Goodbye my spare time. Hello Reel Roulette.
I came across this little gem today and know it will become a staple during my lunch break. You can submit your motion reels to be thrown into the mix, or simply search randomly through those posted. So far I’ve enjoyed the ones I’ve seen, and if you don’t you can just skip to the next. Enjoy!
Well now that you’ve heard from me all about the lovely Rachel Hulin, the blogger and internet queen, it’s time to read more about Rachel Hulin, photographer. Check out an interview with her by Neil Binkley over at Wonderful Machine.
Here’s one of my favorites from her site:
A New Magazine Model, Part 3
In the final installment of my three part series about an evolving magazine model, I’ve decided to end with a grand finale of sorts. With the bulk of content migrating online, there seems to be an emergence of individual online identities. In the photo community, there are a few people who have risen to become sources for our online information. Those who come to mind immediately include Rob Haggart, Jörg Colberg, Andrew Hetherington, and, of course, Rachel Hulin. Rachel, who is also an amazing photographer, has been a popular barometer for great photography for some time now. I’ve been hooked on her witty style of writing since the good ol’ days of Photoshelter’s now defunct Shoot! The Blog.
Since then, she’s has been parking her bits of wisdom and humor on her own blog here, which is one part industry news, one part humor, and a heavy dose of great photography. Naturally, I was excited to hear about her new project, The Photography Post. While TPP is a source for original content, it is also a marketplace and a visual aggregate of other blogs. It’s this aggregate functionality which is the most exciting part here. It plays into the immediacy of information we all crave, and the filter we inevitably need when being bombarded with online content. Introduced on February 16th, TPP has already become a huge resource for the online photo community. With fellow editors and contributors Danielle Swift and Kate Steciw, Rachel has created a way for us to step back and and get a larger picture of our online sources.
Since Rachel is known for her lighthearted writing style, I’ll sprinkle in some equally jovial photography from our very own Ryan Schude. Also, if you’ve been paying attention, you also know Rachel has a thing for floating people…so this selection is for you!
Check out Ryan’s blog and portfolio, and feel free to contact me any time with questions, ideas, or anything else that comes up. Thank you so much to Rachel Hulin for taking the time to contribute! Don’t forget to check out The Photograph Post! Enjoy!
– Jacqueline Bovaird, Glasshouse Assignment
JACQUELINE BOVAIRD: Tell me a little about your background and how it led to being involved with The Photography Post…
RACHEL HULIN: Well, I’ve been involved in the photography industry in many different ways for some time. I was a graduate student in the joint NYU/ICP program in 2001, and ended up working in the administration office at ICP. I met amazing students and faculty and industry stalwarts and artists, and have kept in touch with many of them throughout the years.
After ICP I moved on to photo editing, mostly online. I worked at Nerve, Rolling Stone online, Radar Magazine, and People.com, among others. I tried to create really dynamic and new content for the online arena. Around 2005 and 2006, photo blogging became a bit of a thing, and blogs by photographers and editors started popping up everywhere. I was instantly hooked, and jumped at the chance a few years later to write Photoshelter’s blog, Shoot the blog, which really drew me into the online discussion in a big way.
Since then I’ve been maintaining A Photography Blog, shooting a lot of my own work, and developing The Photography Post with Danielle Swift and Kate Steciw.
JB: How did TPP come about? What were the goals from the beginning?
RH: I had worked with Kate at Nerve.com (she is a super talented photographer) and she introduced me to Danielle, who has also been in the industry for years. We were all hooked on blogs, and wanted to create a centralized, visual place where professionals from all genres of photography could join in a discussion. We also wanted to give the many talented bloggers out there a platform that, through reciprocity, encourages them to continue what they are doing.
We hope that we can connect otherwise disparate voices and ideas within the photo industry by supplying this curated overview of the blogosphere. We’re also trying to have a little fun. (see Friday round up)
JB: I believe the blog aggregate format, when used well, is brilliant. How did you decide on this format?
