Cheers,
CAE
Beaver Creek, Colorado
Braving the first day skiing with my camera on my back, here's some of the shots I got. A great day to ski! Had the mountain to myself.
Cheers,
CAE
Cheers,
CAE
Chicago Urban Scene
A few shots from a day walking around Chicago. Shot primarily with a 50mm prime lens, f 1.8. My new favorite lens.
Cheers,
CAE
Cheers,
CAE
National Guard Docs 09
Some photos from our productions in South Carolina, Minnesota, Texas and soon Nevada.
South Carolina project involved artificial reef creation off the coast of Charleston.
Minnesota has a wolf and wildlife research program.
Texas has a wide array of programs we focused on - from controlled burns to building restoration.
Nevada is solar, baby!
Cheers,
CAE
Emily Hurd in Concert
Being back in Rockford for the weekend, my family and I headed down to On The Waterfront to catch up with some bands.
The Nadas were amazing, as usual, but since I couldn't swing my press pass to getting me in, the photos were a bit crap...unlike Emily Hurd's! I used to ride the bus with this girl! We had a language that we talked about boys in front of them so they couldn't understand called "op" and it's use it still prevalent today.
So check out these nice photos, and check out Emily Hurd next time she plays.
Cheers,
CAE
KYOCERA All Access at the Virgin Mobile FreeFest
I've been waiting AGES for this photo to surface! ... okay, well maybe it's just been 4 days since we left the Virgin Mobile Free Fest.
We followed around Taking Back Sunday, we interviewed Sir Richard Branson, we jumped on a golf cart with Flavor Flav, we covered Blink 182, Franz Ferdinand, The National, Mates of State, Weezer, Public Enemy... the list goes on.
I hope to put up a few snippets of the magic we caught, for now, check this amazing photo out - producing near a billion dollar booty!
Kyocera All Access Music Documentary
Hey everyone - here's a project I'll be field-producing for. If you, your friends, your relatives or your friends of relatives are between 16-22 and have a passion for music, film or both, please feel free to pass this on to them! Make sure to mention my name in the application.
Thanks! Good Luck!
Wanted to introduce you all to our newest youth-creative platform!
Our Kyocera All Access Youth Music Documentary will enable young-people ages
16-22 to get behind the camera going 'all-access' to create documentary of
the Virgin Mobile music fest experience.
Guided by the pros, youth will use their voice and creativity to capture the
energy of the festival both on-stage and off. Their hour-long documentary
will take music fans on an exclusive insider’s tour of the Fest, giving them
the inside story on the musicians, the live music, and the festival’s
support for youth-homeless – all from the voice of youth.
Bands to be interviewed include Public Enemy, Taking Back Sunday, Blink 182
and others. And the doc will be featured on IFC and in-flight on Virgin
Airways!
There is no experience necessary to apply (we never require that), and
there's no cost. We'll supply all travel and accommodations to the festival
/ documentary headquarters in Maryland. Production occurs from August
26-August 30, 2009.
Like our other programs (like Fresh Films and Girls in the Directors Chair)
this program is also geared to empower and transform youth lives through
engaging them in creativity. By providing hands-on experiences, heightened
responsibility to succeed and an opportunity to express themselves, we find
that youth confidence and sense of self soar.
Spread the word. But Hurry though -- early deadline is 8/10, final deadline
is 8/17 at www.allaccessdocs.com
Cheers!
Thanks! Good Luck!
Wanted to introduce you all to our newest youth-creative platform!
Our Kyocera All Access Youth Music Documentary will enable young-people ages
16-22 to get behind the camera going 'all-access' to create documentary of
the Virgin Mobile music fest experience.
Guided by the pros, youth will use their voice and creativity to capture the
energy of the festival both on-stage and off. Their hour-long documentary
will take music fans on an exclusive insider’s tour of the Fest, giving them
the inside story on the musicians, the live music, and the festival’s
support for youth-homeless – all from the voice of youth.
Bands to be interviewed include Public Enemy, Taking Back Sunday, Blink 182
and others. And the doc will be featured on IFC and in-flight on Virgin
Airways!
There is no experience necessary to apply (we never require that), and
there's no cost. We'll supply all travel and accommodations to the festival
/ documentary headquarters in Maryland. Production occurs from August
26-August 30, 2009.
