Chasing Shadows, and my first music video are almost finished so keep comming back. I went on a 2 week vacation. now I will begining my fall quarter and hopefully will be able to finish up these two projects and take on a levi’s commercial and then also do a Hip Hop music video for the artist Scireal and others. On my break I took a senior portrait it could be way better if I had more money to buy my equipment so i could get stuff like bert stephani whos work is excellent and he does a great job with strobe lights.

Okay, so I’ve been busy with a ton, to start with as a film maker, I have been working harder then ever to just become legit and find myself as an artist and work with others and i feel pretty good about some of the things I have come up with… I’d like to start with the photos of a model that were inspired by Marc Batise nudes a great portrait book; I shot a portrait of this young woman very elegant but normal not to euro and not flashy (not saying that im not interested in that look)

Boredom is violent

Along with that I have also signed up to be the director of photography for two projects, one being a short film called “Chasing Shadows” by Ashley Holeman and a short music video slash film from Leon S. Mun and also my second collaboration with him as a director and me as the director of photography. more details to come.

we finished and completed the play house me and Leon S. Muns first collaboration together I was the director of photography along with Alexander Kummerow. below is the trailer Link. (playhouse-http://lsm213.aisites.com/mypage/page4work.html)

Along with this feel free to look at other work I have done at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=121249713

and now i have a website www.joshuapowless.com soon to be a full function portfolio made in flash. so look forward to that. okay well thats my update thanks!

HAHAHHA, okay so I found a ton of inspirational videos, but for most people im not sure you they will see how much beauty is in what I have below. (side note im growing my hair out) once again. haha okay well I’ll start of with this Adidas’s commercial wThen this tmack commercial shot by jeff coneweth ASC I found some good reading as well writers of light not sure if its a good read or not but ill take a look. and i found some good movies to check out. cinematographers style its 75 dollars off asc with out shipping and handling and im pretty sure i can find it cheaper in london or something its just that SHIPPING! ahh like 20 bucks for 3 day mail.

and then im also debating on buyin a directors lens. oh yeah below is the trailer for cinematographers style i believe it was brought together by a USC student.. not sure (im applying by the way)

and then for entertainment look at this

Robin Thicke, speaks about cocaine and about the nice life.

and when it comes to people i must say the most inspirational person who’s actually nice and talkes to people who admire her work megan leigh a photographer from California check her out at http://www.myspace.com/electricboots

I’ve been on vacation for the last 7 days its nice been all over the northwest ill be heading to bellingham and then spaniway pretty dope.

Updates on the wake up documentary lining up interviews and what not. check out the wake up at www.myspace.com/thewakeupthemovie

And once again check out N*E*R*D’s new album seeing sounds! its great check this out! N*E*R*D Everyone Nose

Matt Workman, hip hop inspired! http://www.vimeo.com/882436

What do they have in common, nothing at all, but I did find some pretty rad videos. Malik Hassan Sayeed is a Cinematographer for some pretty rad videos such as the one I’m going to show plus Robin Thickee’s & Pharrell Willams “just wanna love you girl”  shot by of course Malik.

And then when it comes to red cinema … ugh damn it! its amazing take a look here on this URL: http://www.red.com/red_mythbusters

I hope to shoot some good stuff. and if your interested take a look at my small reel here http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=121249713

Today’s morning started pretty good, I only hope the rest of today can be as inspiring as the first few hours of this day. I started my morning with a little reading and understanding. I found myself lead to a new york times article about a early 1900s painter named Edward Hopper. 

(ps: byron I’m sorry I don’t write I should, ill read your book one of these days but surley it was nice of you to point me toward a good direction.

Anyways; Reading this article was extremely inspirational and gave me insight to real artisan work. Now that I’m blogging my thoughts and reviewing concepts and writing them in stone I believe what I pulled from todays article was the possibility to review someone’s art and then to take visual cues of composing and use them in my own work (not considered copying) , also to begin experimenting with mood lighting, and begin looking for personal expression on matters that I deal with and exploit them in my medium. the following is what I look for in paintings, angles, composition, lighting, figure elements, textures, and color. if anyone reads my blog it would be nice to read your comments on my thoughts and possibly teach me something about art I don’t know which is probably a ton. 

Another thought, people who have made a major impression on me Shana Scott, Tim Everitt (Thank you)

now for your visual entertainment here you go.

 

Video: http://www.cerrodelbu.com/joselmartinezdiaz/?p=19 

For your reading: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/arts/design/04hopp.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1Thomas Cole PaintingEdward HopperNighthawks painting made in 1942

 

enjoy! 

I thought I’d show this to my friends who all would love to work with film but go to the art institutes (not saying anything negative, just that we don’t get to work with this caliber of camera). I haven’t the slightest idea how to work this camera and when i was waching the video i think i guessed about five things that i think were the same as a digital camera. well anyhow take a look at this;

 I just have no idea where to begin when it comes to this film. the film’s cinematography is incredible with natural lighting and low lighting to no lighting at all. the camera is defiantly capturing ratios over 13 way pass digital film making. everything is so high tune and high def.. compositions are incredible. so congratulations to Robert Elswit with his natural feel and very dusk and dirty feel.  I wish I knew more about production. 14 minutes into the film to the fist dialogue besides the baby crying here and there I’m pretty sure that the baby isn’t reading off a script.

For me this film is a instant classic, not only because the cinematography but the talent displayed by daniel day lewis and the directing of the adapted screenplay by Paul Anderson is great and spectacular. the lighting is incredible especially 17 minutes and 20 seconds into the movie. I’ll be taking notes so should you.  if you are interested I will do a adaptation of it myself and then film it and post it here.

***** stars!