RH: Oh gosh, we had so many meeting over the course of about a year and it’s now kind of a blur! I can’t remember the exact moment- I remember we were wanting to create a sort of visual twitter, and we discussed the idea with our brilliant developer Henry Tam, and he made it happen. We went through a lot of iterations, and it was exciting to see the feeds start to have a life of their own.
I still get excited checking it out every few hours; it’s amazing to see what kind of visual interactions the feeds have. Sometimes the juxtapositions are shockingly awesome, and sometimes something weird happens, like all 90 blogs will post a purple image on the same day. It’s fun to see common threads appear.
It was really hilarious and gratifying to see our homepage pop up several times on the day we launched. Very Marshall Mcluhan!
JB: How do you see it as different and unique from other online photography resources?
RH: I think we’re unique in giving everyone a little piece of real estate, and by sort of letting the content be king. We choose the blogs we feature, but after that, they run on their own and they update on their own.
Hopefully we can continue to roll out community-driven initiatives in the coming months, but we’re really excited about all the great feedback we’ve gotten so far.
Ryan Schude
JB: How do you find new content for the site?
RH: Brainstorming, meetings, and excel sheets! And we’re all kind of web junkies, or you know- nerds. So we have a lot of ideas bouncing around.
JB: So many times we all put things out into the internet black hole and never know what might come back at us. Since its release, it seems the response to TPP has been huge. Any particular moment that made you think, “wow, this worked!”?
RH: Well, we hope it will get bigger and bigger! We’re thrilled with the response so far, but want to continue to do awesome things, and ride the photo wave of the future. So to speak.
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Keep a look out for next month’s question and email blast! If you have any ideas, comments, or if you would like to participate, please don’t hesitate to contact me, Jacqueline Bovaird. I am always looking for new voices to add to this evolving discussion.
Jacqueline Bovaird • 212 – 462 – 4538
jacqueline@glasshouseassignment.com
Check out a photographer near and dear to our hearts, Ryan Schude, in an interview about his Lomo Lubitel 166+ camera. So, if you’re in the mood to laugh a little and hear how Ryan got back into shooting film, here is the interview. Some of my favorite excerpts and images are below. Check out another photographer we like, Noah Kalina, and his Lomo love here.
The strangest, funniest, hands-down greatest photographic/Lomographic encounter that you have ever had.
RS: Oh, this is a good question, hmm, there is a diptych I found on one of my rolls where a guy is approaching a girl in one frame, and then the next frame he is taking her away somewheres. By the time I had it developed, I could piece together where and when it was taken but the circumstances surrounding the individuals involved remain unclear. This encounter kinda represents why I love carrying the camera around again since it has been years since I’ve had anything handy to snap candids with. It’s a total departure from the work I’m used to making these days and a welcome return to something from the past.
Your advice to future Lubitel 166+ shooters…
RS: Get a super sweet, old-school, leather bag, carry the thing everywhere you go and act really aloof and arty when explaining to people how you love shooting film again. Not that you have anything against digital, in fact, you love it and will punch anyone in the face who says otherwise or tries to say that film is the ONLY way to go. Also, make sure to tell the lab who processes your film not to sharpen their scans because their crappy scanner is already killing the essence of the film as it is and anyway to lessen the blow of that would be great thank you.
The one person (living or deceased) who you would most like to photograph?
RS: hah, impossible question. How about the girl who played Little Orphan Annie in the 80’s movie version? Short, red, curly hair and freckles pretty much rule life so anyone with any of that going on is good.
Please check out the full interview and more images from Ryan here!
So I know I’ve been a little animal crazy lately… why change now?
Here is an ad from Australian agency Jay Grey. Get it?! See the team who made this happen below.
Check out the funny TV spot that went along with it here.
Team info:
Advertising Agency: JayGrey Sydney Australia
Art Directors: Jay Furby, David White
Copywriters: Jay Furby, David White
Photographer: Toby Burrows
As I bounce around internetland, I aim to bring you all something you might like and get you either smiling or thinking. Today I’m aiming for a smile. And, considering I have a puppy sleeping in my lap, I may be a little biased towards certain subject matter.
