The Technical Skills Book

In our Photo Imaging III class last quarter, we worked on some basic skills that were needed to be more successful photographers. These skills included color correcting, burning and dodging and restoring damaged images. This quarter for our Multimedia II class, we were asked to create a YouTube video of our technical skills book. Therefore, the image below contains the skills that I have acquired. So, check it out!

Brian Hall

So, I have always been a fan of a graduate from our commercial photography program, Brian Hall. He won Best Portfolio for his graduating class. He is now working with Zack Arias and Marc Climie. His work is awesome. He’s just awesome. Plus, he does a lot of music photography, so that just adds some more awesome points. Any who, Brian Hall is awesome. Check him out!

In the Now: Weddings and Events

So, I was browsing one of the photographers from my earlier posts (Jered Scott) and found this pretty awesome website. The website is In The Now: Weddings and Events. Granted the website is mainly about the weddings and events, I found the photography on there pretty cool. It’s no Denis Reggie, but it is pretty darn creative.The photographs on the site are by many different photographers. I found the photography by Jonilyn Photography pretty nifty. So check out In The Now: Weddings and Events and their photographers.

Image by Jonilyn Photography.

Oh, Photography

On Wednesday, Twitty, Amy and I met up to work on some class work. We decided to work on some video/audio needed for my photo essay for Ms. Finch’s Photojournalism class. We eventually got something that was suitable for class. However, it was quite difficult to start and keep a serious face. Check out the video below to understand what I mean.

Ryan Russell

WOOO music photography! I just love it.
Any who, I found another music photographer that took photos for the magazine, Alternative Press. His name is Ryan Russell. I like his style because its not a “HEY, look at me!”, as a lot of photography I see. It seems more down to earth and chill. I like that. So check Ryan Russell out!

Image of The Gaslight Anthem.

Mark Seliger

When They Came to Take My Father. This is a book by Mark Seliger about survivors from concentration camps from World War II. I really like the images the first time I saw them. I still do. I finally looked at the rest of his images. They’re awesome. I enjoyed them, but the images from his book will always be my favorite. Therefore, I suggest checking out Mark Seliger.

Annie Leibovitz

Her photos should be familiar. She’s worked for Rolling Stone and now Vanity Fair. She photographed the last photo of John Lennon. She was the photographer for the infamous scandalous Miley Cyrus photograph. Still can’t guess? Her name is Annie Leibovitz. She alone was the main reason that I wanted to become a photographer. I adore her work. It’s unique, different and just wow to me. She is my inspiration. Therefore, I suggest you guys should check her out. Watch the interview below on Annie Leibovitz.

Wedding Photography

Today, our advanced portraiture professor, Mrs. Harkins, introduced us into what goes behinds the scenes of wedding photography. All I have to say is... WHOA. Their line of photography is just purely insane. I would love to take a photographs of a wedding... with an assistant or someone to help me out. So, I got on YouTube and found a video on the top 10 wedding photographers in the world, which includes Denis Reggie.

Amy Blues, The Official

I got my Low Key image approved finally. I battled printed and eventually had to reshoot. It has been a crazy process, but I am quite happy about this one. Therefore, I thank AMY! I also hope I will be able to quickly print and mount this image for next week. Sweeet!

Amy Blues

Check it out. It's a video from the Amy Blues photo shoot. It was a fun photo shoot.

Jered Scott

Man, do I love music photography. One of my favorite music magazines has always been Alternative Press. Unlike Rolling Stone, AP is a little more on the younger side and a bit on the crazy side. First off, I love the music. The photography is awesome. I did a post on one of their photographers, Tim Harmon. Therefore, I decided to another photographer, Jered Scott. His work is pretty awesome. Check him out! Click the photo for Jered Scott's Flickr account.

Image of Dizmas

Nigel Barker

Now, I am generally not a fan of fashion photography, but I decided to make an exception. After watching a couple seasons of America's Next Top Model, I found the photographer of most of the shoots, Nigel Barker, quite interesting. I just find the whole shoot profound. I don't know how else to describe it. Therefore, I suggest going to YouTube and looking Nigel Barker and America's Next Top Model. Also, check out the interview below.

Wild Thing

So, I have realized that I have been really motivated to reshoot a lot of our projects. Therefore, I decided to reshoot my fantasy for advanced portraiture. My theme was “Where the Wild Things Are“. I thank Amy for being my model once again and helping me out. She’s been quite helpful and aaaawesome! So here’s a peek at the new “Wild Thing.” Let me know what you think!

Amy Blues, Part II

So, Amy is completely awesome. Mrs. Harkins, our advanced portraiture teacher, as well for helping me as much as she did with my photo shoot. So, I decided to attempt my low key photo shoot a second time. I thank Amy for posing me again. I thought I would experiment with lights this time. I think I was a bit more successful. You be the judge!

