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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
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"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.' "
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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​
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"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?"
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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)
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An English translation and visual adaptation of the poem by Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario, the founder of the Modernist movement in Spanish Literature.
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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