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Portrait by Casey Cosley[/caption]
Ed Kashi is a photojournalist dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. HisĀ sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are signatures of his work. As a member of VII Photo Agency, Kashi has been recognized for his complex imagery and its compelling rendering of the human condition. In addition to editorial assignments, filmmaking and personal projects, Kashi is an educator who instructs and mentors students of photography, participates in forums and lectures on photojournalism, documentary photography and multimedia storytelling.
In Ed's class,Ā Storytelling with Mobile PhotographyĀ he coversĀ the power of your mobile phone to create powerful visual stories. Watching this you'll learn,
- How to develop a story, approach people, and get the best images
- How to develop observational skills, and apply them to your pre-planned story
- How to make money selling your smartphone images
We sat down withĀ Ed andĀ asked him to shareĀ a sneak peak intoĀ what hisĀ mobile editing workflow is like.
VII Photographer and videographer,Ā Jessica Dimmock, joins us May 9th-10th for Use Your Photography Skills to Master Videography.Ā
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Portrait by Casey Cosley[/caption]
Ed Kashi is a photojournalist dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. HisĀ sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are signatures of his work. As a member of VII Photo Agency, Kashi has been recognized for his complex imagery and its compelling rendering of the human condition. In addition to editorial assignments, filmmaking and personal projects, Kashi is an educator who instructs and mentors students of photography, participates in forums and lectures on photojournalism, documentary photography and multimedia storytelling.
In Ed's class,Ā Storytelling with Mobile PhotographyĀ he coversĀ the power of your mobile phone to create powerful visual stories. Watching this you'll learn,
- How to develop a story, approach people, and get the best images
- How to develop observational skills, and apply them to your pre-planned story
- How to make money selling your smartphone images
We sat down withĀ Ed andĀ asked him to shareĀ a sneak peak intoĀ what hisĀ mobile editing workflow is like.
Ed Kashi:Ā I shoot on the Procamera app or the iPhone camera and then I usually put it into Snapseed. Then Iāll do, you know, basic burning and dodging, clarity, saturation, and sometimes turn it to black and white. Then to post it goes to instagram and link that to my twitter and Facebook feeds. Sometimes Iāll also work on it in snapseed knowing Iām going to do one last move in instagram because I love the clarity button in instagram. I donāt want to use a lot of tools though. You know there are so many other apps, butĀ I want one or two tools in my toolkit and work with those and master those. I just donāt have the time. I want to spend the time getting stories, on getting access, on learning my subjects, and figuring out the narrative.Ā CreativeLive:Ā Do you feel like your style is conveyed more through how you shoot rather than the way you edit? Ed:Ā Yes and no. I mean if you look at my images on Instagram compared my images elsewhere, theyāre a bit moreĀ processed for Instagram. SoĀ there is a look there because I realize on Instagram itās being seen on a relatively small canvas and doesnāt get a long shelf life so it needs toĀ popĀ a little more.Ā CL:Ā With platforms like Instagram primarily being viewed on your phone, are you able a little more loose to push editing without loss of image quality? Ed:Ā You know, I donāt really think about it because Iām always trying to get great image quality. I donāt work and create for the phone as a platform itself. I mean, half of what I do now is shooting film or video for broadcast or theatre, even though a lot of the time itāsĀ going to end up in a digital format on someoneāsĀ mobile device or tablet.
CL:Ā For people who want to learn mobile photography and use it as a storytelling device, what kind of thing should they be looking for? Emotion? Action? Ed:Ā That really depends. It really comes down to what interests you. You canāt go looking for āemotionā or āactionā. If love shooting skateboarders for instance, youāre probably going to be looking for action. If you were shooting cancer patients, it would be drama and emotion. In that way itās often the subject that dictates what Iām looking for. For me, I love intimacy and especially candid intimacy.
VII Photographer and videographer,Ā Jessica Dimmock, joins us May 9th-10th for Use Your Photography Skills to Master Videography.Ā
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