Here are some images from Maarten Wetsema. They’re making my day. I hope you like them too.
Check out the site and catalog layouts for Evan Kafka’s recent Aprica campaign! I loved the concept for this shoot with the focus being on the kids’ expressions. See the site and Evan’s portfolio for the originals!
Client: Aprica
Agency: McKinney
Photographer: Evan Kafka, Glasshouse Assignment
Wardrobe and Props Stylist: Ellen Silverstein
Makeup and Grooming: Nikki Wang
For more information on Evan’s photography or for portfolio requests, please contact his rep (me):
Jacqueline Bovaird • 212-462-4538
jacqueline@glasshouseassignment.com
Here ye here ye…
A Photo Editor, in his weekly “Ask Anything” feature, examines this question: Does a photographer need a rep and do they really get you work?
I couldn’t agree more with many of the sentiments here! Here are some of my favorite quotes…
“Reps do get you work, but they alone can’t do it by themselves. You have to step up to the plate and bring your game…”
“We definitely feel like a rep can be a great asset, but you have to be willing to still do the dirty work and get out there. One of our favorite reps once said ‘A photographer once asked me ‘what have you done for me lately’ and I responded with ‘you should be asking me, what can I do to help you?’”
“A rep is like a channel that, gets your portfolio out there into the world for people to see. It’s still up to me as the photographer to create better work, and the brand that goes with that.”
“I do think that having a rep will improve your chances when you break down being successful in this industry it comes down to making better images, and showing more people. In a sense you are the one that has to make better images, but a rep will help you show more people. More than that, a lot of times art buyers will use reps as resources to recommend a type of photographer.”
I have mixed feelings about this particular rating, but it is still worth checking out to start your day off with some quality work. Congrats to everyone!!
Check out a new portrait from Glasshouse Assignment photographer and resident creative powerhouse, Ryan Schude. How come my world isn’t this sexy red color? Enjoy!!
See this image larger as well as more of Ryan Schude’s personal work here, on his blog. Check out his main portfolio here and here.
For more information on Ryan Schude’s photography or for portfolio requests, please contact his rep (me):
Jacqueline Bovaird • 212-462-4538
jacqueline@glasshouseassignment.com
I’ve recently been following a natural progression into motion and becoming more and more interested in how video is being used in conjunction with still photography. In my internet meandering I found this commercial for natural gas heat and am in love. I never thought I’d want to cuddle with a radiator or a teapot, but sometimes advertising can make you want the weirdest things huh? This was done by Lovo Films, a company based in Belgium. Check it out below and also the making-of magic.
Enjoy but I must propose a warning.. you may feel the need to hug someone.
The Making Of…
If you live in the New York area, there are a group of faces that seem to be following you around. The photos Evan Kafka did for the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Bridge Project seem to peek out at me from every storefront and subway car… which is good because I love them. Evan sent me a previously unreleased photo today and I thought I’d pass it forward here. Check out the new image below, as well as on Evan’s website and ours. This is Christian Camargo, who plays Ariel in The Tempest which is currently playing. These images are printed in black and white for the ads, so I always think it is neat to see them in color as well.
If you’re just tuning in and have no idea what I’m talking about, see my previous posts here and see the subway image below.
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For more information on Evan’s photography or for portfolio requests, please contact his rep (me):
Jacqueline Bovaird • 212-462-4538
jacqueline@glasshouseassignment.com
I recently came across Andrew B. Myers‘ work via Heather Morton’s blog (which I highly recommend!). The work was too good not to show here. I couldn’t help myself! Check out Heather’s blog for images and a great interview with Andrew, where he discusses, among other things, his unique printing process.
I want to live in this sunny beachy bleachy world. Oh spring, please come to New York…
The Adhesive parties are good times and good people. If you’re around, come say hi to us!
Here: Brooklyn Bowl tonight @ 6:30
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