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More on the future of Photo Editors
Essentially what we do as photographers, is we edit time and frame to compose a compelling image. What happens when the time element, that Cartier Bresson moment, is removed and that decision happens in editing? I remember working on a big ad job in the 80s talking with the CD about how they did their [...]
Werner Herzog on Truth
“But my understanding of the truth is something that nothing can fully describe, not religion, not philosophy, not mathematics. It is vague by its very nature. Documentary is too fact-oriented, as if ‘the facts’ constitute the truth. They do not. That is my approach and I like it when other filmmakers do this. We are [...]
Location Apps
We flew in to NY weds on my favorite UA LAX-JFK flight (note, Charlotte Gainsbourg and posse in 1st class) for meetings and a quick editorial short. I love this town. There is nothing sexier than downtown Manhattan on a sunny day in May. Everybody is flirty, and everybody is dressed. Los Angeles is a [...]
Video Pushes, Audio Pulls, interview in Storyteller
The good folks at StoryTeller contacted me a couple of months ago to ask me how I go about making films. I love doing interviews, for the same reason I love mentoring: by explaining I understand. I learn more about what I do from telling other people about it than from anything else. So if [...]
Making a Lifestyle Documentary Film: Best Coast The Sun Was So High
First, find the vision, then figure out how to technically follow through. The hard part is the seeing, the easy part is figuring out the process. You can always get help with the technical, but the vision is your alone. Venice Skate Park, those gorgeous ribbons of polished concrete set in the beach 200 ft [...]
Influences of the Giants. 5 Questions For David Darby, ASC. Part V.
Who would be on your list of the 3 most influential DPs in your career? Oh dear – not a wise question to answer; three is nowhere near enough and as time goes by the list only gets longer. But there are historically relevant answers possible, based on what was out in theaters before, during [...]
Transitioning from stills to motion. 5 Questions For: Part 4 of the David Darby, ASC interview.
4. You made the transition from stills to motion some time ago. How do you think the transition today would be different from what you went through? I made that transition while a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, NY. I had just tried something pretty silly for somebody barely 21; I [...]
Cinematic color correction for stills
This is what we have been working on for the last 5 days. 123 photos later, almost through the entire archive of the greatest hits. Obsession at its finest. Let me know what you think. Questions, comments, have I gone completely nutter, again? Related Posts:InspirationThe essential listening skills of the photo journalist5 Questions for a [...]
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.
