tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9498484236648969722024-02-20T10:56:07.788-08:00deconstructiona place to break it downJamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-16591670563674549032011-03-24T09:27:00.000-07:002011-03-24T09:31:19.557-07:00We've moved!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB4vSehEKc7NsjgO-g0iYNmpge4QAhkx7nYN0259u7ykeLbLEnW-qTTRb9nfRtXeSV3faeoUhdHoeCJlj6dnkVtxin1j_knAwqty3_51Hm7lGpyQl_m_Vtv0cFVcgLXZ9eQl0Wp0lI86Z/s1600/jamie_kripke_doorways.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB4vSehEKc7NsjgO-g0iYNmpge4QAhkx7nYN0259u7ykeLbLEnW-qTTRb9nfRtXeSV3faeoUhdHoeCJlj6dnkVtxin1j_knAwqty3_51Hm7lGpyQl_m_Vtv0cFVcgLXZ9eQl0Wp0lI86Z/s400/jamie_kripke_doorways.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's official! My new identity is done, and the new site is up, which has an integrated <strike>blog</strike> journal with a bigger, better looking format. So it's time to shut down Deconstruction I and move on to Deconstruction II.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Huge thanks go out to Lucian and Todd at <a href="http://www.cypher13.com/">Cypher13</a> -- insanely talented designers and collaborators that worked with me from beginning to end. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
And thanks to everyone that checked in and shared their thoughts over the last few years, it has been inspirational to hear from people all over the world.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Here are the new links:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Site: <a href="http://jamiekripke.com/">http://jamiekripke.com</a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Journal: <a href="http://journal.jamiekripke.com/">http://journal.jamiekripke.com</a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Journal RSS: </span><a href="http://journal.jamiekripke.com/feed-rss.php?url=jamiekripkeblog" target="_blank">http:<wbr></wbr>/<wbr></wbr>/journal<wbr></wbr>.jamiekripke<wbr></wbr>.com<wbr></wbr>/feed-rss<wbr></wbr>.php?url=jamiekripkeblog</a><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please stay in touch!</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-45297696171131610602011-03-03T08:51:00.000-08:002011-03-03T08:51:37.702-08:00Bill Brown's Pixelated Cameras<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cool piece by <a href="http://b.illbrown.com/">Bill Brown</a>. Check them out in all their retro glory <a href="http://b.illbrown.com/camera/">here</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFHTs71GbBqlqPJvqZ_igrmfdW3w4UVp_lA1oUcZD1-eqAO5_s523qTXCaTOynsqhOkXDzTXazlknSpdyNg92iEs8uRuoduMMM83V0C09tidr8Bq-o60Pf6LF1lU-D4c4E2hEtdV1-EXb/s1600/BillBrown_PixelatedCameras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFHTs71GbBqlqPJvqZ_igrmfdW3w4UVp_lA1oUcZD1-eqAO5_s523qTXCaTOynsqhOkXDzTXazlknSpdyNg92iEs8uRuoduMMM83V0C09tidr8Bq-o60Pf6LF1lU-D4c4E2hEtdV1-EXb/s320/BillBrown_PixelatedCameras.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-38919572310404778202011-02-04T15:29:00.000-08:002011-02-04T15:29:06.904-08:00Busy Busy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13vEkiIQmE4NbjTqfTVh1cw7ExgYvmRDp-fOQVuNggbQR5ER82mETVjL2HscuBweanddI_8x10Y06deLPntz7jNd7F_DSh45k_6pyr2jGDXIdENSzbJJBtq5yxF5ttNFjQjSyblEa4gxy/s1600/jk_espn.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13vEkiIQmE4NbjTqfTVh1cw7ExgYvmRDp-fOQVuNggbQR5ER82mETVjL2HscuBweanddI_8x10Y06deLPntz7jNd7F_DSh45k_6pyr2jGDXIdENSzbJJBtq5yxF5ttNFjQjSyblEa4gxy/s400/jk_espn.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wow. It has been a long time since I've taken time to write. I'm back in the studio after a crazy January that took me to New York, all over Mexico, and North Carolina (twice). </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm definitely feeling the journal neglect guilt, but have been reluctant to write here because I am putting the finishing touches on a sweet new site / blog / identity that should be done sometime next week. I can't wait to get it done. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">2011 is off to a great start. Let's hope it continues...</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-35133353790827469332011-01-09T22:51:00.000-08:002011-01-09T22:51:15.704-08:00Beautiful Losers = Winners<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430916/">Beautiful Losers</a> tonight -- a story of the birth, growth, and explosion of an art movement that has now firmly lodged itself into advertising + pop culture. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mike Mills, Barry McGee, Thomas Campbell, Ed Templeton, Geoff McFettridge, Margaret Kilgallen, Chris Johansen, Shepard Fairey, etc, etc, etc, are all in there, talking about their beginning with Aaron Rose and The Alleged Gallery in NY. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I especially liked Geoff McFettridge's take on how he entered the commercial realm on his own terms, while under tremendous amounts of pressure from the agency / client world.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyway, I was inspired to follow up with some of these fine creators and see what they're up to now, a few years after the 2008 film. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.thomascampbell-art.com/">Thomas Campbell</a> just had a show at 49 Geary in SF, and shot a strange 60 sec. spot for Fuel TV, as part of their signature series:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17779613?