, etc. It's geographically very dense with variety as well. It's a home run for productions. As such... read more ›
Jan
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Jan
11
-------- Note: NO, we didn’t have too much eggnog and accidentally re-publish a post from just before the holidays... We did, however, get a TON of reader requests from a lot of y'all who are using less and less Photoshop, and asked Scott if he could get similar results in Aperture or Lightroom. Short answer is YES. To that end, Scotty re-worked... read more ›
Jan
10
I didn't grow up dreaming to be a photographer. I didn't assist for anybody. I just started doing it... The way I do it is just the way I do it.Beautiful piece here about Scott Schumann, aka The Sartorialist. In the unlikely event you're not familiar with his work, he's an ex-fashion guy turned street photographer. Plenty to be learned here for any creative discipline. Brilliant, simple style. Confident in his vision. Living... read more ›
Jan
05
From my early childhood I have a memory of my parents shooting a couple photos during the holiday season, a couple more during my birthday party, maybe ten or twenty on the family vacation and then--when the roll of 24 exposures was used up--they'd pop the film outta the back of the camera and throw it in the drawer. Usually after about another month or two they'd re-discover the roll. And they'd run it down... read more ›
Dec
21
As a springboard from all the portrait work I've done over the past three years, I, at some time during that process, became really attuned/enamored/moved by people's faces and started experimenting with a new creative study. Internally we're calling it "60". In short, it's really simple: I'm taking 60 second video portraits of people. No instruction, no direction, no coaching, nothing. Just the camera pointed at them for a minute. Although the concept is simple,... read more ›
Dec
17
So much of the discussion in the photography and advertising worlds online is about the serious side of things. Creative problems, budgets, timelines, travel, gear, etc. And, indeed, there's a lot of serious aspects therein. But in truth--especially when shooting on location--there's a whole helluva a lot of fun that happens. And that fun is an important part of it that rarely comes across in all the photo/film industry ranting online. It's that... read more ›
Dec
16
Quick diversion from the normal banter here... What goes well with the holidays and photo books? Wine and chocolate. Wine and chocolate? Hopefully you're aware of my latest photo book project, Seattle 100: Portrait of City (hardback 10x10" 240 pages, 300 photographs - all my proceeds go to non-profit www.4culture.org). I've alluded to it in some posts before, but as a side show, we got together with a few friends and made some very tasty... read more ›
Dec
13
To want. To be ambitious. To want to be successful is not enough. That's just desire... In this 90 second clip, the actor Kevin Spacey gets to the core of what it takes. Some amazingly simple, powerful words for us all to live by. Happy Monday.
Dec
10
If you missed the Jeremy Cowart episode of chasejarvisLIVE last week--bummer cause it was a really good one. LOTs of good info about the struggles involved in turning pro. Gear talk, starting your business, agents, stories of the lean times, amazing gigs and more. And here's some good news: the above YouTube vid is a rewatch of that broadcast. Jeremy is a great photographer and a uber-talented, hardworking and humble guy. And he's... read more ›
Dec
08
Friends. My team who run the day to day show over at creativeLIVE have put together an amazing deal for the holidays on photography and video "weekend workshops" from your favorite photography instructors - some of the best in the world: Vince Laforet, Zack Arias, Jasmine Star, David DuChemin, Jeremy Cowart and Tamara Lackey. Single courses are all offered $129 (instead of $149), but the really smokin deal is this: all 6 courses... read more ›
