... pointless

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?

and if you thought you took too many photos, check this out: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/photography/la-111807_gang-main2-fl,0,3893242.flash

latimes.com

scuba diving photographer? check this out: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/oceans/la-oceans-series,0,7842752.special

POPE

Hey guys. Are we doing the pope thing or not???

Let me know.

My email is sgb249@Nyu.edu

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:

Noor Images

Aevum (brand spanking new-- some really young photographers in this one) 

Agence Vu

Oeil Public 

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? 

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.