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PIXELCHATTER

Issue #47

Kevin Brown, Photographer

SPRING 2015

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Industry Spotlight Sparks are flying on-location

824 and counting

Just a few faces before the camera this year PixelChatter is photographed, written, and created in-full by Kevin Brown.

Let’s Face It...

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ast year I kept a very detailed record of all sorts of statistical info related to the photo shoots I did throughout the year. Things like how many shoots were half-day and how many were full-day, total number of hours spent shooting, total hours spent processing files and so on. One of the things I tracked was the number of individual subjects that I photographed. I only counted folks that actually posed for the camera. I did not count those oblivious to the camera or those that were candid captures. I also didn’t count groups of people. Of those counted, some were industrial portraits or editorial shots for magazines, and some were executive headshots etc.

The total number of solo subjects for 2013 topped out at 767. A pretty fair number, and one larger than I would have guessed.

With four months to go in 2014, I’ve surpassed last year’s count, logging in 824 individuals - so far - that have put their best face forward for my Nikon.

The faces are varied, and I love shooting every one.

There are smilers and those that refuse to smile.

There are smirkers and there are squirmers. There are eyebrow raisers and forehead crinklers. More than a few are blinkers, and a lot of folks have one eye bigger than the other. One subject was blind.

Some are deer in the headlights and some are squinters. Some have what I call Roy Rogers syndrome...with eyes that disappear when they smile.

Some have a lip quiver. Some are scared. Some are happy....and some don’t care.

Most everyone wants to ‘look thinner’ and dPlenty have joked about giving me their Zoolander ‘blue steel’ pose, and at least one actually did that before every photo and was totally serious about it.

That was weird.

In the end, though, they’re all there for the same reason...and I like to think that their experience in front of my camera is a positive one. I know I enjoy meeting people and photographing them, and I look forward to many more this year, whether they’re a blinker, smiler, or a crinkler. Can’t wait.

Scott Anderson

ON THE COVER

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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, shot for Where Traveler

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The 40 ft tall by 45 ft wide sculpture, Conjoined, by artist Roxy Paine stretches skyward behind The Modern.

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FINALFRAME

Have beads, will travel. Self-portrait with my wife, Missy, on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

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Have beads, will travel. Self-portrait with my wife, Missy, on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.