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=80ceff" width="400"></iframe></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">TC's film, (#25 in a series of 100 films), puts him in the company of Doug Aitken (#3 of 100): </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="302" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/887413?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=80ceff" width="400"></iframe></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">as well as personal fave Hunter Gatherer (#22 of 100)</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/7338589?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=80ceff" width="400"></iframe></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mike Mills appears to be taking a break, at least based on the lack of new work on his site, but made a film about antidepressants in Japan that looks interesting:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JXupw_pBcsg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JXupw_pBcsg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><span id="goog_1746690168"></span><span id="goog_1746690169"></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">McFetridge is cranking out <a href="http://championdontstop.com/site3/champ.html">amazing work</a> for everyone. And it's 100% his. Nice.... </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Barry McGee is still with <a href="http://www.deitch.com/artists/sub.php?artistId=1">Deitch Projects</a>, and doesn't <strike>have</strike> need his own site. <a href="http://oneartworld.com/auctions/with?sale=P12&lot=386">This</a> painting sold for $50k.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://oneartworld.com/auctions/with?sale=P52&lot=396">This</a> Chris Johanson painting went for $32k.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not sure how to describe what <a href="http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/7513/shitty+post/">Ed Templeton is up to.</a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-21374024270999877142010-12-16T12:12:00.000-08:002010-12-16T12:15:42.074-08:00Talking about art is like dancing about architecture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrSYD3OVVp3z74pAqll1k87TyCERGNz2gb5d5zjC_PsJHOzYPoFrdEmBFxMdBtQwqWSj985bBeiYYvZQO2mwy5yk_06MerTFTtCb1Gq-w2CN8BTJJwEN9ohjp46FkNhCHnvx2reDxzj3n/s1600/1549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrSYD3OVVp3z74pAqll1k87TyCERGNz2gb5d5zjC_PsJHOzYPoFrdEmBFxMdBtQwqWSj985bBeiYYvZQO2mwy5yk_06MerTFTtCb1Gq-w2CN8BTJJwEN9ohjp46FkNhCHnvx2reDxzj3n/s400/1549.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm working on a new site, and have been thinking about different ways to present my work, and thinking about artist statements. Even if you don't end up sharing it with anyone, the exercise of thinking and writing about it can be really helpful, bringing clarity to what you do, and where you want to go.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">But do you really have to articulate what your work <i>means</i>? Is this even possible with words? As Steve Martin said, "talking about art is like dancing about architecture."</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
That said, I've been looking around at how other people talk about their work. I am drawn to statements that sound like a normal person talking. Like this one from House Hunter <a href="http://www.toddhido.com/">Todd Hido</a>, via <a href="http://www.20x200.com/">20x200</a>:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycrXrO2x90jCZR4OwF4qZycK04c19tyw837MmidM8_jwRCePtnBORikXtdnAHO79N8U6T_4nwdzfGEBsdRMruEjgQuRQIEJYfh-6g1t-2Lm4qHjyR4j0GBUpOznBxSDrQqqCWqD3qzQ8t/s1600/2382_artworkimage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycrXrO2x90jCZR4OwF4qZycK04c19tyw837MmidM8_jwRCePtnBORikXtdnAHO79N8U6T_4nwdzfGEBsdRMruEjgQuRQIEJYfh-6g1t-2Lm4qHjyR4j0GBUpOznBxSDrQqqCWqD3qzQ8t/s400/2382_artworkimage.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">"People ask me how I find my pictures. I tell them I drive around. I drive and drive and I mostly don’t find anything that is interesting to me. But then, something calls out. Something that looks sort of off or maybe an empty space. Sometimes it’s a sad scene. I like that kind of stuff. So I take the photos and some are good. And I keep driving and looking and taking pictures."<br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Does this tell us what the work means? Not really. But do we have a deeper understanding of his work? Sure. </span><span style="font-size: small;">So does this really count as an "artist statement?" </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Who cares? </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's frustrating to have to pick up a thesaurus to get through a really wordy, esoteric statement. Getting caught up in layers of "artspeak" seems like a great way to alienate and exclude people from formulating their own ideas about the work. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://emilyshur.com/">Emily Shur</a> (amazing floating donut pic) wrote about this <a href="http://emilyshur.blogspot.com/2009/01/dreaded-project.html">conundrum</a> a while back:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Zo5Fi0DC2oTOohA6FZfbc1tfAxSFK3unWsA_Kk1FsDnQYCkoEyPRIwe79yeCzv7ZqWMk3CJze71ZyjaDpZZVDzKGArWg-YCiHG8TpAgBJoYfJFvYohiHei7fd3ekJ3Eti08dp3lq63Y6/s1600/477.550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Zo5Fi0DC2oTOohA6FZfbc1tfAxSFK3unWsA_Kk1FsDnQYCkoEyPRIwe79yeCzv7ZqWMk3CJze71ZyjaDpZZVDzKGArWg-YCiHG8TpAgBJoYfJFvYohiHei7fd3ekJ3Eti08dp3lq63Y6/s400/477.550.