JS Photography

Maine Media Workshops Day 3 AKA Rain Day

2008-08-12T06:06:00.000-07:00

Well today started off rainy and cold. It dampened our cloths and spirits for a bit, but now we are warm and fed. This morning we reviewed and edited our work from yesterday. Some was good and some was great!

Later today we will be heading out to an old school to photograph the building and its contents. Hopefully it stops raining sooner or later. Check back later for more updates!

We had random mexican food today for lunch and it is still raining as of 1:17pm today.

Maine Media Workshops Day 2

2008-08-11T19:18:00.000-07:00

So, this is day 2!

We started off by doing a totally weird exercise where 6 people would just do random actions and we had 30 seconds to make pictures. Needless to say, it was the craziest 30 seconds of shooting that I have ever done. In those 30 seconds you had to compose, meter, change settings, and then shoot all while keeping an eye on your subjects.

After this, we sat down for our portfolio flip through. This was done to see what kinds of styles everyone had and was into. No one had a formal portfolio yet, but some were at the point where they could start to make one.

After that was lunch. It was good as usual, but it was starting to get colder out so hot coffee and tea became the biggest commodities of lunch.

After lunch we finished our portfolio flip through and went on a photo walk down to the local harbor. Most of the pictures on my day 2 on zenfolio are from the walk.

After the walk everyone was super hungry and we then headed back to the campus to get dinner. Dinner was great, tonight was pasta and fish. Kind of bland, but it was still good after a long day. Once dinner was finished, we headed up to the lab to gather our belongings.

Now that everyone had their stuff, we walked back into town to go to our evening slideshow. The slideshow consisted of a short slideshow and then a few clips from 2 new HBO shows that have not been released yet, and the director was there to comment on the slideshow/movie. It was an excelent movie that really moved people to see what was really going on in america and to see the mindset of the rich and famous people.

So, I guess that wraps up day 2! Check out the zenfolio and there will be some more stuff from today that will be uploaded tomorrow. :)

Maine Media Workshops Day 1

2008-08-10T21:01:00.000-07:00

Well day one has been fun so far. I am meeting new people and seeing new things. Once we start to do some shooting, I will post up a bunch of the pictures and comment on them.

2008-08-04T11:18:00.000-07:00

Sorry everyone that i have not been posting recently. I have been slammed with work and I am trying to keep everyone happy so the blog kind of slipped to the lower portion of my list of things to do.

As for the updates, I now have my new website up and running so go and check it out at johnscarpa.net and have a fun time looking around. It is still under construction for now but will be finished soon.

I will be away from the 10th-23rd because I will be up in maine at the maine media workshops. At the mmw I will be learning some new lighting and I will be exchanging thoughts and ideas with other photographers.

Looking forward to seeing everyone when I get back!

New BlackBerry for work and play!

2008-07-06T16:00:00.000-07:00

Today I got a new black berry to accompany the launch of my new website, which can be found at Jsphotography.zenfolio.com. I am working on getting my own domain so when that happens I ill post up the new address.

Heres what my new blackberry looks like:

2008-06-27T21:38:00.000-07:00

Just had to send in my 70-200 for service, so with fingers crossed it will come back all nice and healthy!

Animoto

2008-06-23T13:06:00.001-07:00

Animoto

2008-06-23T09:23:00.001-07:00

This is a new website called animoto and they can make "video-slideshows" with music of your own or music that you select on their web site. Click play to see what they have rendered of some of my fashion pictures.

Fashion shoot in Bernardsvile

2008-06-14T19:41:00.000-07:00

On thursday I got to shoot some really cool models up in Bernardsville and heres what came out after about 15 hours of editing.

Good Eats

2008-06-11T19:14:00.000-07:00

Today I went to one of my favorite Japanese restaurants and got shrimp shumi, California roll, and sweet green tea. all of which were amazing and I would go back in a heartbeat!

2008-06-08T12:01:00.000-07:00

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Ben and Danille's Wedding!

2008-06-07T20:40:00.000-07:00

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Here are some of the shots from the wedding!

Flying Solo

2008-06-07T14:07:00.001-07:00

I would like to say hello to everyone as this marks my first post and first solo wedding day. The lucky bride and groom are Ben and Danille. I had a blast and hope they did too, the pictures will be up once the editing is done! (a day or two)