Mie Ahmt Photography

If I was in Berlin...

I would definitely go and see this show! 

It is a photographic diary of the long life of Manfred Beier, who was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1927, grew up at Strausberger Platz square and was drafted as a teenager into part of the last-ditch Volkssturm German army defense at the end of World War II. He worked for decades after the war in the East German school system and always carried at least one camera with him -- even on his forays into the West, for as long as he was able to go there and once he was able to go there again. It's a photographic diary of German history. And it is the most comprehensive and complete documentation of everyday life in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, the former East Germany) -- unique in its photographic and cultural-historical value, experts say.
What an inspiration!

Day 231 Installation Video

Day 231 Installation from Jeffrey Scott French on Vimeo.

Day 231

Last weekend I drove all the way to Missoula to hang out with some old friends from Photography School and to be there at the opening of the show Day 231. Steve Stockin and Jeffrey Scott French went through RMSP's career training program with me last summer! They are awesome guys - and I am so happy for them to get this chance to show their work in the newly revamped RMSP Gallery!

Below is the description of the show - taken from RMSP's website:

"Day 231: Hidden Lake and Ghost Town Girls

Jeffrey Scott French & Steve Stockin

June 5 – July 31, 2009

French and Stockin both completed RMSP’s Career Training program, a 5-month intensive photography and professional studies course based in Missoula, Montana, in October 2008 (231 days ago). Hailing from the southeast shores of Florida and South Carolina, their work that stemmed from that time in Montana reflects the impact the place had on them.

Jeffrey Scott French’s large installation, photographic landscape of Hidden Lake is “part of an ongoing series that deals with the mind's interpretation of a scene.” French addresses how we take in information in bits and pieces as our brain constantly moves and refocuses gathering details of a larger scene. The 20’x5’ installation of 159 individual images creates a “fractured panorama,” reflecting how our mind composites what we see.

Steve Stockin’s fictional, old-school, b-movie, promotional posters showcase the fictional film Ghost Town Girls. Spawning from Stockin’s personal love of obscure b-movies, the project came about as he was working to “break out of the material I had been shooting at the time. [It] turned out to an incredibly fun project.” His imagery and graphics are totally convincing of these movies that you can only imagine."

I think it is pretty obvious that this is the kind of show you really have to see with your own eyes! The scale of French's work alone is just amazing - and the humor in Stockin's photos + plus the cool treatment of the movie posters - was worth the 8+ hour drive for me!

Thanks for a great weekend guys! You rock!

Micro Stock Studio

This is very cool!!!
Photographer Yuri Arcurs gives a tour of his studio in Aarhus, Denmark!
His studio is one of the most successful and productive stock photography studios in the world! For me - this looks like an awesome place to work! Maybe someday - with some hard work and a little luck - I can have a place like that!

Izona

Ahhh... Remodeling takes forever... The joy of living in a construction site!
We have finally purchased our kitchen cabinets - and now I am trying to find some nice appliances. I have found it really hard to find anything locally - let's just say this Danish Scandinavian design fan - doesn't hit it of with the furniture shops in Boise.
In general everything from sofas to fridges here seems to have the bulky - almost rounded look! I don't like it!
Finally a friend of mine - Corrin from Gospad, got me on the right track when she sent me a link to Izona!
They have beautiful gas cook tops, cooler drawers - that I have been looking for forever... pretty much all the appliances that I have been looking for in a straight, clean, strong design.

You would think that everything now would be fine and dandy - and that I would be dancing around in my construction site ! I would be - if I could find a place in the US that sell these appliances... It seems to me that you can only get these beautiful appliances in Australia, New Zealand and The UK! Can that really be right? I must own these appliances!

  The pictures above are from Izona's brochure - which I downloaded from their Homepage!

More Keith Loutit

I know that I am at danger of sounding like a broken record. But I am so in love with Keith Louitt's work. He has posted some new videos on vimeo. I really admire his work and I like this trend! I like this trend so much - that I probably need to dig deep and buy that tiltshift lens.

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

More bike love

Today was the kind of day that just begged for outdoorsy stuff... so I just got back from my first ride on the Cowboy Bike this year!
It was sitting in the garage, a little dusty, a little flat and a little sad! I pumped her up - brushed the dust of her and cruised down the road. I had gone less than a mile when a little girl yelled; "I love your bike!"... Seriously!!!
Isn't life just great?

I heart your bike!

Lately I've been spending some time at Etsy... looking at all the neat handmade things for sale there. I really dig these handmade cards that you can hang on a sweet bike you walk by.

The sellers (Heroes&Criminals) description on Etsy: "Ever see a sweet bike on the street and wish there was a way to tell that person how much you love their bike? Well I do, so I made these tags, perfect for hanging on the handle bars of all my favorite bikes in town.
Just carry a few in your pocket everywhere you go so you'll always be ready to leave a note to share some bike love."

I wish I had had these cards last summer when I lived in Missoula, Montana... I got myself the coolest cowboy cruiser - and one day as I was riding down the street a little boy yelled "Cool Bike" at me! That totally put a smile on my face - and I imagine getting a little note like this on your bike would do the same!

Check it out! The most awesome cowboy cruiser ever! Complete with a denim saddle and tassels!

 
 

I love cards...

I love business cards! Not the normal corporate ones. I like the kind that tells me something about the person the card belong to... In my photography business I use the Moo Cards! I love them! As a photographer I think it's great that I can showcase my different styles and areas of photography in one batch of cards.
Here are a few other cards that made me smile - for one reason or another;

Here is one that I have had sitting on my desktop to share for a while... This lawyer deals with serious issues, but I can't help to giggle.

And here is another long time favorite of mine... If only I was a landscaper or sold something growing...
These business cards are designed by Jamie Wieck and I found them on a website called Inhabitat. I like.

Her Morning Elegance

I have always been very intrigued by stop motion, time lapse and anything that really mixes video and photography.
This morning as I was drinking my morning coffee I randomly fell over this video by orenlavie. The photography is by the Israeli photographer Eyal Landesman...