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Why can't we just take pictures? I always feel as though there's supposed to be some deeper meaning behind my pictures, a meaning other than 'Something inside me connected with what I saw in front of me, so I pulled out my camera and took a picture.' That does not seem to fly as an artist statement. Why, I'm not sure." </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Or as ninja master <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Winogrand">Garry Winogrand</a> said, in fewer words:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs."</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span id="goog_1466581213" style="font-size: small;"></span><span id="goog_1466581214" style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Enough said. </span></span></span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-53510827614023241872010-12-01T22:59:00.000-08:002010-12-02T08:02:39.245-08:00Daft Punk vs. Kanye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QlAK_y4L3WSsmKm7U9iJr_M9aVGCXR6KN5Dtiqbb7kQiQeyEucaTwDmk-tS716TdyF7aupYSD74FJIEkl06HtkJc_U-bHtCEftkgZY523FMxK5EUo6GZGKtTj7biDw8iU-rXD_vTbNLK/s1600/daft-punk-movie2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QlAK_y4L3WSsmKm7U9iJr_M9aVGCXR6KN5Dtiqbb7kQiQeyEucaTwDmk-tS716TdyF7aupYSD74FJIEkl06HtkJc_U-bHtCEftkgZY523FMxK5EUo6GZGKtTj7biDw8iU-rXD_vTbNLK/s400/daft-punk-movie2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.kcrw.com/">KCRW</a> is my go to radio station. The other day Jason Bentley talked with Joseph Kosinski, director of the new <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9szn1QQfas">Tron</a> movie about working with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/daftpunk">Daft Punk</a>, who scored the entire film. It's an interesting story about creative collaboration, and they play 5 or so tracks from the film too. Listen <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb101129tron_legacy_soundtra">here</a>. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">During the interview, Kosinski mentioned a film that Daft Punk wrote and directed in 2006 called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800022/"><i>Electroma</i></a>. So I cued it up tonight while working on promos. The entire 70 minute film is <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-433357417541455147#">here</a>, which I found to be about 60 minutes too long. But it's cool to see how two musicians that dress like robots would make a film: In rural Utah, with a vintage Ferrari, and lots of extra robot helmets.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I made it to the end of <i>Electroma</i>, then jumped over to Kanye's site to see <a href="http://kanyewest.com/"><i>Runaway</i></a>. Lots of strange, expensive looking scenes, and plenty of Mr. West's music to keep things lively. I did think the opening shot of Kanye sprinting down the road was especially beautiful.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the end, both films are self-indulgent and silly. But it doesn't matter. These guys are musicians, not filmmakers. More power to them for taking the leap and doing something new. Although if I had to pick one film to shoot, I'd have to go with sad, exploding robots, hands down.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-91395182936868816852010-11-19T09:03:00.000-08:002010-11-19T09:03:45.222-08:00Remember this guy?<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alex Roman, the guy that made the insanely beautiful architectural piece last year that <a href="http://jamiekripke.blogspot.com/2010/01/alex-roman-third-and-seventh.html">blew my mind?</a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> What's he doing now? Not surprisingly, he is <i>killing</i> it. Check out this piece he did for Silestone. I watched it like 10 times:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">(And yes, it's CGI.)</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" /><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Thanks to </span><a href="http://blog.iso50.com/" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">ISO50</a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> for the find.</span></span>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-88565346532258045542010-11-15T11:00:00.000-08:002010-11-15T11:00:00.184-08:00Talk to me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_najCHViDpI_6IJYGNMNjPyr67YOR7WoWQwGZONGXY_Kv0QrmISNTc5iXzn_PnIgydaQca6AyrdRnwJFusfDpSIalZPguPrubbYOyt4qwk2aWvCD9fyFWn1BzVmWlaNA30WRFW0a4srm/s1600/the+sky+is+falling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_najCHViDpI_6IJYGNMNjPyr67YOR7WoWQwGZONGXY_Kv0QrmISNTc5iXzn_PnIgydaQca6AyrdRnwJFusfDpSIalZPguPrubbYOyt4qwk2aWvCD9fyFWn1BzVmWlaNA30WRFW0a4srm/s400/the+sky+is+falling.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.aphotoeditor.com/">Rob Haggart</a> posted <a href="http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/11/12/clint-clemens-interview/">this interview</a> with Hall of Famer <a href="http://www.clintclemens.com/">Clint Clemens</a>, which I found to be one of the most thought provoking posts of the year. A few juicy quotes:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">1) "So what’s happening is that you have a world in which the supply of photography is much, much greater than it ever was. You’ve got the concept that data, because it’s ones and zeros and it’s not a physical asset, has less value."