29 May 2010
Dennis Hopper, R.I.P.
It was Dennis and his role in Apocalypse Now that is undoubtedly responsible for my pursuit and love of photography and photo journalism. And is definitely the reason why I chose Nikon years ago. No other images from the cinema have struck me as did those of Dennis with three of four Nikon's dangling around his neck. He's been an iconic figure for me. Years later, I had the pleasure of doing unit still photography on a show of his. I knew I had completed a life dream when I had this privilege of photographing him. He was a great man and also loved art and photography. Thank you for so much, Dennis. You will be missed.
photo: Graham Timmer
25 May 2010
Rule #1. Always carry a camera with you.
And preferably with a memory card loaded. I just happened to have my spider-sense tingle and turned to see this going on. With a trusty Nikon in one hand, and a freshly made awesome Red Burrito in the other, I quickly snapped this.
24 May 2010
Stereo Portrait Project
With two Nikon D90 cameras, 3D portraits have been made by Alex Fry and Jamie Nimmo will have thier 3D photography exhibition, “Stereo Portrait Project”, in Sydney Australia on 27th May 2010 to the 10th of June at the OH REALLY GALLERY.
For lighting, they used three Nikon sb900’s. One was connected via pc sync in a soft box and the other two were optically slaved.
Alex and Jamie made a custom camera rig as one was needed to put the cameras as close together as possible while roughly emulating the distance between the human eyes.
The pairs of images were then batched and sorted using Aperture before being exported into Nuke. Final tweaks were made in Nuke before combining them into the final anaglyph 3D images.
"...while Nuke allowed us to simply adapt many of the same 3d work-flows we use in our day jobs as stereoscopic visual effects compositors." says Alex and Jamie.
They also printed a limited edition run of 25 books for the exhibition using the self publishing website Blurb.
More details here;
http://stereoportraitproject.com/
Looks to be a very cool exhibit. Go check it out!
For lighting, they used three Nikon sb900’s. One was connected via pc sync in a soft box and the other two were optically slaved.
Alex and Jamie made a custom camera rig as one was needed to put the cameras as close together as possible while roughly emulating the distance between the human eyes.
The pairs of images were then batched and sorted using Aperture before being exported into Nuke. Final tweaks were made in Nuke before combining them into the final anaglyph 3D images.
"...while Nuke allowed us to simply adapt many of the same 3d work-flows we use in our day jobs as stereoscopic visual effects compositors." says Alex and Jamie.
They also printed a limited edition run of 25 books for the exhibition using the self publishing website Blurb.
More details here;
http://stereoportraitproject.com/
Looks to be a very cool exhibit. Go check it out!
09 May 2010
Puppy X
I took these photos of puppy that I was recently looking after for a few days. I offered to be a transition home between the vet and hopefully her forever-home.
Puppy X and her story are a sad and all too familiar story in the world of dog rescue organizations.
She was one of the 27 dogs from a historical seizure in Surrey, BC on May 1 2010. Of the 27 dogs, 26 were pit bulls and one is a Sharpei. Of the 27, 23 were transferred to SPCA and then into the care and legal responsibility of the bully friendly dog rescue organization, HugABull. Of these 23, 19 were puppies and 4 were adults. The on-going story is here on a thread inside HugAbulls forum; http://hugabull.forumup.org/viewtopic.php?t=7329&mforum=hugabull
These dogs are suspected as being puppy-milled for the fighting ring and is as much as I can say. The horrors these dogs have experienced since first brought into this world are despicable. Five of the puppies have very severe mange.
An adult has a leg soon to be amputated because fighting was encouraged and then a lack of vet care for the wounds.
The one thing that continually amazes me with this breed, is their ability to trust humans after experiencing torture and abuse from the human hand. She's 14 weeks old, yet this puppy, though scared and only with me for a few hours, is slowly letting her guard down around me and my other dog and is willing to let strangers hold her, love her and care for her. And they in return are all to easy to start over and begin wagging their tails and are almost always excited to see new people. Here's a short clip of her and my forever dog trying to get her out of shell. It didn't take long, I might ad.
Stories and progress reports to come!
Cheers,
Eric Milner
Still Photographer
Puppy X and her story are a sad and all too familiar story in the world of dog rescue organizations.
She was one of the 27 dogs from a historical seizure in Surrey, BC on May 1 2010. Of the 27 dogs, 26 were pit bulls and one is a Sharpei. Of the 27, 23 were transferred to SPCA and then into the care and legal responsibility of the bully friendly dog rescue organization, HugABull. Of these 23, 19 were puppies and 4 were adults. The on-going story is here on a thread inside HugAbulls forum; http://hugabull.forumup.org/viewtopic.php?t=7329&mforum=hugabull
These dogs are suspected as being puppy-milled for the fighting ring and is as much as I can say. The horrors these dogs have experienced since first brought into this world are despicable. Five of the puppies have very severe mange.
An adult has a leg soon to be amputated because fighting was encouraged and then a lack of vet care for the wounds.
The one thing that continually amazes me with this breed, is their ability to trust humans after experiencing torture and abuse from the human hand. She's 14 weeks old, yet this puppy, though scared and only with me for a few hours, is slowly letting her guard down around me and my other dog and is willing to let strangers hold her, love her and care for her. And they in return are all to easy to start over and begin wagging their tails and are almost always excited to see new people. Here's a short clip of her and my forever dog trying to get her out of shell. It didn't take long, I might ad.
Jake and X from Eric Milner Photography on Vimeo.
Stories and progress reports to come!
Cheers,
Eric Milner
Still Photographer
05 May 2010
How photography connects us to the world: David Griffin on TED.com
I came across this video on TED and must share. The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin, discusses photography and the power it has to connect us to our world.
Cheers,
Eric Milner
Still Photographer
Cheers,
Eric Milner
Still Photographer
04 May 2010
I Love Shooting Dogs
Sounds horrible, doesn't it? But I do. Here's a couple favorite snaps I've taken recently of a couple favorite dogs in my pack.
This is Mags (Maggie) and is mastered by Kayte.
And this is Sinbad and is mastered by Bobby Pinn.
Both dogs have owners that put tireless hours into dog rescue and work primarily with HugABull.com, a registered non-profit organization and a community of pit bull owners, advocates and enthusiasts. We're lucky to have people like these two out there making a difference.
This is Mags (Maggie) and is mastered by Kayte.
And this is Sinbad and is mastered by Bobby Pinn.
Both dogs have owners that put tireless hours into dog rescue and work primarily with HugABull.com, a registered non-profit organization and a community of pit bull owners, advocates and enthusiasts. We're lucky to have people like these two out there making a difference.
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