Shootin, Re-shootin. Thinkin, Re-thinkin.
I recently re-shot a portrait I took of Tyler and his raccoons. I wanted a better composition.
I’ve been finding myself shooting and thinking up new images more this semester than last, Im sure the approaching show in May has a lot to do with that. How can I keep this motivation to make new work going after graduation and into the future?
I think I have fully decided/committed to becoming a working artist. This makes my near future very ambiguous but its what I’m passionate about and in reading some book concerning art and worship I have seen that it is something that lacks in our society.
There is no legitimate representation of christians in the art scene and guys like Thomas Kinkade are not helping.
Right now, art influences and speaks more about society than any other medium. I have been entrusted with a world view that holds truth and hope, it would be irresponsible of me to let that go to waste simply because some churches or people think that christians should not be involved in the arts or that I would be living a lazy bohemian lifestyle.
NONSENSE! Art is a very influential part of our society and unfortunately many christians have surrendered it to beelzebub, I feel it my (and all christians involved in art) responsibility to redeem it to how it was originally created.
thank you for allowing me to rant. enjoy the photograph.
New Portraits
Some new portraits made with the large format camera.
Im pleased at how these came out minus the bad scanner. I need to shoot more, much more.
I Love My “Job”
For the past year I have been fortunate enough to experience a handful of people getting married, and best yet I have been behind a camera making sure these days are remembered.
I told myself I didn’t want to be a “wedding photographer” but I was forced to get off my high horse because I needed to make some money, and people seem to like what I do.
I’ve been thinking recently how blessed I am to be part of these weddings, I have the opportunity to capture a great display of God’s love and redemption and the promise that he has made to his sons and daughters. I often find myself getting goose bumps behind the lens because there are moments when everything in the room is filled with the spirit and the gospel is so clearly being proclaimed. It makes my “job” feel more like a privilege, which honestly it is.
there has specifically been an amazing community of people who have had three weddings in their group this past year, they are super loving people and each wedding it is awesome to see them all rejoice with each other. Each of their wedding have been super inspiring and I come away rejoicing and reminded of His promise. So to you folks, I want to say thank you for letting me be apart of these weddings and the opportunity to capture such a beautiful proclamation. You guys are great and Im fortunate to know you.
BTW, these guys WHAAA!
Congrats!
Zombie A-Team
When the undead come to eat your brains and devour your flesh, stick with this elite group of men if you want to stay alive.
More Portraits
Some more portraits for your viewing pleasure.
I’m beginning to enjoy my study of portraits, I first felt very lost and hadn’t a clue what I was doing. The photographs showed. I can at least feel myself gaining confidence to direct the person more and have more control over the image, which is not the why I used to work and honestly I had a kind of moral objection to it. I thought that legitimate photography should only be used to capture what is present, what is real, what is true, with no influence from the photographer to the scene so as to not taint it.
I’ve come to realize this as ridiculous because it is impossible for a photographer to take an objective photograph, for he/she is the one who is choosing to point the camera and release the shutter, making it subjective to the photographer. So I have abandoned this philosophy, I still believe a photograph works best when it captures truth within a real slice of time but that truth does not get tainted if I choose to place and pose the subject according to my aesthetic desire.
I am an artist, I am here to create. Not merely a fly on the wall watching the world go by.
4×5 Negatives!
I received my 4×5 negatives from the lab. Everything looks great, they had a speedy turn around time.
I realized that this is an expensive project that I am undertaking if I want to continue shooting 4×5, which I do. So at this moment I am going to ask you all to donate to this project on my kickstarter page here: Kickstarter.com
Quinn Wedding
I had to start looking through these and edit a few. It was a perfect day and the photos were awesome!
It always helps when your dealing with creative and fun people
Update
I am almost through my first box of film, I will hopefully have the negatives back sometime next week.
I love shooting with this camera, the way it renders the scene in front of you is hard to explain. It is defiantly an experience you dont get with digital, I feel much more connected with the work that I am doing. It is much more intentional which is something that I have been trying to get when shooting digital. I think when you look at the images from these cameras you can see the effort and time put into the photograph, and if you keep it simple and looking effortless than you get a beautiful conflict existing within the frame. That is the moment I am trying to capture.
These photos are simply from my digital camera, I have been shooting with both so that 1. I can get a general idea of the composition before I use a piece of film and 2. I have a back-up incase something goes wrong with the negatives.
Be sure to keep spreading the news about my project and the kickstarter page, I have about 20 days left and a little more than half of my funding left!
The Beginnings.
I am in full force fundraising for my portrait project that I will be working on this next year. There isn’t much for me to do but spread the word and encourage people to help out. I am kinda taking a risk because I am starting the project now before I have the money, hoping that I reach my goal and can compensate myself.
I think its a good thing, it puts a little pressure on my to really make extraordinary piece of work.
Here is the link to my kickstarter page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1604098525/sojourn-portraits-of-hope?ref=category
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