</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">2) "So, how do you build a wall around yourself? It used to be your ability to focus, process, expose, etc. and that whole wall has completely fallen down.....essentially what we’re seeing is the automation of photography with all these new cameras."</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">3) "My sense is that the real profit in photography is coming through people that are essentially teaching."</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wow.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'd like to turn the tables for a minute. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">This blog started as nothing more than my creative journal. Over time it has transformed, and through it, I've heard from shooters around the world, which has been amazing. But this is a big, interesting, important conversation that is worth having.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">SO.....whether you're a regular or first time reader of this blog, please, please, take 2 seconds to share your thoughts. And if you want to share a little bit about yourself that would be awesome too.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Talk to me!</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" /></span>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-66403323538784395582010-11-10T14:23:00.000-08:002010-11-10T14:23:28.887-08:00Failure<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">After seeing Brock Davis' <a href="http://www.itistheworldthatmadeyousmall.com/projects/msced/">MSCED</a> project the other day, I decided to go make something cool. I wasn't going to overthink it. Just let an idea enter my mind, and make it happen, without second guessing or overthinking it. I'd just let my imagination lead, and my hands would follow.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">We've had a beautiful fall here, and it has been amazing to watch the trees slowly change colors. There was one in particular on my street that was a really nice shade of pink, with big, perfect leaves.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I decided to do something with leaves. Then I thought it would be funny to have a pile of leaves that was perfectly square, instead of the low, round piles we're used to seeing. Where would it be? In someone's yard? Too obvious. In the middle of a field seemed more random and simple.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
So I raked up the pink leaves (my neighbors found this to be a little bizarre), glued them to a box, took it to a big field, and made this picture:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Which I have to say is a really stupid, almost embarrassing image. But the process was a success. It felt good to just make something for the sake of making something, without getting caught up in trying to understand why you're making it, or what it means.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cubist leaf pile: check. On to the next idea.....</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-23935746295943785632010-11-08T09:50:00.000-08:002010-11-08T09:54:45.671-08:00Baldessari @ The Met<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4s4VQyaszYXSd7bAet_jGaGmT9dkukGRSwFaVFKvGUmM6pDeaiQ_pWsWWmV6hIhO_TifCTn5ahvgsJBPwWVy4buowSYiLWbDMBo95ZM794Jhf7fwRo3oWWLKlLdz-9mvQz9bw6veuk4Jq/s1600/6a00d8341c630a53ef013484ef3000970c-400wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4s4VQyaszYXSd7bAet_jGaGmT9dkukGRSwFaVFKvGUmM6pDeaiQ_pWsWWmV6hIhO_TifCTn5ahvgsJBPwWVy4buowSYiLWbDMBo95ZM794Jhf7fwRo3oWWLKlLdz-9mvQz9bw6veuk4Jq/s400/6a00d8341c630a53ef013484ef3000970c-400wi.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">In NY a few weeks ago for some meetings, I carved out a few hours one afternoon to get over to the Met to the see new <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B9AA9D3FD-6464-44B3-8988-DDA8BE1E4E61%7D">Baldessari show</a>, as well as the final few days of the Starn Bros. <a href="http://www.starnstudio.com/Big%20Bambu2.html">Big Bambu</a>. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The museum is totally overwhelming, both in its size, and in the spectrum of its work. Museums for me, are like restaurants. I have to be careful how much I consume -- after a while I start to feel full, and the food loses its flavor. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I beelined for the Baldessari show, which took me about 20 minutes to locate in the maze of galleries stuffed with Warhols, Closes, DeKoonings, Rothkos, all the heavy hitters. It's always a strange experience to see a painting up close after having seen it reproduced a million times elsewhere in a million formats. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Baldessari show was amazing -- I love the purity of his conceptual approach, and the simplicity of his work. It was like being in a room full of whimsical, tangible ideas, many of which make you laugh out loud:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLU5mtuA4rzTmvgUuREem-1S8jy9Dn58w22vKbFVRZsuZQPDbtWdlRudpcVqZ5uvFeelVuV0NU_MOqilo_V9FwD4GoIQkr163bu6I8PTZgzJaTtZmwP8I1MRs8H4Q7hN7IjdQ1B9kvLbZ/s1600/M71_40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLU5mtuA4rzTmvgUuREem-1S8jy9Dn58w22vKbFVRZsuZQPDbtWdlRudpcVqZ5uvFeelVuV0NU_MOqilo_V9FwD4GoIQkr163bu6I8PTZgzJaTtZmwP8I1MRs8H4Q7hN7IjdQ1B9kvLbZ/s400/M71_40.jpg" width="306" /> </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why I am so enamored with Mr. Baldessari? Because he's known all along what many people never fully grasp -- that it's all about the idea.