Mashup

July 20, 2011 in "120", "Brooklyn", "Prospect Park", "film", "hasselblad 500c/m", "iPad2", "medium format", "snapseed"

Prospect Park, Brooklyn ©wendy whitesell

This photo is a mashup of analog and digital; shot with the Hasselblad and remixed on the iPad. I actually like the original black and white best (sometimes I'm a purist like that), but it's cool to mess with analog images digitally and see what the editing possibilities are.

Wide-lux

January 12, 2011 in "Brooklyn", "Jeff Bridges", "Prospect Park", "panoramic", "vintage camera", "wide-lux"

I was recently inspired while watching a Jeff Bridges biography, by his use of a vintage Wide-lux camera to document practically every movie he's been on for over 20 years. Since I can't afford one of these cameras at the moment, I decided to play around with the panoramic aspect ratio (the exact dimensions of a Wide-lux photo) in post production... It's a different way of seeing and inspires me to look for one of these cameras...The one below is from Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY.

©Wendy Whitesell

"The Wide-Lux is a fickle mistress; its viewfinder isn't accurate, and there's no manual focus, so it has an arbitrariness to it, a capricious quality. I like that. It's something I aspire to in all my work --- a lack of preciousness that makes things more human and honest, a willingness to receive what's there in the moment, and to let go of the result. Getting out of the way seems to be one of the main tasks for me as an artist." – Jeff Bridges

Brooklyn Shoot

November 01, 2010 in "Alejandro Monzon", "Brooklyn", "D.U.M.B.O.", "Super Fine", "collaboration", "manfred louis", "mural", "seven soji", "wendy whitesell"

There's an ever-changing mural in D.U.M.B.O. Brooklyn (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) that is a perfect backdrop for photos.. Every so often I check to see what's there and drop by for a few shots... It's an endless supply of color, texture, and inspiration.. Thanks to the artists who make this possible, because any time we shoot and include someone else's art or design, it's a true collaboration... This was a fun day.. An early start; a little chilly during the shoot but we warmed up with brunch after at Super Fine- a D.U.M.B.O. fave.

model: manfred louis
make up artist: alejandro monzon
stylist: seven soji
photographer: wendy whitesell