Photography, and to a greater degree, film making, are technology dependent art forms. When I get a piece of gear that feels good to me, I get excited. It makes me want to hold it and use it. New gear can lead to new points of view and new projects. Example, my new H3D and [...]
Archive | June, 2010
The dual phone solution
The dual phone solution: iPhone+Verizon dumb dumb cell phone I have an iPhone. It is a magic device, but the “phone” part just isn’t, well, how to say this, a phone in the normal sense of the word. The reliability level is something on par with carrier pigeons, although I would give the pigeons the [...]
Diary of an Advertising Job
Job: Global launch of a pharmaceutical. 7 primary shots, one still life shot. Budget, low 6 figures. Tuesday: Hello NYC! Arrived late Sunday, the jet lag is fading, thank you Diet Coke. Meeting Robert Kozek, 1st assist, to test lights at Fotocare. There is some talk from the client about wanting to overpower daylight so [...]
How to get it.
I am often asked, how did I get started? How did go from assisting to shooting? Truth, dumb luck combined with the arrogance of youth. I told people I was a photographer, therefore I was. Cute, but not such a good plan these days. Today is whole other planet than when I started. This is [...]
Making Book
Personally, I never book a big job without my printed portfolio being called in. I wish that was not the case, they are a real pain to make, but that is the reality. The order of the book, and the selection of the images is something I work on with my agent. It is essential [...]
Feed the Eye.
The above photo is by Jonathan Waiter. We produce a lot of content around here, but we also are obsessive consumers of content. Blogs, magazines-tons of them, movies, books, everything we can get our greedy little hands on goes down the hatch. This mornings diet: CNN.com, Interview Magazine, NYTimes Magazine on line, NY Magazine, The [...]
The Biz. Minding the store.
If you are starting out, or transitioning from assisting to shooting, one of the huge differences will be your legal liabilities and your responsibilities. I suggest that everyone speak to someone who really knows the drill on this stuff. When I started, back in the Stone Age, I was a lost 22 year old. It [...]
About
David Harry Stewart is a photographer and director. He comes from a small town in western New York. He started taking pictures at the age of 8, first with a plastic Kodak 126, then a Polaroid Swinger. He did his first national ad campaign at age 23, then moved on to Paris to work for fashion magazines. Returning to New York he has a successful and award winning career, working for magazines like Interview, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, New York Magazine, Time and The New York Times Magazine. Agency work includes Saatchi, Deutsch, BBDO, Leo Burnett, and Ogilivy, for clients such as American Express, Nike, Coke, Corona and Bank of America. Awards include Communication Arts, The Art Directors Club, Photo District News, The Living Photograph Motion Awards, and American Photography. He splits his time between Los Angeles and New York.