</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-9804731470929172522010-11-05T10:03:00.000-07:002010-11-05T10:03:27.061-07:00I finally used my 5D...<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">And got around to putting something together in FCP. And I have to say, I liked it... </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16534876" width="400"></iframe><a href="http://vimeo.com/16534876">Wednesday Morning, Boulder</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/jamiekripke">jamie kripke</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-1856172571752772732010-11-01T10:49:00.000-07:002010-11-01T10:49:52.120-07:00Brock Davis / MSCED<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Make Something Cool Every Day. This approach seems to work for <a href="http://itistheworldthatmadeyousmall.com/">Brock Davis</a>, an artist, musician, and CD at <a href="http://www.carmichaellynch.com/">Carmichael Lynch</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is one of the most inspirational projects I've ever seen. And as soon as I'm done uploading a few of his beautifully crafted images, I'm going to get the hell away from this monitor and go make something cool.</span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoecW92NUPVNQHGoPtMNTlAx6LVplAubuoQ0dpG69ZFS7tpyZgwcxS4UZ5YsNtjSuvbo3qjdE6qndy5weK2bfZBfKWGEU7w5N2IcAlNuVqcg5hHIiVjwALNbJAS86mjPb13NLA6zUkkk0h/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoecW92NUPVNQHGoPtMNTlAx6LVplAubuoQ0dpG69ZFS7tpyZgwcxS4UZ5YsNtjSuvbo3qjdE6qndy5weK2bfZBfKWGEU7w5N2IcAlNuVqcg5hHIiVjwALNbJAS86mjPb13NLA6zUkkk0h/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-65961542129598713762010-10-19T08:27:00.000-07:002010-10-19T08:27:36.451-07:00Seeing songs, hearing images<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgKj2L7NsmpCH-YkpzQgANvMmmo703aJgUXXJX3oc3FNPIG7T9TDiK0vNiz7ZT-A6Ou5Aj6Py9iZpOVz0BSBTWV-2TniGK13-k0IKRmwR5C_H5zmAA6WtdQuSxDFAoNJGpLxAlT1wMh9w/s1600/Bizarre_music_instrument3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgKj2L7NsmpCH-YkpzQgANvMmmo703aJgUXXJX3oc3FNPIG7T9TDiK0vNiz7ZT-A6Ou5Aj6Py9iZpOVz0BSBTWV-2TniGK13-k0IKRmwR5C_H5zmAA6WtdQuSxDFAoNJGpLxAlT1wMh9w/s400/Bizarre_music_instrument3.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photographers and musicians have a lot in common.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photographers create new images using a variety of tools. When those images are presented as a portfolio, they should work together. There needs to be a common thread (other than sharing the same creator) that connects them.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Musicians create new sounds using a variety of tools. When those sounds are presented as an album, they should work together. There needs to be a common thread (other than sharing the same creator) that connects them.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have always relied on music to <a href="http://jamiekripke.blogspot.com/2008/08/landscapes-via-radiohead.html">inspire</a> my work. And it's helpful when organizing images to think of how they would sound as an album. Are they quiet or loud, simple or complex? Do they look like they were made by the same person? Why do songs / images appear on albums / in portfolios in a particular order? </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seeing and listening are interchangeable. Often when I'm working on a project, I'll try to think about making images from a musician's perspecive: What kind of album do I want to shoot? What kind of portfolio do I want to record? How do these images <i>sound</i>?</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-83476958726299463462010-10-12T09:32:00.000-07:002010-10-12T09:33:21.462-07:00Banksy does the Simpsons<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Amazing.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><object height="340" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2AA8gEokOhU&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2AA8gEokOhU&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="400" height="340"></embed></object></span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-72081111128528752272010-10-07T10:00:00.000-07:002010-10-07T10:00:33.802-07:00Beercans in a line / square / circle<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've always loved John Baldessari's </span><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;">1974 piece<i> Throwing four balls in the air to get a square ( best of 36 tries ):</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxCDul9IOiUb0EJ9g_wsI1LvTfoJw2XvyTXMooWXmziLL_DhStwpDssdkjimMg2LXEnAT9tvYP0dU4dHZ4rCaamCW0gW4p8Xef7BpT5mvpb85-VNxzOXimWMcbmplkWq3VINyHIeuA7Ky/s1600/baldessari.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxCDul9IOiUb0EJ9g_wsI1LvTfoJw2XvyTXMooWXmziLL_DhStwpDssdkjimMg2LXEnAT9tvYP0dU4dHZ4rCaamCW0gW4p8Xef7BpT5mvpb85-VNxzOXimWMcbmplkWq3VINyHIeuA7Ky/s400/baldessari.gif" width="282" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;">I love the hand, since it tells you he's not alone. And I love how the trees eventually creep into the frame, a little shout out to California, and the loose energy of that art scene in the 70's.