Overexposed

Fruit Shoot

Jake — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:16:31 +0000

So once in a while when I’m bored I get the urge to set up a random photoshoot in my apartment. So after a quick run to the produce isle of the Coop, Tri-State for some fishing line, and Staples for some other stuff, I started shooting backlit cross-sections of fruit in my kitchen. Why? I couldn’t tell you, but I like the result. I think I’ll make a 32 inch print with all of them in a row and frame it.

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Congratulations Eric and Nicole Knox

Jake — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:58:45 +0000

Eric and Nicole recently got hitched, and I got the pleasure of being their photographer. Here’s a few of my favorites from the big day.

I’m trying some different things to get rid of my photo overlap problem. It’s better, but still not fixed. Some of the photos below are still cut off, so click on a photo to see the full thing in a lightbox.

Fashion Through the Decades

Jake — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:56:05 +0000

For the most recent edition of Blot magazine I did a photo essay called “Fashion Through the Decades.” Here are a few of the images that appeared. If you want to see the rest, you can view the PDF of the pages at www.blot.uidaho.edu

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Studio Fun

Jake — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:04:40 +0000

So we had the last session of Mark LaMoreaux’s photography workshop last night, and I got a chance to do some photos in his studio. Here’s a couple of the shots. Thanks to Addie Callihan for being so easy to shoot.

Surrealism

Jake — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:56:24 +0000

Two posts at once! It’s cheating, I know. This is my attempt at surrealism for a photo workshop I’m taking.

Rose Macro

Jake — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:43:17 +0000

I know Valentines day was awhile ago, but better late than never.

Henry V

Jake — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:35:24 +0000

Holy crap, I haven’t posted in two months. I kind of took a hiatus from photo work over Christmas break, but now I’ve hit the ground running. A local theater group, Animal Fire Theatre Group, just did their first production and asked me to do some promo photos for them. They performed Henry V, and it was a great show. A lot of fun to shoot the group afterwards too. I tried to shoot and process the photos for a dramatic, darker effect with some low key lighting, and I am pretty pleased with the result. Here is a few of my favorites from the shoot.

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Faces of Moscow

Jake — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:18:49 +0000

It was a sunny October afternoon when I set out to downtown Moscow with my camera and a tape recorder to capture the various faces that populate this town. I took quite a few portraits, but I narrowed it down to these 18. Click on each image to see it full size and get more info on each person.

Update: I’ve noticed on some computers the photos get overlapped. I’m working on fixing it. You can still see the photos full size when you click on them.

Austin, Texas

Jake — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:41:21 +0000

So I’m in Austin, Texas for the ACP/CMA National College Media Convention, and I’ve got to say this town is pretty freakin cool. It’s like a giant college town. As I heard one speaker say, “A bastion of liberalness in a conservative state.” I’m trying to come up with something for the photo contest this year. The theme is to capture Austin’s weirdness (the unofficial theme of the town is “Keep Austin Weird”). I don’t think I’ve quite done that yet, but I’ve still gotten some alright shots. Here are a few that I’ve gotten so far. If I get anything else worthwhile, I’ll probably make a second installment of this post.

Austin is known as a live music capital, so of course there are quite a few buskers around. These two weren't bad.

Here's another one.

All day Thursday the weather alternated between sunny and torrential downpour. I went out exploring in just a t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers, so at times like this I just hunkered under storefronts to keep my gear from getting too drenched.

Like I said, the theme of this year's photo contest is capturing Austin's weirdness. I think this is the closest I've come so far.

Fake Empire by Ryan Lewis

Jake — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:18:20 +0000

My friend Nick Groff showed me this, and it is pretty awesome. This entire video is made from still photos compiled in Final Cut Pro.