"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will."
- George Bernard Shaw
- George Bernard Shaw
Wednesday
VERDICT NEWS: FORESHADOWING...?
There's some crazy things happening around Verdict Photography Studios.
This image has been popping up all over the place...
...but what could it mean?
- Verdict now builds custom closets?
-a new Verdict Blog?
-the end of mankind as we know it?
Guess we'll have to just wait and see...
CHECK THIS ARTIST: CHIARA FERSINI
"The only way we have to fight against our demons is not to delete them or to get rid of them. They are part of us, we just can try to transform them and to do that, we have to know them, give them a name, love them definitely.
This can be hard but only when we'll learn to accept our demons we will be able to turn them into something good, that means turning ourselves into something better too."
Italian photog Chiara Fersini of Himitsuhana Photography took this concept on demons given to her by a friend, and created her own visual representation. For this and other strikingly beautiful imagery for your viewing pleasure check the above link or visit her photostream.
CHECK THIS: TELEVISION IS A DRUG
Television is a drug. from Beth Fulton on Vimeo.
This video, created by Beth Fulton of b. fulton media, uses a poem by screenwriter Todd Alcott which castigates the addictive passive-receptive state the moving picture box produces.
VISUAL STIMULI: KIM PIMMEL
Light Drive from Kim Pimmel on Vimeo.
Check out this cool video from SF based photog Kim Pimmel...
a new way to use the 'ones and twos'.
Sunday
VISUAL STIMULI: THE IMAGINARY FOUNDATION
The genius force behind the amazing installation 'The Undivided Mind' which fuses art with science is aptly named The Imaginary Foundation.
Beyond cool...
COOL QUOTES: JAMIE WIECK
Although geared towards designers, Jamie Wieck's book entitled 'The 50 Things Every Graphic Design Student Should Know' has something for all creative minded types.
Check it out.
Here's some of our favorites:
5. Starting anything requires energy.
It takes more energy to start than it does to stop. This is true for physics, your career, and that idea you need to work on.
34. Embrace limitations.
Limitations are invaluable for creating successful work: they give you something to push against. From this tension comes brilliance.
47. Share your ideas.
You’ve nothing to gain from holding on to your ideas; they may feel precious, but the more you share, the more new ideas you’ll have.
CHECK THIS ARTIST: SURESH NATARAJAN
Check this work from photog Suresh Natarajan.
This piece is entitled 'Green Guardians'...
more like red hot.
Friday
COOL QUOTE: RUTH BERNHARD
"I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help."
BUY THIS: COOL SPECS
Check out Madrid based designer Ruben Gomez.
His simple and straight forward design of these glasses won this guys some awards.
Fo realsies.
Cool Photos too.
CHECK THIS: FIND THE SWEET SPOT
This graphic pretty much breaks it down for ya.'
As a creative person, it's all about being able find yourself in all of your professional work as in your personal stuff.
Found this over on swiss-miss.com. Here's what they had to say:
'This graphic was from Ji Lee’s Creative Mornings talk last month. (It should be up any day now, I’ll make sure to post it) He was making a point of how personal projects feed into your professional life and vice versa. He was able to track what personal projects lead him to new professional opportunities. So, the two intersect in the end.
It made me chuckle and nod my head in agreement. Obviously I am a huge proponent and believer of the importance of side projects. (Hello there, TeuxDeux, CreativeMorningsand Studiomates)'
Thursday
VERDICT WORK: SOCIETY SKATE SHOOT UPDATE
A while back we shot some cool footage for the boys at Society Skateshop in San Carlos, CA.
Well, after a little delay, the video is in its final touches in post production.
It looks cool, but we'll let you be the judge of that.
Stay tuned to the Verdict Blog as we are gonna drop this thing soon!
CHECK THIS: SHEPARD FAIREY - IN THE STREETS
Check out my man Shepard Fairey at the 'Art in the Streets' gallery exhibit opening at the MOCA in LA.
