I’ve been looking at a lot of photography along with my recent film binges, just getting more in depth with a few famous photographers’ portfolios and styles.

One I’ve been looking at for a little bit now, Jay Maisel, is an American photographer who loves simplicity and ease more than fancy cameras and studio-like lighting and editing. He’s one of few major photographers these days that takes only a single lens on his shoots. Love it. He is captured in every day life by shape and color, and thusly loves to capture everything as-is. He loves the world in its every natural intricacy and finds himself simply snapping photos. Obviously there’s a lot more that goes through his mind during the setup of every shot, but it’s nice to see/hear a seasoned photographer talk about such a simplistic approach. I feel like too many artists these days create meaning out of thin air when trying to showcase their work to the world — Maisel keeps me grounded. Here are some of my favorite photos by him:

Here’s the link to his website so you can check out more of his work. — http://www.jaymaisel.com/

Very simplistic yet honestly moving work. His composition is exquisite and I love his focus.

Another photographer I’ve always been partial to is Jerry Uelsmann. He works solely with film photography and his work is the product of many hours spent working vigorously in the darkroom. He said that he would probably never step outside of film photography as he believes his ideas and processes are better carried out with enlargers — usually at least 3 or 4 to be exact. He has an amazing ability to take two completely different images and combine them to create a situation, a story, or simply a striking image. Here are a few of my favorite pieces from him:

Here’s his website so you can learn more/explore his collection. Some really fantastic stuff in here, I love his sense of humor as well.  http://www.uelsmann.net/

I’ve been looking at a lot of photography along with my recent film binges, just getting more in depth with a few famous photographers’ portfolios and styles.

One I’ve been looking at for a little bit now, Jay Maisel, is an American photographer who loves simplicity and ease more than fancy cameras and studio-like lighting and editing. He’s one of few major photographers these days that takes only a single lens on his shoots. Love it. He is captured in every day life by shape and color, and thusly loves to capture everything as-is. He loves the world in its every natural intricacy and finds himself simply snapping photos. Obviously there’s a lot more that goes through his mind during the setup of every shot, but it’s nice to see/hear a seasoned photographer talk about such a simplistic approach. I feel like too many artists these days create meaning out of thin air when trying to showcase their work to the world — Maisel keeps me grounded. Here are some of my favorite photos by him:

Here’s the link to his website so you can check out more of his work. — http://www.jaymaisel.com/

Very simplistic yet honestly moving work. His composition is exquisite and I love his focus.

Another photographer I’ve always been partial to is Jerry Uelsmann. He works solely with film photography and his work is the product of many hours spent working vigorously in the darkroom. He said that he would probably never step outside of film photography as he believes his ideas and processes are better carried out with enlargers — usually at least 3 or 4 to be exact. He has an amazing ability to take two completely different images and combine them to create a situation, a story, or simply a striking image. Here are a few of my favorite pieces from him:

Here’s his website so you can learn more/explore his collection. Some really fantastic stuff in here, I love his sense of humor as well.  http://www.uelsmann.net/

I’ve been looking at a lot of photography along with my recent film binges, just getting more in depth with a few famous photographers’ portfolios and styles.

One I’ve been looking at for a little bit now, Jay Maisel, is an American photographer who loves simplicity and ease more than fancy cameras and studio-like lighting and editing. He’s one of few major photographers these days that takes only a single lens on his shoots. Love it. He is captured in every day life by shape and color, and thusly loves to capture everything as-is. He loves the world in its every natural intricacy and finds himself simply snapping photos. Obviously there’s a lot more that goes through his mind during the setup of every shot, but it’s nice to see/hear a seasoned photographer talk about such a simplistic approach. I feel like too many artists these days create meaning out of thin air when trying to showcase their work to the world — Maisel keeps me grounded. Here are some of my favorite photos by him:

Here’s the link to his website so you can check out more of his work. — http://www.jaymaisel.com/

Very simplistic yet honestly moving work. His composition is exquisite and I love his focus.

