Tag: Photography

event and portrait photography - kris krug by asa mathat

The Magic of Asa Mathat: Portraiture and Photography at Dent the Future

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Beyond making my portraits, Asa enlightened me with photography insights. He shared Lightroom techniques, discussed his creative approach, and demonstrated his gentle directing skills with subjects. I soaked up every bit of wisdom from this photography guru. It was a masterclass just being in Asa’s orbit for that session.

Comparing my own event photography to Asa’s work, I’m reminded that studio portraiture requires a different energy. Asa slows down, makes a connection with his subject, and brings out something personal. His focus is 100% on them. Read More …

Burning Man Art Projects

Burning Man Art Projects – Uncle Charlie’s Red Hot Cock & Tyson Ayer’s Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance

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From fire-breathing sculptures to musical strings that echo the Earth’s frequency, check out the wonders of the Burning Man art community.

I’ve pulled all my original photos, audio, words and videos into an epic post blog post sharing the stories Uncle Charlie’s Red Hot Cock & the Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance.

I think you’ll love it. Read More …

Aerial photography of homes, boats, cars, trains and more! :)

Aerial Photography: Combining my loves for flying and making photos!

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For the past few years I’ve been learning to fly airplanes. Simultaneously over same past several years there has been a revolution in powerful cameras mounted miniature remote controlled helicoptors (DRONES or DOVES) specifically in the area of aerial photography and videography.  This Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology has become cheap, user-friendly and safe. How lucky am to Read More …

Photography Ethics on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

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I’m working on a cool photography project for Vancouver’s Lookout Shelters with Buschlen Mowatt Gallery and Joshua Dunford and have been thinking a lot about the ethics of photography on Vancouver’s downtown eastside. The paragraph below is a first draft at some thoughts that I may include in the project. Looking for perspectives and feedback Read More …

TED x Oil Spill EXPEDITION: Headed to New Orleans & The Gulf of Mexico

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With a broken heart and fists clenched in anger I prepare to head on down to the Gulf of Mexico to document the US worst ever environmental tragedy. One that is getting worse and worse each day. Copied from my photography blog, here’s some of the details about the trip. Currently the entire world has Read More …

How To Take Great Portraits Interview w/ Darren Rowse

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Darren Rowse interviewed me this week about taking photos of people – portrait photography specifically – for a new book he has coming out on the topic. Thanks a lot for including me Darren. You do great work and it’s an honor to be a part of it! 🙂 Here’s a rough transcript of the Read More …

Who’s Gonna Come Geekout in Hawaii With Me?

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(cross-posted from my photography blog.) My photograph studio Static Photography has had the opportunity to travel to many different conferences for awesome photographic opportunities! Whether it is shooting portraits at Microsoft Tech Days , or giving a photo recap talk at Gnomedex 2009 , or even heading back to Pop!Tech to be their official photographer, Read More …

Photography Update – SXSW, New York Fashion Week, Renewal Partners, Pechu Kucha & the Purple Thistle Collective

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I’ve been spending a lot of time this year working to turn my photography from a project into a business. I’ve been making photographs way more often, on larger and more well paying projects, while still staying involved in the internet and technology industry. For me (tech + art = happiness). 🙂 In an effort Read More …