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please excuse my photography nerdiness
Apr. 16th, 2011 01:05 amMost of you guys know by now that I work in photography at Disney World. (Well, just during breaks now while I finish up my diploma. My part-time job at home is much less interesting.) PhotoPass in my location is portraiture, sometimes with some candids if people are being cute with a character or something. What I really like doing is sports photography and performance photography, because I love the challenge and speed of it all.
But outside my two favorite genres to shoot in, I have the most admiration for good photojournalism, photos that tell the story of something real that is happening to your fellow man, not just the story of your family vacation in an unreal world. Those swooping helicopter shots you see on the news can show you the scale of an event, but I find I'm more drawn to photos on the ground, especially of people and the way things are impacting people personally.
So I really love this series of photos, mostly taken in northern Japan, one month on from the earthquake. You've probably seen a lot of these already, but even if you have I think they're worth a second look. They're amazing; they really bring home what the people up north are going through in a way that the Australian media's impersonal focus on the nuclear plants can't. It's something else entirely, compared to what you guys and my family and friends are going through in Tokyo. (Not that I mean to belittle your problems; it's apples and oranges.)
Anyway, my Internet time on this computer's almost out and I should probably let the guy behind me have a go instead of paying for more time. The joys of going online at airports! If any of y'all Americans want to get into Disney for cheaper than usual (I don't have my "friends get in free" card for this year yet), the next two weeks are your chance until about July.
But outside my two favorite genres to shoot in, I have the most admiration for good photojournalism, photos that tell the story of something real that is happening to your fellow man, not just the story of your family vacation in an unreal world. Those swooping helicopter shots you see on the news can show you the scale of an event, but I find I'm more drawn to photos on the ground, especially of people and the way things are impacting people personally.
So I really love this series of photos, mostly taken in northern Japan, one month on from the earthquake. You've probably seen a lot of these already, but even if you have I think they're worth a second look. They're amazing; they really bring home what the people up north are going through in a way that the Australian media's impersonal focus on the nuclear plants can't. It's something else entirely, compared to what you guys and my family and friends are going through in Tokyo. (Not that I mean to belittle your problems; it's apples and oranges.)
Anyway, my Internet time on this computer's almost out and I should probably let the guy behind me have a go instead of paying for more time. The joys of going online at airports! If any of y'all Americans want to get into Disney for cheaper than usual (I don't have my "friends get in free" card for this year yet), the next two weeks are your chance until about July.
