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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: amsp on March 23, 2010, 11:32:33 am
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If it's ok by Michael I'd like to start this thread for everyone to post inspiring stuff they find and would like to share. Anything goes.. photos, movies, websites, design, whatever. As we all know inspiration for photography can come from many different things. I also think we have enough tech threads on this forum and could use a little more creative stuff. Try to be very selective though or this thread might become unmanageable very quickly.
I'll kick things off with Spike Jonze's short movie I'M HERE - A love story in an absolute world. (http://www.imheremovie.com) You can watch the whole movie for free on the website.
Cheers.
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If it's ok by Michael I'd like to start this thread for everyone to post inspiring stuff they find and would like to share.
If anyone wants to inspire posts about anything, they reply to a post/topic on the same subject or start a new topic... and there is the coffee corner to keep other topics clear posts that are (perhaps) interesting but not informative.
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Wow! That was interesting! Thanks ASMP for the link. I kept thinking about Ray Kurtzweil's books like "The Age of Spiritual Machines" while watching. The face animation work was great.
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If it's ok by Michael I'd like to start this thread for everyone to post inspiring stuff they find and would like to share. Anything goes.. photos, movies, websites, design, whatever. As we all know inspiration for photography can come from many different things. I also think we have enough tech threads on this forum and could use a little more creative stuff. Try to be very selective though or this thread might become unmanageable very quickly.
I'll kick things off with Spike Jonze's short movie I'M HERE - A love story in an absolute world. (http://www.imheremovie.com) You can watch the whole movie for free on the website.
Cheers.
Yep, poor man is doomed when whipped, she'll get it all one way or another... Some love story!
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Hahaha that was boootiful!!
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If it's ok by Michael I'd like to start this thread for everyone to post inspiring stuff they find and would like to share. Anything goes.. photos, movies, websites, design, whatever. As we all know inspiration for photography can come from many different things. I also think we have enough tech threads on this forum and could use a little more creative stuff. Try to be very selective though or this thread might become unmanageable very quickly.
I'll kick things off with Spike Jonze's short movie I'M HERE - A love story in an absolute world. (http://www.imheremovie.com) You can watch the whole movie for free on the website.
Cheers.
This is one of the most amazing things I have seen in years - it is almost impossible to believe that 99% of it is rendered rather than composited, and the dude didn't just design the buildings and render them, he also wrote the music. Some of the people I showed it to were in tears, really...
http://www.vimeo.com/7809605 (http://www.vimeo.com/7809605)
Enjoy.
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This is one of the most amazing things I have seen in years - it is almost impossible to believe that 99% of it is rendered rather than composited, and the dude didn't just design the buildings and render them, he also wrote the music. Some of the people I showed it to were in tears, really...
http://www.vimeo.com/7809605 (http://www.vimeo.com/7809605)
Enjoy.
Yeah, I think someone posted that on this forum a while ago, it's absolutely stunning. Here's a link to probably the best collection of amazing photographers I've ever come across, updated on a monthly basis: http://newindustryarts.com (http://newindustryarts.com) Enjoy.
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Yeah, I think someone posted that on this forum a while ago, it's absolutely stunning. Here's a link to probably the best collection of amazing photographers I've ever come across, updated on a monthly basis: http://newindustryarts.com (http://newindustryarts.com) Enjoy.
I was going to post graeme mitchel's site and skye parrot, butr thyey are both on the newindustry link you posted. Graeme is really a street photographer. A really smart guy who I believe studied literature. You can see the influence of Joyce, maybe som eProust, on his street shooting, which is found on his blog.
I like Sebastian Kim, particularly his Italidisco portraits. www.sebastiankim.com Glad to see he just shot some recent Calvin Klein work, CK Body, perhaps?
I'll try to find the link I have to most of Nadar's portraits.
I would post a link to Poalo R.'s Studio book, but I don't think its on-line. It really is amazing.
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This should fit the category: Celebrate What's Right with the World (http://www.dewittjonesphototweets.com/), by Dewitt Jones.
Mike.
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Dick,
Show some images instead of only talking about gear. This forum is boring as hell now. So the few times I visit, something more than geek is desirable.
Have you not noted that I have been too il to get out and take many photos since I bought my H3D?
Have you not seen the photos I have uploaded?
Have you not seen the three pictures I have posted this week?