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;">Baldessari is also a <a href="http://jamiekripke.blogspot.com/2010/07/john-baldessari-total-badass.html">total badass</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;">So I <strike>stole</strike> borrowed JB's idea and put a modern twist on it, using a more urban backdrop and beercans instead of balls. We attempted the following combos, and stuck to 36 total attempts for each. Funny how that number is losing its significance as film slowly vanishes...</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;">3 Heinekens in a Line:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AE8G1qJJ2a1WbeGy_47J0QJ2LEqFrUmkbi2KvsY-uDbpMxBtcUX5L9bf8jS6DoCUgqYcGgmolOP9ipmP3pGRMqpg2jWC8Ey_31Yg0NWZkAUHxP8mr26OeMLGuNyaobYupvbGvPhhVZTu/s1600/100924_heineken_line.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AE8G1qJJ2a1WbeGy_47J0QJ2LEqFrUmkbi2KvsY-uDbpMxBtcUX5L9bf8jS6DoCUgqYcGgmolOP9ipmP3pGRMqpg2jWC8Ey_31Yg0NWZkAUHxP8mr26OeMLGuNyaobYupvbGvPhhVZTu/s400/100924_heineken_line.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuR4hu7K_0JyuIyX16xdRNdB17IHV3CKdd6V7oTJwHV0aeGbO4wytwV8RuloFEM7UdRtPoIRPFnEagljHC-V6S3xaKGKBd-yFNiGujcfGv_GqCl3LpP5CvTenD3-DYhKYv_c3a4grt4cR/s1600/100924_beercans_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuR4hu7K_0JyuIyX16xdRNdB17IHV3CKdd6V7oTJwHV0aeGbO4wytwV8RuloFEM7UdRtPoIRPFnEagljHC-V6S3xaKGKBd-yFNiGujcfGv_GqCl3LpP5CvTenD3-DYhKYv_c3a4grt4cR/s400/100924_beercans_04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;">Four Budweisers in a square:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjX9WXyzspeMcTR4jx-DnUE43PCjgEm0Wwjqq5zyuZOwBKsa1woYYEsbR7J6PJ2ux4J_RYGzuDWEBvGRDhrHfXWxMCA9XcPhwxj0zJ-7r08jcJwNvLKfvNLXXx9ZqitwN0Sb38KOr-MpBZ/s1600/100924_bud_square.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjX9WXyzspeMcTR4jx-DnUE43PCjgEm0Wwjqq5zyuZOwBKsa1woYYEsbR7J6PJ2ux4J_RYGzuDWEBvGRDhrHfXWxMCA9XcPhwxj0zJ-7r08jcJwNvLKfvNLXXx9ZqitwN0Sb38KOr-MpBZ/s400/100924_bud_square.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-9yMTNBw-ddbnv0TMzuKCz1d4zFbgkvC44lqe-P5cbq4X7AC-BHHtcf793zvJt3Vu60-QP_YvH5PETv2uW-lo4IrhoIRWdZOg7Ovppa5hfrDlI8Ix_4lx4rgNGS-o7_PR5nuIhNd_Z98/s1600/100924_beercans_07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-9yMTNBw-ddbnv0TMzuKCz1d4zFbgkvC44lqe-P5cbq4X7AC-BHHtcf793zvJt3Vu60-QP_YvH5PETv2uW-lo4IrhoIRWdZOg7Ovppa5hfrDlI8Ix_4lx4rgNGS-o7_PR5nuIhNd_Z98/s400/100924_beercans_07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;">And 5 PBR's in a circle (my favorite of the series):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWsUYN6DCz-iCBDOBhGjgtmfvg8Uc_NYSR_DOP7yBiYxjh-3MSKjlCWa5QLeKRZyk5vkKhHhtt67UiAWAr1fSIga0Lnw21mmQeSuufN1S2J4Q8_Rgk_iqVv4Asn3qxG0gTtEjF8yZ33XO/s1600/100924_pbr_circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWsUYN6DCz-iCBDOBhGjgtmfvg8Uc_NYSR_DOP7yBiYxjh-3MSKjlCWa5QLeKRZyk5vkKhHhtt67UiAWAr1fSIga0Lnw21mmQeSuufN1S2J4Q8_Rgk_iqVv4Asn3qxG0gTtEjF8yZ33XO/s400/100924_pbr_circle.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyagQKUv2uNSdLoebDE1nOc6b2EMnse6NUiW_NpUL7JX2iVzEAzulcV0_2fg0Ag5XbrD_SbbMdL67LeFMH9S7UTEpZowZPhjvcyVpX3XCu1_aYaXpVPCVW8hXitBP7BnpbazgS2i0bXqoq/s1600/100924_beercans_12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyagQKUv2uNSdLoebDE1nOc6b2EMnse6NUiW_NpUL7JX2iVzEAzulcV0_2fg0Ag5XbrD_SbbMdL67LeFMH9S7UTEpZowZPhjvcyVpX3XCu1_aYaXpVPCVW8hXitBP7BnpbazgS2i0bXqoq/s400/100924_beercans_12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;">It was nice to shoot something random, no retouching, no complex lighting, just some beercans, a wall, and one light with a bare head. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="legendes" style="font-size: small;">I also think I like the single images more that the series, since there can really only be one "best." I'm sure JB had his reasons for showing more than one.</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-7731405371848822662010-10-05T11:08:00.000-07:002010-10-05T13:21:43.948-07:00Final Art from ESPN / Winnipeg shoot<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Composite of <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=48">Nolan Baumgartner</a>, defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks for ESPN Magazine. He dresses for some games, then for other games, has to put on a suit and sit in the stands. This might be frustrating for some players, but for Nolan, he's just happy to be part of the team. Super cool guy too.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is the final composite, which we shot in the locker room at the <strike>Winnipeg</strike> Manitoba Moose (Mooses, Meese?) home rink:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">An outtake from the shoot, showing the post production on his clothes, background, and overall toning and lighting. Thank you for putting up with my "nit picking" <a href="http://www.danklife.com/">Dan</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And here it is on the newsstand at SFO, which is usually the only place I get to see my stuff in print:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-85654672230189954212010-09-21T08:18:00.000-07:002010-09-21T08:18:28.513-07:00Triathlete Cover / Time Lapse<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Got a call a few months ago from Nils Nilsen, photo editor at <a href="http://triathlon.competitor.com/">Triathlete Magazine</a>. They were wrapping a complete redesign and wanted to create something special for the cover. The new design was scheduled to launch in the lead up to the <a href="http://ironman.com/#axzz10B3gJ2X9">Ironman</a> in Kona this October. