Author Archives: Nancy Van House

Good audio! Third Coast Festival

http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/competitions/tc-rhdf-competition/winners

Based in Chicago, the Third Coast International Audio Festival (TCIAF) curates sound-rich audio stories from around the world and shares them with as many ears as possible – on the radio, on the Internet, and at public listening events all over the place. Operating year-round, Third Coast offers producers and listeners a multitude of ways to celebrate audio storytelling.

 

Good short pieces on photographing people from Paul Mobley

Paul Mobley does mostly portraits, a lot of musicians.  What he says about photographing people you see on the street applies to all kinds of photos of people.
I’ve worked with him, and it is true that he never stops talking to people.  He’ll go into a situation and, with humor, take control and tell people what to do. And they LOVE it.  People want the pictures you take to be good, and if they trust that you’ll make them look interesting, they’ll do what you want.
http://www.mobleyshoots.com/2013/06/youve-got-a-great-face-now-what.html
http://www.mobleyshoots.com/2011/02/try-to-make-a-connection.html
Take a look at his photos, too:
http://paulmobleystudio.com/

Visual narratives worth looking at: Mike Kepka, The City Exposed

Last night I went to a panel discussion that included Mike Kepka from the SF Chronicle showing some of his work.  I didn’t know about him before this — really nice work.  He does this series of short visual narratives, some made of still images, some video (made with a dSLR)  for SF Gate (the Chronicle’s online version) called The City Exposed.  He won an Emmy for this one: The Trumpet Kid – Gabriel Angelo.