Jerry Uelsmann

Another major inspiration to me is (has been for almost five years) is Jerry Uelsmann. His work is breath-taking. None the less, his creations of intriguing and unique compositions is mainly done in the a darkroom. I've have tried to do something like his work with digital. It is much harder than it seems. His method is just wow. Therefore, if you enjoy composition with fantasy, you should check out Jerry Uelsmann.

Small Woods Where I Met Myself
1967

David Bailey

So, I thank Amanda for this piece of inspiration. While browsing her blog, I found a pretty awesome film-based photographer. His name is David Bailey. I find his black and white film photography beautiful in the most simplistic form. Not to mention, he has taken some awesome images of really great people, including Brassai and Salvador Dali. Just awesome. You guys should check him out!

Salvador Dali
Paris, 1972

Double-0 Ink, Part II

So, I decided to re-shoot my idea for my environmental. Therefore, Amy and I went back to Double-0 Ink. I found that singling out Jimmy and playing with some angles would make it pretty interesting. However, I do wish that I could have played with a gel on the background, but Amy and I were having some difficulty with our light kit. I did get something I liked. I will be going back to play with the gels. I'd like to thank Amy for helping and her patience. I would also like to thank Jimmy for being my subject and being patient with all the technical difficulties. Any who, wish me luck.

Joey Lawrence

Thanks to Amy, I just checked out Joey Lawrence (No, not Joey Lawrence the actor). I really enjoy music photography and items related to that. I also find that the lighting used in music photography is quite awesome. Therefore, I decided to blog about Joey Lawrence. His work is pretty awesome. I mainly like how he uses contrast and lighting in his photographs. He's also done a few music videos and promotional photographs (Twilight). I suggest you guys should check Joey Lawrence out.

Double-0 Ink

Amy and I also worked on my environmental. I've always loved monster make up. So, I originally wanted to do a monster make-up artist, but I was unable to find one. Therefore, I decided to something else that I really liked. I decided to do a tattoo artist. Twitty took me to Double-0 Ink in Winder and introduced me to Jimmy Valderaz, the owner. This guy is really nice and an awesome artist. He's also down to help out a student. So, I'm helping him get his name out. So check him and his shop out.

Doing That Photo Thing

Pretty productive day yesterday. Amy and I worked on some more fill flash (see image below). We even helped Twitty with his environmental. His shot was pretty awesome. His subject (his dad) was funny as usual. We even did my environmental. All in all, very productive day that ended with Waffle House. Haha.

It's Just Another Day

In the life of a photo student, we photograph all the time. Photojournalism has literally pushed me to go out every day to go and take photos. I haven't had a weekend where I didn't go and take photos. It's nice, but stressful at times.
Yesterday, Amy and I did her environmental. Today, we are going to do our fill flash and my environmental. Quite a busy day. Hopefully, I can get my photo essay started. We shall see. Wish Amy and I luck this weekend.

Dave LaChapelle

If you haven't heard about Dave LaChapelle, then you're just silly. His work is literally everywhere, from album covers to music videos, including No Doubt's "It's My Life", to advertising , including "Got Milk?", Dave LaChapelle is quite famous. His outrageous style with no boundaries scenarios make his work just completely awesome. You guys should check him out. Check out the video below for a brief look at Dave LaChapelle.

Veteran's Day

So, Wednesday adventures fell on Veteran's day, which was pretty cool. Therefore, Amy, Twitty, Cooper and Brittany and I headed down to Historic Lawrenceville to scout some cool spots for Veteran's Day. I wish we got to see some more parades or something related to this holiday, but today was a good day. So, I'm dedicating this post to all the veterans and young soldiers who are fighting for us or have lost their lives fighting.

Jeremy Cowart

So, Amy showed me this photographer, Jeremy Cowart, not too long ago, and all I could say was "Wow." This guy is pretty crazy. I really like how he lights and experiments with his photography. I really like his music photography as well. It, like most of the other artists I blog about, is an inspiration. Check out a behind the scenes video of the Yellow Cavalier photo shoot.

The View

The interview that is. Haha.
Anyways. Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Amy and do a little interview. She and I basically discussed our weekend and the events we endured, including Pride Fest. We gave a lot of feedback to each other, including feedback from Ms. Finch. Therefore, click HERE to listen to the interview. Enjoy!

Pow Wow and Indian Festival

So, Amy and I probably had the busiest weekend in quite a long time. From the Veteran's Day Parade to the Pow Wow Festival, we were just busy, busy, busy. It was crazy, but definitely worth it. Today was the 10th Annual Pow Wow and Indian Festival at Stone Mountain Park. Although, we missed the first couple of days (it started on Thursday), we didn't miss out on a lot. In fact, today was definitely enjoyable. It made me wish that Amy and I did go to the other days of the festival. The image below is just a glimpse.

