Exploration with Culture
Spent a sunny summer day hiking to the base of The Brothers on the Olympic Peninsula, reaching just above the tree-line before running out of time. An hour and twenty minutes up to Lena Lake and then an additional three hours upwards. We passed below massive pines and wound through streams that disappeared beneath the riverbeds.
Here’s a look at the newest project, creating a youth group surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Living as a nomadic family, these characters have bonded and divided up the tasks in order to hunt, cook, carry, prepare and maintain within a hostile world. They’re in constant threat, picking their way through a tattered landscape, foraging for their everyday amenities. Thank you to the Field’s family for participating and going along with my vision.
On the move
Portrait of the Water-Bearer
Portrait of the Fire-Carrier
Portrait of the Fire-Carrier II
The Hunter and The Hunted
Eagle Eyes
The Kill
Portrait of The Hunter
The Pool of the Un-Drinkable
Spotted
Fishing the Uninhabitable
Alone and Surviving
Portrait of the Warrior
Portrait of the Warrior II
The End of Innocence
Back to the Woods
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A portfolio of new work is on it’s way (within time), but above is a piece from a shoot with Madison Rose of Heffner Management at Bergstrom’s Antique and Classic Autos in Port Townsend, WA. Stay tuned!
Location: Bergstrom’s Antique and Classic Autos – Port Townsend, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Lens
24mm, 1/100 sec at ƒ/13, ISO 400, tripod, composite.
Post: LR4 & Adobe PS6
A simple carport test shoot on a Sunday afternoon for young Alexandra Lorenz who recently signed with Seattle Models Guild. It was fun, casual, and slightly chilly in April’s afternoon shade. With three strobes (one beauty dish and two soft boxes) and a bounce for fill, it was all Alexandra.
Barn Owl Builds – owned, operated and built by Casey and Joshua Zautke – let me invade one of their spaces as they prepared a conference table for a client. It takes an immense amount of skill to form recycled pieces of wood into a solid, effective piece of furniture. But that’s what they do. Barn Owl Builds custom selects each piece of salvaged wood for your furniture and then commences the true art of craft, creating a piece of furniture for your office, home or party den. More photos to come as I help them build their brand and market their business with product and environmental portrait photography.
I’m stoked to share this award from One Eyeland, as all the entrants were top-notch! And with the final months of school coming to a close, these awards and recognitions only increase my passion and drive to succeed in the industry of commercial photography. Below is the winning series titled His or Her Hands.
The Beekeeper 2012. Shot in my backyard as a fellow beekeeper and I harvested the honey from the hives.
Tracy Lang transitioning from a landscaper and accomplished large-scale woodblock print artist to the art of tattooing. Here she practices at home, surrounded by her inspirations, while her daughter watches over her shoulder.
Kelly Foote can either be found surfing the Pacific Northwest, surfing anywhere around the world, or holed up in his shaping trailer creating the boards he loves to ride. What he does quickly becomes second nature.
Robert Carlson is an internationally-acclaimed glass artist, creating amazingly complex pieces of philosophical shapes, ones that emerge from the depths of his subconscious. He peers through the mirrors of everyday life.
Matt Kuntz spends a late summer’s afternoon working on his Ford Mustang. There is still much work to be done.
A list of all award winners can be found here.
Last week my buddy and fellow photographer Paris Gore stepped into Tracy Lang’s Ryderville Ink realm to experience his first tatt. He wanted a skeleton cedar tree. She designed it, sketched it, and then drew it under his skin. It was nice watching a friend feel the pain while photographing. It made my time under the needle more enjoyable (the beer is a prop in the above photo).
Hot off PS6, I’m stoked with my most recent image. Shot yesterday with Casey Zautke of Barn Owl Builds, he and his brother Josh own a customized furniture company. Each piece of reclaimed wood is hand-picked specific for each order. Here, Casey runs a thick fir plank through a joiner in order to flatten its surfaces as they begin constructing a conference table.
Over the next couple of months I’m thrilled to be working with them, creating content for their brand and new website.
Location: Barn Owl Builds – Seattle, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
16mm, 1/60 sec at ƒ/10, ISO 100, tripod, composite.
Post: LR4 & Adobe PS6
Having recently connected with International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Seattle Chapter, doors opened to a host of incredibly humbling experiences. Shooting for them takes me back to my travel roots, experiencing other cultures and the people. The above photograph is a group of recently arrived refugees from Nepal and Bhutan who wanted to create a knitting community. The experience being there resulted in the women erupting in traditional song and laughter, with communication spoken via hand and body gesture.
Started in Seattle in 1976, little presence is known of their existence within the city. The continuing goal working with them is to create a library of imagery that they can utilize as posters, thank you cards, newsletters, website material and more. Below are more images taken for IRC’s Seattle Chapter.
A knitting community created by recent arrivals of IRC’s Seattle Chapter
A daughter who recently arrived from Eritrea sees her father for the first time in over one year.
A joyous father is happily reunited with his daughters after flying into SeaTac from Eritrea.
A woman practices job training skills at an activity created by IRC for newly arrived refugees.
A man from Burma studies basic job training skills in Tukwila, WA after arriving to the United States three months ago.
A teacher back in Burma, now faces a new language, a new culture, and a new set of skills acquired at IRC’s job training class.
Denis, a refugee from Bosnia under IRC from over 14 years ago, now volunteers to help new arrivals adapt to American culture and job market.
Learn more by visiting IRC Seattle Chapter
For the Gun Buy-Back Program project, I had to purchase an armory of squirt guns. Instead of letting them go to waste, I laid them out in a different scenario. Could this represent the gun collector at age nine? Or does our adult behavior represent the love and care of our parents and the environment in which we’re raised?
Cameron Karsten's Imaginarium 