Photographers I've Been Following

Currently I'm here in Middletown, CT where I'm taking a small vacation from school, work, and photography. It's nice out here and it's been quite the experience so far. The color of the trees still golden while the landscapes unfold with shape and texture. I am still shooting stuff here , but I have no way of editing my work and posting it until I fly back to California. So, currently I'm developing a new style and writing out concepts for the next project I want to work on. Lately these photographers have been on constant watch for that inspiration.

Sandy Kim

She just recently moved from San Francisco to New York I think this year. Sandy Kim is among the few photographers that kept the art of photography very simple. She carries around a point-and-shoot film camera and documents here life experiences in SUCH a personal level. The funny thing is she's more of a designer than a photographer and most of her photographs are composed so well. Yes, they are simple, but she definitely has an eye for photography. Pretty damn jealous. More of her work can be seen on LoveBryan.com and her Design portfolio.





Charlie Kirk (Two Cute Dogs)

Charlie Kirk is an upcoming street photographer who just recently retired from doing Law. He currently resides in Japan where most of his work is based from. I love his compositions and his way of going about getting close to his subjects. He approaches his photography much like Bruce Gilden, but is more discreet about it.





Joel Maxey

I had the pleasure to meet this guy while I attended a class with him in AAU. Not sure what he's doing these days, but I know he recently visited Korea. He's another photographer who started shooting with a point-and-shoot film camera to document the everyday. He loves the gritty, noisy, pushed film style of photography. At first I wasn't so sure if I was into this since it was something way different, but as I started to think more about how I would approach my photography his images became a big influence. It's genius. He goes around with either a ricoh, olympus rangefinder, or an olympus point-and-shoot camera and shoots from the hip or the chest.


That's pretty much it. If you notice all these photographers still shoot in film. There's something about the quality of film that inspires me to shoot. It takes a lot of skill, technique and concentration to produce images the old fashioned way. I have a lot of respect for photographers still doing film. I'm hoping I can keep this expensive habit going for as long as I can.

Arthur

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Vlog #7: Spirituality of Photography

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Occupy Berkeley

When I came home from work I went on my Facebook and started browsing on the feed. My friend Zoe had posted this comment that said "If you're in Berkeley tonight: GET ON SPROUL PLAZA RIGHT NOW, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. Fuzz is showing up at 10. Defend the camps! JOIN US!" I was still on my working get up, but immediately left to Berkeley from Daly City to take some coverage. I called up my friend Bladimir to let him know what was going on. All three of us didn't know what to expect.



























































It was a weird night. The intensity in the air was strong. Even though I arrived after things got crazy it felt good to see the people protest. It was much more unified, accepted, and forgiving. The people wanted photographers and videographers to document the latest.

Arthur

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Self Portrait and Vlog #6

Wanted to show a sweater I just recently purchased. I think it looks cool?!?! Eh.. whatever. This is probably something I want to keep doing to showcase what's in my closet. There's not much, but I can manage to find pieces of clothes and make them look neat.





I also did a video blog. To the people that look it over please comment on it or do a video response toward this if you like.

Arthur

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What's Been Goin' On?

Wow.. I've been lagging on updates! Most of the photos that I've taken sort of sucks so I'm not sure what I wanted to do for my next post. I decided that I wanted to do something random and post up images I usually wouldn't post.



















The first photo was the first time I was able to relax and not really think of photography. Even though I had my camera I wasn't so much focused on what to shoot as to just hanging out with some great friends. I think I need a break from shooting, but I'm so addicted to doing it I can't stop! Oh well...

Arthur

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