San Francisco – Now with Video!
Why, hello San Francisco.
I went to PhootCamp a few weeks ago in California, which was great fun. I managed to shoot video of the journey, which you can watch below. If you have a YouTube account you should totally comment on it and rate it!
Also, one of my videos shows a timelapse of the stop motion video we produced. I readily volunteered to be the model for the video – I have no problems being in front of a camera (*cough* how could you guess?) and no problems being slightly ridiculous. Besides, we happened to have a dress on hand that fit just right and my fingernails made for great contrast. I wish I could say I plan these things, alas, it was good fortune that the dress was there as well. I did not pack formal attire for California.
And then this is the video that we made, which you can watch the production of up above:
I would like to thank:
Paul Octavious for directing the short film.
Nate Bolt for shooting the short film.
Phoot Camp run by Laura Brunow Miner for the great opportunity to meet all these wonderful photographers.
Chris Boden with The Geek Group for lending me the video camera and then editing and hosting the VLOG
This is above and beyond my most collaborative post! And well worth it.
I will be posting some more still photos sometime soon, but these videos should keep you occupied for a while. 
The amazing work of Nancy Tobin
Every once in a while I come across an artist who simply astounds me. They fill me with inspiration and desire to create my own work, and captivate me for hours. I found one of those artists today. Her name is Nancy Tobin.
Check it out. Her work is amazing. I’d love to have a long conversation with her about technique. Those are the questions I always want to know but never ask – because I don’t really like being asked them of myself. (Isn’t that how it always works?) It’s definitely worth your time.
Goodbye, Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth died yesterday.
I love Wyeth’s work, his approach. I’ve always seen a little bit of surrealism in his work – far more subtle than those who usually receive the label. I’ve felt that his images were so painstakingly honest about the moment that they moved a little bit past simple realism, and into what is truly the point of surrealism: magnifying actual existence and thought.
I really love it. And I’m kind of sad to see him gone from this world.
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