I NEED YOUR HELP! TropFest 2011

So I found out there's thing called Tropfest in Australia (and other international cities), a contest for filmmakers. For the hell of it I just decided 10 minutes ago to enter this....



Needless to say, while I can take pictures and shoot video, all my videos are based on other people's stories, because let's face it... I don't write. Tried many times. So I want your help...

I am having a contest. Write a short story that includes a key. Can be any kind of key. Can be a small detail or the main focus of the story as long as the story is short. the video cannot be longer then SEVEN minutes.

In addition to me filming your story for this entry, I will send you prints galore from the shooting and have your name all nice and shiny big in the credits. And probably other goodness I'll think of later.

This is a challenge for me since I haven't really done anything like this but figured it would be fun. So I can't do it without you! Let's make something awesome together!

Entries for the contest end December 20th.

Send in submissions to Vandsmedia[at]gmail.com

Color Photography

Last year was my first year to experience color photography. And I love it. No this isn't color digital photography...these pictures are all film, baby! And what a hassle it is. Color correction? Oh yeah, color correction involves countless hours in a pitch black room tweaking dials of magenta and yellow to fix the image so it is as close to the 'real' color as possible. Yeah. HOURS!

But the darkroom is one of my favorite places and as much as I enjoy digital photography, film is still my baby and my first love.









These images were from the Atlanta Beltline project. It is a new building project where sadly while many places will be redone and remodeled many people will be losing their homes and businesses. For more information and ways to support this, visit Atlanta Beltline.