Wild Thing, pt. II

After the parade, Amy and I decided to work on my fantasy shot for advanced portraiture. I believe we had a little easier time doing the shoot today. I might want to do it earlier in the day, but we shall see. Give some feed back, please! I also worked on a fill flash assignment for photojournalism. I hope that works as well.

Veteran's Parade

Yesterday, Amy, her family and I went down to Atlanta to take some images of the Veteran's Day Parade. Although, we were still struggling with flash and what not. I did get a couple images that did not involve flash and were pretty good. (Hopefully, haha.)

Wild Thing

So yesterday, Amy and I went out to buy some supplies and test our flash. In the process, we decided to shoot my fantasy for our advance portraiture class. We are still working out a couple things with both flash and my project, but we'll get it. So here's a glimpse of Amy as Max from "Where the Wild Things Are."

New Blog

Hey everybody!
So, I now have a second blog out. I'm with WordPress! I will be updating both as much as possible. Therefore, keep in touch and check my other blog out!
http://adoemland.wordpress.com/

Henri Cartier-Bresson

One of my favorite film based photographers is Henri Cartier-Bresson. He, just like Jonas Bendiksen, is a Magnum photographer. He is also one of the founders of Magnum. I find his work just amazing. The way he used his photographs to portray drawings that can be found in a sketchbook is just amazing. Henri Cartier-Bresson's night photography as well as his "in the moment" photographs are definitely inspirational. So yea. You should check him out if you haven't yet.
Click here for his foundation website. (It's in French). Also check out Artsy.net for more information. Click here for the link.
Check out this video about his work.

Jonas Bendiksen

So, I was browsing around to find some inspiration again for photojournalism. As you can see in the previous blog, I am definitely struggling with it. Anyways, I found a Norwegian photographer, Jonas Bendiksen, who is represented by Magnum, which is one of the top photography agencies in the world. I found him quite interesting for the places he has done work in, such as Nairobi, Mumbai and Caracas. Pretty interesting places and photographs as well. I do really enjoy photographs that reveal places and lives of others. I also like the fact that he doesn't like to use a lot of equipment for his shoots. It reveals that he is using major problem solving techniques to make these images, which I admire and wish to do without problems.
Check out the video as Jonas Bendiksen describes a few shoots and upcoming book.

Wednesday Adventures

So, today was another Wednesday adventure with Amy. It was awesome just like every other one, except Twitty and Cooper joined us for a little while. After some awesome $1 pizza, Twitty, Amy and I decided to go out and test out flashes for our fill flash assignment. I can clearly say that I am having a difficult time with just like I am with photojournalism. I need a little help with the fill flash assignment. I also need some help figuring out a topic for our photo essay. Therefore, my dearest friends, HELP!

Danny Clinch

So, I decided to post something about another one of my favorite photographers. His name is Danny Clinch. Our teacher, Mr. Jones showed us some of his work back when we were still freshmen. I adore his work. His photography, which is music photography, is the kind I would like to make a career out of. Danny Clinch is a true inspiration. You should check him out!
Here is a video he did for Tom Wait's Video, "Lie To Me."

She Made the Shape of a Heart With Her Hands

I know this isn't really photography related, but everything can lead to a good photo if you know how to make it one. Well, almost everything. Anyways, I've always supported To Write Love on Her Arms because of the message they send. Non-profit programs such as TWLOHA and TOMS Shoes, keep a little hope in this messed up world. None the less, they do amazing things for people. TWLOHA helps those who feel that they are not loved and become depressed. They just give ... HOPE. Therefore, my purpose for this blog is to say write "Love" on your arm on Friday. This way, you show people that you care without saying a word.
Click here to read the TWLOHA vision.

Parish Kohanim

Another option for an internship is Parish Kohanim. His work is a little different from photography that I would like to specialize in, but I'm open to learning. Parish is a fine art and studio photographer. I would love to work with him because I could learn more portrait and studio photography, which I have learned to love. His art is pretty much... ART!
Check out this video and see a glimpse of his process and studio as he uses the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III.

A Look at the Pride Parade

So, for the past few posts, I've been saying I went to Pride Fest. It was a great experience and amazing environment, even with crazy protestors. I was going to try and post something last night after the parade, but I was so exhausted that I never made it to my computer. The parade was great. It was such a beautiful day. Amy and I definitely enjoyed it. So here's a small glimpse of the parade.

Pride Parade

Today is the last day of Pride Fest. Amy and I have been waiting for the parade for quite a while.. Haha. Let's just say we really need a feature for our photojournalism class. So we are hoping our unique styles and crazy angles get us what we've been trying to get. Wish Amy and I some major luck.