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Wowowow check this out, everyone! I am overwhelmed with joy to see my very first cover shot for an #international #magazine in print! Especially @time ! honored to have had the #opportunity to work with the associate #photoeditor @TaraJohnson1 & the #creativedirector DW Pine III. Shout out to: My fantastic portraiture subjects Kirsten, Patrick, the Sanders twins, and the cute little pug Hair @bennettgrey Makeup @racheltoledomua Nails @rachelshimnails Digital tech- Kevin Goon Assistant- Fernando Souto Photo-Illustration / CGi - Bryan Christie Design 😁😁 Definitely going to frame this up. #picoftheday #photoshoot #photographer #NYCPhotographer #hipstamatic #statigram #TimeMagazine #webstagram #tech #selfdrivingcar #driverlesscar #smartcar
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it’s equally as important to surround yourself with people who are striving for greatness not only in the field that you want to pursue but also people who are chasing their dreams period. you want to surround yourself with people who are working just as hard as you, want to be just as successful as you, and want the best just as much as you. it pushes me forward. that constant drive becomes ingrained in you. it makes greatness seem that much more attainable.
Amazing lighting in your photos 😍 This might be a weird question but are you looking for interns?
Not a weird question at all! I don't have any studio positions at the moment, but I'm always looking for people to keep on file to help me out on a shoot-by-shoot, project-by-project, task-by-task basis.Send me an email at [email protected] w/ your resume, city you live in, preferably NYC if you're looking to assist me on set, but anywhere if you would want to help me out with off-site tasks like shoot production (pre and post), and/or social media.
Guest editing the Facebook and instagram of @trimmagazine this week to promote some of the original visual content that I was able to produce for our latest issue, with the help of my great photo department and all of our collaborators http://issuu.com/trimmagazine/docs/trim_issue6 Cover shot by @aaronlaserna starring @raindovemodel @majormodelsny wearing @jessicavwalsh
Do you want to be involved in photography but you're studying something else?
(either you’re not prepared/ready/willing to drop everything…and/or you’re almost done with your studies) When I was younger, i dreamed about dropping everything to move to New York City, and become a photographer as soon as I graduated high school at age 17. Something changed in me when that time came. I decided that I wanted a backup plan in case my creative pursuits didn’t work out. When it was time to apply to college, I was decent at photography but I wasn’t good. I wasn’t producing work at any working proficiency. I enrolled in Rutgers University. First I was an undecided major, then I was Information Technology, then I wound up in my current major, Computer Science. I graduate in early 2016. So one of my greatest struggles has always been: finding meaning and purpose during my time at school. I loved photography but I wasn’t ever going to drop out, so I asked myself: how can I make the most of my status as a student to advance my photography? My first answer was: Jobs/Extracurriculars; I applied for my first job as a freshman. I worked as the full-time associate photography editor at the Daily Targum for a year. At the Daily Targum, I was working with photojournalism which wasn’t my style, but in general, it challenged my eye for picking out which pictures were great pictures and which photographers were great photographers. Also, I got to travel to take pictures, like when I got my first all-expense-paid photography assignment in California. Being able to travel and experience new places, will always be a fantastic thing for an artist.
Since I co-lead photo meetings and hired staff photographers, every weekend I was meeting with people at my university who were interested in photography or I was speaking in photography clubs. I met a lot of like-minded friends, volunteer assistants for my shoots, and part-time shooters looking for critique/mentorship. I met so many people.
*a photo of my targum reunion, featuring (but not limited to) my photographer Nelson Morales, previous associate photo editor / EIC Rico Cabredo, current EIC Alex Meier, photographer Shawn Smith, and the sports editor I went to California with, Josh Bakan. Then after my term ended as the Associate Photo Editor at the Daily Targum, I picked up a new position as the photography director of Trim Magazine, Rutgers’ fashion/culture magazine. I found a lot of purpose here. I liked fashion, portraiture, and magazine-style photography much more than I did photojournalism. First I brought on, trained and mentored a staff of excellent fashion / portraiture / still-life editorial photographers in my department, then I helped revamp the website and when it came time to produce editorial content, I brought an expanded network of resources that I accumulated from my career as a photographer, including models, designers, and musicians that we were able to incorporate. Primarily, this position gave me skills in producing photo shoots, and working on deadline.
*first cover of Trim Magazine under my photo direction, shot by Aaron Laserna, a new friend that I made during my time at Trim. Model is Rain @ Major, who I met at a party during fashion week (but worked with her agent a bunch as well) My second answer is: Internships! When you’re a student, you have access to applying for internships during your summers / winters that are often closed to non-students. A lot of internships in the photography world…you don’t even have to be a photography major! That’s fantastic! I was able to use my college credit to do an internship during the summer of my freshman year. I interviewed at Interview like a boss. I put a lot of weight on the fact I’ve worked as a photo editor at my university. Plus I knew all of the fashion photographers that shot for them (Gregory Harris, Sebastian Kim, Steven Klein, etc) and made sure to emphasize how much I loved their work for Interview magazine (referenced specific Interview shoots from them that stuck out in my head too).
