Paul Nicklen's - Polar Obsession

I came across this book in an issue of Photo District News, under the segment of top books of 2009 and I asked for it for christmas. I really like the book, he shoots above water and under water and shoots a variety of subjects. I've always loved wildlife photography, and I've certainly never scene any arctic wildlife shots like these. The book does a great job showing the beauty of the arctic and antarctic without monotonous endless white snow. The book also documents his journeys and his techniques of how and why he got the photographs. I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in wildlife photography.

Edit. I checked, this is NOT from that issue of photo district news. I'm a big liar. No clue where I found it.

everyday

all you need is, what you want is

acme

christmas day

unedited jpgs, santa didn't bring me a mactop + photoshop

amos

i've started to accumulate a lot of photographs of amos. should be interesting to see what I have by the time he leaves

more looking outside

lazy monday

larry towell

I figured for my first artist's post, I had to do Larry Towell. His work has always inspired me, and seeing his show at the eastman house a few years ago really drove me to be a photographer. It's his style of work that really does it for me, and it's really what i'm looking for out of photography. My favorite part about the work is how he uses light. Two of the examples above show his incredible ability to capture people lit by extraordinary natural light. He seems to capture people in amazing moments, the whole scene just seems to be perfect. Like a lot of photography, his work captures a time, and is even more meaningful due to how it documents history. Whether it is an important moment in history, like the September 11th photograph, or shows a part of a small culture that might not be around very long, like the last photograph of Mennonite women.

penfield high school construction

work on the new auditorium

class portrait edit

hats. hats are weird.

chilly

this was a new one.

sadie

lots of dogs running around these days

park point?

After the snow melted... saw tire tracks leading up to it.

bwana amos

my family's exchange student from Kenya, Amos

the recovered matisyahu photographs!

apparently blackberry phones autosave to a micro SD... i'm pleased

bright lights

too much time in a car these days

before matisyahu. adam would smash his phone so there are no surviving photographs from the show

club one

blown highlights

testing out this new blog