Mentor
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He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland Happy Fathers Day Dad. :) I love you!! :D VBS
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Jeet Kune Do
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Photographers - What are you paying for? (Part One)
by Jo O'Brien^Disclaimer: This is not legal advice or even professional advice. This is some stuff I’ve learned along this funny little thing called l…
Disclaimer: This is not legal advice or even professional advice. This is some stuff I’ve learned along this funny little thing called life and may not apply in any way to your current situation. At worst, it’s my opinion, at best it’s some ideas for you to think about. If you need real proper advice, go see your solicitor. I’m of the opinion that photography should make me money, not cost me money. So far, I have been successful is making more from a photograph than it took me to create. Here is my list of not so secret tips and advice on covering your arse and saving your cash. When To Pay There are times where spending your hard earned money is the right choice. For example to obtain goods or services you can not find for less (or free) elsewhere. Or when you have done all the maths yourself and you feel you are buying into a good deal. But there are also some pit falls to watch out for. Art Direction, Ideas and Intellectual Property My rule of thumb, if I am paying to shoot, I should have full rights to everything I take. No ifs buts or maybes about it. If you shoot a commercial, the art direction team put together a shoot and then hire a photographer to take photos of what they and the crew have created. They pay for lighting design, they pay the models, they pay the hair stylist, they pay the guy who makes the coffees- and they pay the photographer. Some businesses operate under a similar model but suck money out of photographers in the process. As part of a ‘workshop’ or ‘event’, several photographers rock up with their cameras and take photos of a scene. Often they have little or no control of the setup, can’t communicate properly with the models and will walk out of it with similar images to everyone else who attended! In the worst cases they have restricted rights regarding how they use their images. So is essence, they have paid for something that out in the real world, would be making them money. Sorry if it sounds confusing, the concept completely baffles me. When you are shooting someone else’s ideas and have restricted publishing rights or have little influence over the set up, posing, lighting or set design, (in my opinion) you should be getting paid by them. After all, you are doing them a favor by taking images of their creative work. Classes or Tuition Wanting to improve you skills and knowledge is a great thing. And there are numerous classes, mentors and workshops available for you to choose from. If you are going to pay to attend these, make sure you are getting what you pay for. Before you hand over any cash there are a few details that you should have to help make your decision. Class Size: The more people attending, the cheaper the class should be. If there is a practical component, I usually wont accept a class bigger than 10-12 / Location & Time: no point signing up for an ‘on location’ workshop only to find it is out of your way. Also as a safety issue, you should always be able to tell a trusted person exactly where and when you will be shooting. / The Teacher: You should be able to find and contact the person facilitating the class to verify their experience and ask questions. It not always convenient for a facilitator to take calls from a whole class, but you should be able to send them an email and get a reply without going through a middle man. / Contracts: Ask if you will need to sign any contracts and insist upon receiving them before paying. / What do you get: do you get class notes to take home? Exactly what does the course entail? What can you hope to know and have learned at the end of the course? Contracts These are a great way to waste your money. They also happen to be very important. First and foremost contracts exists to make people money or stop people from making money. So before signing anything, read it a few times and make sure you are aware of what your actions are costing you. If you need to get images approved before sale or publication, you could be agreeing to never publishing or selling any images taken if none are ‘approved.’ It is completely reasonable to request changes to a contract or write your own and offer it instead. Don’t sign away potential income! You should always be able to take a contract away and show it to other people for advice before signing it, and especially before paying for anything. If you are not given this opportunity, my advice is to avoid it with a ten foot pole. And then there are the bazillion poorly written contracts that mean very little or nothing at all. It’s actually quite funny to me sometimes, what people will put on paper. Useful Links Australian Competition & Consumer Commission / Scam Watch Photographers – What are you paying for (part 2).
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The battle / cannot defeat / me, only compel / strength. / The battle empowers / my passage ahead, / allowing my / heart to sing. / Do not distress, / I am a warrior, / I am prepared, / my war is / over. / Now my next / journey, / begins. / cannon 5D / 24-300mm / 1250 iso / no flash / -1/3 ex / taken 1 week / before Jimmy died / from Cancer.