*the September 2013 issue of Interview, cover by Mert and Marcus…which I helped with! It was a great experience. I met a lot of friends there and have tried to keep in touch with all of my supervisors, after my internship ended. I still talk to two of my co-interns, Natalie, who started POND magazine which I did a feature for, and Wenjun, who I share a studio space with and is now a super accomplished photographer with clients like iD (and even Interview itself). Simultaneously, I had another internship at Jack Studios that summer. I was there learning about photo equipment and studio managing, and i learned a ton. Seriously, if you’re a student, go out and intern! My third (and last) answer is: Student Discounts. Pro-grade lighting equipment from Broncolor and Profoto is thousands of dollars less expensive (~40%ish) through their EDU programs that you’re eligible for if you’re a student! Plus, they have price increases on every piece of equipment, every year…so if you want legit lighting equipment someday, save up and make the investment! The BEST time for this, is when you’re a student.
So yeah, the best things in my life have happened while I was in college. I’m not knocking the DIY, no fallback plan, move-to-nyc right away to try and make it thing, or the “go to art school” thing, but I’m saying that’s not the ONLY way to do things. You can do your creative work, and study something practical to fall back on, if that is what works for you and makes you comfortable. But if you’re in school for something practical, like me or Ann He (who’s involved as an editor in Stanfords’ Pulse Magazine), don’t let it get to you. You’re making a responsible decision (probably) and higher-level knowledge of any kind, makes you a well-rounded human. My advice is: make the most of your time at school, go to class and go hard with your passion during your nights, weekends, summers, and winters. Then try going full-time when you graduate. If at first you don’t succeed, fall back into a job that you’re able to get with your degree. After all, lots of artists already support themselves with other jobs, in the beginning of their careers. Anyway I look forward to my next post! I’m at the computer lab and heading to a Software Methodology lecture…then i’ll be home with a full plate of retouching and pre-production on my February projects.
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Kuvira is my favorite antagonist of the entire Avatar franchise (a close second is Zaheer) because she's multi-faceted and morally ambiguous. Her backstory is very sad. First unwanted by her parents, then although Su took her in, nurtured her talents and acted as an authority figure to her, she never treated her with the warmth and compassion that she constantly gave her biological kids. Kuvira had a roof over her head, but she never had a family. It seemed like Su meant more to Kuvira, than Kuvira meant to Su. Kuvira was influenced by Su's progressive ideologies, and wanted to spread those ideals throughout the Earth Kingdom. But when Kuvira encouraged Su to step up and re-unify the earth kingdom, Su turned her back to it. To Kuvira, who felt her nation was in dire need of a parent, who related the nation's suffering to her own suffering, saw the idea of Su not willing to step up to be a parent to the Earth kingdom to be similar to how Su was never willing to be a true parent to her. On multiple occasions, Su tried to kill Kuvira, both on her own and by trying to convince Korra to use her Avatar state. Yet, when Kuvira had Su in captivity, Kuvira brought her no harm. There was a significant line earlier in the season, by Bataar Jr to Su that Kuvira would be an "official" member of the family after their wedding. It means that she was never treated equally growing up, and that she would be considered "official" until she was married to Baatar Jr, even though she's lived with their family since she was 8. After Bataar Jr apologized to Su, she said something along the lines of "It's okay. We'll get through this together, as a family." But when Kuvira did the same, she said "You will answer for everything that you've done." The creators meant for Kuvira to be a strong, fierce, brave and determined woman, similar to Korra, yet had suffered so much that underneath her tough exterior, that she was insecure, unforgiving, and unable to accept her own flaws. Therefore, the strongest scenes for me was when they were both being transported into the spirit world as parallels, the scene where she asks "are we...dead?", and when Kuvira broke down with kindness and empathy from Korra, not violence.
Thanksgiving weekend print sale! $25 for any photograph from my website or archive printed brand-new as an 8x10 on Kodak Professional Supra Endurance VC digital paper, which has an increased color gamut archival life of 100+ years, and brilliant image quality. Free worldwide shipping. Email me! [email protected]
hey everyone, I’m having something like a clean-out sale. A lot of this is part of my archive of my early work (from when I was 15-18 years old). This print sale is not for snooty art collectors or to be taken that seriously. It’s not really about the money for me. it’s basically a garage sale…repurposing my prints that are no longer needed in my portfolio, but maybe someone, somewhere would want it :) Now that I have new and more recent work, these have been sitting in a clamshell box in my basement. I’m selling them this month for the prices listed, some may have slight defects (but there’s really not anything with so major a defect, that it would distract or affect the image itself. Also, I’ll be upfront + honest about each print), which are listed in their captions. Email me if there’s something you want but I don’t have, you want to inquire further about the condition of certain pictures (aka you want a picture of the problem area) or you want to negotiate a little bit (sometimes I take trade). All prints come signed and I ship anywhere for free (or local pickup is available, for people in New Jersey)
Second Performance at Gareth Pugh x Lexus @ Pier 36 for AnOther Magazine by Aaron Laserna
First Performance at Gareth Pugh x Lexus @ Pier 36 for AnOther Magazine by Aaron Laserna
Aidan @ Wilhemina
By Shirley Yu
July 2014
Aidan @ Wilhemina
By Shirley Yu
July 2014