Monkees of Folk
The Suburbs (just a little mini series I'm working on)
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Photographic update
Rachel's Food For Thought
Monkees of Folk
The Suburbs (just a little mini series I'm working on)
Monkees of Folk
The Suburbs (just a little mini series I'm working on)
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Summer
I was on the fence about purchasing dynalites this summer. I've decided I'm getting them. It'll probably have to be before I move, just so I don't put it off any longer.
I've helped my mother's boyfriend, Frank, who is a real estate agent. He's asked me to help him be his real estate photographer. I've been helping him since high school, but it's nice that he always turns to me when he gets a house to sell. It's nothing to make a profession out of, but something nice to put on my resume.
I've also been asked to take pictures for Rachel Broscoe's website and business, Food for Thought. Rachel is a caterer in Ardmore who mostly works for Temple Shalom in Broomall. I've helped her cater events in the past and she has asked to help me photograph some of her dishes.
One thing I have noticed from working at Whole Foods as a Bakery Retail team member is that I've gained a lot more "customer service" skills. Which does really help if I want to do more freelance photography. I'm moving up from a part time Bakery Retail Team Member in the Callowhill store to a part time Demo team member in the Wynnewood Store. I moved because I miss the suburbs, I miss trees and quiet. I only applied because it was the first opening. Turns out, being in demo is a little more higher up then I thought. I don't know if I'll be getting a raise, I know my hours will be cut which interferes with the whole saving up during summer idea. But who knows! Maybe because I'll be apart of the "Admin" team of Whole Foods Market, I'll be able to use my photography there.
I've helped my mother's boyfriend, Frank, who is a real estate agent. He's asked me to help him be his real estate photographer. I've been helping him since high school, but it's nice that he always turns to me when he gets a house to sell. It's nothing to make a profession out of, but something nice to put on my resume.
I've also been asked to take pictures for Rachel Broscoe's website and business, Food for Thought. Rachel is a caterer in Ardmore who mostly works for Temple Shalom in Broomall. I've helped her cater events in the past and she has asked to help me photograph some of her dishes.
One thing I have noticed from working at Whole Foods as a Bakery Retail team member is that I've gained a lot more "customer service" skills. Which does really help if I want to do more freelance photography. I'm moving up from a part time Bakery Retail Team Member in the Callowhill store to a part time Demo team member in the Wynnewood Store. I moved because I miss the suburbs, I miss trees and quiet. I only applied because it was the first opening. Turns out, being in demo is a little more higher up then I thought. I don't know if I'll be getting a raise, I know my hours will be cut which interferes with the whole saving up during summer idea. But who knows! Maybe because I'll be apart of the "Admin" team of Whole Foods Market, I'll be able to use my photography there.
Monday, May 2, 2011
My Interview With Photographer Erika Larsen
HR What made you interested in taking photographs of nature and these lifestyles and how did you first go about it?
EL I have always had a strong connection to the natural world and it is the place where I have always felt the most alive.
My interest is in people connected to the natural world and their ability to reveal its language.
So I continue to create my stories immersed in nature.
HR Did you go to school for photography?
EL I studied at Rochester Institute of technology and received a BFA in Photographic Illustration and then I received an MFA in Computer Graphics/Animation.
HR What were you doing with photography after you graduated?
EL I moved to New York City and work as a photo assistant for about a year and then after that started on my own as a magazine photographer.
HR I also find it interesting that being a photographer is such a technological career and you take photographs of places and people that are the very opposite. Have you found a way to personally incorporate the two into your life?
EL I have never seen creating images as a technical career. Using a camera is one way I have chosen to tell a story because I have always regarded my camera as a sort of magic, using the light, to help me see that which I cannot with my own eyes.
HR On the Women in Photography website, about the Sami people you say, “It is a place where man has learned to adapt to the environment that surrounds him rather than adapting the environment to him.”
Do you feel like you can relate to this?
EL Yes, I believe as a storyteller I adapt to the surroundings around me and allow the people and environment to work through me.
Friday, April 15, 2011
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
So. It all started with this idea that I was going to take my aunt's parrot's feathers to make earrings out of them and sell them. Searching for the prices of macaw feather earrings on the internet I stumbled upon this beauty.
an artificial bald eagle for only $30.
I'm thinking about using it for my photograph referencing Goya's The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.
They also have little owls there too. I'll probably get one of those as well and use Goya's motif as "wise" owls in my images. But I really would also like to use the eagle as a symbol of America. (after all, I am critiquing it).
an artificial bald eagle for only $30.
I'm thinking about using it for my photograph referencing Goya's The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.
They also have little owls there too. I'll probably get one of those as well and use Goya's motif as "wise" owls in my images. But I really would also like to use the eagle as a symbol of America. (after all, I am critiquing it).
Monday, April 4, 2011
Chad States
Saw this guy's work at Vox Populi's on the first Friday of March. As someone who loves photographing trees in relation to humans, I love this guy's work.
Chad States.
Chad States.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Los Caprichos v2.0
An idea for my senior thesis is to take these prints and similar ones from series by Francisco Goya, "Los Caprichos"
I want to use the same imagery and borrow the same compositions but through photography using props and costumes that reference a timelessness but also our current time period. I want to bring attention to our consumerist society and showing the flaws big government and big business have on our society while we blindly follow.
I want to use the same imagery and borrow the same compositions but through photography using props and costumes that reference a timelessness but also our current time period. I want to bring attention to our consumerist society and showing the flaws big government and big business have on our society while we blindly follow.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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Haley Richter
- Haley
- Photography major at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Likes to be outside. Likes border collies. Refuses to wait in lines.