Click HERE to read the whole article from TheFoxisBlack.com
Wednesday
VISUAL STIMULI: LATEST HD SUN VIDEO
To piggy-back onto the last post, today actually marks the one-year anniversary of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory beginning the imaging phase of it's mission. This is the absolute most sophisticated space-based solar observation instrument that human beings have been able to construct. The image quality is 10X that of an HD television camera, allowing us to see in vivid detail the supremely powerful, yet elegant forces at work on the star surface.
(For best quality video click here)
AUDIO/VISUAL STIMULI: BRILLIANT NOISE
Brilliant Noise from Semiconductor on Vimeo.
The star we orbit is alive. It eats, breathes, moves, consumes, and expels energy. It wasn't until the advent of ground-based and orbiting telescopes that we were truly able to grasp this concept. This video was created by the artistic duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt who make up Semiconductor. It uses raw direct observation images (the graininess is from galactic cosmic rays and energetic particles from solar storms striking the CCD of the camera) and from their own description:
"The soundtrack highlights the hidden forces at play upon the solar surface, by directly translating areas of intensity within the image brightness into layers of audio manipulation and radio frequencies."
COOL QUOTE: VINCENT VERSACE
"The belief is once you own a camera you are a photographer.
SO that means if I buy a cello...
then I own a cello."
BUY THIS: HOLGA
If you don't own a Holga, then you're stupid.
Here's your chance.
Don't Blow it.
Mine's green.
CHECK THIS: WVIL CONCEPT CAMERA - VIDEO #2
Concept Camera: The WVIL from Artefact on Vimeo.
A while back we posted the unveiling of the WVIL Concept Camera...well, here's another video update on the camera from designers Artefact.
Tuesday
VISUAL STIMULI: STUNT DRIVING FONT
iQ font - When driving becomes writing / Full making of from wireless on Vimeo.
Finally, someone has combined two things I really like: crazy driving and cool fonts.
This idea springs from the guys at Pleaseletmedesign, a graphic design firm out of Belgium.
Big production, small font, huge result.
You can download said font right here.
VERDICT WORK: EASTON RAPTOR TEST SHOOT
Check out this killer shot from a recent test shoot with the Easton Lacrosse and their new Raptor Helmet.
Me gusta mucho!
BUY THIS: BREAKING IN
Get a hold of this cool new book on 'Breaking In' to advertising.
Written by William Burks Spencer, the book covers how to put together an advertising portfolio and uses 100's of interviews with practical question you want to know the answers to.
Buy it HERE.
COOL QUOTE: CHRISTINE BURGOYNE
A photograph is an opportunity to glimpse the interior of its creator. It is an opinion based on what was going on inside the photographer at the time the shutter was released. Look back on the unfolding of any one of the great timeless artists—see the unique evolution of that person and their artwork as they created through the years. Then take a closer look at any given time—what are they saying now? Isn't that an opinion?
STROBIST ARCHIVE: LESSON 9: UMBRELLAS
Click HERE to read lesson 9 from the Strobist Archive.
This one's all about getting soft light from your umbrellas!
Monday
CHECK THIS: BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK - TRAILER
Peep the trailer to the award winning documentary 'Bill Cunningham New York.'
A touching glimpse into the world of the famed fashion photographer, Bill Cunningham.
Watch this...see the whole movie...thank us later.
VERDICT WORK: SNAPSHOT FROM RECENT SHOOT #2
Check out this pic from a recent commercial shoot.
Stay tuned to find out what these were shot for and where you're gonna see 'em next.
VISUAL STIMULI: NEW YORK ADORNED TATTOO VID
N.Y. Adorned “Tradition” from Evan Owen Dennis on Vimeo.
Check out 'Tradition'...a piece by Evan Dennis on the art, power, and tradition of Tattooing.
A must see.
Done deal.
Sunday
CHECK THIS: HAIR BY MARC LAROCHE
A signature of style...your hair often tells its own story and has it's own personality.
Photographer Marc Laroche captures your coif in its own light.
