I have started a new blog on Wordpress. Blogger served me well but I felt it was time to switch venues.
You can find it here:
http://leahkmillis.wordpress.com/
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
a look back
This year has been a crazy one. I have come a long way since January and I couldn't have gotten to the place I'm at today without the help of many. I have met some amazing people and learned so much from them this year. Here is a (warning) BIG edit of my favorites from 2009. Some of them are personal, some are just fun.
See you all in 2010.
See you all in 2010.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Ode to Maggie
The first photojournalist I ever studied was Margaret Bourke-White. This was at Knox in my "photojournalism" class that was really an art/photoshop class. We were supposed to choose a photographer and imitate their style. The most I learned from her back then was how to shoot "wide". Before that I didn't really know how to photograph people without being super tight.
This semester for my Introduction to Women's Studies class I chose to write my final paper on her. She was truly an amazing woman. She was one of few photographers allowed to shoot in Soviet Russia and she was a war photographer for Life magazine. She was also one of a few photographers who took photos during the liberation of the concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Life magazine's first cover was by Bourke-White.
This photo is my ode to one of my heroes. I've been trying to photograph this tree downtown for about 6 months. I noticed the way the light hit it at a certain time of day once while driving by and I never forgot it. I finally caught it at the right time of day today. I tried shooting it from street level but it didn't look the way I wanted it to. So I ended up climbing up into gardens that are stacked like stairs on the side of an office building accross the street. I then had to grab onto the ledge of the rooftop next to me and inch accross about 20 feet and while hanging partially over the edge, I took my photo.
I like to think that Margaret, who was no stranger to hanging over the edges of buildings to get the shot, would be proud.
This semester for my Introduction to Women's Studies class I chose to write my final paper on her. She was truly an amazing woman. She was one of few photographers allowed to shoot in Soviet Russia and she was a war photographer for Life magazine. She was also one of a few photographers who took photos during the liberation of the concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Life magazine's first cover was by Bourke-White.
This photo is my ode to one of my heroes. I've been trying to photograph this tree downtown for about 6 months. I noticed the way the light hit it at a certain time of day once while driving by and I never forgot it. I finally caught it at the right time of day today. I tried shooting it from street level but it didn't look the way I wanted it to. So I ended up climbing up into gardens that are stacked like stairs on the side of an office building accross the street. I then had to grab onto the ledge of the rooftop next to me and inch accross about 20 feet and while hanging partially over the edge, I took my photo.
I like to think that Margaret, who was no stranger to hanging over the edges of buildings to get the shot, would be proud.
“I did not know till later that the crew members had placed bets on me. If we were attacked, would the waist gunner knock me out so he could defend our airplane, or would I knock out the waist gunner so I would have room to take pictures?”–Margaret Bourke-White
Dirty hands afterwards.
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