Another photographer I’ve always been partial to is Jerry Uelsmann. He works solely with film photography and his work is the product of many hours spent working vigorously in the darkroom. He said that he would probably never step outside of film photography as he believes his ideas and processes are better carried out with enlargers — usually at least 3 or 4 to be exact. He has an amazing ability to take two completely different images and combine them to create a situation, a story, or simply a striking image. Here are a few of my favorite pieces from him:

Here’s his website so you can learn more/explore his collection. Some really fantastic stuff in here, I love his sense of humor as well.  http://www.uelsmann.net/

I’ve been looking at a lot of photography along with my recent film binges, just getting more in depth with a few famous photographers’ portfolios and styles.

One I’ve been looking at for a little bit now, Jay Maisel, is an American photographer who loves simplicity and ease more than fancy cameras and studio-like lighting and editing. He’s one of few major photographers these days that takes only a single lens on his shoots. Love it. He is captured in every day life by shape and color, and thusly loves to capture everything as-is. He loves the world in its every natural intricacy and finds himself simply snapping photos. Obviously there’s a lot more that goes through his mind during the setup of every shot, but it’s nice to see/hear a seasoned photographer talk about such a simplistic approach. I feel like too many artists these days create meaning out of thin air when trying to showcase their work to the world — Maisel keeps me grounded. Here are some of my favorite photos by him:

Here’s the link to his website so you can check out more of his work. — http://www.jaymaisel.com/

Very simplistic yet honestly moving work. His composition is exquisite and I love his focus.

Another photographer I’ve always been partial to is Jerry Uelsmann. He works solely with film photography and his work is the product of many hours spent working vigorously in the darkroom. He said that he would probably never step outside of film photography as he believes his ideas and processes are better carried out with enlargers — usually at least 3 or 4 to be exact. He has an amazing ability to take two completely different images and combine them to create a situation, a story, or simply a striking image. Here are a few of my favorite pieces from him:

Here’s his website so you can learn more/explore his collection. Some really fantastic stuff in here, I love his sense of humor as well.  http://www.uelsmann.net/

Hey all,

A big part of my project this quarter was based on the conceptualization and construction of a few different film tools that would help me immensely when shooting. The most important tool I could have created, and legitimately started to, was the steadicam system. I had everything ready to create the rig except the specific Traxxas gimbal and the plate to mount the camera ($60 I was not going to spend until I could track down the part I needed). I looked everywhere for two, three weeks. People suggested I try eBay, so I did and was unable to find the correct model type I needed to work with the holes I had drilled/the skateboard bearing I got (thanks for the offer Kevin, literally was approached with one the next day after speaking with you). Super duper unfortunate because I was really looking forward to both the finished construction and utilization of this hardware. There’s no doubt that I’m still going to try and find the proper Traxxas bracket so I can complete the steadicam and actually use it in some productions… I still hold it as one of the most valuable pieces of camera equipment so there’s no reason for me to give up on this idea — even if I can’t use it for this project.

I really wish I had gotten the chance/tried harder after week 7 to continue its materialization but I needed to put way more time into filming and editing. Probably a good decision, no matter how much fun I would have had using it.

Hey all,

A big part of my project this quarter was based on the conceptualization and construction of a few different film tools that would help me immensely when shooting. The most important tool I could have created, and legitimately started to, was the steadicam system. I had everything ready to create the rig except the specific Traxxas gimbal and the plate to mount the camera ($60 I was not going to spend until I could track down the part I needed). I looked everywhere for two, three weeks. People suggested I try eBay, so I did and was unable to find the correct model type I needed to work with the holes I had drilled/the skateboard bearing I got (thanks for the offer Kevin, literally was approached with one the next day after speaking with you). Super duper unfortunate because I was really looking forward to both the finished construction and utilization of this hardware. There’s no doubt that I’m still going to try and find the proper Traxxas bracket so I can complete the steadicam and actually use it in some productions… I still hold it as one of the most valuable pieces of camera equipment so there’s no reason for me to give up on this idea — even if I can’t use it for this project.

I really wish I had gotten the chance/tried harder after week 7 to continue its materialization but I needed to put way more time into filming and editing. Probably a good decision, no matter how much fun I would have had using it.

