Our Window
For the past 6 months or so I have been working on a photography project with fellow photographer, YoungDoo Moon. The idea is described best in the little bio that I wrote for the project:
“OUR WINDOW began in September 2009 when YoungDoo Moon and John Carey started to create a weekly photographic diptych hoping to find serendipitous discoveries where two visions colided into one.
Once a week each photographer submited a photo based on a pre-determined theme unaware of what the other had shot. The two photos were then combined to discover an often beautiful connection found in both the concept and vision each photographer brought to the idea. While they started the project as a way to get to know each other in a unique way YoungDoo and John continue to work on the collaboration for the love of the art and the unexpected connections that are created within it.
Our Window is an ongoing series which can be seen on the official website of the project, www.ourwindow.net, and this is the first exhibition of photographs from the series.”
Its been a wonderful experience and we have had a lot of fun working on it. While we have taken a small break in posting while I have been here in Korea with her we will get back to regular posting soon I’m sure. I feel that the series has just begin and I am looking forward to seeing where it ends up in another 6 months and hopefully we will build a book from many of the images eventually.
The other big news around the idea and the reason for posting is that together with YoungDoo we are having a small exhibition on friday here in seoul at a fantastic french bakery here featuring nine images from the series. The opportunity sprung out of nowhere and we have jumped right on it and have printed up postcard flyers and the photo prints are being framed nicely now. The opening will be this friday and there will be food and drinks for those who come.
The website for the project is sort of half way done but it works well enough for now but hopefully we will get that updated this week before the opening but you can click through the photos to see what we have done so far. I have included the postcard here after the read more link as well for those interested or if any readers are living in Seoul and want to come out and say hello!
Birdhouse In Your Soul
After posting the last set of desktops I knew I had some video of the same object that I wanted to make into something at some point and so I went ahead and put together the few clips I recorded of it into a short video. Im starting to see a lot of possibility in these short videos because in a sense they are simply moving photographs. This and they are a lot of fun to create. The only thing I could complain about here is maybe that I was shooting at too high of an ISO so its a bit grainy but still I thought it was pretty nice footage and could not wait to throw something together to share. I hope you enjoy it!Caged
When we moved into this great little studio apartment for the month it was pretty barren and YoungDoo had the idea to give it a little touch of home or comfort by decorating it with a couple of simple things, one of the things we put in here was a really neat bird cage cutout that simply folded outward to make the shape of a cage. Simple and a really nice touch to the room. I have been trying to take a few nice shots of it since we have had it up and I finally have a few I am happy enough with to share. It was surprisingly tricky to take photos of trying to light up the background and window to work with the image and framing it in an interesting way as it was slowly spinning around but I did manage to get these and I hope you enjoy them! The first is the view from my window here in Seoul, seven floors up.
To download the images in desktop wallpaper size simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to download the zip containing all three images as well as the newly updated terms of use in which I simply added a little paragraph about re-posting images and sharing the photos online. I know there are a number of new readers recently and I want to thank you for stopping by! I will do my best to keep things interesting around here for you! All the best, thanks, and enjoy!
Sean Roux
I am writing up this post for a couple of reasons. One, to share a few shots from a recent photo shoot that I had the opportunity to have recently with musician Sean Roux. He wanted a classic, casual look to the photos so we shot nearly entirely on my Hasselblad which I love shooting with and we got some really great images from the session. We used nothing but natural lighting in a few casual scenarios around in his daily life and I am really happy with the way they came out. Thanks for the opportunity and permission to share them here with everyone Sean!
The second reason to post this is to raise awareness that the films I used on the session apparently are in the process of being discontinued!!! Ugh! I just had the opportunity to try the fuji negative Pro color films and they are beautiful! I prefer them greatly to the Kodak Portra stuff that I had been shooting with before. And even worse, they are also going to stop making Neopan400 black and white film in 120 size! WTH is all that about? I just cant believe that, neopan400 is the only black and white film I shoot with in my Hasselblad and for good reason, its beautiful and versatile. All this news has me pretty depressed tonight really. Such is life. Well see how the situation develops. I sure am tempted to get a small credit card of some kind to buy up a bunch of these films to last me for a couple of years of shooting at least. Sigh, damn technology.
Anyways, hope you enjoy the photos. You can see more of them after the read more break below 
Monkey Temple
It has been all to long since I have had a chance to post something new round here so to remedy that I present this desktop for your consideration. The image is from my trip to India late last year, I took the shot in Jaipur at the entrance to a place loosely known as the monkey temple. The sun was setting and dozens of monkeys were running about with the city sprawling out behind them with the beautiful colors of sunset in the haze of the city. Monkeys have this wonderful ability to be full of character and life and its all to easy to take semi emotional photos of them. For those interested, it was shot with my Voigtlander R3M.
The large desktop version is only as good as my scanner will allow so its not super sharp but the charm of these subtle colors and soft focus may be just fine but ill leave that for you to decide, to download the desktop (wallpaper?) simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to download the zip containing the image and the terms of use. Also, if you link to this photo or post it on your blog please please link back here if you would and if you want to share desktops with friends simply link back here rather than to the zip. Thanks so much for your support, I will be getting the lens that will replace my 50mm and be back to shooting with my 5d again soon I hope.
One Shot
Dust
Who knew dust could be so interesting to take photos of? Actually, its something I have wanted to try and capture for a while, the essence of those tiny specks of dust floating about in a ray of light and had just such an opportunity yesterday while staying with my brother in Memphis. I took some obvious liberties with the color which is something I don’t do too often but I tried to do it tastefully. Im pretty happy with the way they came out, hope you enjoy them as a desktop as much as I had fun trying to shoot thousands of dust particles floating through the air.
To download these images simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to download the attached zip file. Inside you will find all of the images above in a nice wallpaper size that should work for most anyone as well as the terms of use which in essence state that these are for your personal use only and can not be used in any sort of commercial sense outside that of your personal desktop wallpaper. Thanks for visiting and ENJOY!
Five Questions
I was asked recently to answer five questions focusing on my gear and technique as a photographer. I Had fun answering the questions and thought I would share a link for you guys here for those of you interested in knowing a little more about my approach, my gear and my desires as a photographer. It was a nice way to start the new year, giving myself some time to think about what will come next.