Faded & Blurred

Inner Strength: Mario Tama Photographs Appalachia

Jeffery — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:33:42 +0000

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. –John F. Kennedy The U.S. Census listed Owsley County, Kentucky as having the lowest median household income in the United States (outside of Puerto Rico), with more than 40% of residents living below the poverty line. Despite the fact that this region of Appalachia has a rather sorted history of blood feuds, there is an enormous sense of community among residents. Whether it comes in the form of volunteer labor to clean the local cemetery or a bag of much-needed food from the ...

Drowning World: Gideon Mendel

Nikki — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:26:49 +0000

It is rare that a day goes by when we don’t hear about some sort of natural disaster on the news. They come and go so often I think we have become immune to the faces behind the tragedies, that there are real people behind the numbers, people whose lives have been devastated. Award-winning photographer, Gideon Mendel, has been capturing the effects of floods on individuals from all over the world. An ongoing project since 2007, Drowning World is now showing at the East Wing Galleries at Somerset House from May 10th to June 5th 2012. Mendel’s goal has been to visually address the ...

Tintype Modern Warfare: Karl Burke

Jeffery — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:35:03 +0000

One of the arguments against violence in media, particularly as it relates to children, is that we see so much of it that we can (and many argue that we have) become desensitized to it. In an effort to explore this idea of desensitization, photographer Karl Burke has set his sights on the world of video games in a new photo essay called The Harvest of Death, Vol. 2, after a photograph taken of the aftermath at Gettysburg by Civil War photographer Timothy O’Sullivan. Burke cast himself in the role of war photographer inside a video game called Project Reality, ...

Five For Friday #7

Nikki — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:37:03 +0000

To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it. – Osho There is something completely magical and mysterious about life under the ocean and to be able to spend your time capturing that life in photographs has to be an amazing adventure. David Doubilet says it is his challenge to “create a visual voice for the world’s oceans and to ...

The Macabre Pin-ups Of Angel Roy

Jeffery — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:21:44 +0000

Despite the fact that we’ve not yet experienced the Zombie Apocalypse (fingers still crossed), it seems as though you can scarcely turn around without seeing some reference to the undead rising up around us. In recent years, Zombies have made the transition from cult films like George Romero’s Trilogy of the Dead, to mainstream runaway hits like AMC’s The Walking Dead (based on the fantastic comic of the same name). From books to video games, zombies are everywhere. French artist Angel Roy has collaborated with photographer Mila Reynaud to create a photo series called Zombie Burlesque. Beginning with traditional, retro-inspired ...

Making Wonderland: Kirsty Mitchell

Jeffery — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:27:03 +0000

I just know that the day I see my mother’s name printed on the inside cover of the Wonderland book, it will feel like I have finally fulfilled my promise to myself…. and her precious memory. – Kirsty Mitchell You’re never prepared for dealing with the loss of a parent, not really. Regardless of whether it is an illness you’ve known about for months (or years) or something as sudden as a traffic accident or a stroke, despite the fact that it’s entirely natural, we simply cannot be taught how to process it. Speaking for myself, losing my Mother in ...

Shining A Light On Exploitation: John Keatley

Jeffery — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:34:29 +0000

“I have discovered that I can make a positive impact on the lives of others simply by using my gifts and doing what I normally do, which is taking pictures and engaging others.” – John Keatley If you’ve been to Faded + Blurred before, you probably know we are fans of photographer John Keatley. We’ve featured him in one of our Spotlights, as well as interviewed him for an episode of our podcast. It’s not just his photography that resonates with us (though his photos are amazing), but rather why he does what he does and how he uses his ...

EOS Showcase: The Magic of Matt Toynbee’s Black & White Images

Andrew S Gibson — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:00:43 +0000

My interest in black & white photography means that I follow the work of several photographers that work in monochrome. Matt Toynbee is one of them – I was so impressed with his images that I asked him to be a case study in my ebook Square and thought him perfect for this edition of EOS Showcase. Matt is a Canon EOS user but, interestingly, he is one of those photographers who have moved away from digital photography to film. The composition and atmosphere of Matt’s landscape work transcends equipment. Regardless of the tools used, his vision and awareness of texture, ...

Behind The Scenes With Joel Grimes

Jeffery — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:56:52 +0000

Photographer Joel Grimes has developed one of the most recognizable styles in the industry. He’s been shooting professionally for more than 25 years and his client list includes names like AT&T, Hewlett Packard, Red Bull, Sony, Honda, and Volvo, among others. One of the biggest things that sets Joel apart is his fantastic compositing work, particularly with athletes. In this video, we go behind the scenes with Joel as he photographs his model, Monique, in his Pasadena studio. Joel then combines the studio shots with HDR background plates shot on location in Big Sur and the Bay Area to create a series ...

Speedlight Tutorials From David Tejada

Jeffery — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:30:54 +0000

Photographer David Tejada has teamed up with Nikon to put together a few really great speedlight tutorials for small flash users. In the first tutorial, David turns a bland hallway location into an opportunity for some great portraits, using just one speedlight and a big, white wall. For the second tutorial, David uses a couple of CTO gelled speedlights shooting through a cuculoris or “cookie” (a panel with random shapes cut out to produce patterns and break up the light) taped to a window to simulate dappled sunlight. In the third tutorial, David shows how to turn day into night using just ...