Photography is NOT a crime...

It's no secret that I stalk Chase Jarvis's blog, but today he posted an article about a photographer getting arrested while photographing an illegal activity. (The above image is courtesy of his blog). Here's the link to his story, I'd highly recommend reading it HERE.

On one side, I can definitely see where the authorities would arrest the photographer (Jonas Lara in this case) for being at the crime in progress, but at the same time a photographer documenting any event, whether legal or not is their job. The really astounding part is that his lawyer wouldn't use his rights as a photographer as part of his defense! I agree with Chase in that if photograhing crime is a crime, than all of the documentary photographers who cover war, crime in prison, or abuse in any way should be in Jail. I don't think that's right. What do you think? More soon.

Hold the Phone...

A lot of people have been talking about how they are ready for 2009 to be over, and I could not agree more. 2009 has been a heckuva year for everyone as far as I can tell. Between Allergies, spider bites, and some other some super wild situations that you couldn't think up no matter how many drugs you'd taken; I'm definitely ready for the greener grass in 2010. To commemorate the leaving of this outstandingly bleak 2009 for the bright new year to come, I've looked to Chase Jarvis for inspiration.

Chase released an iPhone app earlier this year named, "The Best Cam". It's short for the name of the book that goes with it, which is subsequently named; "The Best Camera is the one that you have with you". I don't own an iPhone, but I am a firm believer in this and I take several photos a day with my Palm Cellular phone. I can't edit the photos in my phone so my photos are bound to be not as nifty or stylized as Chase's, but I suppose that these just fall into my mentality where I like to retouch my photos as little as possible to get what I like. Either way, Here are some of my favorite cell phone pics from 2009. The Camera's not the best, but neither are the pictures so it all fits perfectly with 2009. Either way I hope you enjoy seeing little bits of life through the eye of my phone right before the grass gets a little greaner on the other side. More soon.

(Titles are underneith.)


Passing Home.


Keep Chlled



Scaredy Cat


Quads


Batcave


Heart


Loveshack


Lost


Trip


Smile


Home

The first......

Chase Jarvis posted this on his blog, and I loved it so much I had to post it here. I follow Chase Jarvis's blog as well as a few other photographers that I find to be phenomenal in their own ways. Look to the link bar on the right of my blog to see some of these amazing people.

Anyway, Chase makes the point that it's tough to be the first one to do something. Not only do you have to be different, but you have to make people see the reason behind your ways (or lack there of). I completely agree. It's tough to break the mold, and tackle something either new, or in a new way. The guy in the video proves that you can have a great results though.

If anything I hope you just get a laugh out of the video. I think Chase said it best to end his post and since I got this from him I might as well give him more credit: "Someone's got to be first, why not make it you?"