ZEISS Full Exposure

In part two of our chat with Claudia Raschke and Tom Hurwitz, ASC, they dove into the importance of being mindful of editing as a continuous process when shooting, not merely as a post-production process alone.

Last November, in New York City, the Manhattan editors workshop held its fifth consecutive evening entitled sight sound and story the art of cinematography. 

Jim Kamp was invited to moderate a chat with acclaimed cinematographers Claudia Raschke, DP on such docs as “Mad Hot Ballroom” and “RBG”, and Tom Hurwitz, ASC who was DP on such notable docs as the Oscar-winning “Harlan County, USA” and “The Queen of Versailles”

In part one, Claudia and Tom discussed their perspective on how they approach telling each story visually.

On our final episode from New York, we were joined by fashion photographer, portraitist, designer and concert musician, Aleksandr Karjaka.  He extols the similarity of photography and music by describing how he captures the essence of a subject by listening with his eyes --and watching and interacting with the subject, not the camera.

When he’s not behind a camera you might see him behind a clarinet at Carnegie hall or the metropolitan opera house, fashion designing or teaching fashion photography at Parsons School of Design – the New School.

Jason Vong and Vivienne Lee are not just content creators, but workshop leaders, hybrid film - photo shooters and popular influencers. 

Their engaging YouTube banter and tech tips have helped them garner a huge following of photo enthusiasts on social media.  

They joined us at Photoplus to talk about how they started ...and gave tips on developing one’s individual style by encouraging community engagement and infusing personality into content.

Brian Matiash is a widely published photographer, author and Zeiss Ambassador based in Utah who fuses landscape and travel photography with experiential storytelling and educational ventures helping emerging photographers hone their craft through his podcasts and tutorials.

Today’s Guests: Brian Matiash https://matiash.com https://www.youtube.com/user/brianmatiash @brianmatiash

Host & Producer: Jim Kamp https://sugaredstudios.com

Growing up in New York City, cinematographer Charles Libin absorbed the gritty, seventies-era filmmaking of movies made in Manhattan like “Taxi Driver”, “Mean Streets”, and “Dog Day Afternoon”.

The Brooklyn-based cinematographer has over the years done documentary camerawork on several Jonathan Demme films including his Neil Young Trilogy, and numerous performance films including Julian Schnabel’s “Lou Reed: Berlin” as well as feature work for Jim Mckay’s “En El Séptimo Día,” one of the Hollywood Reporter’s ten best films of the year.

Libin’s latest documentary work is the soon-to-be released “The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash”.

We sat down with Charles to discuss his influences growing up in such a heady time in New York during the evolution of on-location shooting.

Today’s Guests: Charles Libin http://www.charleslibin.com @charleslibin

Host & Producer: Jim Kamp https://sugaredstudios.com

In this week’s episode, you’ll learn about the how the collaborative process between artists of different disciplines — photography and dance — unfolds and how the image-maker balances pre-visualization with spontaneous shooting with dancers.

On episode 45 of Full Exposure, we hung out with photographer John Kane in his bucolic workspace and home in the hills of north western Connecticut. John’s wonderful workspace is a home and a farm and a studio all rolled into one; a location to instill envy in the hearts of photographers. His farm and converted barn/studio is a rustic photo wonderland of technical photo gears and inspiring, simple pastoral splendor.

John has been widely published in magazines and for over thirty years has photographed the world-renowned New York City dance troupes Momix and Pilobolus, collaborating on several book projects such as: “The Human Alphabet” and “Fashion and Color.”

Today’s Guests: John Kane http://johnkanephoto.com http://eatdrinkphotographitaly.com @johnkanesilversunstudio

Host & Producer: Jim Kamp https://sugaredstudios.com

Dancers: Heather Magee @HeatherCatherineMagee Heather Conn @13feather

Pilobolus: @pilobolus #pilobolus https://pilobolus.org @rneej @kentmatt @kent.emily

Momix: @momixofficial #momix https://www.momix.com

On episode 44, we spoke with Katrina Medoff and Tracy Sayre, co-founders of the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge and got a crash course in how a great idea blossoms into launching a collaborative film project.

The film challenge, is a women-in-film initiative that’s less a contest and more a hybrid networking creative event that places professional filmmakers on crews that write, shoot and edit a short film in just one weekend.

