after a few intense months of editing my masters thesis and writing a corresponding essay, i’ve finished the program and submitted the following project as my thesis. take a few moments to explore “beyond the reach”
While sorting through many years of images today, I gathered a few images I like that slipped through the cracks.
A stir fry chef at the IFEC convention in Austin, TX
Petri dish for UT Focus on Science Publication
KDH Dance Company’s modern dancers at One World Theatre
tbg inc., a landscape architecture firm, hired me to photograph some informal headshots of their employees in their backyard.
i made use of a westcott sunlight reflector and a diffusion panel for lighting these portraits. it was nice to be without cables, cords, and clutter of strobes while making use of available light.
The Knot Texas featured a recent wedding I photographed with Sharon Nicole in a 5 page editorial feature.
See the online story here.
Many thanks to my 2nd photographer Sharon for providing some of these great images and to the event planner Carmela Hartman for pitching the story. It was a beautiful wedding at The Wildflower Center with aspects of a traditional Chinese ceremony.
product shoot for a national candle company based in austin, lights out.
the brushed metal and metallic labels made for some nice and shiny images.
add a plate of acrylic underneath and you get a subtle reflection as well
within the last few months, i’ve shifted from primarily shooting with zoom lenses to shooting with two fixed lenses. and that’s pretty much all i prefer now when i shoot digital.. canon’s 24mm f/1.4 L and their 50mm f/1.2 L.
not only do i gain a simplified and expected perspective, but the images are tack sharp at 100% and have a quality of light and color that can’t be beat for this range of equipment. i used to load myself down with 2 heavy cameras with zooms and often would be fighting with my gear. i now have to physically move in and out a lot more but it keeps me and my eyes active and i like traveling light. i feel i can focus on the picture making process much more.
one of my professor’s in my master’s program, homer sykes, has frequently reminded me to slow down and not shoot like i’m handling a machine gun, to be more thoughtful and purposeful with my images. and i think the switch to fixed lenses has helped me do that. i don’t feel like i need to shoot every detail, interaction, etc. anymore. and visually, i’m giving myself a little more breathing room.
the switch to film has helped me slow down even more (partially because i pay a few dollars for each image in film, developing, and scanning) i should be getting the film back from the texas-mexico border shooting in the next two days and will share some of that shortly.
in the mean-time, enjoy two images from a recent wedding from my two favorite lenses
Canon 5D, Canon 24mm f/1.4 L:1/200 sec at f/2.0
Canon 5D, Canon 50mm f/1.2 L: 1/400 sec at f/1.8
Alrighty, looks like I need some discipline on habitual updates. Today’s update is what I’m currently preparing for printing. It’s an image I shot in 2005 on an urban neighborhood street in Christchurch, New Zealand during a five month journey across Southeast Asia and Australasia. It was shot with a classic 1950′s Leica M3 camera.
I’m having a standout mounted print made for Austin Art Garage’s Political Action Art Auction. You can read more about the cause, the event, and how to win this print here.
with only 36 hours in paris, there wasn’t much time to myself. with the little time i did have, i found some interesting images around the eiffel of the mostly african immigrants hawking their souvenirs
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