Gregory Heisler Interview

I just got out of an interview taping with Gregory Heisler. It was very interesting, as well as inspiring to hear him speak. Mr. Heisler is an amazing portrait photographer who is also extremely humble. This was a great experience and opportunity and I am grateful I was chosen to be able to ask him a question directly! Stay tuned to the Photography Network to see it!

5th Quarter Done!

With our 5th of 8 quarters over at Gwinnett Tech, I have compiled a small video talking about what I have done over the last couple months.

Moving to WordPress??

I am seriously contemplating moving my blog to WordPress. I actually have a personal blog there (that was completely neglected due to trying to keep this one maintained) and much prefer the richness of it. I like the interface and the possibilities it offers over Blogger, such as using a third-party hosting company with your own domain, for free. Blogger reminds me too much of MySpace or other non-professional social networking websites.. And it seems to be rather buggy. With that said, I will probably try to transfer everything from here to a free WordPress blog account, with the hopes of making that my own domain in the near future. I will of course notify everyone of the change here, and if anyone knows how (or if there is even a way) to have this page automatically redirect to the new blog, that would be fantastic!

Get Me Out of GA

With classes coming to an end for the rest of the year, it is time to travel! Lauren and I will be headed up to Gatlinburg this Friday afternoon along with several of the 35 Atlanta staff for the company Christmas party. This should be a great weekend to relax, have fun, and get to know my co-workers! We will get back Sunday evening, and then Lauren and I will be flying to Huntingbeach, CA and LA to hang out for the week and spend some time with her family. I took this picture the last time we were in California at Torrey Pines. I can't wait to get back out there!

Gregory Heisler at Gwinnett Tech

The Photography Network is hosting an interview with photographer Gregory Heisler tomorrow afternoon at Gwinnett Tech. Our school was recommended by Denis Reggie and he has expressed his desire to host many more events like this using our facilities in the future. This is a very exciting opportunity and I am excited about getting to be a part of it, not to mention getting to sit front row to see it!

Photoshop Actions

If you've never used actions in Photoshop, you are missing a very unique and efficient tool that can save you a lot of time. I had to do some simple resizing and jpeg conversion work to about 100 images this afternoon and I made a couple actions to speed up the process. The video above is one I found on YouTube that does a fairly decent job of explaining how to make a simple action.

Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon was a great portrait and fashion photographer who was known for his minimalistic, yet powerful images. He shot numerous covers for both Harper's Bazzar and Vogue and has photographed musicians, actors, politicians, activists, slaves, dancers, and writers.. And that's just a short list. I find his work to be very inspiring because he was able to capture such brilliant emotion, character, and personality without the use of extravagant props, environments, or lighting (not to say that he didn't occasionally venture into that.. such as using elaphants). If you haven't seen his work, I strongly reccomend checking it out, even if you aren't interested in portrait or fashion photography!

Reuben

I worked up another image from the Fashion Assignment I shot with Reuben Bidez and liked the image. It's a little different than the others that I posted to Flickr, so I thought I'd post it here for you to check out.

Bebb Studios

This week's lecture in Advanced Portraiture was over wedding photography. This is obviously of interest to me given the fact that I was recently hired with a great local wedding photography company, 35 Atlanta. If you are at all interested in this type of photography, you have probably heard the name Bebb. Husband and wife team, Steve and Jennifer Bebb, have been labeled as one of the top 10 wedding photographers on the planet by American Photo. If you have not heard about the Bebbs, you should check them out. They also do "lifestyle" photography along with weddings.

Don

I've been working on my pring for the Executive Portrait assignment and this is the one I decided to go with. This is Don, who works in the mailroom at Gwinnett Technical College. You can see a few more HERE.

Jared Roman

Jared Roman, the Lighting and Staging/Scenic Director at Buckhead Church, is working on a "Christmas in the City" set change for this coming Sunday morning. See a few more images HERE.

Fashion/Environmental Video

This is a video I put together from working on my Fashion assignment and Environmental Portrait. It was a day full of driving and shooting!

Fashion Assignment

I shot one of my good friends, Reuben Bidez, for my fashion assignment down in Peachtree City. This was the last of three or so locations we shot at that morning and I think this image is my favorite. It was shot on one of the golf cart bridges there (if you've ever been to Peachtree City, you know exactly what I am talking about, haha). You can see a few more images HERE.

California in the Gulf

I shot this picture of Lauren while I was taking pictures of the boat dock that I posted earlier. The sun was setting and she didn't realize I was pointing my lens at her. Since Cedar Key is in the Gulf, the sun sets over the horizon and this image reminds me of Southern California, where Lauren grew up, so it is very fitting for her!

Boat Dock

Here is an image I took while in Cedar Key of an old boat dock that is falling apart. This was actually a popular photo years back when there was a dock running out to this. My dad had taken pictures of it then, and this is one of mine now!

Smile!

This is an image I took of my dad over the Thanksgiving holiday. Although, nothing special in terms of the image, I really like it because my dad is smiling. My dad is a happy person, but it can be hard capturing a genuine smile from him in a picture!