Karaface.com

Cleanup

Decided to do some sprucing up around my website as it was getting a bit dusty. The first thing you will notice if you have been to the site before is the new theme, the old one was getting a bit long in the tooth and a change was needed. Something a bit more youthful but still really clean. It took a while before I settled on the current one, it keeps growing on me as I look at it.

Added photos to my portfolio, photos I shot for a band in Santa Barbara awhile back. I did not have the time to upload and organize to my site until recently. Definitely much more structured and scripted photography from what I usually do but nevertheless really fun to shoot.

A blog post without a photo is a sad post, so here is a photo I took from my iPhone when stopped at a traffic light. It was a spur of the moment shot, I thought the scene looked interesting and I shot the photo with the camera I had on me. Cellphone photography has seemed to catch on fire as of late, especially given the fact the iPhone is the 2nd most popular camera on flickr now. Chase Jarvis has a phrase (and a book) which states, “The best camera is the one that’s with you”. This simple mantra has inspired me to shoot more often not just with my DSLR or film camera, but also with my iPhone. A simple camera should not limit a photographer but rather free the photographer from meticulous metering and depth of field, because sometimes the greatest pictures are those which are taken a particular spontaneous and serendipitous moment. Simple snapshots are sometimes the photos that we cherish most. Oh, and if you’re wondering this photo was taken with an iPhone and “The Best Camera” app.