Copy Shop - Virgil Widrich

Since a lot of us did a stop motion video for the camera works final project I thought that it was worth sharing this amazing short film that was introduced to me some years ago.


Check it out, 11 minutes of your life well invested.


LINK TO WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

360 mont royal

Camera Works

I thought that the final project for camera works was due next week. Silly me! So I started working on the project, which is a test for bigger project that has been on my mind since we did the stop motion and painting with light. The project will involve demons, dreams and a woman. :D

Flash assignment

It was really fun discovering the potential of the use of flash. Four sessions for four images.

First try with street flash photography

Second try - the DiCorcia style

Third try - Bruce Gilden style



And the Leibowitz - Romero look

The Bruce Gilden challenge

Inspired by Bruce Gilden I decided to give a try with the flash a little closer. Basically I was carrying a Sunpak flash with the hot shoe trigger in one hand and using the on camera flash to trigger it. So that is the reason you may see double catchlights on the people. I was surprised how easy it can come once you gather the guts to flash people closer. Only I have to be more careful next time on where I place the flash to give more interesting shadows.

And when things go wrong

Two flash street photographers

Philip DiCorcia with his "heads" series (the first shots on the video)








And of course Bruce Gilden

More flash street photography

More fun exploring the possibilities of the flash used on street photography.

Not the perfect composition, but I was trying to get the guy who was close to me lit with my on camera flash as a fill in, the people on the back lit with the sun and the guy at the end with the external flash, although it resulted on too bright guy .

Some people have asked me how i did it. So here is a photo including the flash. (Just ignore the awful post that is growing on the girl's head)