WWFC has produced 24 films — with over 500 professional female filmmakers in New York City. To date, some of the films have been selected for 60 film festivals and counting. The project has grown rapidly and Katrina and Tracy will be launching the film challenge in Los Angeles in 2020.

Today’s Guests: Katrina Medoff, Tracy Sayre https://womensweekendfilmchallenge.com @womensweekendfilmchallenge @katya_m22 @sayretracy

Host & Producer: Jim Kamp https://sugaredstudios.com

Learn how DoP Alexa Wolf uses her skills to create a potent visual style with little budget for the music video “Paths” by artist Jenna Kyle directed by Rachel Kessler.

Like many Directors of Photography, Alexa Wolf came to cinematography, in New York City after working in camera, grip & electric departments. Now she’s a DoP on narrative features and commercial projects, with a focus on supporting womens’ and #LGBTQ stories.

Today’s Guest: Alexa Wolf http://www.alexawolf.com/ @awolfdp

Host & Producer: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/

Special Thanks: @theicfc @cinematographersxx @edenmart11 @icglocal600 @american_cinematographer @cinemavisionrentals @alexander_creatives @zeisscinematographyamericas @zeisscinematography

Music Video Credits: Starring – Jenna Kyle (@jennakkyle) Director – Rachel Kessler (@rchlksslr) Movement Director – Elena Vazintaris Producers – Jenna Kyle, Rachel Kessler Editors – Rachel Kessler, Brit Phelan Cinematographer – Alexa Wolf Production Designers – Jenna Kyle, Caroline Perkins Makeup – Katie Paige Robinson, and Jenna Wren Kyle assisted by Ashley Lynne Scalf Hair – Braids by Brielle Johnson Wardrobe – Jacqueline Kilivris of PLANETARY ASSAULT, Lawanda of Jenny Coutour Styling – Jenna Kyle 1st AD – Becky Losito 1st AC – Yuya Kudo Colorist – Troy Dobbertin PA – Percy Stogdon Special Thanks – Winnie Cheung, Bruno Esrubilsky, and Matt Kanbergs

Watch the official music video for “Paths” by Jenna Kyle here: https://youtu.be/p1__Gp1hs04

Learn how DoP Alexa Wolf uses her skills to create socially focused visual storytelling on the set of “The Gathering”.

Like many Directors of Photography, Alexa Wolf came to cinematography, in New York City after working in camera, grip & electric departments. Now she’s a DoP on narrative features and commercial projects, with a focus on supporting womens’ and #LGBTQ stories.

She photographed a short for the 2019 Brooklyn Film Festival titled “The Gathering” looking at how women have been marginalized in the film industry, gaining more light recently amidst the #MeToo movement. In this episode, @kampjames spoke with @awolfdp about the short she lensed for the 2019 @brooklynfilmfestival directed by @emilyelizabeth_thomas.

Today’s Guest: Alexa Wolf http://www.alexawolf.com/ @awolfdp

Host & Producer: Jim Kamp http://polychromemedia.com/jameskamp/

Special Thanks: @theicfc @cinematographersxx @edenmart11 @icglocal600 @american_cinematographer @cinemavisionrentals @alexander_creatives @zeisscinematographyamericas @zeisscinematography

Watch “The Gathering” at brooklynfilmfestival.org/thegathering @brooklynfilmfestival

The Gathering Cast: @chanellyo @chelseawattsny @elizabethwardland & Caroline Hewitt

The Gathering Crew: directed by: @emilyelizabeth_thomas prod. company: @derbycontent ep: @rebeccaniles agency: @tbwachiatny ecd’s: @juliaaaguliaaa @amylferguson_ agency producer: @saraharoldson line producers: @lizzie.shapiro & Madeleine Askwith dp: @awolfdp ad: @bombshelljungle pd: @euge_c costume: @logordon_ ( assist by @bradydrose ) edit: @stephania.dulowski / @exileedit color: @jennymontgomery / @company_3 vfx: @admgreenberg sound mix: Craig Logiudice / @soundloungeny audio post producer: @laurenemullen ep for sound lounge: @beccabombs post producer: @charlottedelon teaser mix: @robdifondi bts & promo photos: @jingyulin_