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils and his crew somehow managed to wrangle 8 of the best triathletes in the world, and brought them together for a shoot on the stage of a beautiful 100 year old theater. [Click to enlarge]: </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nils is a Brookie that knows his way around a camera, and was nice enough to shoot and edit a killer time lapse video of the whole shoot:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was a pretty full day that required many days of planning. Even then, the shoot itself was only about 20 minutes long. Goes to show it's all about prepro.....</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to everyone involved for pulling this together, as well as Dan @ <a href="http://danklife.com/">Danklife</a>, Wes @ <a href="http://www.ladigitalassistant.com/">LA Digital Assistant</a>, Dillon, and the whole crew.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<object height="266" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/1578552260659" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/1578552260659" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="266"></embed></object>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-86554986583851847712010-09-14T13:52:00.001-07:002010-09-14T13:52:30.194-07:00New Yorker Vids<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's always nice to see video pieces that utilize stills in a way that provides more weight and substance than is possible with motion. Like this short video piece by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cembed%20src=%22http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1827871374%22%20bgcolor=%22#FFFFFF%22%20flashVars=%22videoId=590157977001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fvideo%3FvideoID%3D590157977001&playerId=1827871374&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&%22%20base=%22http://admin.brightcove.com%22%20name=%22flashObj%22%20width=%22466%22%20height=%22395%22%20seamlesstabbing=%22false%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22%20swLiveConnect=%22true%22%20pluginspage=%22http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash%22%3E%3C/embed%3E">Benjamin Lowy</a> for the <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/">The New Yorker</a>. It's a great use of stills, and it's nice to hear the writers voice as well. This was especially powerful after having read the article:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">And this made me laugh. Especially the guy in the neckbrace:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-52123246774259507752010-09-08T09:04:00.000-07:002010-09-08T09:04:29.845-07:00Emily and Me, down in the Valley<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.emilyshur.com/">Emily Shur</a> is very good at making pictures. She is also an excellent writer. I always love catching up on her <a href="http://www.emilyshur.com/blog/">blog</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.emilyshur.com/blog/2010/09/03/peaks-and-valleys/comment-page-1/#comment-1396">Here</a> is an honest post about the difficulties of what we do, and how it can force us into some pretty uncomfortable spots.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The last few years weren't awesome for me either. I'm not criscrossing the globe with a huge crew in tow, shooting global ad campaigns. I'm spending a lot of time reading, writing, sketching in my journal, checking my compass, and trying to figure out where I want to go. It has been hard, and I've been losing sleep, but I am making progress.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's always nice when someone else has the clarity to put something you've been feeling into words. Especially when it's something that you've been struggling with, and are confused by, but haven't quite put a finger on. </span><br style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" /><br style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" /><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Thanks to Emily for adding some perspective. </span></span>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-16920272646767086312010-09-07T10:27:00.000-07:002010-09-07T10:38:44.642-07:00Films we love: Sweetgrass<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/8233337" width="400"></iframe><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://sweetgrassthemovie.com/">Sweetgrass</a> is stunning, wild imagery mixed with rich, interesting sound. Not too much talking or camera movement. The life comes from the unique subject. Each shot tends to last just long enough to make you uncomfortable, at which point you notice a few more things, which leads to a deeper connection with the film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Scene that's not to be missed: slow pan of a sweeping mountain view while we hear a cowboy sobbing to his mother over his mobile phone. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">But this is just one of many mind blowing scenes. Overall, it's a completely immersive work of art. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">And it came at a price. From the <a href="http://sweetgrassthemovie.com/producers-statement-how-it-started-or-the-last-sheep-drive/">producer's statement</a>: "When Lucien got down from the mountains that fall, he was unrecognizable – bearded beyond belief, 20 lbs lighter, carrying a ton of footage, and limping. He would later be diagnosed with trauma‐induced advanced degenerative arthritis, caused by carrying the equipment day and night, and need double foot surgery."