Zach Hyman

A few months ago I came across this article about Zach Hyman taking nude photos on NYC subways. He basically goes around NYC and takes photos of nude models. He gives himself minimal time to take as many shots as he can. For example, the article states that he will give himself 30 seconds to take 10 photos on the subway. The CNN clip in the article is pretty interesting. And according to the article/video, for the most part people are pretty chill about it and very few people are uncomfortable enough to make a stink.

I was intrigued enough to search for his website where I checked out more of his photos. He's got some cool stuff up so if you're bored (or procrastinating on finals) it's definitely worthwhile to browse through some of his work.

I think part of what really sparked my interest with this guy after reading the article was because of the whole taking as many photos as he can as fast as he can. There have been plenty of instances/situations where I've given myself a time limit (both self-imposed and not) just to see how many photos I can take period, how many of those are good, and just to see what happens in general. It's kind of like a fun game to play and I highly recommend it to anybody who hasn't done it. It's fun to see what you come up with and you can do it in any situation where you'd be taking photos (and have enough freedom to get away with it).

Cool photohack - slide digitizer

via http://hackaday.com/2009/12/01/slide-digitizer/

Black Friday Photo Contest

Picture Black Friday photo competition details here.

Photo Exhibits open on Thanksgiving Day

Sticking around DC on Thanksgiving weekend? Check out these photo exhibits at museums and galleries that are open on Thanksgiving Day.

Highlights include:

• National Gallery of Art - In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes before the Digital Age

• National Portrait Gallery - Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845-1924

• National Museum of American History - Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program

• National Museum of American History - The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise

• Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - Moving Perspectives

• National Museum of Natural History - Nature’s Best Photography Awards Exhibition 2009.

Senior Portraits...our way!

Ok, so I have talked to some of you about this already, but I think that the seniors should take pictures around AU and DC. The portraits that the school provides are way lame (with a fake book background and all). This can be open for underclassmen too if you want to help shoot, or just get photos anyway. We can take out a couple of the DSLRs.

I don't know when we could do this though. Maybe the study day? Just let me know if you are interested (amyfalkow@gmail.com).

Another idea is just to do a photowalk somewhere. Either in a really cool grungy part of the city or maybe out in a park somewhere. We should start a photography club at AU. Does that exist? I'm completely rambling. I just want to take photos.

Also I'd like to have a Canon vs. Nikon discussion if possible. I'm going to get a DSLR after graduating next month and I don't know what to do!