The other images…
In the past 18months I have done a lot of images for American Airlines. 5 shoots building interiors of planes in different studios, one shoot at LAX and another 2 days shooting a brand new 777-200 while flying over California…
Out of this body of work came a series of studied images with a cool, modern color palette used for branding the new look of American.
Through this effort I shot a library consisting of thousands of images. Some of the photographs captured were truly random and somewhat unexpected for my style of image making.
I started looking at these off topic images and posting them on instagram whenever I got on a flight. Through posting on Instagram I got compelled to look at my own captures a bit differently.
The moment between the moment is a well know term in photography. It’s a strange saying as the moment between then becomes THE moment and a moment surely cant be between itself. (Now this lofty topic might be better pondered over a glass of vino…)
These between, off scope, images was shot as intuitive responses to what I saw. As I revisit these photographs they have grown on me and I’m really intrigued by what they contain versus the edited and retouched images for the branding.
There’s for sure a spontaneity and intimacy to these that are lost a bit on the classic view. Maybe a bit of honesty as well..
As I keep looking for that elusive “moment” in image making I’ll leave you with the below to check out. Me, I’m seeing a more random side to making that perfect image and grateful for another experience and opportunity to grow as a photographer.
Cheers,
E.
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Fascinating stuff, and I applaud you on a job well done. This is one of my dream gigs and I can truly say I’m really impressed with the way you shot it, I love the palette you chose as well as the way you’ve shot the planes.
Thank you Mike!
Amazing work as always, Eric. I’ve seen tons of photos of aircraft but yours have a nice, inviting feel to them. Thanks for sharing!
Thank YOU!