SaTEARday 4/20/13
Saturday April 20th, 2013
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Happy Labor Day
Monday September 3rd, 2012
Sigh. Labor Day is here, which means it’s time to say goodbye to summer. It was a great few months filled with splashes, smiles, and hot dogs. Autumn is now right around the corner though, bringing with it cool weather, bright leaves and short days. But before it gets too chilly out, let’s celebrate with a few images that bid adieu to summer and say hello to fall. Enjoy!
- Maria Luci
Kelly Fajack
Anya Chibis
Chris Andre
Darrell Lecorre
Erin Kunkel
Lincoln Barbour
Bragi Josefsson
Porter Gifford
John-Francis Bourke
Alvaro Leiva
Joe Wigdahl
Carl Tremblay
Grant Harder
Ben Miller
Jessica Sample
Ball & Albanese
Wild Harvest
Thursday April 12th, 2012
Recently, MONTECRISTO, a Vancouver lifestyle magazine, called upon Grant Harder for an earthy assignment. Grant works with MONTECRISTO often, and is always happy to shoot for them in his typical “honest, with a hint of quirk” photography style. For this assignment, he would be working with art director Mark Reynolds to illustrate an article on mushroom foraging.
Before this fungi-focused shoot, Grant didn’t know much about mushroom foraging, except that he’d run into a few mushroom pickers while planting tress in northern British Columbia. MONTECRISTO’s article centered around one mushroom man, Tyler Gray of Mikuni Wild Harvest, who provides foraged and specialty foods to top chefs and fresh food enthusiasts across British Columbia. Spending the day photographing Tyler, Grant got to learn a thing or two about mushrooming, and even saw some similarities to his own past profession,
I used to work in reforestation. After spending the morning with Tyler, I came to learn that foraging has a lot in common with planting trees; you have to be efficient, know the best spots to pick/plant and they’re both paid by the amount you pick or plant. The harder and smarter you work, the more money.
The shoot itself was a somewhat casual affair. MONTECRISTO wanted environmental portraits of Tyler along with mushroom details and “action” shots of Tyler picking them. Grant had a good amount of creative freedom to play with the shoot and add his own style. He was thrilled with the light beaming through the trees, and with Tyler—not only his personality, but his handsome attire as well—all of which added to the allure and serenity of the resulting photographs. Grant says,
The elements were all there for me: great light, beautiful setting and an interesting subject. Working in a natural environment like this is where I’m probably at my most comfortable. I love the uncertainty and thinking on the fly. I guess my instincts bring through my style.
After the shoot, Grant not only came home with some great photos, but with a bag of wild mushrooms as well. Mark and the rest of the MONTECRISTO crew were really happy with the pictures and used a good number of them to illustrate Tyler’s story. Grant says that this assignment was, “a reminder in why I pick up the camera—to meet new people and have new experiences. If I’m shooting something that I would actually like to be doing myself, even if I didn’t have a camera with me, then it must be the right job for me.”
View more of Grant’s work on his website, grantharder.com.
- Maria Luci
Weekend Links 12/30/11 *Special New Year’s Edition
Friday December 30th, 2011
Happy New Year from Wonderful Machine!
2011 replayed in Iconic Photos.
The best travel photos of the year.
12 months of protest.
The year’s top 10 most-viewed YouTube videos.
It was a good year for Pit Bull. photo by Mark Katzman/St Louis
Feature Shoot’s 10 most popular photo posts of 2011.
Most viral brands of the year.
Lego recreations of iconic 2011 moments.
Lego people AND Jason Voorhess join the rank of Occupy. Photo by Radhika Chalasani/New York
Best photo blog posts on the year.
Coolest world records of 2011.
A designer finally brought some much needed laser light to the runway. Photo by Stephen Landau/New York
Wonderful Machine’s most popular post of 2011…
Photographers Update:
- Anthony Georgis in APA San Francisco’s Something Personal.
- Earl Richardson shoots men in red pumps.
- Simone Van Den Berg shoots a festive New Years worthy drink.
- Grant Harder visits Portland.
- Priscilla Gragg visits San Francisco.
- Jay Goodrich has new workshops.
- Brent Clark featured on NY Times Lens Blog.
- Maria Luci