If you think the forum is boring, make a constructive contribution.
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Taryn Simon, "An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar"
Ted-Talk (17'): http://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photo...cret_sites.html (http://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photographs_secret_sites.html) (direct link to MP4: http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/TarynSimon_2009G.mp4 (http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/TarynSimon_2009G.mp4) )
Interview: http://designmind.frogdesign.com/articles/...osed-doors.html (http://designmind.frogdesign.com/articles/the-substance-of-things-not-seen/behind-closed-doors.html)
site: http://www.tarynsimon.com (http://www.tarynsimon.com)
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Taryn Simon, "An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar"
Ted-Talk (17'): http://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photo...cret_sites.html (http://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photographs_secret_sites.html) (direct link to MP4: http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/TarynSimon_2009G.mp4 (http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/TarynSimon_2009G.mp4) )
Interview: http://designmind.frogdesign.com/articles/...osed-doors.html (http://designmind.frogdesign.com/articles/the-substance-of-things-not-seen/behind-closed-doors.html)
site: http://www.tarynsimon.com (http://www.tarynsimon.com)
very good!
thanks for the links!
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An eye and an iPhone:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/...-iphone-photos/ (http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/24/captured-guttenfelders-iphone-photos/)
Nill
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Taryn Simon, "An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar"
Ted-Talk (17'): http://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photo...cret_sites.html (http://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photographs_secret_sites.html)
An eye and an iPhone:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/...-iphone-photos/ (http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/24/captured-guttenfelders-iphone-photos/)
Nill
Very nice, this is the kind of stuff I was hoping to see! Over 1000 hits and only a handful posts is a bit disappointing though, but I hope the thread stays alive.
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I like Sebastian Kim, particularly his Italidisco portraits. www.sebastiankim.com Glad to see he just shot some recent Calvin Klein work, CK Body, perhaps?
Great stuff! love his style. Thanks mate.
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Yesterday a new film was premiered in NY. Got great reviews, may be someone can post a link & if they saw it.
" Bill Cunningham New York".
He is the photographer who shoots street fashion & is regularly published in NY Times. His story sounds fascinating, at least to me.
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Rodarte x Maggie Cheung Collection (short film by Wing Shya) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4ac5QqbmQ) in aid of UNICEF
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I would post a link to Poalo R.'s Studio book, but I don't think its on-line. It really is amazing.
Indeed a great book, a new edition is out: http://www.steidlville.com/books/168-Studio.html (http://www.steidlville.com/books/168-Studio.html)
Another favorite: http://www.steidlville.com/books/500-The-Roma-Journeys.html (http://www.steidlville.com/books/500-The-Roma-Journeys.html)
Please post the Nadar link if you find it.
Cheers
T
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one take....great music....erykah badu video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT9q0mTAwSo&feature=player_embedded)
nadav kander (http://www.nadavkander.com/)
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one take....great music....erykah badu video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT9q0mTAwSo&feature=player_embedded)
nadav kander (http://www.nadavkander.com/)
Nadev's site is great. But Erykah's video is blocked, may be it is posted somewhere else? Love her music - quite a few great songs by her.
Thnx
p.s Unless U're talking @ her latest "Window Seat", I can understand it was removed, though CNN gives the explanation > http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/2...dex.html?hpt=C2 (http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/29/erykah.badu.strips/index.html?hpt=C2)
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The Nadar link I have is dead! It was pretty amazing, including the Paris Catacombs. I can look at Nadar's portraits all day long. The Pierrot the Clown portrait is amazing, as well as the young and then the the later, older Boudlaire.
T
Indeed a great book, a new edition is out: http://www.steidlville.com/books/168-Studio.html (http://www.steidlville.com/books/168-Studio.html)
Another favorite: http://www.steidlville.com/books/500-The-Roma-Journeys.html (http://www.steidlville.com/books/500-The-Roma-Journeys.html)
Please post the Nadar link if you find it.
