My Son's Day

It was a wonderful weekend and I shot over 500 images. My plan for the project was to shoot a day in the life of a firefighter however I only got about 10 images for that and only about 2 were any good. The problem is that there has to be some paperwork to do that project and approval from some higher ups. So this turned out to be about my son Timmy's day.

We started out on Saturday going to opening day ceremonies for baseball then team pictures and the first scrimmage game which they won. Then back home where he played outside for a little while. In the evening we went to the circus. He really wanted one of the light up swords but of course Mom didn't get him one since the last one he got at Rose festival last year was not taken care of. His favorite part of the circus was the 5 motorcycles in the round cage. On the way home I had to listen to the motorcycle revving sounds for a little while.

All in all it was a fun weekend. Here is the link to the web gallery. Enjoy.

Day In Life

For having never  done anything like this, I guess I'm still somewhat dissatisfied with the outcome.  My decision to follow my father around was last minute, because I made a mistake in interpreting this project.  The problem with my father is he mostly sits in front of the television I was lucky enough to get him making some dinner and doing some dishes.  But that obviously was about the extent of it.  

http://www.mhccim.com/students/smith/Day_In_Life/index.htm

For my term project I'd like to be able to have more time to focus on being able to tell a full story about someone else completely...

Day in the Life

So I was originally going to do someone else, but then she got sick. So I decided that I would do a day in the life of myself. I thought it would be a good challenge to look at myself from another point of view. I do not think many people are aware of all the things that I do. Just to name a few I sketch, etch copper plates, and bake. By documenting myself others might better understand me as a person. Well here is my gallery, I know they are not the best, having to rely on a timer is not the best. What I need to do is sketch out how I want my composition, while having someone direct me how to move. Next time they will be better.

Mini-project .5

The gallery of my first twenty images can be seen here.

I decided to follow Josh around. I figured I could try to capture both his professional life as an ambitious advertising and design student, as well as reveal what he does at home.

The entirety of this first shoot was done downtown and at his school. I had some serious trouble taking photographs inside the school because it was darker than a cave in there.

More interesting, personal images will come in the next round. I hope.

My Day Up North

On Friday I left early in the morning (7:30am) and headed up to Burien, WA a city just 10 miles south of Seattle. I spent the day photographing James Harrison and his latest sculpture structure, the Helios Pavilion (see image above). I recorded many things throughout the day and I'm still in the process of sifting though all my notes. Be sure to check the web gallery below.

• Web Gallery Of My Day Up North

At The Studio

This evening I spent a few hours with scuplture artist James Harrison while he worked in his studio. Tomorrow I will be spending some more time with him up in Seattle as he begins to piece together his latest instulation. Below I have included a web gallery link to my first twenty images, I have also included a link to my blog entry and photo from today.

• Web Gallery: James Harrison
• Blog Entry With Image

A Day In The Life

I have been doing some ground work for this first project. I have my subject and my shooting all scheduled. I will be documenting Portland sculpture artist James Harrison. He currently is working on a project just outside of Seattle. Later today I will be spending a few hours with him at his working studio here in Portland and then on Friday I will be going with him to Seattle to get some shots of him on the site of his latest installation.

Make sure to check out his website, you can click on his name and it will take you to his site, he does some amazing work. I'm quite excited to be documenting him.