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Hearts At War – The Beginning and The Return – More to come! / / Model and creator of the Character “Lola” and theme Hearts at War – Jessica Tremp / Model – Adrian Carmody / Weapon supplied by – David Ting / Location – Madam Brussels / Much thanks to Miss Pearls! / Art Folders… / / Entire Portfolio / Born From This Earth – Series / Hearts At War / Vehicular works / Architecture / Travel / B&W Photography / Transitional Industrial Utopian Series / Abstract / Models and Fashion Photography
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Where she came from and what she had experienced was never going to be forgotten, it was her heart, soul and vindictiveness that he wanted to nurture. / / Model and creator of the Character “Lola” and theme Hearts at War – Jessica Tremp / Model – Adrian Carmody / Location – / / / Art Folders… / / Entire Portfolio / Born From This Earth – Series / Hearts At War / Vehicular works / Architecture / Travel / B&W Photography / Transitional Industrial Utopian Series / Abstract / Models and Fashion Photography
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the year 2030 our children will go to school to play educational games ,they will perhaps be taught by a hollogram interaction at the highest level, integration at the optimum, problem children in inverted commas will disappear in that their education slots will be altered to their specific needs and interests. / Within the same environment mentors and guardians will be in place of teachers and a new attitude/generation will be born of this , guardians will be placed in the playground to deflect bullying behaviour, virtual history lessons will be in place whereby students can literally reinact the past in a chosen area and get a real feel of the past, this short story reflects a recent dream where i was in a virtual history lesson making wooden needles to male clothes in the time of Alfred the great it was some dream / live in hope of this dream /reality
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SUNSET OVER LAKE ERIE, MENTOR, OHIO EAST OF CLEVELAND CAMERA: CANON AE-1 PROGRAM / LENS: TAMRON 35-70 MM W/A @ 40 MM / FILM: FUJICHROME VELVIA 100 ASA
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ANOTHER LAKE ERIE SUNSET IN MENTOR, OHIO EAST OF CLEVELAND
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YEAH, ANOTHER SUNSET OVER LAKE ERIE FROM THE SAME PLACE. I DON’T KNOW…I JUST NEVER GET BORED WITH THEM; THEY’RE SO MUCH THE SAME, AND YET, EVERY ONE IS UNIQUE. WELL, IF YOU GET BORED WITH THEM, I PROMISE I WON’T BE INSULTED IF YOU MOVE ON TO ANOTHER IMAGE. TAKEN WITH A CANON AE-1 PROGRAM NOVEMBER, 2001 / TAMRON 35-70MM LENS / FUJI VELVIA PRO 100 ASA
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Perfection sought within his art / He always reaches for the sky / Passion from within his heart / He studies with a seasoned eye / / A master of his craft, he is / Sought by others near and far / They’ve heard he really knows his biz / He stands out like a shining star / / A digital painting of my father in his studio, while he was inspecting some line art he was preparing to shoot. My brilliant father has been both a pioneer and the best in his field of photography for over 60 years. Among just a few of the people that have sought out his brilliance, skill, wisdom, and talent over the years are Ansel Adams, Frank Gehry, Bret Weston, Michael Jurdan, and Carlos Diniz. / / I am so incredibly lucky to have him as my father, friend, and mentor. He has taught me things since I was a child that I would not be able to learn in even the best of universities, and has passed that gift of his knowledge on to me to help me in my own artistic endeavors. / / If you are looking at this now Dad, all my thanks, and I love you! / / Drew /
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WAY, WAY, BACK IN THE LATE FIFTIES OR EARLY SIXTIES, THE PLATTERS HAD A BIG HIT SONG CALLED “TWILIGHT TIME”. THE FIRST LINE WAS, “HEAVENLY SHADES OF NIGHT ARE FALLING…” THEY SURE HAD IT RIGHT, DIDN’T THEY ?