Cheers
T
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david james (http://davidjames-outofprint.co.uk/#/1)
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I love Alice O'Malley's portraits… in particular the one of Antony Hegarty on the first page of this "Qvest"-PDF: http://www.aliceomalley.com/Quest.07_08.pdf (http://www.aliceomalley.com/Quest.07_08.pdf)
The image is cropped in the PDF, the actual cadration can be seen here: http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_42...ice-omalley.jpg (http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_425783405_446939_alice-omalley.jpg)
http://www.aliceomalley.com (http://www.aliceomalley.com)
(also... if you happen to like Antony Hegarty here's an excellent essay about him... "voice of hope": http://trikster.net/1/steinskog/1.html (http://trikster.net/1/steinskog/1.html) )
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One of my favorite mags.. S Magazine (http://www.smagazine.com)
Stunning design work.. DesignUnit (http://www.designunit.dk)
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One of my favorite mags.. S Magazine (http://www.smagazine.com)
Stunning design work.. DesignUnit (http://www.designunit.dk)
S Magazine, where have you been all my life? Thanks for the links!
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S Magazine, where have you been all my life? Thanks for the links!
tmark, S magazine is available in nyc at those international magazine shops - I know you can get it at the one across from Bryant Park on 40th Street.
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S Magazine, where have you been all my life? Thanks for the links!
Glad you liked it Mark, kinda knew you would though
I'm sometimes inspired by young talented musicians unspoiled by big money labels, here's one --> Lauren O'Connell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLkWyuW2JTg)
Link to album on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-shakes/id327995895)
/cheers
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In the last day I have been inspired by a piece of music and a movie. Kevin Cahoon's "Doll" which was played during the credits of a movie I saw on Netflix "Ready? OK!" about a ten year old child who is queer and persecuted because of it. It is now one of my favorite movies. I even went so far as downloading the mp3 album that Doll is in.
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http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com/images_015.html (http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com/images_015.html)
http://at-y.com/ (http://at-y.com/)
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lisa
Thanks for the links to those two guys: Recuenco I had already found, but am in two minds about the work because there is no way of telling how much is his and how much comes from an art director or whatever. There was a time when you could tell a lot from a fashion picture - it was usually the product of two minds - the snapper and the model; now, who can even dare hazard a guess?
Anyway, regardless of source, I find some of the pics quite unnerving - and I'm not quite sure if I do or do not like what I see in them. One thing is for sure: you can't really look and not be moved, one way or the other! Maybe that signifies success.
Rob C
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lisa
Thanks for the links to those two guys: Recuenco I had already found, but am in two minds about the work because there is no way of telling how much is his and how much comes from an art director or whatever. There was a time when you could tell a lot from a fashion picture - it was usually the product of two minds - the snapper and the model; now, who can even dare hazard a guess?
Anyway, regardless of source, I find some of the pics quite unnerving - and I'm not quite sure if I do or do not like what I see in them. One thing is for sure: you can't really look and not be moved, one way or the other! Maybe that signifies success.
Rob C
As for Recuenco, I love the artistry and the story telling. As to which cameras were used and other technical aspects, I guess I am not really concerned about these things in his images. They remind me of stills from some of the best foreign films I have seen.
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....I love the artistry and the story telling. As to which cameras were used and other technical aspects, I guess I am not really concerned about these things in his images. They remind me of stills from some of the best foreign films I have seen.
There ya' go. That sums it all up, right there in three sentences, doesn't it? When the content is strong enough or compelling enough, the last thing in the world you think about is what camera it was shot with. Didn't Guy Bourdin shoot everything on an old Nikkormat...? Imagination trumps technical, always.
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There ya' go. That sums it all up, right there in three sentences, doesn't it? When the content is strong enough or compelling enough, the last thing in the world you think about is what camera it was shot with. Didn't Guy Bourdin shoot everything on an old Nikkormat...? Imagination trumps technical, always.
Indeed.
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Eric Whitacre: A choir as big as the Internet (http://www.ted.com/talks/a_choir_as_big_as_the_internet.html) - 185 people singing 'together' via YouTube.
TEDxVolcano (http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6278487) - (today) organized in London in some 48 hr.
Mike.
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I think Recuenco is the art director. All of his photos are similar to his stage sets and lighting designs. I think this is his forte. Obviously though, he had to have the help of an awful lot of talented set builders and techs. I only wish I had those resources.
Besides the art direction, I have to say I love the photographic "look." I know the lighting is all there before the shutter trips, but it seems he is using something that delivers a very fine look. Anyone have an idea? I was guessing film, and large format at that. But I could be surprised. Maybe he's using an MF digital camera.