Hey all,

A big part of my project this quarter was based on the conceptualization and construction of a few different film tools that would help me immensely when shooting. The most important tool I could have created, and legitimately started to, was the steadicam system. I had everything ready to create the rig except the specific Traxxas gimbal and the plate to mount the camera ($60 I was not going to spend until I could track down the part I needed). I looked everywhere for two, three weeks. People suggested I try eBay, so I did and was unable to find the correct model type I needed to work with the holes I had drilled/the skateboard bearing I got (thanks for the offer Kevin, literally was approached with one the next day after speaking with you). Super duper unfortunate because I was really looking forward to both the finished construction and utilization of this hardware. There’s no doubt that I’m still going to try and find the proper Traxxas bracket so I can complete the steadicam and actually use it in some productions… I still hold it as one of the most valuable pieces of camera equipment so there’s no reason for me to give up on this idea — even if I can’t use it for this project.

I really wish I had gotten the chance/tried harder after week 7 to continue its materialization but I needed to put way more time into filming and editing. Probably a good decision, no matter how much fun I would have had using it.

Hey all,

A big part of my project this quarter was based on the conceptualization and construction of a few different film tools that would help me immensely when shooting. The most important tool I could have created, and legitimately started to, was the steadicam system. I had everything ready to create the rig except the specific Traxxas gimbal and the plate to mount the camera ($60 I was not going to spend until I could track down the part I needed). I looked everywhere for two, three weeks. People suggested I try eBay, so I did and was unable to find the correct model type I needed to work with the holes I had drilled/the skateboard bearing I got (thanks for the offer Kevin, literally was approached with one the next day after speaking with you). Super duper unfortunate because I was really looking forward to both the finished construction and utilization of this hardware. There’s no doubt that I’m still going to try and find the proper Traxxas bracket so I can complete the steadicam and actually use it in some productions… I still hold it as one of the most valuable pieces of camera equipment so there’s no reason for me to give up on this idea — even if I can’t use it for this project.

I really wish I had gotten the chance/tried harder after week 7 to continue its materialization but I needed to put way more time into filming and editing. Probably a good decision, no matter how much fun I would have had using it.

Hey all,

A big part of my project this quarter was based on the conceptualization and construction of a few different film tools that would help me immensely when shooting. The most important tool I could have created, and legitimately started to, was the steadicam system. I had everything ready to create the rig except the specific Traxxas gimbal and the plate to mount the camera ($60 I was not going to spend until I could track down the part I needed). I looked everywhere for two, three weeks. People suggested I try eBay, so I did and was unable to find the correct model type I needed to work with the holes I had drilled/the skateboard bearing I got (thanks for the offer Kevin, literally was approached with one the next day after speaking with you). Super duper unfortunate because I was really looking forward to both the finished construction and utilization of this hardware. There’s no doubt that I’m still going to try and find the proper Traxxas bracket so I can complete the steadicam and actually use it in some productions… I still hold it as one of the most valuable pieces of camera equipment so there’s no reason for me to give up on this idea — even if I can’t use it for this project.

I really wish I had gotten the chance/tried harder after week 7 to continue its materialization but I needed to put way more time into filming and editing. Probably a good decision, no matter how much fun I would have had using it.

Hey all,

A big part of my project this quarter was based on the conceptualization and construction of a few different film tools that would help me immensely when shooting. The most important tool I could have created, and legitimately started to, was the steadicam system. I had everything ready to create the rig except the specific Traxxas gimbal and the plate to mount the camera ($60 I was not going to spend until I could track down the part I needed). I looked everywhere for two, three weeks. People suggested I try eBay, so I did and was unable to find the correct model type I needed to work with the holes I had drilled/the skateboard bearing I got (thanks for the offer Kevin, literally was approached with one the next day after speaking with you). Super duper unfortunate because I was really looking forward to both the finished construction and utilization of this hardware. There’s no doubt that I’m still going to try and find the proper Traxxas bracket so I can complete the steadicam and actually use it in some productions… I still hold it as one of the most valuable pieces of camera equipment so there’s no reason for me to give up on this idea — even if I can’t use it for this project.

I really wish I had gotten the chance/tried harder after week 7 to continue its materialization but I needed to put way more time into filming and editing. Probably a good decision, no matter how much fun I would have had using it.