Like our other programs (like Fresh Films and Girls in the Directors Chair)
this program is also geared to empower and transform youth lives through
engaging them in creativity. By providing hands-on experiences, heightened
responsibility to succeed and an opportunity to express themselves, we find
that youth confidence and sense of self soar.
Spread the word. But Hurry though -- early deadline is 8/10, final deadline
is 8/17 at www.allaccessdocs.com
Cheers!
Everybody is Looking for Work
It seems like everyday I see on one of my Facebook Friends updates they have lost their job. Or they Tweet they are so excited they have an interview after sending out resumes for 4, 5, often 6 months. Some of them comment they are moving back home with their parents in order to get some work in ANY industry, let alone the industry they are qualified for and want to work in. And these people are not under-qualified. Nearly all of them have a university degree. They just can't seem to catch a break and it seems the world is withholding any luck from them. Often, I share in these feelings.
So, in these stressful times, I often find myself wondering why I continue in the media industry.
When I was working in Sydney, I thought about other work I could pursue. Finding a job was extremely difficult; not only was I relatively new to the industry but also I was foreign and seeking sponsorship. As anyone who has ever worked in media knows, it's way more who you know than what you know. I think this applies more so to this industry as it seems that after a certain level of intelligence is reached, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If you do a nice job and are within budget constraints, you are going to get hired... if you are friends with the hiring manager. So I began to explore what other fields I could possibly be interested in. Foreign policy... International affairs... even Nursing if it meant I could go to 3rd world countries and hear people's stories. But then I realized, all of these alternatives were centered on what I really wanted to do - tell stories.
When I was first in Sydney in July of 2006, I began working at a small production company. I applied for a job that I found after extensive research online, however I was willing to work for free. I needed an internship that satisfied my education requirements. Luckily they took a chance on me, and I knocked it out of the park. At that time, the economy was slightly soft but nobody I knew had been effected. But as I was working there, the office manager gave me the task of culling resumes that people had sent in for this position. There were no less than 200, and we got about 5-10 new ones each day. And what experience did I have for sorting them out? Looking back now I regret obliging my employer - most of those people's life's work I flicked through in seconds. Not even the 1 minute generally awarded to a resume.
Coupled with this influx of resumes, people are applying for any job to get them through. Extremely over-qualified people are applying for positions much below their level to at least have work. In some cases they need the paycheck. In my case, thanks to a generous family who allows me to stay for free, I can eek by on work here and there. I've learned that I need work to stay sane. People must have a purpose here and just flailing in the wind does more harm that I could have ever guessed. Just today I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about how people are starting to remove their advanced degrees from their resumes and to dumb them down in order to apply for lower level jobs. Companies don't want to hire people who will jump ship as soon as the economy improves. This doesn't bode well for people returning for advanced degrees now.
With most people I know having recently graduated or graduating shortly and no end in sight to this economic black hole, I think we need to re-vamp the media system. Gone are the days of huge advertising agencies employing creatives to hang around and play until an idea strikes them. It seems many agencies are 'cutting the fat' from their own companies - reducing nearly all employees to freelance status, effectively reducing the amount of salary they have to pay as well as health benefits. One of the largest production companies here in Chicago, Tower Productions, used to be bursting at the doors, literally, with employees. People didn't have desks, they were working out of closets. Now, as one colleague of mine noted, it's like a ghost town. If they can't get shows picked up, nobody will. No shows = no producers.
So what is the solution to this? Unfortunately, I have no idea. I think however it is important to start a dialogue about this. Everybody knows newspapers are going the way of the dinosaurs. And even the most hardcore newsies of my Broadcast Journalism classmates have to admit, local TV news seems to be headed that way. Everyone is getting their content online. Increasingly, people are reading their computers in the morning over coffee. With smaller and smaller advertising budgets covering news stations, reporters are getting laid off and anchors are taking furloughs. There has to be a way to generate money from content. Advertisers need to take risks in new media. They have to explore new trends.
In all fairness, some progressive News Directors are taking their stations to social networking sites and targeting the Gen Y-er's now. Hopefully after we emerge on the other side of the black hole it will become evident how we can continue to survive making AV Productions, and telling the news. Otherwise, I'm going to Tweet from some boring admin job somewhere about how I wish I was out shooting instead of behind a desk...
So, in these stressful times, I often find myself wondering why I continue in the media industry.
