I have an endless list of documentaries, short films, movies and even music videos that have changed me, their storytelling in some way helped me understand a new culture, a major flaw in our society, but even more so I’ve come to understand where does all the injustice of this world come from. It’s all...
Beyond the Diagnosis
If you go to https://www.beyondthediagnosis.org/ and click on their mission, you get the following: “The Beyond the Diagnosis Art Exhibit’s focus is the rare disease patient. Artists have donated their time and talents to paint rare disease patients for this groundbreaking Exhibit. This beautiful Exhibit is traveling to medical schools, research institutes and hospitals around the...
le’ bostonians teaser: jason escape
New series produced by Longwood.Media, starring some of the most unique and amazing people that are part of the fabric of the great city of Boston, some of them born here, others adopted by Bean Town. On our first episode, you’ll get to meet Jason ‘Escape’ Gardner, street performer, professional drummer, magician and escape artist....
Teaching at the New Immigrant and Refugee Visions Project
On a previous blog entry, I rambled on about how much I love teaching, how I missed it and how the sharing of knowledge is very dear and close to my heart. I have to be honest here, I’ve been aching to find the time and the right place to get in there again and...
#IRLIWY: My first safe place, the clothing rack.
I’ve gotten may comments about our web series ‘I Remember Like It Was Yesterday”, people enjoy the stories and usually have similar ones, which is great for me to listen or read. The constant questions is “why do you enjoy this so much?” The answer is simple, I don’t know, all I can say is...
Storytelling cured my G.A.S.
Gear acquisition syndrome (G.A.S.) is real, and unlike its gastrointestinal homonym, can be very costly to those who suffer from it. I remember how it all started, there I was wasting hours upon hours going through spec charts on some gear review site looking for the “best” camera for video and photography, the sharpest lens,...
Le’ Bostonians Web Series: Jason Escape (coming soon)
I moved to Boston from NY almost 2 years ago and it became my home pretty fast, this city is a proud one and I’m very proud to be part of it. I’m a resident of the beautiful North End neighborhood, the narrow streets, the amazing Italian food and the nostalgic alleys make my life a bit...
Making the Subject Look Cold
One of the challenges of food photography or any visual medium really, is to convey sensory experiences when your viewers can only interact with your image using their eyes. How do you let them know that a beautifully pour espresso is hot and fresh? Or that a steak is tender and juicy? What about a...
Jorgy Teaching = Jorgy Happy
Circa 1985 my parents decided to put their hyper and temperamental kid (me) in Tae Kwon Do class 3 times a week. I was a real handful and for some reason, I would snap just like that. I was getting into fights at school, mainly getting into it with the bullies, I didn’ understand why they had...
In the bedroom: a behind the scenes
I was looking for blog post ideas when I found this behind the scenes images from a recent shoot. That day we had a small crew and it was all hands on deck, to say it was hectic would be an understatement. My initial idea for this post was to write a technical description of...