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A good friend made it and another fabulous friend and intern I have been working with have helped me re-brand, well actually create my brand. I just ordered some new fabulous business cards from #MOO.
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Thank you, Oona, Kasia, and Fernanda, all of you have helped me and continue to support me in this venture and I am so grateful to each of you for your help and guidance.
We are busy over here at Free Admission Headquarters, working on a lot of different drawings, shooting portraits with film so I can slow down and ‘see’ differently through the lens. I’m getting outside every day and finding a way to share all of that with you on my Instagram (watch my stories) and here on my blog weekly, monthly with this newsletter. Thank you for subscribing.
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I also pursued making a socially distanced editorial that will be published in the upcoming issue of Latent Image Magazine.
Shooting at a safe social distance is key and I wanted to find a way to continue to be creative and connected to my craft. I was inspired by Jack Davison, his first published editorial in the New York times during lockdown was a series of projected portraits. They are deliciously distorted and shaped in his notable style, this inspired me to find a way to create an editorial with a projected subject.
I purchased a mini projector from Amazon and waited almost a month for it to be delivered because it is not as essential as toilet paper. It’s the same kind of projector you see advertised in your Instagram feed, the one that shows you you can watch Netflix on your ceiling. It worked like a charm after I purchased (separately) the HDMI cable with 3 different ends and waited for that to be delivered too. You need this cable with 3 ends to attach the projector to your smart device (in my case iPhone or iPad), the projector, and a USB end? (Full disclosure I have no idea what the USB end does but it is needed).
I spent some time troubleshooting and then finally figured out what exposure would work on my camera and what would work for the model on the other end. Luckily Kasia is someone I have worked with often, she’s an incredible model, and when she vacations in Poland she brings me back Polish chocolates.
I also had to figure out what time of day was going to work, its summertime, and the sun stays up a lot later so I had to stay up figuring this out too. I settled at 9 pm and reached out to see what Kasia had the time in her schedule. Then we had to figure out the wardrobe and backdrops. So Kasia sent photos of both, specifically the yard and her bedroom at this specific time of the day.
I am thrilled with the result and I have since created a few more with different models using the same equipment.
With these editorials communication is key, you have to know what kind of image you want and be able to let your subject know how to pose and what to do so that you can make that photo.
I will share a link to the final published editorial when it is ready, it will be available in both print and digital form. Latent Image magazine has published many of my editorials and I’m really grateful to the creative duo that brings this publication to live four times a year. It is truly a labour of love, and I’m chuffed to be featured alongside some great talent from all over the world.
What have you guys been up to? I would love to hear how you are pivoting and getting used to this ‘new normal’ that seems to want to stick around a lot longer than any of us want it too.
Stay safe and stay tuned for next month’s newsletter, I appreciate your support and I welcome your feedback too.