Craig VanDerSchaegen Photography http://blog.craigvanders.com Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:48:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Southern Cadillac http://blog.craigvanders.com/2012/02/24/southern-cadillac/ http://blog.craigvanders.com/2012/02/24/southern-cadillac/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:48:00 +0000 Craig http://blog.craigvanders.com/?p=772
2011 Tucson, AZ

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2011 Sandstone, MN

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In a moment of clarity, I summed up my feelings about shooting with Instagram in a message to @photojack:
For me, it helps let go of the idea of “perfect,” allowing me to enjoy the results of the moment and move on.

I sometimes feel guilty about shooting with a “phone,” but what matters to me is that I always have it with me and I’m getting good results with files that I can print at a decent size. I’ve started making prints for Art-A-Whirl and am also using some iPhone photos for a project I’m working on. More on that in another post.

Below are some of my favorite Instagram photos. If you want to find me there, my username is craigvanders.

toy airplane sky contrail bryant lake bowl ids center in minneapolis domo kodak starmite matchbox car crow pepsi machine

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We rented a theater for the day and worked with the house lighting mixed with strobes to emulate a live look. After spending time shooting all four of the guys together, it was clear that nailing the perfect “live” moment was going to be tough. We decided to shoot them all individually in lots of different poses that felt right for each of their personalities. Later, the selects were composited together into something that turned out really well.

Aside from being excited about the final image and how it looks in the CD packaging, it was pretty fun to see the posters around Minneapolis and up in the Pantages Theater at the merchandise table during their performances.

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Here are a couple of photos I took while I was out with my dad at a farm in Sandstone, MN. Both photos were taken within 30 minutes of each other, just before sunset.

Cow #773 by Craig VanDerSchaegen (craigvanders)) on 500px.com

Contrail Moon by Craig VanDerSchaegen (craigvanders)) on 500px.com

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You can read about and view the whole piece here: Captured & Left Behind

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