When I was working in Sydney, I thought about other work I could pursue. Finding a job was extremely difficult; not only was I relatively new to the industry but also I was foreign and seeking sponsorship. As anyone who has ever worked in media knows, it's way more who you know than what you know. I think this applies more so to this industry as it seems that after a certain level of intelligence is reached, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If you do a nice job and are within budget constraints, you are going to get hired... if you are friends with the hiring manager. So I began to explore what other fields I could possibly be interested in. Foreign policy... International affairs... even Nursing if it meant I could go to 3rd world countries and hear people's stories. But then I realized, all of these alternatives were centered on what I really wanted to do - tell stories.
When I was first in Sydney in July of 2006, I began working at a small production company. I applied for a job that I found after extensive research online, however I was willing to work for free. I needed an internship that satisfied my education requirements. Luckily they took a chance on me, and I knocked it out of the park. At that time, the economy was slightly soft but nobody I knew had been effected. But as I was working there, the office manager gave me the task of culling resumes that people had sent in for this position. There were no less than 200, and we got about 5-10 new ones each day. And what experience did I have for sorting them out? Looking back now I regret obliging my employer - most of those people's life's work I flicked through in seconds. Not even the 1 minute generally awarded to a resume.
Coupled with this influx of resumes, people are applying for any job to get them through. Extremely over-qualified people are applying for positions much below their level to at least have work. In some cases they need the paycheck. In my case, thanks to a generous family who allows me to stay for free, I can eek by on work here and there. I've learned that I need work to stay sane. People must have a purpose here and just flailing in the wind does more harm that I could have ever guessed. Just today I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about how people are starting to remove their advanced degrees from their resumes and to dumb them down in order to apply for lower level jobs. Companies don't want to hire people who will jump ship as soon as the economy improves. This doesn't bode well for people returning for advanced degrees now.
With most people I know having recently graduated or graduating shortly and no end in sight to this economic black hole, I think we need to re-vamp the media system. Gone are the days of huge advertising agencies employing creatives to hang around and play until an idea strikes them. It seems many agencies are 'cutting the fat' from their own companies - reducing nearly all employees to freelance status, effectively reducing the amount of salary they have to pay as well as health benefits. One of the largest production companies here in Chicago, Tower Productions, used to be bursting at the doors, literally, with employees. People didn't have desks, they were working out of closets. Now, as one colleague of mine noted, it's like a ghost town. If they can't get shows picked up, nobody will. No shows = no producers.
So what is the solution to this? Unfortunately, I have no idea. I think however it is important to start a dialogue about this. Everybody knows newspapers are going the way of the dinosaurs. And even the most hardcore newsies of my Broadcast Journalism classmates have to admit, local TV news seems to be headed that way. Everyone is getting their content online. Increasingly, people are reading their computers in the morning over coffee. With smaller and smaller advertising budgets covering news stations, reporters are getting laid off and anchors are taking furloughs. There has to be a way to generate money from content. Advertisers need to take risks in new media. They have to explore new trends.
In all fairness, some progressive News Directors are taking their stations to social networking sites and targeting the Gen Y-er's now. Hopefully after we emerge on the other side of the black hole it will become evident how we can continue to survive making AV Productions, and telling the news. Otherwise, I'm going to Tweet from some boring admin job somewhere about how I wish I was out shooting instead of behind a desk...
Zanzibar Doors
Cheers,
CAE
Great Ocean Road
Recently, Ashley, Carly and I rented a car down in Melbourne and headed on to the Great Ocean Road. I'd already visited the 12 Apostles but I wanted to do it again on my time. So here are some shots I got during the day. It's worth noting all day it was hot and sunny, and we arrived at the 12 Apostles to find clouds and grey skies. This is the same light I had last time I was there and was a bit sad. However, they are amazing in their own right.
Cheers,
cae
Bizarre Weather
I took a few of these before leaving Rockford in December. It was really foggy out because of the fluctuating weather in the area and my grandparents live on the river.
Cheers,
CAE
The Farmer Wants a Wife
Here is the video from the Farmer Wants a Wife shoot for ninemsn. I am wearing a checkered shirt and running to meet the farmers. It was such a fun day, and great to be on such a large set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqyoOt7bf2Q
Cheers,
CAE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqyoOt7bf2Q
Cheers,
CAE
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