It has been very busy this month at Alexx Henry Photography and we have a couple of great projects to share with you in the next few weeks.
Meanwhile… we’ve been named photo studio of the month at Samy’s Camera this February and our friends at Obscura Digital have lent us a Multi-Touch Display to help show off our work. We’ve posted on them before, but check them out here for more goodness. If you’re in Los Angeles, please drop by Samy’s from February 15-21 and check out the Multi-Touch along with a print gallery of our work.
Also, on February 23rd, Samy’s will be hosting us for a talk about Living Art. You can get tickets and more information here.
Here’s our “Living” Magazine Cover and Spread released with the October issue of Outside Magazine. Photographed with the Red One camera, we created our vision of how a motion-magazine of the not-too-distant future would look based on emerging technologies like flexible OLED and E Ink.
Music is “Gone Gone Days” by Two Years Before the Mast and “I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool” which has got to be my favorite song title in the world by El Ten Eleven. You can buy El Ten Eleven’s music here: itunes.com/elteneleven
Thanks to everyone who made it to the Collision Conference today! As I mentioned in my talk, I’m offering a challenge to those of you who what to try your hand at making Living Art, and I’d love to see what you come up with. Check back Tuesday for all the contest deets to be announced.
I am pleased to announce that I have been asked to be a keynote speaker at the Image Mechanics Expo Collision Conference here in Los Angeles on August 29th-30th at the LA Film school.
This Conference couldn’t be any more perfect for what we are doing right now.
The premiere Image Mechanics Expo is a two day event spotlighting the collision of stills & motion as the lines quickly blur between still cameras and motion picture cameras. This Collision Conference will bring timely and important information to photographers and cinematographers in a series of seminars and presentations addressing the rapidly approaching trend of Video Capture for Stills (VCS) along with an in-depth look at DSLR Filmmaking.
Please stop by and come see me speak at 10:30am on August 29th along with the multitude of other great events the Conference has to offer such as workflow demonstrations, panel discussions, DSLR film screenings, equipment sponsors, and of course, prizes!
Vibe Media Group (Vibe Magazine) is shutting its doors effictive today. Weather you liked the magazine or not, it always sends shockwaves when a magazine closes shop and it can feel like a ominous sign that big change is in the air. And it is. After my dad passed away, I wrote in one of my first blog posts “a good ending is a new beginning”, and that rings true here. We are bearing witness to a transition- old media and business models giving way to the demands of a new world. And the those who can’t adapt will become extinct. I couldn’t be more excited about what’s around the corner.
Sage advice from Milton Glaser by way of A Photo Editor Milton Glaser is a graphic designer, well know for his I Love New York campaign. He also co-founded New York Magazine in 1968.
1. You can only work for people that you like.
2. If you have a choice never have a job.
3. Some people are toxic avoid them.
4. Professionalism is not enough or the good is the enemy of the great.
5. Less is not necessarily more.
6. Style is not to be trusted.
7. How you live changes your brain.
8. Doubt is better than certainty.
9. On Aging.
10. Tell the truth.
Thanks to everyone for all the terrific feedback and comments on this and all the other blogs that carried the Living One Sheet Video! It’s great to be part of this discussion. This is such an incredibly exciting time to be an image maker. We are at the dawn of something new.
It won’t be long before the Harry Potter vision of the future is realized with moving portraits adorning newspapers and adverts. I am so excited about all the possibilities with converging photography with motion and thrilled to be on the front lines.
I’ve been getting some feedback about how these changes are exciting but scary, and some fear about the barrier to entry (cost of Red etc…) and I’d just like to state the obvious and say that yeah, change can be scary, but as Heraclitus pointed out 2500 years ago, the only constant is change. So as artists, we wind up facing the fundamental Darwinian axiom- evolve or dissolve.
Sure the Red One is expensive, but you can rent. And even still, the video image quality from the 5DMII is breathtaking, and that is certainly affordable.
So I challenge you to go out and try something. Take your aesthetic and vision as an image maker and try something new. I’d love to see what you can come up with. As an added incentive, there’s even a contest in the works. Stay tuned for the deets.
As promised, here is our experience with using the Red One Camera, chronicling our voyage beyond the still image. Looking forward to our next project featuring living art portraits. Stay tuned… After the video, take a peek at the links to see the final results.
We’re very excited about all the possibilities with converging photography and motion. Big thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. Especially Pam, DJ and Chad over at Hallmark who championed the idea. It’s not every client who is willing to take a risk with something new and they deserve recognition for this.
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