international district, Seattle | Misc.

it's not often enough that i shoot just to shoot, just to make images. it's definitely refreshing and challenging when i do, and one of my New Year's commitments should be to do it more.

here's just a few from a couple days ago.

XDR-TB slideshow

so, a little departure from the usual.  one of my favorite photographers, and a huge inspiration to me, James Nachtwey, shot these images for a topic that he feels strongly about.

i think this goes a long way to show both the power of still imagery, and also how much we need to keep our eyes and hearts open to what's going on around the world.  

photojournalism and MediaStorm | inspiration

This is totally unrelated to weddings, but I feel like it's well worth sharing anyways.  We all need to find inspiration from various sources, people, or events that speak to us.  For me, photojournalism is a huge inspiration for me, and a challenge and aspiration.  There's so much going on in our world that we're simply unaware of, whether unintentionally or otherwise.  We live in an amazing age for sharing information across the globe.

MediaStorm isn't a particularly new company/initiative, so some of you might have heard of them.  But for the rest of y'all, I just wanted to put them in my own tiny limelight.

On top of being technically excellent in their combination of stills, video, and audio, the impact of their projects is brutally powerful.  It's awesome seeing companies and individuals who are pushing the boundaries of media and journalism, and helping shape how we see the rest of the world.  Glad there are eye openers like these out there.

All the projects are worth watching, but these two really struck me.  The "Rape of a Nation" project by Marcus Bleasdale is incredible.