He asked for volunteers, I raised my hand, and he picked me from all the way in the back!! I got to assist Dave Black in "light painting" the tuba picture below. It's this crazy technique thats shot in complete darkness, with a long shutter, and "painting" with light from a flashlight. It's brilliant. Especially his nightscape stuff. I can't wait to roll around in this. AND star trails! Glorious.
Tonight is my last night at the Southwestern Photojournalism Conference. What a great introduction to photography conferences! This make me want to go to many more. My brain is overflowing with ideas. Over. Flowing. Like, I'm gonna have to go to bed in a few minutes because I cannot think anymore today. No. More. I'm so in love with this. I'm so in love with the idea of storytelling through visual media. I think this has sort have been an unknowing hobby of mine for a while. Ever since I went to Haiti for the first time, caught the travel bug, and came home and scrapbooked/wrote a report on the trip. I took this hobby to the next level when I moved to Australia and started a blog. I only started this blog so there could be one central place to upload photos and share stories for my friends and personal training clients to make sure I was alive. But now I realize a lot of people travel...and DON'T do that. Then I started creating photo albums for facebook anytime I got my camera out. Decided that was an out-of-control number of photo albums on face book. Switched to yearly photo albums. Still post pics often. I love stories. I love creating them. I love telling them.
Now I'm inspired with the idea of "2 minute shows". Here at the conference, ANYONE can create a "2 minute show"...in other words, 2 minutes of a photo slide show, or video, or a combination of both. And you can put these images to music, or to voice, or any audio you want. Did you see the "God Made a Farmer" commercial during the Superbowl? I could totally DO this!
And given my obsession with music and book quotes, I think these could actually be interesting. Maybe even get my own youtube channel and turn it into a thing? Okay, okay, maybe we are getting crazy. Either way. It feels good to be inspired. Feels good to feel creative. Feels good to love something. I need some equipment and time. Maybe God didn't let me make skateboard videos in high school for nothing afterall.
