http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/04/27/realestate/0427-HABI_7.html
I get that this slideshow is part of the Real Estate section and all, but is it really newsworthy? The Ludlow building opened up over 3 months ago. It seems to me that the photographer just wanted some filler piece and found it in this sad lady. Also, all of her anti-male gear, including the "men don't protect you anymore" sign, seem pathetic to me as we learn that she has recently been separated from her hubby. Her feminism has sprung from hatred rather than any real feeling of woman-power. Plus, all of these photos are of things that are already interesting. Could the photographer have done more creatively, or are there just no opportunities for interesting and new shots in real estate?
Monday, April 28, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
latimes.com
scuba diving photographer? check this out: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/oceans/la-oceans-series,0,7842752.special
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Photo Agencies to check out + Multimedia
Besides the high rollers of the photography world, such as Magnum and VII, there are quite a number of other photo agencies out there with absolutely a wealth of work to look through. Some really great ones to check out:
Aevum (brand spanking new-- some really young photographers in this one)
Agence Vu
I'd also encourage any of you to check out all the events going on during NY Photo Festival Week if you are around for it, along with that will be VII's three-day seminar, in Brooklyn-- and a bunch of other things going on.
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Also just wanted to share some thoughts on the multimedia work we had to do for this week-- My piece is on an artist who's hung up a huge piece of art work in a cafe in Soho-- he's still working on it, so I thought I'd do a shoot on him in the process. I found it to be a bit of a struggle to shoot someone who was working on their artwork, most of the time he was stationary on the ladder, there was a big height difference, and looking for different angles to make it creative was hard. That and trying to get great audio or quotes doesn't come easy, especially when it's only supposed to be 1.5 mins. Working with a time constraint limits the audio quite a bit, so I think I've learned it really pays to be super picky, and you have to ask the spot-on questions. Hope everyone else's went alright... any thoughts to share?
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Modern Day 49ers
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/us/20080405_RUSH_FEATURE/index.html
This 2 minute and 37 second New York Times presentation was a great example of a multimedia presentation and included everything we talked about in class.
There were about 20 photos that varied from wide shot, medium shot and tight shots. Display times varied, but averaged to about 9 seconds per image. The speaker was identified by a "voice of" caption in the bottom right corner and a description of what was happening in the image was in a caption in the bottom left corner. Each picture was alive and showed something going on. There were both horizontal and vertical shots. And all photos were properly exposed.
I really enjoyed this presentation.
This 2 minute and 37 second New York Times presentation was a great example of a multimedia presentation and included everything we talked about in class.
There were about 20 photos that varied from wide shot, medium shot and tight shots. Display times varied, but averaged to about 9 seconds per image. The speaker was identified by a "voice of" caption in the bottom right corner and a description of what was happening in the image was in a caption in the bottom left corner. Each picture was alive and showed something going on. There were both horizontal and vertical shots. And all photos were properly exposed.
I really enjoyed this presentation.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
population
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2007/multimedia/index.html
In my economics classes, we've been talking a lot about how population growth affects the world. This project, part of the United Nations Population Fund, combines music, captions and photographs in a 2 minute presentation to show the pros and cons and plug the UN's book (State of World Population 2007) to viewers.
I thought many of the pictures were powerful and it was interesting to see that the entire piece ran exactly 2 minutes, which is around the length we all agreed wasn't too long or too short.
In my economics classes, we've been talking a lot about how population growth affects the world. This project, part of the United Nations Population Fund, combines music, captions and photographs in a 2 minute presentation to show the pros and cons and plug the UN's book (State of World Population 2007) to viewers.
I thought many of the pictures were powerful and it was interesting to see that the entire piece ran exactly 2 minutes, which is around the length we all agreed wasn't too long or too short.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Crane Crash
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/nyregion/15cnd-crane.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
This article has several powerful photos that captured the moments when the buidling in nyc crashed. Photos were taken from various places that created different point of views. Crashed cars and people's face impressions were powerful enough to explain the terrible moments. Although, I wanted to see more close-up photos of people and the firefighters.
This article has several powerful photos that captured the moments when the buidling in nyc crashed. Photos were taken from various places that created different point of views. Crashed cars and people's face impressions were powerful enough to explain the terrible moments. Although, I wanted to see more close-up photos of people and the firefighters.
Art of Shoes
ttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/fashion/20080322_STREET_FEATURE/index.html
This is a multimedia piece from NYT. Each photos contained uniquity of shoes on the street and this totally created enough variety. Some of the photos were shaky and the focus wasn't great, but seeing specially designed shoes was good enough eye-pleasure for the audience.
This is a multimedia piece from NYT. Each photos contained uniquity of shoes on the street and this totally created enough variety. Some of the photos were shaky and the focus wasn't great, but seeing specially designed shoes was good enough eye-pleasure for the audience.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
'Girl Power'
I highly recommend checking out these sites, two photo collectives made up solely of many award winning female photographers documenting a vast array of topics:
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