2010 Applied Arts Student Award Winner
In the recent issue of Applied Arts Magazine (Vol. 25, No. 4, Oct 2010 Issue), I am very joyful to be one of the student winners in the ‘Photography – Single’ catagory. Thank you once again to Ryerson University for providing me with such a wonderful learning environment.
The following is my winning image:
Category: Photography – Single
Title: Water Equations
“A body entering water makes a splash, whose height depends on the mass, speed, and shape of the object. Since about 80% of a fruit’s mass is water, the height of the splash each fruit creates will be related to its size and the amount of water it contains. The waterline in the images creates equality between liquid, solid, and gas; an equal sign that brings the equation of each image together.”
Page 152 – Tear sheet of Applied Art Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 4
November 10, 2010
Exterior of Artscape Wychwood Barns
The exhibit took place at a new venue, Artscape Wychwood Barns, located in the trendy St. Clair & Christie area of Toronto.
“Formerly streetcar repair barns for the TTC, this historic industrial site was transformed into a multifaceted community centre where arts and culture are brought together to foster a strong sense of community.”
2010 Applied Arts Winners Exhibit
My Winning Piece – Water Equations
Clifton Li and his piece
Other Award Winners from Ryerson University – (left to right) Yeounjung Kim, Amanda McNaughton, and Ainsley Boyd.
Kevin Cooley – Master at Night Photography
Kevin Cooley lives and works in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and is primarily a photo and video artist who does freelance assignment work as well. He is well known for his night photography. His extended use of ambient light combines with the magic hour is unbelievable.
He surprised me with creative ways of using/exploiting light in the video below. To great end, too.
Kevin Cooley is represented by Redux Pictures:
“Redux Pictures is an independent commercial and editorial photo agency based in New York City with photographers located around the world. We opened our doors in 2003 and quickly emerged as an industry leader, receiving many major awards, including World Press, Overseas Press Club, American Photography and Communication Arts. Redux takes pride in being a strong advocate for the power of modern photography and the creative individual to affect change.”
You can also check out the agency’s blog if you have time. Definitely spend some time on it, since there are great inspirations and ideas from their most current assignments. Also more promotional videos are available on their Vimeo Site.
Behind the Scene with Dean Collins
Dean Collins is a grand master at photography. Although most of his work are shot by 4×5 or 8×10 negatives (Ancient History), the techniques are all still very usable nowadays. There is no better way than to learn from his educational DVD set. He shows you example after example of how seemingly impossible lighting challenges can be broken down into a series of small, solvable problems.
In the two examples shown in this post (Thank you to Software Cinema for posting one of the twenty shoots on the ‘best of’ DVDs to YouTube in its entirety).
First is a 20 minutes long video that shows how Collins lit a motocycle perfectly. He handles problems such as creating the illusion of speed where none exists, getting highlights on the dull, black tires and creating absolutely perfect specular highlights before Photoshop.
Part 1:
Part 2:
The second example is quick 5-mins-shoot with the CEO and CFO of an airline. He placed “look-a-like” to set up the scenario and lit the scene with spectacular backlight. He tackles problems such as controlling light spill, creating long sunset shadows with only an orange gel, and balancing background light vs subject light.
And, IMO, the best things about these types of shoots is not that they teach you how to solve a specific set of problems. It is that they make you realize that you can learn to light anything.
Part 1:
Part 2:
The entire DVD set filled with tutorials can be purchased here:
The Best of Dean Collins on Lighting
Meeting Chase Jarvis @ Toronto
CAPIC, Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrator, hosted “Following Chase: Enticing Your Clients Through Social Media” an engaging evening with Chase Jarvis at the Gladstone Hotel. This guy is Awsome! Who is he? He is one of the most successful and inspirational photographers out there. He has world-renowned commercial photography business with clients ranging from Volvo and Reebokto Apple.
I was very lucky to be invited and attended with 120 other pro photographers in the community.
You can check out his work at http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/
Special Thanks to Kelvin for bringing his camera!!
We discussed about marketing, how we can use Facebook, Blog and Twitter to grow our business! The only way to success is to “create –> share –> sustain“. It is very simple actually – Just do something you love, then share the results with the world. Of course sustaining your hobby is the toughest part of the process. Chase used an example where a fellow photographer was selling his girlfriend’s underwears on Ebay. Now that is creativity. LOL!
This book, The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You is one of Chase own personal projects. He basically funded this project with his money earned from his commercial work. He developed this awsome IPhone App that retouch photos taken with IPhone on the spot and then upload to the ever growing Internet photo library @ www.thebestcamera.com.
He was signing my BOOK!!!
Me with Chase Jarvis (top), Me with Scott, Chase's lead assistant and studio manager (bottom).