COOL QUOTE: HELMUT NEWTON
"It's that I don't like white paper backgrounds. A woman does not live in front of white paper. She lives on the street, in a motor car, in a hotel room."
Saturday
BUY THIS: PHOTOLETTERING.COM
Do yourself a favor a head over to PhotoLettering.com to get your hands on some sweet fonts for a sweet price! With a subscription, you can pick up fonts of your choice, in any color saying whatever you want for $2....fo reals!
Also, check out this really cool video on English spelling from (102 year old) PhotoLettering founder, Ed Rondthaler.
Friday
AUDIO VISUAL STIMULI: TV ON THE RADIO'S NEW FILM/VIDEOS
The band TV on the Radio has just made history...and you can see it here, on the Verdict Blog. Basically, the band is releasing a feature length film (above) along with their new Album, 9 Types of Light.
The film features all the videos for their new songs and much much more.
Read this to get more info...or just watch the damn thing.
TV On the Radio just released their newest LP, Nine Types of Light, where they have filmed a music video for each 10 tracks, and will be stitching those videos together to make a full-feature film. Well, that film was screened in NYC this week, and now TVOTR have put the film out for everyone to see.
One of the band's singers, Tunde Adebimpe,told NYC writer Brock Fetch, the band is proud of this new film, and were excited to share it with the world.
From TV On the Radio:
Nine Types of Light is as much an album as it is a movie by TV on the Radio. The movie is meant to be a visual re-imagining of the record, and includes a music video for every song on the album. The band personally asked their friends and the filmmakers they admired to help direct the music videos. Tunde Adebimpe, the director for the full Nine Types of Light movie, storybooked the music videos together with interviews from local New Yorkers on various topics, including dreams, love, fame and the future. Tunde also directed the music video for Forgotten.
One of the band's singers, Tunde Adebimpe,told NYC writer Brock Fetch, the band is proud of this new film, and were excited to share it with the world.
From TV On the Radio:
Nine Types of Light is as much an album as it is a movie by TV on the Radio. The movie is meant to be a visual re-imagining of the record, and includes a music video for every song on the album. The band personally asked their friends and the filmmakers they admired to help direct the music videos. Tunde Adebimpe, the director for the full Nine Types of Light movie, storybooked the music videos together with interviews from local New Yorkers on various topics, including dreams, love, fame and the future. Tunde also directed the music video for Forgotten.
As Tunde Adebimpe, one of the band’s vocalists, said in an interview, “For less than the price of a Maroon 5 video, you can make a full-length feature.”
This video, for the track, "Will Do," will be part of the film, also called Nine Types of Light. The film will be part of a deluxe CD set. “The things that we have been asked to do to add value to something that we feel is pretty valuable already, it’s weird after a while, “ Mr. Adebimpe said, “where you’re kind of like, I don’t want that person to do a remix, I don’t have it in me to make another song.”
STROBIST ARCHIVE: LESSON 7: POCKET WIZARDS
Click HERE to read Lesson 7 from the Strobist Archive: Lighting 101.
This segment is all about using your on camera flash...off camera.
A great tutorial on what you need and how it set it up.
VISUAL STIMULI: THE DUMPSTER PROJECT
The Dumpster Project from mac premo on Vimeo.
Check out this quick video that sets up Brooklyn based artist Mac Premo and his upcoming project...The Dumpster Project.
The basic premise is that Mac has LOTS of cool stuff...and he's moving into a new, but smaller studio and has to get rid of LOTS of cool stuff.
Check of the video to see what he plans to do with it all.
COO QUOTE: DAVID DROGA
“If I’m going to be in this industry, I’m going to want to be the best at it. And yet I couldn’t guarantee is that I was going to be the most talented in this business. But one thing I could guarantee is that I was going to work harder than anyone else.”
-David Droga, Founder of droga5 Agency
CHECK THIS ARTIST: FRANCESCO SAMBO
Holy Creepshow, Batman!
