Fuck Chuck, you're killing it. I haven't checked out this thread in a while but just came in here and ended up clicking on your profile killing probably 30 minutes of my time at work. Haha I feel like I just lurked you way too hard and instead of going all detective I figured I'd just ask you� - Do you live in Arizona? I used to live out there years ago and thought I recognized a bunch of those people - Bucky and Trent for sure. Some of those music studio shots looked really familiar too... But yeah, what kind of camera are you carrying around to shoot most of these anyway?
Thanks man! Yeah, I've lived in the Phoenix area my whole life. The music studio shots are of Brad B of Drunken Immortals. The studio is at Pickster's house, and that's him in the photo in front of the records with the dog. I'm real happy with the Trent and Laura photo because it's hard to catch them not extraordinarily busy with Cowtown/Phoenix Am stuff. Their boys were running around all crazy with the neighbors when I first started shooting them in their backyard, so we had to tell them to play out there while we took refuge inside.
Everything in this series has been/will be shot with the Sony rx100
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sony-cybershot-dsc-rx100It's kind of funny because I have experience making environmental portraits with a view camera, which lends itself much more to the process. It feels awkward making this type of work with a point and shoot camera, but I'm happy with the results, and I can go from one location to the next much quicker. That's important because I'm cramming as much shooting in on my days off as possible.
It's been a fun project because I'm focusing on the people I know that I am interested in and who inspire me. I spend my days off scheduling with people and then driving around and hanging out with them one on one in their most comfortable setting. Lots of good conversation comes from it. Sometimes it feels like I'm living the movie Waking Life with all the dialogue I take in on a day of shooting.
Since I'm here, I'll post a few of mine:
These pictures work very well together. "Urgent care" nails it, with the second shot looking like a scene from Koyaanisqatsi, with systematic hurriedness, followed by gratuitous and destructive pleasures. Good stuff!