Repo Man

October 7th issue of Scene had a few images from me on the Repo business here in Ohio. The story focused on the differences in the industry as compared to the reality show that's currently out there. An interesting read and a fun assignment. Used some glam lighting to to contrast the feel of the repo shop that was on the front cover to the stereotype of the people and the business of Repo Men.

Story here:

Takin A Ride

Past Tense

Sometimes as a professional photog you get hung up in the gear and the newest trends. Gotta get this piece of gear, gotta get this lens, this new software. Gotta get this new book maker program .... whatever. I get stuck in it all the time. I buy gear. A year later it's out dated. I buy new gear. A year later it's outdated. It's crazy. It's the biz. I guess. I bought another piece of new gear. But it was geared in another direction. I stepped back a few decades and got a new instant camera. I would say Polaroid, but it's not. Polaroid stopped making their instant film, so it's kinda silly to pick up a new camera made by them. Fuji, however, has a version of the old classic Polaroids called the Instax. It's still being made, the film is still in production and many people are shooting happily with them.

So I got one.

I love it.

No photoshop. No hundreds of frames. One shot. One moment. No brackets. No nothin. 800iso. F14. 1/64-1/200.

I took the boy to the local kiddie park and shot these 10 frames. These are the 10 I like out of the 14 I shot.

Enjoy.

Recent shoot for National Law Journal

June was a busy month. In addition to the start of the wedding season, I had numerous other editotial jobs come in. Here's a clip from a recent portrait shoot for the National Law Journal.

Recent New York Times Story

Here's a link to a recent shoot for the New York Times called:

A Credit Squeeze for Small-Business Owners

Some recent School of Rock portraits.

School of Rock - PORTRAITS - Images by Ken Blaze

Akron's Suicide Bridge.

Did a job for the New York Times a couple weeks ago about their proposed use of stimulus money to fence their Y-Bridge, also more commonly known as the Suicide Bridge. Was an interesting day learning about the city from the mayor and from both sides of the issue.

Akron's Suicide Bridge

At home on Facebook

I've been looking at new ways to market and make friends in this troubled economy. So many of my former colleagues and current contemporaries are looking at the inevitable demise of their publications. Every connection is going to matter these days. So I made the jump over to Facebook this past week. I was leery of using a social network site for business means, but so far the response has been good, and it is quite a bit of fun. Please come and visit!

Ken Blaze Photography on FB