Showing posts with label publications. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publications. Show all posts
March 19, 2014: Don't Take Pictures Magazine
I want to send out a big thank you to Kat Kiernan of The Kiernan Gallery for featuring me in the latest issue of Don't Take Pictures magazine. Another thanks goes out to Aline Smithson for the interview. Check out all the featured photographers at www.donttakepictures.com.
March 9, 2013: The Hassles of Shooting, Old Rickety Steps and Italian Vogue
A few years ago I had the crazy idea to drag an old television set out to the beach. My vision was sitting in front of the t.v. with my husband, while the sun rose in the middle of it's gutted screen. Not too daunting a task, right? Turns out this project became one of the biggest hassles of all the images I have taken.
Step 1: Find an old t.v.
I learned quickly that the cool rounded televisions of the 50s and 60s were not up for grabs at the local Goodwill (or the neighboring Goodwill, or the Goodwill across the state, or online...). It took months before I stumbled across that perfect t.v. in a local antique store. It was bit more expensive than I anticipated but worth it considering how much gas I spent scouring the state for one. I picked up the television, loaded it in my car and nearly sideswiped every car in Winston-Salem. (Sorry about that fellow drivers!)
Step 2: Gut the T.V.
The hard part was over right? Hardly. Finding a repair shop that would even touch an old tube t.v. was impossible. No one would gut it for me. My dad saved the day and removed the contents within 30 minutes. Thank you Dad!
Step 3: Take it to the beach
My husband and I were already planning a beach trip for our anniversary. Since the coast is quite a distance from our home, I planned on doing the shoot while there. We woke up before sunrise in our "outfits" and lugged the t.v. down these stairs. Thank you husband!
Step 4: Take the picture
Ok, the t.v. was purchased, gutted and carried down rickety old steps to the shore. We were sitting there just before sunset in our outfits. Everything was in place; now we wait.
and wait...
and wait...
and, is that the sunrise over there? No, that's a ship.
and wait...
(turn head to the left)
oh no!!!!
The sun rises in the east right? Well, yes, but NC beaches are a little tricky. We were down in a divet where the sun rises over a random sand dune. To get to a beach where the sun rises directly over the ocean we would have to go to the Outer Banks (quite a drive). Being the impatient person that I am I knew I had to shoot this today!
So I thought fast. We turned the t.v. around, ran and got "in" the screen. The result is the image below. Often a shoot does not go as planned, but something just as good if not better results. I love this image and that we are part of the show. Life is better than anything on television.
Two years later the image is published in the February 2013 issue of Vogue Italia. And while I didn't get that sunrise in the t.v. set pic that I had originally wanted, I got something better. Italian Vogue isn't too bad either!
Step 1: Find an old t.v.
I learned quickly that the cool rounded televisions of the 50s and 60s were not up for grabs at the local Goodwill (or the neighboring Goodwill, or the Goodwill across the state, or online...). It took months before I stumbled across that perfect t.v. in a local antique store. It was bit more expensive than I anticipated but worth it considering how much gas I spent scouring the state for one. I picked up the television, loaded it in my car and nearly sideswiped every car in Winston-Salem. (Sorry about that fellow drivers!)
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| Finally found my perfect set. |
Step 2: Gut the T.V.
The hard part was over right? Hardly. Finding a repair shop that would even touch an old tube t.v. was impossible. No one would gut it for me. My dad saved the day and removed the contents within 30 minutes. Thank you Dad!
Step 3: Take it to the beach
My husband and I were already planning a beach trip for our anniversary. Since the coast is quite a distance from our home, I planned on doing the shoot while there. We woke up before sunrise in our "outfits" and lugged the t.v. down these stairs. Thank you husband!
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| The tretcherous stairs! |
Step 4: Take the picture
Ok, the t.v. was purchased, gutted and carried down rickety old steps to the shore. We were sitting there just before sunset in our outfits. Everything was in place; now we wait.
and wait...
and wait...
and, is that the sunrise over there? No, that's a ship.
and wait...
(turn head to the left)
oh no!!!!
The sun rises in the east right? Well, yes, but NC beaches are a little tricky. We were down in a divet where the sun rises over a random sand dune. To get to a beach where the sun rises directly over the ocean we would have to go to the Outer Banks (quite a drive). Being the impatient person that I am I knew I had to shoot this today!
So I thought fast. We turned the t.v. around, ran and got "in" the screen. The result is the image below. Often a shoot does not go as planned, but something just as good if not better results. I love this image and that we are part of the show. Life is better than anything on television.
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| Tune In © 2011 Heather Evans Smith Photography |
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| Me holding the February 2013 issue of Vogue Italia. |
October 12, 2012: On The Magazine Rack
It is unusual for me to walk into a bookstore and find two publications with my work on the shelf at once.
My image Penny & Dishes is in the November edition of Photo District News as a winner in the Objects of Desire Competition. I was equally thrilled to see that this particular issue featured the work of Cig Harvey, who I have admired for some time. Cig was the juror of the Darkroom Gallery's exhibition Id: The Object of Self. I received Juror's Choice and People's Choice for my self-portraits. I find it ironic that in a small way Cig and I are paired together again.
I am most proud to be featured in the latest volume of the Camera Obscura. My image The Midway was the winner of the Outstanding Photo Award (Professional Category) and was chosen to grace the cover of the journal. There are two additional images of mine inside the journal as well. I am happy to be sharing in this excitement with writer and close friend, Emily Koon, who's story Nancy's Rat was also accepted in the journal. I have been meticulously going through all the remarkable photography in this issue and now reading the prose. I highly recommend picking one up.
For more information on Camera Obscura click here.
My image Penny & Dishes is in the November edition of Photo District News as a winner in the Objects of Desire Competition. I was equally thrilled to see that this particular issue featured the work of Cig Harvey, who I have admired for some time. Cig was the juror of the Darkroom Gallery's exhibition Id: The Object of Self. I received Juror's Choice and People's Choice for my self-portraits. I find it ironic that in a small way Cig and I are paired together again.
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| November 2012 issue of Photo District News. My image Penny & Dishes inside. |
I am most proud to be featured in the latest volume of the Camera Obscura. My image The Midway was the winner of the Outstanding Photo Award (Professional Category) and was chosen to grace the cover of the journal. There are two additional images of mine inside the journal as well. I am happy to be sharing in this excitement with writer and close friend, Emily Koon, who's story Nancy's Rat was also accepted in the journal. I have been meticulously going through all the remarkable photography in this issue and now reading the prose. I highly recommend picking one up.
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| Volume 5 of Camera Obscura. My image The Midway on the cover. |
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