NLP Rundown: Video on Photogs

I really enjoy seeing the way other photographers work, Its interesting hearing about how they started doing what they do, or the processes behind their work – and a little gear porn always helps get my mind going too. This is the stuff that inspires me, its what I dream about and it all adds to the romance of what it is that I do. So to that end, I want to share with you a some of the video repositories that profile photographers and their work. I Hope you take as much pleasure in these sites as I do.

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Worlds Collide

I just wanted to share a quick snippet from photographer Herbie Yamaguchi about his young days living in london. It pairs two of my favorite things in street photography and music.

Herbie Yamaguchi with Joe Strummer

Herbie shares “In 1981 i happened to see joe strummer – he was the singer for the punk rock band the clash – on the tube. I saw him sitting on the other side of the seat, but I thought he was too private – he might get to angry – but I was trying to be brave, I went up to him and asked him “may I take a picture of you.” he smiled and said “yes”, and I clicked several shots.”

Just before he got off the train he said to me, “You should take photos of whatever you want. That’s punk.” Imagine having Joe Strummer give you advice like that. Goddamn. Just thinking about it really gets me wanting to go out and shoot. :-)

You can check out the whole interview as Mijonju happened upon him at a photo exhibition after the jump.

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Danny Williams and the spontaneous scrum

Danny Williams in the middle of the scrum.

As all of our sports fans and shooters already know, the deal to bring AHL hockey back to Newfoundland has been cemented. But back on June 1st while I was making my way to downtown St. John’s, I came across this media scrum — completely by accident — while the two Danny’s (Williams & Breen) were making their first announcement of a tentative deal with True North Sports & Entertainment to bring the hockey team here.

I found it super funny though, I’d just taken a light reading and set my camera before I got to the bottom of the stairs behind Mile One Centre. Then I just sauntered up with my bronica in hand while what looked like someones publicist apologetically stepped aside for me so I could photograph the scene.

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Terrance Hounsell Art Photog

It’s really nice to see people who deserve it, get the recognition they’re due. Having been shown some of Terrance’s prints in person I can appreciate not only the process behind them but the elegance of their printing.

Robert Young posted a link to this video on Youtube profiling Terrance. Don’t let the production quality fool you, this was apparently shot by NTV.

Have a look and get to know Terrance and his process a little bit better. Keep an eye out for some extra shenanigans at the end of the video.

If you’d like to get to know a bit more about the camera that Terrance uses to make his art check out this in depth overview of his Wisner Expedition camera.