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Photo Studies
The following vignettes are created through extreme close-ups of the same image.
All editing, score, and narrative are done by myself as a way to explore a less conventional and bite-sized approach to storytelling through visual poetry.
Allegory of the Portrait
"Today I saw a friend, he took my portrait. It was a little dark, the eyes a little blurry. I was playing him a song but I forgot the words, so he reminded me: 'just the chords was just enough.' "
Camera: All-Distance Pocket Ensign Model 2 (1929)
Film: Ilford SFX200 (120)
Score: Blank record + ukulele
Programs: Lightroom Classic, After Effects, Premiere Pro, ProTools.
If on a Summer's Day a Traveler
"What's your name? How did you get here? By train? By sea?
Where does this boardwalk lead to?
You packed so light.
You're just lost aren't you?"
Camera: All-Distance Pocket Ensign Model 2 (1929)
Film: Ilford SFX200 (120)
Score: Ocean wild noise recording
Programs: Lightroom Classic, After Effects, Premiere Pro, ProTools.
Lo Fatal (Fatality)
An English translation and visual adaptation of the poem by Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario, the founder of the Modernist movement in Spanish Literature.
Camera: All-Distance Pocket Ensign Model 2 (1929)
Film: Ilford SFX200 (120)
Score: Kalimba/Mbira
Programs: Lightroom Classic, After Effects, Premiere Pro, ProTools.
Lyric Studies
Below are lyric samples in the form of fan-art to the Lumineers' songs, one of my favorite bands. It is an exploration of the same photo-study principle associated with experimental typography while testing the limits of color grading.
Camera: Nikon FG (1982)
Film: Kodak Portra 800 (35)
Programs: Lightroom Classic, After Effects, Premiere Pro
Camera: All-Distance Pocket Ensign Model 2 (1929)
Film: Ilford SFX200 (120)
Programs: Lightroom Classic, After Effects, Premiere Pro
Camera: All-Distance Pocket Ensign Model 2 (1929)
Film: Ilford SFX200 (120)
Programs: Lightroom Classic, After Effects, Premiere Pro
Camera: Nikon FG (1982)
Film: Kodak Portra 400 (35)
Programs: Lightroom Classic, After Effects, Premiere Pro