In the last 18 years or so, as I’ve travelled the world in search of new and interesting images, I think I’ve worked with a truly vast array of guides, fixers and travel companies both local, regional and international. Now, this was a necessity - I chose to never use one of the many companies offering “travel photo tours” as I have always found them to be too superficial, mostly inflexible, extremely expensive and ultimately, geared for people looking to add ready-made images to their portfolios - and, to make things worse (for me anyway) they are usually “led” by another photographer who assumes, by definition, to know more than you do. Not falling into this category (and not having upwards of £7,000 for two weeks to spend), I have always gone it alone.
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Embedding Video in a photographer’s storytelling arsenal - Part I
I mentioned in one of my previous posts that a few months ago I made the decision to make video an integral part of my storytelling arsenal. It was not, I have to admit, a decision I arrived through some internal search or a result of limitations of photography - not at all. It was driven by project requirements, pure and simple. Customers these days demand, in addition to great images, short videos to supplement the story or tell different aspects of it for which photography is simply not the most sufficient medium. But I have to say this: because - and through - this process I learned a lot! Not only technically, but also with respect to photography too. Nobody was more surprised at this than me, but having to learn about video will, I am certain now, make me a better photographer.
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While my work has been published before and have participated in what these days counts as an interview (usually done by sending questions and providing answers by email), I loved Gary Friedman’s process, how he took my answers and turned them into something really meaningful and poignant. Heck, he even made me sound halfway intelligent, deep and thoughtful (which takes a lot!). Chatting with him was also an eye opener!
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