February’s crop mob in Pittsborro was great – a nice coincidence that it was my anniversary with the mob, and held in the same location – Edible Earthscapes – as my first time visiting with the group. The weather was as opposite as possible from last year’s, though, with clear skies and warm sunlight beating down. It has been a serious pleasure to meet with these folks and watch the movement they have created really gather steam. There are now Mobs in Texas, California, Oregon, Georgia, New York, Maine, and several other states. All spawned from the idea started in and around the NC/Pittsborro community. Almost makes ME proud, and I had nothing to do with it! Much respect to those who took an idea and made it real, made it a catalyst for others to experience a new world of community and knowledge.
I’m looking for a PDF of this Staturday’s Wall Street Journal – it has a quick shoot I did for them on Golfer Dustin Johnston. While he was a nice enough fellow, I had less than an hour with him, so I didn’t get much chance to really mix up and different shots or work in multiple light set ups. Ah well.
I feel like I need to give a little background to this project. A vast majority of my editorial assignments at least involve an environmental portriat, if not focus completely on one. I wanted to experiment with a different style than I normally do with lights on location: namely, I wanted to light subects in a way that wasn’t obvious I had lit them at all.
The images below were taken between 1 and 4pm in horrible natural light. But hopefully you can’t tell….
Also, when I started going over the images, I thought I would tone them sepia, and put some blur over top their edges to mimic older styles of photography. But after a couple like that, I felt like the results were just too cliche, and just went with the true-to-life color. Any feedback on either style/choice is welcome.
Well, it got me. My last post about the shark photos has been since proven staged. See the full story HERE. I really thought it was legit, as I see a difference between the mouth, especially in images 3 (mouth open) and 6 (lips pulled back – teeth out). Fooled me.
Also reminds me of the recent controversy over another staged wildlife photo HERE.
The headline reads: “Photographer Dale Kobetich survives a dramatic shark encounter.”
I’m gonna go ahead and call it an attack. When a 6 Foot Mako rushes you multiple times, and you have to beat it back with your housing, it qualifies as a bit more than an “encounter.” Photo number 6 – with its lips pulled back and teeth out – shows that guy meant business, not just a curiosity pass.
I love the fact you can see the pier with people in the background…
One of the most amazing photostories I have seen in a long time. I couldn’t watch the multimedia piece when it first came out, and honestly, after weeping from the stills HERE I still don’t think I can handle it. But an awe inspiring tale, in many, many ways.