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Not really inspiring; not really funny; not even especially insightful, but still sort of interesting.
http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/04/18/ph...-life-in-graph/ (http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/04/18/photographers-life-in-graph/)
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Anyone have an idea? I was guessing film, and large format at that. But I could be surprised. Maybe he's using an MF digital camera.
I think there is some behind the scenes footage on that site which shows him shooting with a Canon and 24-70 L lens.
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I think there is some behind the scenes footage on that site which shows him shooting with a Canon and 24-70 L lens.
His control over the tonal range is painfully good. I guess it's easier if you have total control over the lighting using an entire grid. No reason the Canon couldn't do it, I'm just very impressed.
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When the content is strong enough or compelling enough, the last thing in the world you think about is what camera it was shot with....
But really, it's not , "the idea transcends". As skilled people in our craft, the camera, processing, lighting, organisation, planning, experience are the tools we use. Just because Hasselblad have a kid operating a camera doesn't mean a kid can deliver a commercial result. Just because we've spend $40k on gear does not mean we have ideas.
Wollom
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Wollom, while the wording is tricky, I believe you are agreeing with gwhitf's statement here. And mine.
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Just because we've spend $40k on gear does not mean we have ideas.
Is there any part of you that gives one shit what camera this was shot with? When you saw these images, did you think about "how many megapixels?"
http://stocklandmartelblog.com/2010/04/16/...life-and-death/ (http://stocklandmartelblog.com/2010/04/16/new-work-nadav-kanders-st-john-ambulance-campaign-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death/)
I do understand (I think) what you're saying though -- just because you drop $40k on a system, does not make you competent to produce quality, consistently -- day in and day out.
My point about that Soccer/Guess guy was: The Canon is a more natural extension of his view of the world -- moving fast, changing angles, shooting thousands of frames, and since his Keepers are gonna get retouched to the hilt anyway, the tiny difference between an RZ and a Canon will get covered up even more by the amount of retouching.
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A couple more who IMO are masters of lighting and tonality:
Javier Vallhonrat + Sophie Delaporte.
Both can be seen here:
www.mfilomeno.com
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This one always gets to me:
http://photooftheday.hughcrawford.com/ (http://photooftheday.hughcrawford.com/)
A polaroid a day for eighteen years until the day he died....
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This is for the Architectural Guys, (or anyone else that lives under a roof, or photographs them). 45 minutes long, but well worth it. I can see why photographers are drawn to photograph buildings.
http://www.viddler.com/explore/uzrname/videos/1/ (http://www.viddler.com/explore/uzrname/videos/1/)
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Is there any part of you that gives one shit what camera this was shot with? When you saw these images, did you think about "how many megapixels?"
http://stocklandmartelblog.com/2010/04/16/...life-and-death/ (http://stocklandmartelblog.com/2010/04/16/new-work-nadav-kanders-st-john-ambulance-campaign-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death/)
On the 'death' theme, I came across this multimedia piece last week that has an amazingly creepy makeup 'timelapse' sequence
just past the midway point.
http://www.giannicipriano.com/ (http://www.giannicipriano.com/)
From the multimedia dropdown menu on the top check out the piece, "Where Beauty Softens your Grief"
Mark
www.marktomalty.com
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On the 'death' theme, I came across this multimedia piece last week that has an amazingly creepy makeup 'timelapse' sequence
just past the midway point.
http://www.giannicipriano.com/ (http://www.giannicipriano.com/)
From the multimedia dropdown menu on the top check out the piece, "Where Beauty Softens your Grief"
Mark
www.marktomalty.com
Check out Elisabeth Heyert fascinating book the travelers:
http://www.elizabethheyert.com/projects/the-travelers/books/ (http://www.elizabethheyert.com/projects/the-travelers/books/)
http://www.elizabethheyert.com/projects/th...ers/thumbnails/ (http://www.elizabethheyert.com/projects/the-travelers/thumbnails/)
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This is for the Architectural Guys, (or anyone else that lives under a roof, or photographs them). 45 minutes long, but well worth it. I can see why photographers are drawn to photograph buildings.
http://www.viddler.com/explore/uzrname/videos/1/ (http://www.viddler.com/explore/uzrname/videos/1/)
Thanks gwhitf, very interesting
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ZOREN GOLD / MINORI (http://www.mi-zo.com)
I like how they blend photography and illustration in a seamless manner.