One of the great surprises to me in my exploration of working with motion is that is has been so helpful for my stills work. Shooting motion is an entirely different skill set than doing stills. There is the way the camera moves, there is sound, there is editing, and there is an awful lot [...]
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Question: Your first big job: how to get, and what to do, 10 things.
Some people have been asking me about how to get their first big job, and then what to do when it comes through. These are huge questions and I can’t really answer, but here is a real super simple list of some things that you may find helpful. These are based on my mistakes, and [...]
Your body is your tripod
I had the good fortune to be sitting next to Ed Kashi at the Blend Images spring workshop. More on Ed later. What I want to mention is something he said in passing about how when he shoots video how hard it is on his body. That he gets himself in some uncomfortable position then [...]
Good news about the Time Magazine Rescued Fighting dogs story
Last week I recieved word from PDN that my series on Rescued Fighting Dogs from Time Magazine had won in their annual contest in the editorial catagory. Wonderful news, and I am thankful and grateful to PDN. Then on Friday we received the following email and photo: Hello, We recently adopted a pitbull (our third [...]
HOW TO: Rescued Fighting Dogs Stills, Time Magazine
This was one of the best feeling jobs I have done in years. Time Magazine was great about giving me all the support I could ask for. Feel great about the results, feel great about the dogs, feel great about the people I was working with. Here is the story of how these pictures came [...]
Stock is dead, at least to me
Stock is dead, well, at least it is not what it used to be. I got a call recently from a photo editor who I have known for years. She worked for several of the stock agencies, including being NY director of one of the biggies. She is out of a job, and was calling [...]
The HOW TO series, coming soon
I have been getting requests from some of you for detailed information of exactly how we do certain things around here. Since tomorrow is a travel day, I will have lots of time to write up a post. I am thinking portfolio production would be a good first “how to do it” post. If anyone [...]
Boise, ID, workin the TMP ballet
Here is a first edit of some of last weeks work with the Trey McIntyre Project, a dance company that I have worked with in the past. The brief was to continue the existing brand space and to improve it. I did light tests with my assistant for a couple of days before we headed [...]
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.
