As the Chief Designer of Behance, few people are better at identifying a great online portfolio than Matias Corea. While judging contests, looking for new talent, and conducting design research for the Behance Network, he has reviewed thousands of creative portfolios on the web. Check out the article to learn more.
Over the last few weeks, this graphhas been all over the internet – it even popped up on A Photo Editor a few days ago, and after looking it over a few times, Chris and I started thinking… how do we actually spend our time? Could we figure it out and make our own graph?
Well. Here it is, in all of it’s glory, along with a handful of behind the scenes photos from the 2011 to illustrate the different pieces of the pie. See Chris' blog for the rest....
It starts at Thanksgiving, the contemplation of what I'm thankful for...
Those thoughts layer each week - like a good lasagna. Thankfulness on the bottom, topped with retrospect from this last year, topped with anticipation of what 2012 will bring, then covered in a thick layer of warmth & the feeling that "life is good."
I am thankful for all of the obvious things - my amazing husband, my children, my friends, my extended family, my parents & my faith. All of which/whom have supported me & my obsession with photography. As I prepare to take a step back from work in 2012, I've been reflecting on what photography has given me...
1) Freedom- Freedom to wander, to play, to have a voice outside my own, to step inside other's realities. To simply walk out the door with a camera in hand & really document the world with intent.
2)Vision - My own & the vision of others - the ability to look at hundreds of photographs a week & still want to see more.
3) Patience - on so many levels! No explanation needed :-)
4) Courage - to photograph with & without permission. To exhibit - knowing an image might be ridiculed, but doing it anyway because it meant something to me.
5) Friendships - from the time I picked up a camera for the first time (30 years ago), I couldn't have possible imagined the number of people that I would meet, photograph, mentor, lean on, work with, & call my friends.
6) A Sense of Humor - photography can thicken your skin, make you laugh out loud, & frustrate the hell out of you all in one day, but at the end of the day, you have to be able to laugh at yourself.
7) Pride - I'm not sure I'd be the person I am today if I had chosen a different career path. I think part of my DNA contains D-76 & Fixer. Those countless hours of processing film in the dark, late nights of assembling portfolios, estimating, cold calling, questioning, perfecting, etc., may have been painful at times, but they built character.
The above is the aesthetic short list of what I've gained from being a visual artist. The business side is a whole 'nother story. So until there's time to pen that one, this video is a hilarious summation of what anyone who works in a service industry, sometimes experiences.....Cheers!
To all of my friends & family....peace, health, & happiness always :-)
Four amazing women, a bus, 2 directors, lots of gear & the landscapes of New Mexico & Colorado all came together to create the official music video for the band The Trishas new release, titled "Drive." Jason Lindsey & Jon Holloway co-directed the video, which debuted on Dec. 15th. Some production stills below.
Ironically, none of the girls have the name "Trisha" :-)
Chris traveled to a beautiful location in Vancouver to shoot anthropologist and primatologist Jane Goodall for AARP Magazine. Infamous for her decades long study of primates in Tanzania, Goodall now devotes her time to traveling the world, speaking on behalf of the Jane Goodall Institute. Chris & Crew were lucky to spend an hour with her and make some great photos. See Chris' blog for the full story and see behind the scenes shots from his intentional shoot with Dr. Jane Goodall…
If you know any musicians, you know there's a delicate dance that happens from the time a song is written to when it's finally recorded in studio. Andrew Reilly photographed some intimate portraits of the band Dead Feather Moon at their most recent recording at White Horse Recorders' studio in San Diego.
In a recent post, I mentioned the boys were going to be logging some miles this month....Sean Busher wins for furthest destination. Some related photos below, since we can't show yet what we're shooting:-)
