Nathan & Casey aka Tom & April, from our first day of shooting at RiRa’s Irish Pub in Charlotte, NC. This black & white film frame was taken by the very talented and creative Griffin Davis. Check out his blog! Keep checking the hundreds of social media websites on the film for updates on post-production. Have a great weekend, boys and girls.
Finally! Foto Friday brings you a recently taken photograph! The picture was taken on my iPhone, another first for Foto Friday. It was taken during our 3-week stint in Charlotte shooting my upcoming film, “In A Day” (working title) (speaking of, if you have a bitchin’ title.. feel free to share!). I don’t have too much to say about this photo, other than the light was doing some really cool things, and I was happy to have captured it. Also, this image will forever remind me of the incredible 3 weeks I spent shooting my first movie. I feel lots of good things are to come from this, and I cannot think of a better setting to have kicked it all off.
I did not take this photo, nor did I make this film. I am simply in love with both. And Audrey Tautou.
A green Irish landscape for this wonderful day. This is near Tramore, Ireland, on the southern coast.
Today was beautiful. And in the spirit of beautiful days, I thought this edition of Foto Friday could be an image from another beautiful day. It was Cooperstown, NY in the summer. I was a photography intern at Glimmerglass Opera for a few months. The summer was an unforgettable one, filled with highs and lows. My girlfriend of over a year and I split up at the beginning of the summer, and I was pretty much a wreck. I was far from home. Hell, I was far from everything. Cooperstown has one stoplight. And we stayed fifteen minutes away from that. The nearest Wal-Mart was an hour drive. And while the isolation killed me at first, I slowly started to embrace it. I went outside and enjoyed the quiet. I ran. And on those 3 and 4 and 5 mile jogs, I was wide-eyed at the beauty that surrounded me. My favorite time to run was sunset, when the heat wasn’t overbearing, nor was the lovely perfume of cow shit. I remember one particular day when life was just right. I had earlier learned that one of my photos had been selected to run in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. I felt successful beyond words. I felt confident. I strapped shoes on my feet and went running. It was a three-and-a-half mile sunset. After the run I quickly grabbed my camera and took this image. But the reason I love this photo is because I enjoyed it with my eyes first. And then I captured it with a lens. So many people get that order wrong. Enjoy things before you take a picture of them. Or tweet about them. Or whatever. Eat the food, experience the sunset, kiss the girl. Do those things first, and then if you have time, capture the moment.
Sorry I’ve missed a couple Foto Fridays. I hope you haven’t been holding your breath.
This week’s Foto Friday photo comes from Barcelona. It’s a wonderful place. And it’s where I really fell in love with taking pictures. I worked out the technical stuff in Ireland, but worked out conveying a message in Barcelona. Seriously, it’s a great city.
Barcelona girl sits with the city before her. Waiting? Maybe. She’s got two bags. Maybe she travels heavy. Or maybe her love is experiencing the view from somewhere else. Above the city that the brilliant Antoni Gaudi brought to life, rests a mountain. Upon which maybe another Barcelona girl sits, looking over the sun-kissed city. Maybe another photographer captured that moment, too. Or maybe this moment belongs solely to my Barcelona girl. The infinite possibilites of stories I love. And I hope you find it interesting.
Here’s a video I did for the talented photographers Joey and Jessica.
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