Check out this awesome yet gripping work from Italian photog Francesco Sambo.
...and who said all those Italian guys just shoot fashion.
Thursday
VERDICT WORK: SNAPSHOT FROM RECENT SHOOT
We can't show you much, but here's a little snippet of what has been going on in Verdict Studios the last few days.
We have been hard at work putting some images together for a client.
We'll let the cat out of the bag pretty soon....stay tuned!
CHECK THIS: DAN WINTERS VIDEOS AND QUOTE
"I think there is a misconception, especially that students have and I really make a point when I speak at schools to talk about the fact that you never really arrive. You are always working towards something but you never stop. I think there is this crazy idea that you get somewhere and then everything is cool."
COOL QUOTE: JIM JARMUSCH + ART BY KLEON
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent.”
BUY THIS: PHOTOGRAPHER LOGO MAKEOVER
Calling all photographers!
If you're looking to update your logo, watermark, or any other part of your marketing then look no further.
Click HERE to get all the above done for just $190!
Wednesday
VISUAL STIMULI: MISSION TO MEXICO
Check out this heartfelt offering from Verdict Crew member Jeffery Warren. It documents his trip to Mexico with Amor Ministries, who built houses and touched the lives of many.
CHECK THIS: SELF PORTRAITS BY ALEX STODDARD
Check out these pretty awesome self portraits by 17 year old photographer Alex Stoddard.
Hey Alex, want a job?
COOL QUOTE: HENRI CARTIER BRESSON
"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again."
VERDICT NEWS: STICKERS ON THE WAY
In the Verdict Crew's ongoing quest to take over the world (and take amazing photographs along the way) we are adding a Verdict Sticker Set to The Verdict Store.
We are still designing them, but pretty soon every street corner will bear our mark.
Tuesday
VISUAL STIMULI: 1 MILLION FPS BULLET IMPACTS
Ex ruina adveho decor
(From destruction comes beauty)
To piggyback on the post featuring the slow-mo explosive evisceration of a popcorn kernel, this video is equally entrancing. Shot at 1,000,000 frames per second, it illustrates in stunning resolution (and sobering revulsion) the concept of transfer of energy. Werner Mehl of Germany is a creator of high-speed ballistic measurement and photography systems.
VISUAL STIMULI: VIDEO PORTRAIT
Inventor Portrait: Steven Sasson from David Friedman on Vimeo.
You hafta check out this awesome video portrait of Steven Sasson, the inventor of the Digital Camera!
As a part of David Freidman's 'Inventor' Series', this was shot in the lobby of Kodak's Rochester Head Quarters.
CHECK THIS ARTIST: ALBERTO SEVESO
Not the first time we've featured Alberto Seveso on the Verdict Blog. Gotta check out his recent work for Runner's World Magazine.
COOL QUOTE: ANONYMOUS
"If you do what you always have done, you'll get what you always have got."
- Anonymous
VISUAL STIMULI: MEET YOUR MAKER
MEET YOUR MAKER from Asylum Artists on Vimeo.
Check out this sweet doc from Asylum Artists about custom handmade guitar maker Joe Yanuziello.
BUY THIS: WESTCOTT SPIDERLITE TD5
These new Westcott Spiderlite TD5 lights are amazing!
Spiderlite TD5 offers the highest quality and control. Constructed of all metal, the unit can rotate 180-degrees allowing you to position an attached light modifier in a vertical or horizontal position. The adapter ring is built into the light head for immediate attachment of any standard softbox. Way Cool! Three controls on the back allow you to run from 1-5 lamps, all with no shift in color temperature. Change your light output and color temperature instantly. You can switch to strobes also...Like I said...these things are amazing!
Monday
VERDICT WORK: EASTON RAPTOR HELMET
Check out these new Verdict shots of the Easton Raptor Helmet from the Big City Classic.
Saying the unveiling of the Raptor was a 'big hit' is the understatement of the season.
Kinda like saying Gary Gait is 'decent'...
You get my drift.
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