</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-61379569046326646992010-09-03T15:16:00.000-07:002010-09-03T15:16:13.400-07:00Montana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjQ7jR_iSuzG652xW2Yd-cBviu63As5b7_gnCENLHHBotiPxKvi04jEo-pVe4GTtblDCLdonk3Dapj55YQrox2pN9GO8MzKJj2yzYJCUAboKCXehsolv-ynNtp32z9RSIbLSQqcMnppgo/s1600/100829_montana_dumpsters_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjQ7jR_iSuzG652xW2Yd-cBviu63As5b7_gnCENLHHBotiPxKvi04jEo-pVe4GTtblDCLdonk3Dapj55YQrox2pN9GO8MzKJj2yzYJCUAboKCXehsolv-ynNtp32z9RSIbLSQqcMnppgo/s400/100829_montana_dumpsters_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-45204705311914136612010-08-31T21:55:00.000-07:002010-08-31T21:55:12.801-07:00Gear Salad - doing more with less<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3f7YGqc6HpJLYmIJqp-PMsre3h62f9uSt7m9TDwDmIwwjAYApOmBjl0iSfqHkIVG6j6UJ4DxtMPu4EccMccQnAyvNn8F3o7RieQHLEOn7S9aOHORNX9FymPLzzp8xGmHpHm7MKaF0GSi/s1600/gear_head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3f7YGqc6HpJLYmIJqp-PMsre3h62f9uSt7m9TDwDmIwwjAYApOmBjl0iSfqHkIVG6j6UJ4DxtMPu4EccMccQnAyvNn8F3o7RieQHLEOn7S9aOHORNX9FymPLzzp8xGmHpHm7MKaF0GSi/s400/gear_head.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.laforetvisuals.com/">Vincent Laforet</a>, the ultimate HDSLR gear head, has a new <a href="http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/mygear/">gear page</a>. Which is awesome if you are really into gear.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have worked for years to get rid of gear -- to simplify in any way possible. I find that the more I shoot, the less gear I need, which is nice. I don't want to rely too much on circuit boards and batteries, because they inevitably die or break. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The idea of owning all this gear to shoot video just makes me anxious. I don't want to own it. I want someone else to own it, so that I can rent it.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The most important piece of gear I own is my head. And until that breaks, I'll rely on it more than anything else.</span></div>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-58049879752568078392010-08-23T11:35:00.000-07:002010-08-23T11:35:58.529-07:00Work we love: The Uniqlo Calendar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgTo0OKUUVqNoXE05bKz5hwoeToWu5kq-2RDiLZt6tQM09Djfs5UP-LTdyc638RqpHtTCI4SDB3zSuNlm0VPYV9bk9cFJwfuMBF1Cab6Vdy_niFBEhk1aQje_cVY0jtisAxpSQbJMA7mq/s1600/uniqlo_calendar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgTo0OKUUVqNoXE05bKz5hwoeToWu5kq-2RDiLZt6tQM09Djfs5UP-LTdyc638RqpHtTCI4SDB3zSuNlm0VPYV9bk9cFJwfuMBF1Cab6Vdy_niFBEhk1aQje_cVY0jtisAxpSQbJMA7mq/s400/uniqlo_calendar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <a href="http://www.uniqlo.com/calendar/">Uniqlo Calendar</a><span id="goog_612254584"></span><span id="goog_612254585"></span> has been around for a while, but it never gets old. The only way to describe it is if you sent Andreas Gursky to Japan with a video camera and a few sheets of acid. And it changes every season. <a href="http://www.projector.jp/awards/calendar/hybrid02/en.html">Here</a> is a link to an archive of past seasons.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">It took me a while to find, but here are partial credits:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Agency: <a href="http://www.projector.jp/">Projector, Inc</a>(Japan)</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Client: <a href="http://www.uniqlo.com/">Uniqlo</a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: small;">I didn't have any luck finding out the talented individual that shot this, I'd love to know. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Anyone?</span></span>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949848423664896972.post-52985782877594138132010-08-20T08:18:00.000-07:002010-08-20T08:18:09.013-07:00The price of digital<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6Fikco09A24rONavxefOIDZYSN95ymMF8MOrTwreqFcI74ut0PknlIv4yC8EgCwbE4SeQx2alUsrqtwYoRujbQwAJyo6SnJ1ty628fjDpSSMbVrJVlbAhkAdnevLH8YUNNyFuRZn1K1x/s1600/20k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6Fikco09A24rONavxefOIDZYSN95ymMF8MOrTwreqFcI74ut0PknlIv4yC8EgCwbE4SeQx2alUsrqtwYoRujbQwAJyo6SnJ1ty628fjDpSSMbVrJVlbAhkAdnevLH8YUNNyFuRZn1K1x/s400/20k.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are 20000 messages in my inbox today.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a time when a lot of my day was spent going to and from the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/new-lab-san-francisco">lab</a>. Waiting for pushes, pulls, snips, trimming 120 film, chatting with the regulars behind the counter, and catching up with other photogs and assistants.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Now the lab is a Mac. Everything we do goes in one cable and out another. And we spend a lot more time in front of our monitors. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The social aspect of photography has gone digital as well.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
I had lunch with a photog friend yesterday, and it seemed like a special occasion. The personal contact that used to be normal is now novel. </span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" /><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Face to face is still the best way to communicate, let's not forget how to do it.</span></span>Jamie Kripkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044632872399904626noreply@blogger.com0