Human Hair
Grand Rapids, Michigan
photography
Cruise Night
Selections from Cruise Night in downtown Jackson, Mich.
This was one of the first times I took the Canon EOS M for a spin (ha!), shooting these fantastic classic cars. I came back that night and was super impressed. The level of detail and richness of the images was appealing.
But it was also a chance to explore things like chrome flourishes, and car colors you don’t see anymore.
Seasons: A Year in Four Parts
Earlier this year I told myself, “You have to print more of your work.”
And after learning about MagCloud (now owned by Blurb) from Patrick LaRoque, I decided to try printing a book of my Instagram photos that represent seasons through the year.
Here we have Seasons: A Year In Four Parts.
It was mostly an experiment to try self publishing. MagCloud offers very nice templates for InDesign (and other publishing platforms), and I got to do the design, layout, and typography myself.
Square format, 80 pages measuring 8″ wide and tall, with perfect-bound binding.
I purchased two copies – one for myself, and one as a potential gift. MagCloud stores the book for me, in case I want to give out another copy. And boy, the prices are super reasonable for this kind of thing. It makes me want to try to do these little photo books a few times a year.
My next experiment will be with Mosaic – printing a photo book right from my iPhone. I’m thinking about doing something with my Cloud Atlas series.
This is the dream of digital, DIY publishing: make your own thing, with your own stuff, at a reasonable price…and maybe make it available to others on demand.
So I’m making Seasons available for purchase. $20 for the physical edition and a buck ($1, cheap!) for the digital edition.
80 pages, published 6/5/2014
‘Seasons: A Year In Four Parts” is a collection of Instagram photos representing winter, spring, summer, and fall.
Gueorgui Pinkhassov
Gueorgui Pinkhassov (via A set of photographs by Gueorgui Pinkhassov | Pavel Kosenko’s blog (English version))
Numbers 11, 23, 33, and 73 (above) are everything I love about color film photography. Just perfect.
People Behind the Event
Hot air jubilees, including the annual one in my hometown, are great for photography material. The colors, the shapes, the ambition.
But it’s hard not to fall into cliché. If you’ve seen one soaring balloon, you’ve probably seen them all. And unless you have an in-basket view, there’s only so much you can do from the ground.
It’s why I like focusing on the people behind the event – who puts these things together? What are their jobs? Is there any struggle?
Or, what if you took the colors away? And just focused on the shapes? Hence, this shot from just before sunset.
