B - Cleaning - Will Yurman, Photojournalist

Following up on my post about Aphotoaday is this other bookmark I found. Will Yurman has been posting A Photo a Day to his website every day. He is a photographer at the Rochester Democrat and Chonicle who has been posting daily and has archives back to 2004.

Posting a photo a day has become a trend with some people, but Yurman's work is inspiring and he has gone beyond the trend phase. To post your work every day for over 6 years takes dedication. I have trouble updating a blog every few days, let alone editing and posting a photo.

On a daily basis he creates and shows images that are pictorial compositions that tell a story, but reach beyond the obvious.


http://www.willyurman.com

Goes in two folders "5 Star Photographer" and "Check Daily"

b-Cleaning - Aphotoaday.org

(Photo by Matt Slaby from Aphotoaday Essays)

I've been a member of http://www.aphotoaday.org for a long time. It's a collective of photographers searching for their vision. Everyday they send photos to a list that many of their newspapers wouldn't run. As the list has grown to over 1000 photographers, many of them have branched out past newspapers or never worked for newspapers and post a photo for one reason or another. Some are looking for criticism, some want to test new ideas, and some just want to show off their best work.

Melissa Lyttle, who is currently with the St. Petersburg Times, brainstormed the idea with classmates who she had gone to school with. When they graduated they missed the daily critiques of each others work and just seeing each other's work.

One of these photos is pulled from the list and displayed on the front of the site every day. Even if you don't follow the list, this one photo can be inspirational.

On top of this one photo the Aphotoaday news blog is full of information surrounding photojournalists. Many times they will interview one of the many amazing photographers who are on the list, throw up a portfolio of an inspiring photographer or just pass on relevant news.

By surrounding myself with these inspirational and outside of the box photographers it helps inspire me to keep creating photos that move away from the cliche. Even as I move away from news photojournalism, these photos are awakening.

http://www.aphotoaday.org

Put in "5 star photographers" folder

Geekfest 2008!

Did I mention I'm catching up. Geekfest this year stepped away from the shooting and more into the listening. I certainly hope (and I heard many from many others who also hope), that it get's back to it's roots of shooting.

We always seem to find some really cool hotels. The management said they just made this elevator electric recently.






Dinner after listening to Kenny Irby speak.



The photo slam. A poetry slam while a slideshow of photos rolls.










Chip Litherland is so color coordinated!


Michael Williamson is in the same boat we're in.