Bus Portraits Promo video

The final series looks pretty different because so many of these shots didn't make the cut, but I love them so!  I'm glad they can still live somewhere and be seen.

Super-Connected

I just saw the new Composer Pro that lensbaby released the other day and I'm here to say that it is one fine piece of photo equipment!  When I got home I immediately wanted to put my lensbaby on my camera so I did.

I took a photo of my favorite photo I've ever made.  It was up at an AiCO gallery show for a month or so and if it had sold for $10,000 it would have made me very happy.  It didn't sell, but now I'm happy I get to look at it on my wall.  

Mas Awesome

So this might not be terribly current, but it's awesome nonetheless.  Shrek & friends do a spread for Vman.  I don't think any of us can honestly be surprised, Shrek is steppin' out on Fiona, Puss 'n Boots is gay (duh), and Donkey is a freak.

Awesome combination of animation and photos!

 

 

Art & Soul is a photo book full of really beautiful celebrity portraiture.  It's awesome because all the portraits are kinda the same but totally different at the same time.  Brian Smith is clearly a wonderful photographer, but is apparently also a great human being.  He is full of tips and encouragement for us newbie photographers!  Thanks Bri (It's cool that I call you Bri right?)

Speaking of newbie photographers, garyguild.com has gotten some updates!  A new commercial gallery.  I feel like it's not enough to just demonstrate technical photo skills within the confines of artistic concepts alone.  You have to also be able to show potential employers that you can combine technical skills with concepts based in commerce if you want a job.  So there's that.

ISO 1200 magazine also did a little spot on my ice portraits video.  This was back in August and I've forgotten to mention it, but it made me feel awesome!

And lastly, You Are Not A Photographer Blog.  A hilariously brutal blog bashing bad photography on the interweb.

Very entertaining, although I do have to disagree with part of their slogan, "... You can't buy talent."  You CAN, in fact, buy talent.  All you gotta do is write me a check!  ;)

Junkies

Blog Exclusive:

 

So, here is a little narrative project that I was going to put on the website, but then I thought it could just be a little something cool for the blog.  Click on the image to read the story.  It's too bad James Franco didn't play along.  (I'll still watch your movies Bambi)  

More than paper cranes.

Not so long ago a friend of mine (Talia Kauk) created a public art project centering around helping to fund the tsunami relief in Japan. (Maybe you read about it in the Denver Post?)  She made paper cranes and attached an oragami QR code to the ends of the cranes so that people passing by could scan the code and donate to the tsunami relief.

The cranes were ultimately taken down by the Denver Art Museum.  But I just read on Talia's blog that her project has inspired other people who are incorporating her crane idea with ballet.  So exciting.  Talia, you're amazing.


Ballet Society Crane Project from Talia Kauk on Vimeo.

Ann Hathaway on paparazzi

And I thought my resume was snazzy

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Say Wha?

On the realio though!  This could change the way I feel about wedding photography entirely!

Check out the youtube channel.
Check out Shane Deruise Photography.
And take a look at the BLOG.

This dude's awesome.

Almost Vinilla

New blurb books are almost cool!

What do you think?

Me- 1 | James Franco- 0

I know y'all didn't think I let this go.

About a month ago I challenged James Franco (a.k.a. Bambi) to an art duel.  The challenge was to create 5 pieces of art around 3 nouns and 3 verbs (sky, creature, instinct, explore, let, write).

Well, surprise surprise I never heard from Bambi.  I think he must be some sort of pacifist or something.  At any rate this duel has been called on account of me making it rain (art).

I made my 5 pieces, and I went ahead and did 5 more because Franco was a no-show.  The new series will be up at garyguild.com soon.

What's Awesome?

THIS STUFF IS AWESOME:

BLIND SPOT MAGAZINE

Blind Spot is awesome because they show a variety of work, and it's all awesomely excellent work.  They mix photo work with non-photo work avoiding things ever looking low rent. The magazine is dominated by the work because the designers give it the space it needs.  They be mixin' it up right.  Subscribe.

10x10 / 13 - 100 Architects 10 Critics 

Seriously awesome photo book.  Some of THE most awesome/incredible buildings I've ever seen (and that I never would have seen without the book).  Check.  It.  Out.

The LindenBerry:  Jason Rowe

The LindenBerry is awesome because you never know what you'll see next and there's always something new to see.  Built in awesome photos from Jason Rowe, awesomely inspirational videos, and tear sheets.  LindenBerry knows what's up.

Bartholomew Photography
Awesome because he was one of my favorite instructors at AiCO, and I got to assist on a shoot today.  Also there were pistachios, which means nothing less than Class & Dignity.

That's What's Awesome.

Hustling, Hustling.

 

I sent out my first promo to the record company yesterday.  Actually I sent a submission into LensWork.  Did you know (aside from consistently publishing really great work) they pay people who get published in their magazine?!  What a concept!  Wish me luck y'all!

And the job situation in Colorado has some potential light on the horizon, although moving is inevitable.  I've snazzed up the resume even more, and have started making .pdfs specific to the jobs I'm applying for.

 #Branding #LoGo #SoHireable

Stop, Pause, Resume

So I have this friend.  This designer friend.  (Clarification:  when I say designer friend I mean, like, Vuitton ok?)  No but seriously, my friend Lauren is both designer and a graphic designer and she taught me something awesome.

If all the information on your resume takes up more than one page, just FLIP THE PAGE on its side!  Isn't she a genius?  Make your page 11x8.5 and you get more room.  And I happen to think it even looks cooler.

Don't thank me; thank Lauren.