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Mowgli and his mentors, Baloo, Bagheera and Kaa.
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ERIE IS THE SHALLOWEST OF THE GREAT LAKES AND, AS A RESULT, CAN BE PRETTY TEMPERAMENTAL; I’VE SEEN IT GO FROM A PERFECT DEAD CALM TO EIGHT FOOT SWELLS IN LESS THAN A HALF-HOUR. / THIS DAY WASN’T THAT BAD, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE CHOPPY AND THE WAVES HITTING THE ROCK PIER OF AN ABANDONED BOATHOUSE GAVE SOME HINT OF HOW POWERFUL THE LAKE CAN BE. CANON AE-1 PROGRAM / CANON 50MM LENS
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Here is another for the UnSung Heroes series and this one is called My Mentor and My Hero just for starters as Earth Mother is so much more and she gets no respect from most of us two legged (humans)
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Please lead me to my future / As I count on you to guide / Hold my hand firm, but yet gently / So I may walk along beside / / Please don’t walk too fast before me / As I can not match your stride / And the distance it creates / May find our holding hands now pryed / / Please leave me not in darkness / As I fear what I can’t see / Be my beacon shining brightly / Illuminate those things for me / / Please pass to me your wisdom / As you’ve walked this path before / And secure with your knowledge / I am free to path explore / / Please teach me solid values / Love, peace, passion, and much more / And right way to use these tools / To leave world better than before / / Please lead me to my future / As I count on you to guide / So in the future when I look back / I’ll be filled with love and pride / / This digital painting was inspired by how different parent and child relationships have become since I was a child. When I was a child my parents always found time for me, irregardless of how busy their schedules may have been. It seems that today, parents have replaced parenting with electronic devices… just plug the child into a video game or throw on a DVD for them to watch. / / This is very sad, and is also very scary. To all you parents with young ones… remember that you are ultimately the sculptor and your child the clay. Never rationalize away your time with your children because you were to busy. Believe me… the time goes by very quickly, and you will regret not having spent that time when you look back. Take the time to read that book to them every night, or to take them for a walk in the woods to discover and appreciate the wonderful gifts that nature has given us. / / The stock resource for the hands came from a wonderful photo by Déz Magnér of Sweden. You can see the original photo on the stock.xchng website at the link I have provided below. I loved this photo, as it showed the rough hands of a hard working man gently cradling the one of the child. These roughened hands told a story in itself, of the sacrifices this man was willing to make to assure his child’s future. The poem in the artwork was written by me to reflect both my own thoughts, and the ones portrayed in the artwork. / / ‘Hands’ by Déz Magnér / http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1014136 / / The original is 4800×9600 pixels at 300 pixels per inch. It was created in Photoshop. Because the original is so large and difficult to see over the internet, I have included a couple of detail cutaways below. Both cutaway images are still reduced by 50%, due to the size of the original artwork. / / / / / /
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Faster than a speeding bullet (For my mentor Peter)
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TAKEN ON AN EARLY SEPTEMBER AFTERNOON NEAR MENTOR, OHIO WITH A CANON AE-1 PROGRAM CAMERA, ASTRANAR 400MM F/6.3 LENS ON FUJICOLOR 800 ASA PRO FILM
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Guide me my parent / So I may grow strong / Teach me to appreciate / The right from the wrong / Show me direction / Don’t forget to hold me too / I look to you as my teacher / I want to be just like you! /
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man in a suit and hat holding a boy by the edge of a forest
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A group of seagulls at Headlands Beach in Mentor, OH.
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Dizzy Gillespie performing at the 1980 Miami Jazz Festival, Miami, Florida. Nikon F3 Kodachrome 25
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This was done in Apophysis and finished in Photoshop. I used brushes 7 thru 65 in natural brush and smudge brushes 65. Book Cover style From story to story he spins a web / Entrapping all who listen. / Wonderful stories form all around / making the world alive. / Stories of truths beyond the told / making them real and very bold. / Telling the stories of old and new / the happenings of a world true. Featured in Core [C.O.R.E]
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