More Stop-Mostion Video

Karly, Kyrstin(classmates) and I partnered up this last week to do a stop motion video for out Multimedia class (a new addition to the curriculum at Western). We all had our own ideas in the beginning, but were able to merge them all in to something I am very proud of.

We did all our shooting at East Sooke Park just after sunrise, and shoot a lot we did. We ended up with over 1000 photos between the three of us. The lighting ended up being perfect and we all patted ourselves on the back for being such keeners.

We ended up using a new Coldplay song ("Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground") and I think the song works perfectly, though after listening to it endlessly all week,
I can take a break from it and not miss it.

Enjoy.




This video is copyrighted to Jesse Holland, Kyrstin Adams and Karly Ford 2009

Mexico

So Kevin and I got back from Mexico on Tuesday (I actually drove straight from the airport to school and was only two minutes late!). We spent a lot of time sitting on the beach drinking beers and then going out for fish tacos. It was a great break and I cam back rested and ready to gear up for my last few weeks of school.

I took some (only, like, 1000) photos, so here you go:

This is a fake tilt-shift, taken from Anna and David's balcony.

And another fake tilt-shift of the pool at the condo complex.

The first night in Mexico, Kevin and I had to stay in a hotel because the guests who rented Anna and David's place hadn't left yet. We stayed at Las Brisas, a beautiful mega-resort in Ixtapa.
The place was HUGE (we had to walk nearly a mile from the elevator to our room at the end of the hall) and had it's own "private" beach. This one was taken at the bar on the way out

A night shot of the Las Brisas beach at night. Such a random light, but I guess the hotel doesn't want it's guest to drown while night swimming....

Taken at the SeaTac Airport, on the way down.

The Last Two Weeks

Here are a few photos from the last two weeks. I finished up Fashion Week at school and took a short trip to California for my Mother's 60th Birthday party. Thanks Mom, for flying my back to sunny California. I had a great time and was disappointed to discover that it was still raining (and nearly snowing) when I returned back to Beautiful (WET!) British Columbia.

This was a studio shot I did with fellow WAP-er Jon Lake.

Shot with my Lensbaby (which has been happily been sitting unused in my camera bag for MONTHS) from the plane. I had the best seat too, Emergency exit, with no one next to me.

More photos from my "home studio" that I set up when I go to my Mom's house.

Another Lensbaby shot from Fashion Week. We were lucky and got to go to the Odeon Theatre in Downtown Victoria.

Possibly the best wall I have seen in a while. Can you tell where I photoshopped more wall in?

From the Farm to the Table

Hello All

I am posting to encourage everyone to vote for me in a competition that would grant me the money to do my "dream shoot." Please visit

http://www.nameyourdreamassignment.com/the-ideas/jessegirl/from-the-farm-to-the-table/

to vote for me.

Here is my idea:

All over America people are thinking more and more about where their food comes from. I want to illustrate the amazing spectrum of sources that are available, from "big agro" all the way to a backyard vegetable patch.

We, as American's, are paying more and more attention to where our food comes from and who is growing it. My dream assignment would be to show the wide variety of options that we have, ranging from “big agro” corporate farms to the small organic farm to tiny kitchen gardens.

Once food is grown and harvested, it may also be processed, transported and sold before appearing on our tables. I would like to photograph the places where people get their food. Not everyone just goes to the grocery store and I want to show people the places their food is actually grown, harvested, fished, raised and sometimes even processed. And there is a rich variety to choose from: a back yard orange tree, a trout stream, a small grocery, and Wal-Mart (where you can also buy bed sheets or a DVD player), to name but a small sample.

This shoot will involve traveling all across America to show how people get food from the farms to the table. I will show food being grown, people actually sitting down to eat their meals, and as much of the in between as possible.

Get the vote out!

Thanks!

An Experiment in Stop Motion Video

I had to shoot an assignment for my advance lighting class. It was hard to do, in that everything had to be perfect. The first time I did not achieve perfection and redid the shoot before turning it in. It was not a complete failure though, as this video was the result.

Thank you Quinn for the faces, Ashley for your assistants and Kevin for your advice.

It's Been Awhile

So it has been a while (almost two months) since I last posted. Ooops. I was reminded of this in my last Photo-J class today. So here is an assortment of things I have shot since returning to Canada back in '08. Seems like so long ago, and yet time has flown by.

I went out to Shawnigan Lake on Sunday, Feb. 15 to photograph a regatta, for my Photo-J class. I had a good time, although I felt like a bit of a stalker photographing all the high school students.

This is a photo that I ended up taking when another shoot sort of fell through. It was taken at the end of Dallas Road around 9 in the morning.

Yum yum. Kevin and I made clam pasta for his birthday and I couldn't resist taking some photos of them.

For Kevin's birthday, way back in January, I made chocolate cake. Hence the eggs...

...and the chocolate

Home to California

I went home for Christmas. And, of course, had to take a ton of photos of my family. First it was off to see my father's side of the family. There are a ton of us, and we always get together for a big dinner. Here are a few photos from the party.

Then it was down to Santa Cruz, to see my Mother's side of the family. I had ordered some light stands and I was very excited to take some photos of the four generations of women we have. I set up a mini-studio and shot away.

Robin and Maurice

Four Generations

Cutest baby

Cutest Grandpa

Cracker, the tortoise, was an excellent prop

Young and Older