Kevin Cooley's Scrounged Light
Redux Pictures has begun dropping in some of the individual photographer promo videos that have been in the works for the last few months.
These are great viewing, on several levels. First, props to Redux for taking the initiative to brand its individual photographers so effectively. For a boutique agency, they sure are making sophisticated use of the web. The video series is the latest iteration of a spot-on social media presence.
Second, why doesn't every photographer have a promo video like this? It says so much more about a photographer than does a slideshow on a portfolio page.
Lastly, Kevin Cooley surprised me with several ways of using/exploiting light in the video above. To great end, too.
Redux is doling the videos out one at a time on their excellent blog, but you could blow a good hour viewing them in advance on their Vimeo page. Just sayin'.
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20 Comments:
Kevin's Flare work is genius. One of those things you see and instantly wish you had thought of.
Definitely doing one of these videos for myself in the next month or so. Can only hope every other photographer in the area doesn't have the same idea after seeing this post :)
-David Getsfrid
-http://studiodgphoto.com
I was going to do something similar but have a fun video of a photo shoot so clients can see the process as well as the final product on my home page.... it'll take a bit though since it's part of a holistic site redesign. Love to see what other people think...
Those photographers are amazing leading me to spend more than an hour trying to figure out the lighting in the photos. Thanks David!!!!
I gotta sleep now
Thank you David. I found these videos very interesting. I really enjoy the different points of view on photography of these guys.
Regards from London.
Thanks for the link to Kevin Cooley's website. What wonderful work! Inspiring really.
I wish I'd thought of everything about this :P
Sick video. Awesome photog. Vimeo has always been choppy for me.
Very cool. I may have to spend some time driving around L.A. and surrounding areas looking for unusual lighting.
This guy is great, what an inspiring video. Appreciate the post!
Love these! I'm getting bored of technique and how to's on the internet. I know my f/stops...I like getting into the minds of the photographers much better. Great job, Redux.
Dude, you mini Slashdotted him! Awesome. 116,000% boost in views compared to his past week's daily average.
I love his work - thanks for sharing both the concept and his execution of said concept.
That's a cool idea. I've never thought of doing a promo video like that but we did recently do a behind the scenes video of a shoot I did in a swamp: http://tinyurl.com/yaxuhtv
-Scott
Very cool. I enjoyed watching this, and I enjoyed his images. Sometimes I feel like there is a battle inside me, with one side wanting to shoot places and landscapes and the other wanting to shoot people. This video made me feel like there can be a good balance, which is something I'm always striving for.
Wow! Great find! I watched all of the Redux videos. Good inspiration.
Great video. I need to do more personal work as well.
Off-topic comment:
Just got an email from amazon about this light. Not cheap, but definite creative possibilities if you have a studio.
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-818566-LivingColors-Translucent-Changing/dp/B002NGNU88/ref=combo_pack_i_1
The Power of Strobist: Cooley now has 17,000 views (as of 15 Jan 10) while all his compatriots from Redux (deserving though they may be) have less than 2000 views. Go, Strobist!
Thanks David, I've spent the last hours spellbound to the PC watching all these great photographers have honest conversations about their work, its enlightening and inspiring! A great find!
Great set of videos on that vimeo page David! Great resource on a variety of different photographers...
Great idea! It inspired me to put together a video profiling my girlfriend, who's a artist/illustrator. We shot it in the early afternoon, and I was finished with the final cut a few hours later. Here's the link if you want to check it out...
http://www.vimeo.com/8833200
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