I wanted to entitle this post, “Inspiration: William Klein” but felt as though it wouldn’t be fair, since I’m not very familiar with his work. Not to the point where I feel justified in placing that title on this post at least. I really wanted to draw your attention to this video, which is narrated by William Klein. If this isn’t the very definition of…
Vice has a series where they have photographer Bruce Gilden judge photographs submitted by other photographers. I used the word photographer twice in that last sentence. I found the video interesting. It’s nice to see someone deliver an honest opinion. Bruce Gilden has very unique style that is very often imitated by other street photographers. He gets up close and he uses a flash. I…
This wasn’t a trip necessarily, I intentionally planned a one-day layover in Taiwan so that I could walk the streets and take photos before my trip to the Philippines. I only have these photos, because I lost pretty much every other picture I took while there and in the Philippines. I’m a bit upset about it too, because I had this one photo of a…
Cuesta del Plomo is the title of this photograph, and is a photo I have hanging on my wall. This picture is from Meiselas’ 1981 war report entitled Nicaragua. This particular photograph means a lot to me. When people visit me, they are usually immediately turned off when they see the photograph on my wall, which inevitably leads to a very short discussion on why it…
Sigma is a very interesting company, and I think they have made some very smart and forward-thinking decisions regarding not only its business but the camera industry and the art of photography as a whole. Lets start with their acquisition of Foveon in 2008. The Foveon sensor emulates film in its approach to sensor design. If you’re not familiar with the technology, check it out here….
While exploring one of the churches the other day I came across two very interesting scroll paintings. One depicted hell, and another depicted heaven. The one that depicted hell, had the devil in the middle, and a bunch of demons scurrying about, and the one that depicted heaven, of course featured angels and Jesus. The interesting thing about it was the race of said characters….
Continuing with my theme of traveling on a budget, I decided to travel to another nearby island called Narushima last weekend. My host mother was visiting, so it was perfect timing and a good opportunity to show her one of the islands that she hasn’t seen yet. Like the other islands, Narushima is also known for its churches, and beautiful scenery. We spent the day…
As an X-Pro1 user, I follow Fujifilm’s releases pretty closely, and was really excited to hear about their new Classic Chrome film simulation that they released a while ago for their newer cameras. Fujifilm has a pretty good track record for updating their products regularly, and even has a campaign around that philosophy called ‘Kaizen’. So I naturally assumed that this new film simulation would…
Trying to save money to support a gear addiction is tough, and requires a lot of patience and asceticism. I love to travel, and I recently took a trip to Taiwan and the Philippines in August, but since I’ve decided to start saving my money, recently I’ve been staying home. I’m currently living on a small island chain off of the coast of Nagasaki here:…